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By Elise Campbell, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n

Courtney Collett could have hung up her suit at age twelve. She could have avoided countless hours of staring at that endless black line, permanent goggle marks and a hacking chlorine cough. No one would have blamed her. The situation was risky and out of her control. But Collett did the opposite.<\/p>\n

Jolting\u00a0News<\/h3>\n

Some moments are life changing. Collett\u2019s moment occurred at a swim meet in Savannah, Georgia when she was 12. After recently losing a significant amount of weight, Collett\u2019s parents took her to a doctor who ordered a blood test. The results came back just in time for her mother to pull her out of the meet, telling her she wasn\u2019t allowed to swim anymore. Collett\u2019s doctors had discovered she was diabetic.<\/p>\n

She was taken to a hospital in Savannah, where they discovered her blood sugar was around 600 millimoles per liter. The normal level is between 80 and 100. Collett was very sick and her athletic dreams were crashing around her. For the sake of her health, she had to take the summer off from the sport she loved. Despite this devastating news, swimming up until this point had already given Collett a huge gift.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy parents and I believe that swimming helped save me from going into a diabetic coma during this time because I was exercising a great amount, helping to keep my blood sugar down enough to be functional,\u201d Collett said.<\/p>\n

The Comeback<\/h3>\n

Upon returning to swimming in the fall, Collett had trouble balancing her blood sugar. These issues continued, forcing her to attend a private sports-oriented high school in her hometown of Hilton Head, S.C. Classes were from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with the rest of the day committed to athletics. This allowed Collett to manage her blood sugar levels before her afternoon practice.<\/p>\n

The schedule worked.<\/p>\n

In her junior year of high school Collett broke the South Carolina state record in the 1,650-yard freestyle, which still remains today. She achieved national and junior national time standards and received a scholarship to swim at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Her swimming future was shaping up to be historic.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Courtney Collett<\/p><\/div>\n

Collett adjusted well to her new training and lifestyle at Miami. Her diabetes was cooperating and this translated into fast swimming. She was a top scorer at the MAC Conference Championships both freshman and sophomore year, placing top-eight in all of her events her second year. Collett looked forward to her junior year in Oxford, as she was closing in on the school record in the 500-yard freestyle.<\/p>\n

But her health took a different route and she began having issues controlling her blood sugar. According to her doctor, Collett\u2019s hormones had shifted, resulting in an inability to swim long practices without stopping.<\/p>\n

\u201cI ended up having to get out of the pool and sit there every 15-20 minutes, drinking Gatorade upon Gatorade and eating bars upon bars,” Collett said. “I used to get teased by the Miami assistant coach, Scott Usher, for always getting out and eating candy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collett still churned out the times needed to make the conference team and even scored at the meet. But it wasn\u2019t her best, so she and head coach Mark Davis had to make a plan for her final year of swimming.<\/p>\n

Reworking the Plan<\/h3>\n

\u201dThings just weren\u2019t quite working the way they should be and she was really hurting. So we thought, maybe we need to take the summer off and see what that does for her,” Davis said. “But when she came back in the fall, her numbers really hadn\u2019t changed so we were concerned for her long-term health. We made a plan where she could get in for warm up and at least part of a main set one day and do some aerobic work on the elliptical the next.”<\/p>\n

This plan helped, but it did not fix her problems. For the first time in her collegiate career, Collett was not a part of the conference team. Her final season leading up to the meet marked a low point for Collett, because she realized things may not work out in her favor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis just wasn\u2019t going to get better or be fixed overnight,” Collett said. “I had to admit that swimming was not the best thing for my health and my future. Realizing that the one thing that helped you live a great life, and ultimately saved you at the beginning, should be over is one of the hardest things I\u2019ve had to deal with.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Courtney Collett<\/p><\/div>\n

A Champion’s Spirit<\/h3>\n

But Collett is a fighter by nature and she wasn\u2019t going to let herself or her teammates down. Her last meet, held at her home pool, proved she was cut from the same cloth as champions. In Collett\u2019s final individual swim, the 200-yard freestyle, she swam her second fastest time ever in the event. Then Collett swam a relay with her best friends and teammates, which left her\u00a0in tears of joy and with a tremendous sense of accomplishment.<\/p>\n

The thing that kept her going is also her best piece of advice for those in similar situations.<\/p>\n

\u201cHave a support system,\u201d Collett said. \u201cI had my family to talk about my diabetes with and I also relied on my friends and teammates a lot. They still cheered for me even when they knew that my swim was far from my best time and they were always there to give me a hand to stand up again. Sometimes, support is the best remedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

For her amazing contribution to the team and her never-ending ability to endure, Collett received the Robin Chico Award upon completing her swimming career this year. This award is given to a member of the Miami women\u2019s swimming and diving program who has been a positive representation of the team during times of hardship and adversity.<\/p>\n

Collett has embodied these qualities to the fullest in her time as an athlete and her story will continue to inspire countless others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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