HS runner won’t let muscular dystrophy keep him down; finishes first 5K (video)

Tommy Prindle, a 15-year-old freshman at Cannon School in Concord, N.C., is on the school’s cross country team despite having muscular dystrophy. He had never run an entire 5K race, always having to walk part of the course due to his disease. But that all changed recently when he entered the Cannon Invitational, one of the biggest high school cross country meets of the season. And he finished the entire 3.1-mile race.

Seeing spectators lining the ropes to the finish line, Tommy started to sprint.

“You could tell he had a fire in his eyes and wanted to finish,” Gruber said. “He wanted to show everybody that regardless of what he has, he can do anything he sets his mind to … I told myself I should never, ever, complain about anything being too hard or say, ‘I can’t do this.’ Look at Tommy.”

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Prep runner overcomes muscular dystrophy to finish first 5K [Prep Rally]