Better Flotrack announcing: Grant Fisher's 12:53 or Alan Webb's 3:46?

Best FloTrack call ever. Web's mile was a close 2nd but they had time to prep for that. No one expected Solinski to do what he did. Ryan was a great announcer.

It was that broadcast that made Flotrack at all viable as a commercial venture. Once they go paywall though, first thing they do is pull Fenton off the mike.

Both had great energy, both had good comments to keep us following the action. I give them both high scores. But track announcers still need to get better at describing the crux of the race. Grant Fischer was pulling away because … “revving his engine” was a good cliche, but describe what that means for a runner, and how extraordinary it is to do at that point of a fast race. Webb was clearly tying up on the last lap but still was going super fast. Describe what that looks and feels like and how hard he is straining to do that. They need to get more into the visceral nature of running, not just the “who is where” of the race.

Footnote: I once heard a British radio broadcast of a tennis match, and I could totally picture each point. The announcer animated everything from the effort of the players to reach a drop shot to the power of hammering a passing shot. That is the level for track announcers to shoot for.

In the women's 5k they didn't realize that Cranny broke the American record until the middle of the next race. Their announcing was disgraceful.