Monday, June 15, 2009

Bay Area girls surprise at state meet

-- State meet public-address announcer Keith Conning is knowledgeable and entertaining in the way he guides spectators through a track meet, but when he provided commentary about race-favorite Erik Olson's behind-the-leaders position in the boys 3,200 final, he overstepped his job description. "Olson has not been in this position before," Conning said. Olson, a junior from Novato, finished seventh.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/08/SPMU18336J.DTL

Keith Conning's response: I announced Erik Olson's victories at the Woody Wilson Classic at UC Davis and the Sacramento Meet of Champions at Hughes Stadium. In both cases Olson ran by himself for most of the way. Hence, my comment.

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