a determined runner in bright athletic gear crosses the finish line with arms raised in celebration. The race official holds up a clipboard and points to mark the runner's finishing position. The runner has just completed a long race and is the twenty-third person to cross the line. Several other runners who finished before are walking around in the background, cooling down and stretching. Spectators cheer from behind barriers as they witness another successful completion. The race official clearly marks down this specific finishing order on the tracking sheet. someone achieving the twenty-third position in the sequential order of race finishers