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Pride is Forever is a documentary film that follows the plight of high school runner Anthony Armstrong (US #5, Dyestat Top 25) as he trains for the 2012 track season in the hopes of winning a national championship. In 2011, Armstrong won the Washington State 3A state title in the 1600m (4:12.3) and the 3200m (8:57.36). The following cross country season he became the first runner ever to break 15:00 in the Washington State Cross Country Championship race (Sun Willows, 5K). Kicking from a distant third with 200 meters to go, Armstrong finished in 14:58.4, breaking the course record previously held by Shane Moskowitz (15:06). Two weeks later, after being put on crutches four days before the Washington vs. Oregon Borderclash race due to a sprained muscle behind his knee, Armstrong broke a three-man tie with 50 meters left in the 4.4 kilometer race to win in 13:48; finishing only a second off of Olympian Galen Rupp's course record time set 8 years earlier.

Filmmaker Phil Snyder (left) captures Anthony Armstrong (239) as he battles national class GSL opponents during the 2012 track season for “Pride is Forever.” Photo by Gary Paulson

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Interview with filmmaker Phil Snyder

By Doug Binder

The idea for making a documentary made sense. Phil Snyder, a senior at Kamiakin High School in Kennewick, Wash., wanted to make one.

And in Anthony Armstrong he felt he had the perfect subject.

Armstrong was a dynamic figure in Washington cross country in 2011. He broke the course record at the state meet and it seemed like he might be poised for an all-time-great sort of a track season.