CRYSTAL LAKE – Angel Acevedo knew he was faster than most kids going around a baseball diamond. On Friday, he got a chance to prove it.

Acevedo took 13.8 seconds to round the bases, taking second place in the 11U Road Runner skills competition on the opening day of the McHenry County Youth Sports Association’s Summer International Championships at Lippold Park.

“It was fun,” said Acevedo, who will be a sixth-grader at Marlowe Middle School. “I was a little nervous. I was just thinking: take deep breaths and focus.”