Name Dropping | Triathlete hit the ground running as Academy High teacher | Columns

Kyle Hummel, athletic director and track coach at Academy High, joined three of his athletes at the school in Champaign: (from left) Sam Laufenberg, Eleanor Laufenberg and Jong Min.

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Kyle Hummel competes at Oceanside.

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Kyle Hummel had no classroom teaching experience before joining the faculty at Champaign’s Academy High School. But as he does when it comes to fitness and training, he hit the ground running.

That’s the assessment of Head of School John Carpenter.

Hummel doesn’t let obstacles stand in his . . .