From USA Today Sports
Video from WPBF-TV (West Palm Beach)
When nine-year-old Josh Zuchowski arrived at the Santa Claus Invitational swim meet earlier this month, he checked the printed psych sheet to see if he’d be racing his friendly 10-year-old rival, Reese Branzell. But Reese’s name wasn’t there. He had been hospitalized earlier in November with a hip infection and hadn’t been able to compete.
Josh said he felt bad that Reese couldn’t compete, so he told his father that if he won all five of his races at the meet, he would give the high-point trophy to his sidelined competitor. Josh did exactly that, sweeping the meet, then penning a card that he would give to Reese’s coach.
As Today.com notes, Josh and Reese often finish 1-2 in races, which makes Josh’s statement that he’d rather finish second to Reese than first without him that much more touching.
Reese has recovered and told WPBF that he’s looking forward to competing again soon.
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