Kellen Binger Excels at Swimming

Kellen Binger (left) and Rock Cates with the ribbons they earned in the swimming finals

Dear Cystinosis Research Network,

Kellen Binger is my little brother. He is 7 years old and has cystinosis. He gets sick a lot, and next year he will have a kidney transplant. But I have to tell you something really cool.

Kellen is on the swim team. He swims the 100 IM, which is one length of butterfly, one length of backstroke, one length of breaststroke, and one length of freestyle. It is hard. We just had our Madison all-city swim meet. All the pools from Madison come. After the first day of racing, if you make it into the top 16, you get to swim your point event again in the finals.

Here’s what is cool—Kellen made it into the finals and placed 15th and scored points for our team!

This picture is my brother Kellen and his best buddy, Rock Cates. Rock is 8 years old and placed 12th in the finals. I was so excited when I heard my brother made the finals.

Sincerely,

Kole Binger