Yesterday in Paris, David Woods is there as Cole Hawker, who he has covered since

Cole was a young high school runner, took a shocking gold medal.

I'm going to play this to begin before we bring on David because David might enjoy

hearing it in, even though it's his own recording.

David Woods, who has been kind enough to give us his time on this program, is in Paris

and did his narration play-by-play. It's pretty good play-by-play of the run as it happened with

Cole Hawker taking gold. Cole Hawker has put himself in this thing. He's on the rail, but he's

kind of boxed in. I think he's being boxed, there goes Ker. There goes curve. Now, is Hucker going to get through on the inside? Hocker's going to get through on the inside. Hocker's going to get through on the

inside. Hocker's going to get through on the side. It's going to be Kohlhawker. Koehocker is the

Olympic champion and the Olympic record. Coahawker is the Olympic champion. Oh my!

David Woods joins us now, who had that call yesterday, and he is on the Express Pro Tire and auto guest line, David.

I appreciate not only your time, but your patience there.

And, you know, for you, I know, David, that, and I want to give our listeners a glimpse

here, it is the job of any journalist to never have emotional or, you know, direct rooting interest in a story.

But there also comes with it.

You're kind of an ambassador for the athlete that you're covering in an Olympic situation for sure,

because that's the one that people that are your readers are wanting to know what happens.

For you personally, even though I know that, like I said, you can't have that rooting interest,

but yet I got the impression that this is a young man because you've seen the dedication from day one for him,

that you did feel a pride to an extent,

but a joy for him in that.

Can you take me through just the overall experience of seeing the evolution of a runner like that?

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