Rivals Help Injured Runner Across Finish Line

Boston College runner Madeline Adams was helped across the finish line at the ACC Cross Country Championships by Clemson's Evie Tate and Louisville's Rachel Pease. Watch the amazing show of sportsmanship here in this ACC Must See Moment!

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Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, by seven universities located in the South Atlantic States, the conference added additional members in late 1953, 1979, 1991, 2004, and 2013. The 2004 and 2013 additions extended the conference's footprint into the Northeast and Midwest. The most recent expansion in 2013 saw the additions of the University of Notre Dame, the University of Pittsburgh, and Syracuse University. In 2012, the University of Maryland's Board of Regents voted to withdraw from the ACC to join the Big Ten Conference. On November 28, 2012, the ACC's Council of Presidents voted unanimously to invite the University of Louisville as a full member, replacing Maryland.

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[josiahwilson]

The most beautiful thing about this was that the two girls that helped her weren’t even on the same team!
I have a soft spot in my heart for sportsmanship, it restores my faith in mankind 😌🙌🏼

[norman]

Sometimes how you finish is more important than winning.

[coreysoze]

Give these two women a medal for real!

[jasonlawson]

2 things. 1, they both sacrificed their own finish positions to help someone else. 2, they did this as they themselves were exhausted from a full race. great human beings....beautiful

[Johntheheadache]

"When you sacrifice your own position to help another athlete finish what they started, that's true supermanship" - I needed to hear this today to keep believing there is still good out there.

[oldseer]

I see TWO fantastic winners of this race.. and they are helping without being called to service. Thank you for setting such wonderful examples for us all to follow. Again, thank you.

[Shnikies]

Nobody is gonna remember who won that race but those two girls will always be remembered for what they did. Sportsmanship is always more important than winning.

[Alasdair]

That's what humanity is all about

[mogtrader]

This is beyond sportsmanship. This is humanity.

[tomboard]

This is what strength of character looks like. It can't be taught and it can't be bought. Compassion, empathy and heroism is ingrained.

[charleskuckel]

Who are the MOFO's who gave this video thumbs down? What we saw here is the real definition of sportsmanship hands down!

[namelessronin]

These two women had already won the match.They should be champions

[znlztvs]

Finally. True Sportsmanship! Well done ladies.

[catmac]

Classy ladies showing true sportsmanship. 🙂👏🏼

[billyhartman]

That's what I call true sportsmanship and watching out for a fellow athlete and not themselves

[Travisvader]

Wow what sportsmanship and team work to help that girl out. Looked like the girl in White was exhausted like her energy was gone. Thank you to both girls in Red for helping out that other runner. Proud of you, they deserve medals for helping her.

[Pmtd]

With so much animosity in this world, it is wonderful to see human kindness!

[chrissmith]

This should have been on every news channel because this is the America I remember. God Bless you ladies and I thank your parents for raising such wonderful

[ramondrose]

Wow that runner really "hit the wall" great to see that kind of sportsmanship.

[joshmurchison]

These athletes truly deserve the best in life. Its moments like this that gives me goosebumps. I love it 💯