The young athlete Sergio Torreño Jornet, only 12 years, has started his season at a great pace.
To confirm this, the February 7 signed an exciting second place in the Regional Championship tetrathlón.
Held in Murcia, in this test combined disciplines the kids played under the competitions 60-meter dash, long jump, shot put and 60-meter hurdles.
Thus, Torreño won in his series of 60 meters (with a time of 8'10 seconds was the fastest of the three batches), was fourth in length (with a jump of 4'15 meters), second weight (with a throw of 7'65 meters) and first in his series of 60 meter hurdles (with a time of 11'40 seconds.)
With his performance, Sergio scored 1,320 points in total, only 180 of the eventual winner, Javier Cuevas.
A great result for the young athlete Cotillas Towers, which in this early season and won the Jan. 10 test in the 60 meter dash and 1,000-meter sprint child regional championship Trophy Begastri Cross-Cehegín " which took place in Cieza organized by the club Athlé UCAM.
Obligation to love
The importance of Jornet athletic career is that he competes against opponents and against another opponent who is not: diabetes.
And is that the young Torreño, with only 10 years old, was diagnosed with diabetes after a stay of several days in the hospital.
Following this new situation, the doctors advised her to walk every day and then Sergio started out walking with his father every night to control their blood sugar levels.
And those walks to start running, only half a step.
What began as an obligation became a hobby at which time and effort, and to collect rewards.
Over time she started dabbling in athletics, before he had fought on the football team Cotillas AD-EMF, which seems to gradually emerging.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas