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Watch as Cross Country Runner Collides With Deer, Finishes Race

A cross-country runner was knocked to the ground by a deer dashing through the course in Pennsylvania. https://t.co/WLi9d02jYI pic.twitter.com/Lj2sDJphaP &mdash...
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Center Valley, PA — A cross-country runner’s collision with a deer during an NCAA race at DeSales University was captured on video and has since gone viral.

The Allentown Morning Call reports that Justin DeLuzio, a Gwynedd Mercy University senior, was running in an 8k race on the DeSales race route just after noon when at least 10 deer ran into a line of runners from their left, and one of them hit.

Eric Bologa, a runner on the Frostburg State University cross-country team captured the video.

“I was recording my runners and they all had passed and the deer came running out of the woods,” Bologa told the Morning Call. “So I pulled up my phone and next thing I knew they collided. We ran over to see if he was all right and he just kept on running.”

DeLuzio was helped to his feet by a teammate and actually finished the race.

Bologa later posted the video on his Facebook page with the line, “Who says Cross Country isn’t a contact sport?”

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