The high school athletes said they didn't hesitate to stop and help an opponent.
Cooper said the student managed to whisper a "thank you" to him and Ethan when they checked on him at the finish line. Later that night, the student reached out to Ethan on social media to congratulate him and Cooper and thank them again for their help.
Stevens Point Area Senior High's boys cross-country team is one of the most competitive in the region, having won 12 state titles,"When you start to take running very seriously, you build a community, and that community is so wide -- it's just whoever you race, you just have a respect for because they are giving it their all," Cooper said. "And I thought that was more important than necessarily finishing in second place or in third place.
Ethan said that he was in a similar situation himself last year, when he fell near the finish line in a track-and-field race, so he sympathized with the fallen runner. The teammates said they heard cheers at the finish line when they stopped to help the runner, but have been blown away by the attention they have received since the school"No one would have faulted them for just running past and finishing the race, it is competition after all," school officials wrote on Facebook.
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