That's what Dawne Cardinalli of Santa Rosa said when she saw Ron Miller, 61, make a dive from the springboard at the Finley Aquatic Center. Cardinalli has an 11-year old daughter, Hannah, who also is a member of the Santa Rosa Diving Club.

"To me, when I see Ron," Cardinalli said, "I feel that nothing is unreachable. It is incredible what he is doing. And I think it's good for the kids on the team to see what he's doing, that as an adult he can still relate to them by diving."

Miller, who had never dove before, took up the sport a year ago. While he has yet to compete in a meet, Miller makes every practice, does every training drill.

The next oldest member on the team is Jen Meyer, the former Ursuline diving star who will dive next year for UC Davis.

LeBron James or Kobe Bryant, Sil Coccia, basketball coach at Sonoma Valley, had a well-thought out answer.

"For the first 46 minutes," Coccia said, "I would take LeBron. For the last two minutes I would take Kobe. Kobe is the best finisher in basketball. He's a stone-cold killer even in the last 10 minutes. He's an assassin. I am a big Kobe guy."

And Troy Baker of Santa Rosa High enjoys the stares and the ohmigoshs when he throws the shot putt farther than the sterotypical body types of 6-foot-4, 250 pounds.

"We formed a line at the MOC and everyone thought Jacob (Gowan, CN) who was standing at the other end had the best throw," Baker said. "When they called my name and so many people looked my way and said, 'What?' Speed and technique go a long way into throwing the shot. Sure, it would nice to have weight behind you but that's no guarantee."

Even his throwing coach, Paul Troppy, said Baker is not strong.

"But when he releases the shot," Troppy said, "you can't even see his right arm, he is moving it so fast."

A boy from Sonoma County finished first at the state track and field championships?

Between 1927 and now, there's been only one: Mel Gray of Montgomery won both the 100 meters and 200 meters in 1967. Montgomery finished second in the team standings with 16 points, based solely on Gray's two sprints.

This information is brought to you courtesy of Jim Crowhurst whose website - Northbay.com/running - is the most complete source for information in this area for track and field people.

Toni Noonan is one of the shot put thrower coaches for Santa Rosa High. I was speaking to her today about Troy Baker, who I am going to interview later for a column. So I asked Toni what she did for a living.

"I am a custom brewer," is what I thought she said. I thought to myself, well, I think I need to ask another question.

"Custom brewer? So that's what you do?"

"No, no, no," she said. "I am a custom embroider. Embroider!"

Oh.