Briefly, as you can read the full story in ESPN, Oliver goes to a Jewish school in Maryland and was a competitive runner. He became more religious during the pandemic and decided to no longer run on Shabbat, but the State championships were held on Shabbat. He held his ground and didnt run, upsetting all those around him. The next year he described his experience to the director of the state championship race and the director was touched by Oliver's request and description of his experience that he put forth some additional effort and moved the race to a Sunday for the next year.

Oliver Ferber for the win!

For Ferber there was a happy ending, after all the tribulations and deliberations he had to go through. That doesn't always happen and Ferber didnt know it would for him either, and was fully resigned to not giving up his Shabbat to accomplish what he had always dreamed about and worked for....