If someone was so sick they needed to be wheeled out, they wouldn't have been jumping up and down beforehand.
You are right, you're more experienced at track than I am. I watch more than 99% of people, but you're not in that group. I can tell you're not lying because you have the typical "I played x sport in college so everyone else is a casual" attitude common to meathead athletes.
And my other favorite, "you couldn't throw a ball 20 yards/you're not a world class athlete, so you're not allowed to weigh in on anything related to those sports. Only those of us who played could possibly know things."