High school hero gets trophy for 178th-place finish
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You might not recognize the names, but if you're a NewsCut regular, you've seen Melanie Bailey and Danielle Lenoue in action.
Bailey is the senior at Devils Lake High School in North Dakota who picked up Lenoue, a senior at Fargo South, during a cross-country meet in Glyndon, Minn., earlier this month.
They both got some well-deserved national attention this week when they appeared on the Ellen show this week.
Was it a big deal? You decide. But 50 other kids ran past Lenoue before one gave up the race to help someone.
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