Ron is watcher, it seems. He watches his pick-up basketball teamтАУfive guys trying to fit together on the court. He watches Dawn on the dance floor, and that tiny star tattoo on her shoulder. He watches Darby run, her short legs all sweat and muscle. He watches his friends veer offтАУand upтАУinto popularity. He watches his dad move in with his grandmother and make do. But heтАЩs more than a watcher: HeтАЩs a hustler on the court, a free-thrower, a poet, a poker player, a rule breaker, a loving grandson, a runner, and a ruthless competitor in those eight laps around the trackтАУthe 3200 meter. In nine interwoven stories, award-winning author Rich Wallace brings a small-town high school to life through the sharp, spare voiceтАУand the heart-pounding defeats and triumphsтАУof an athlete.