I think the guy with the camera must have thought that 800 meter runners break to lane 1 right away. He was standing in one the lanes about 20-30 from the start.
A 9th grade girl who was an alternate but who got in the race when one of the runners scratched maybe 2 hours before the race was in that lane. She was forced to go into the outside lane to go around him.
The 9th grade girl showed great poise dealing with the uncertianity of not know she was going to race until shortly before the race and dealing with the guy in her lane. She was able to qualify for state by going under the time standard (2:13 something) but she still must have been thinking wtf at the start.