Clay Helton had a favorite summer movie. He watched it at least 50 times. He cheered with each climactic scene. He grew emotional with each dramatic ending.
“It’s right there on YouTube,” he said. “Exactly three minutes and 15 seconds.”
“Everybody in the park knows they have to win that race, and they almost drop the baton, and then she’s like, ‘I have to dig, I have to fight, I have to give every ounce of energy I’ve got,’ ” Helton recalled in an interview this week, his voice rising. “That makes a statement about how championships are won.