He was very focused on his race strategy as soon as we got to the meet that morning.

In the first mile and a half of the race, we were beating Napoleon by one point and were up by even more to Vandercook.

I knew going into the meet that it would be a close race for the girls' team. I told them that our teams are very similar and they were going to have to work extra hard if they wanted to bring home a victory.

You will admit that at least 40 percent of any vote in a Democratic race is humorless feminists.

This conference race is going to go down to the final game. In my years here, the league has never had this much balance. A lot of teams are capable of winning on any day. We're in a good position but we're going to have to keep playing like this to stay in the lead.

You wouldn't want to run a race that wasn't fair for everyone. I'd rather wait for good conditions that are fair for everyone than to hold a race where the climate fluctuates from one skier to another.