ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) β Nothing was going to keep Connor Callihan from reaching the finish line at his North Carolina high school cross-country meet – not even a leg broken in three places.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reports (http://avlne.ws/1yA6dFG) Callihan was running for T.C. Roberson High School in the Mountain Athletic Conference meet on Monday. He was five feet from the finish line when he fell. Callihan said he had to crawl the last five feet to complete the race, adding that he had never felt that kind of pain in his life.
Callihan was to undergo surgery on Tuesday at Mission Hospitals in Asheville for a broken tibia.
Stephanie Callihan told the newspaper that her son had complained of leg pain, but was ready to compete despite continued soreness in his leg on Sunday.
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Information from: The Asheville Citizen-Times, http://www.citizen-times.com
