Category: cross country

How One Man Found Unexpected Kindness on a Solo Journey to Remember a Dear Friend

May 27, 2022
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“The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.” —Henry David Thoreau I recently reunited with one of my previous high school students, Doug Finch. We had not seen each other in some 30 years, but we have stayed connected through social media. Doug is a biker, a Harley guy, and…

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Video: 14-Year-Old Runner Pushes Her Big Brother in Wheelchair so They Can Race Together

December 12, 2021
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Unwilling to see her brother relegated to the sidelines in his wheelchair, a high school cross-country runner takes part in school races pushing him around the course. The pair are not officially recognized as legitimate competitors, but that doesn’t stop them from crossing the finish line as winners every time. Teens Jeffrey and Susan Bergeman…

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High School Runner Collapses on Final 75 Meters—Then Competitor Lifts Him to Cross Finish Line Together

November 16, 2021
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For Brandon Schutt, a senior at Bellevue East, it would likely be his last cross-country event of his high school career. He and Omaha Burke sophomore Blake Cerveny on Oct. 14 were competing in a 3.1-mile A-2 District at Pioneers Park in Lincoln, Nebraska, where they, like all the others runners, hoped to make state….

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Britain’s Pidcock Storms to Cross-Country Gold

July 26, 2021
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IZU, Japan—Britain’s Tom Pidcock became the youngest ever Olympic mountain bike champion as he left his rivals in a cloud of dust as he stormed to the gold medal on the Izu course on Monday. The relentless 21-year-old seized control after four laps of the 4.1km Izu circuit and he was never challenged, riding away…

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Laguna Beach High School Senior Excels on Land and in Water

February 6, 2021
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Eighteen-year-old Jessie Rose, a senior at Laguna Beach High School in Southern California, felt inspired to write a poem. “When my world seems to be collapsing, I know you are always there for me. You make me work for your love, but the suffering is worth it,” she wrote. Rose told The Epoch Times that…

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