I'm your typical 20-something American male, sadly. I like to watch baseball, basketball and football, and I don't pay nearly enough attention to the other sports until the Olympics roll around.

I'm glad I tuned in when I did.

The men's 800-meter track finals at the U.S. Olympic Trials was one of the most exciting two minutes of sports I've ever witnessed. If you missed it, it was an amazing finish. Nick Symmonds, a stumpy, charismatic cat, won the race going away after being in the caboose with 200 yards left. Nearly trapped in, he slipped past a wall, darted to the outside and kicked into a gear so amazing, Secretariat would be impressed. It was a sight.

That was hardly the end of the dramatics, though. With the top three heading to Beijing, a native Kansan named Christian Smith did a headlong dive at the finish line to beat Khadevis Robinson by an inch and place third. Not only that, but Smith's lunge helped get the A qualifying standard he needed, too. Symmonds and Smith will be joined by University of Oregon student Andrew Wheating in China.

They hooked me. I'll be tuning in to the 800 when they head to Beijing. If it's half as dramatic in August, it'll be more than worth it