Ryan Courtoy: Get up, Stand Up

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Every senior looks forward to their last cross country and track seasons. The final chance to give it everything they have, leave it all on the table, and have no regrets when they leave and begin the rest of their lives. Tampa Wharton Senior Ryan Courtoy was looking forward to carrying his teams on his back this year until an unfortunate accident.

"A week before the Flrunners.com Invitational I got into a car accident. I was driving home in the rain, and a light was out on a road I was on. This crazy guy was going what must've been 90mph and he didn't stop at the light. I guess he didn't see me, because I went and his car hit mine. I didn't really think anything of it because everything was fine after except for my car."

Unfortunately, Ryan's car was not the only thing that was banged up. The next day, feeling fine, he ran a tough hill workout that only worsened his condition.

"I woke up the morning after my hill workout and I could barely get out of bed. My back was hu...