This Is Why a Champion Teen Runner Was Disqualified After Helping a Teen in Medical Distress

Iowa’s Zachary Hougland smoked the competition.

The cross country runner sprinted across the finish line on October 22 and into the record books as the Davis County High School’s first district champion.

As Zach exchanged high-fives with his coach he turned around and saw one of his rivals struggling to finish the race . . .

So without giving it a moment’s thought, Zach stopped celebrating and rushed to the side of the struggling runner.

Jared Chizek, the assistant director of the Iowa high School Athletic Association, told ABC News that the teen’s act of sportsmanship violated the National Federation of State High School Association race rules. (Read more from “This Is Why a Champion Teen Runner Was Disqualified After Helping a Teen in Medical Distress” HERE)

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