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Review 269By my senior year, I became captain of a(n) (9)track team that had set records throughout the state. Supporters gatheredto see our races. I even had a personal fan or two!Then, during the indoor track season of my senior year, a terriblething happened. I (10)pulled both my hamstrings!I went through two months of physical therapy before Icould walk normally. You can probably imagine that I felt extremely(11) when I heard I would never be able competeagain.But I could not (12)my desire to run. I knewthat I would be at a disadvantage in competition, yet I was determined totry. I went through therapy, began working out again, and told my coachI wanted to run in the city meets. He let me run, despite the pain I experienced.I was thrilled when I qualified for the city meet.The situation (13), though. The followingweek, I had to quit running in the middle of my race—the race I wasfavored to win. I had to walk the rest of the way. As I(14) the finish line, I heard the crowd cheer! Youcan imagine that this soothed my (15) .I have not given up on my dream of competing. Perhaps some day Ican run, not walk, across that line.Copyright © Cengage Learning. All Right Reserved.