 The original videos were posted on Vine by high school students in Hillside, New Jersey.Inspired by Vincent and Hall's video, two players from the University of Maryland Terrapins college basketball program, Jared Nickens and Jaylen Brantley, filmed their own versions of the Running Man Challenge, spreading the meme.The challenge went viral on Vine, and Vincent, Hall, Nickens and Brantley were invited to perform it on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show".