Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Here is your "feel good about humanity" video of the day.

Courtesy of Yardbarker:

Meghan Vogel, a junior at West Liberty-Salem High School in Ohio, won the state’s Division III 1,600 meter race, but she gained more attention for a race in which she finished last. 

Vogel was running the 3,200 meter race and about 50 meters from the finish line when she saw Arden McMath, a sophomore from Arlington High School, collapse. Instead of passing her, Vogel stopped to carry her competitor across the finish line. 

Race rules say Vogel should have been automatically disqualified for helping another runner, but the Springfield News-Sun says meet management took no action. They gave McMath 14th place and a finishing time of 12:29.90, and Vogel 15th in 12:30.24. Vogel made sure McMath crossed the finish line first because she had been ahead of her. 

“Helping her across the finish line was a lot more satisfying than winning the state championship,” Vogel told the News-Sun. 

“What a selfless act,” said Arlington coach Paul Hunter. “She could have just gone around Arden. But she chose to help. I’ve never seen that at a state meet. That’s real sportsmanship.”

Lately it just seems that all of us are at each others throats, especially when it comes to politics. 

I think it is healthy for us to once in a while focus on the BEST of what it means to be a human being, instead our numerous faults.

13 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:13 PM

    Thank you for directing us to this, Gryph. It is indeed worthy of GREAT sportsmanship, and real human compassion.

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  2. Anonymous7:25 PM

    nice, thank you.

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  3. Anonymous7:31 PM

    Lego hair threw on crazy wig with BIG fake curls and HuGE crazy glasses and cooked goose . She wore green elf I'll fit jacket.

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  4. Anonymous7:32 PM

    It's great to see this. Both girls have more time to compete. They will for the next couple of years be in inspiration to the younger athletes!

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  5. Gryphen! This was WONDERFUL! Great way to end the day....I'm still trying to get the sight of Elton John with Shaggy dog curls(*Baldy on Van CrookedFace tonight*)out of my head!

    This is just what the doctor ordered!

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  6. It is people like this young lady we should be constantly celebrating rather than the greedy, shallow, narcissistic idiots we call celebrities. Fortunately, I've seen this impulse in many of the young people I know.

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  7. dlbvet10:04 PM

    Thank you for the postive.
    I just got online and saw the news about Scott Walker...and it made my head and stomach ache.
    So thank you for alerting us to the fact that some goodness exists in this country.

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  8. Congratulations to her parents! They obviously did a great job raising her!

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    1. Nan C6:13 AM

      Yes, her parents have done a great job - but it seems they've had good material to work with too!

      Lovely to see this, and wonderful to know we can still have hope for the future with kids like this

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    2. Nan C6:27 AM

      Just saw this from a comment on another blog - the captions say "Tripp Johnston & Bristol Palin" (further confusing the last name thing).

      Goofy damn family, anyway

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    3. Nan C6:27 AM

      Oh rats - forgot the link! (sorry)

      http://www.poptower.com/bristol-palin-lifes-a-tripp-picture-90629.htm

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  9. Ladies and gentleman we have just been exposed to a true human champion. Now let's just hope that this kind of sportsmanship is contagious. May she succeed in all that she does. Bravo!

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  10. Anonymous6:04 AM

    I would bet anything that she is not a registered Republican.

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