user: Question: What is the finish position in the year prior to 2009?
Columns: ['Year', 'Finish position', '1st day', '2nd day', '3rd day', '4th Day']
Types: ['real', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: [2008.0, '50th', 'bumped Emmanuel', 'rowed-over', 'bumped by Peterhouse', 'rowed-over']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT "Finish position" FROM "Table" WHERE "Year" < 2009.0;