S.F. Track Star Inspires New York Giants Super Bowl Win

Holland Reynolds, the 17-year-old San Francisco track star above, is being credited with inspiring the New York Giants Super Bowl victory last night.

The video above was posted on YouTube, showing Reynolds as she struggled to finish the last 100 meters of a cross country 5K race in Fresno in 2010. "I saw the finish line. As soon as I crossed it, from then on it sort of went black," said Reynolds, leader of the San Francisco University High School cross country team.

And that's exactly the kind of spirit New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin wanted to instill in his own players. After seeing that Internet clip last year, Coughlin showed it to his team, hoping Reynolds' determined finish would encourage them -- all the way to the Super Bowl.

Reynolds' coach, Jim Tracy, told the press that Coughlin had said he saw this clip and decided that's exactly what his team needed "...keeping our goals ahead of us and getting the job done."

If only the Niners had caught a glimpse of that Internet inspiration.

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