Last night at finals we sat next to a family from Iowa who traveled here specifically to see Gary Hall, Jr. swim. They have a diabetic daughter, who is a swimmer, and met Gary at some kind of information session for diabetic athletes. Gary took the daughter under his wing, discussed strategies for training and racing with the disease, and otherwise proved himself to be a first class guy to these folks. They were thrilled to see him, and disappointed that he didn't make the team. Aren't we all, just a little bit?
Observer posted July 6 at 1:24pm.
Bob Costas used "in the books" for his lead in last night on network TV, Garrett probably didn't want to look like a copy cat.