Extreme Sportmanship! Runner carries opponent 1/2 mile to help.

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Always good to read about stuff like this.

Thu Sep 22 09:13am EDT

[h=2]Runner carries injured foe half mile to help in middle of race[/h] By Jonathan Wall

Josh Ripley didn't have to stop. Running in a recent cross country meet for Andover (Minn.) High, the junior varsity runner was making his way through the trail at the Applejack Invite when he heard a loud scream during the first mile of a two-mile race. Most of the other kids running didn't pay much attention to Lakeville South runner Mark Paulauskas, who was writhing in pain at the time, as they passed by.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/...e-half-mile-to-help-in-?urn=highschool-wp6171

Yet I don't think the use of the word "foe" to describe his opponent is a good one. I mean, when I hear the word "foe" I think of enemy, antagonist, aggressor, someone to fight. These guys were just racing against each other and not even aggressively either.

Either way, Josh Ripley did a noble thing and a sportmanship like thing. All others passed the injured guy by. Kudos to Josh.