It was a huge learning experience. It was great practice for a two-day meet in terms of holding their weight and keeping our focus over that length of time. The team bonded and I think we want to go back next year.
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Related It was a good day for us. It was a great learning experience, especially for the younger kids. The e... AARON OLDFIELD It was a great meet with the boys. We had gone back and forth all year with Elmira. That was a lot o... LOU FIORILLO At this time of year you want the girls to come out of a meet healthy, and I think everybody here di... NINO FENNOY We had a great team meet. We did a great job all together and we had a bunch of young kids perform. ... DAKOTA TEFERTILLER I was starting nearly every game, and I think that was a bit of a transition for me, especially havi... KATE LANE It was a great season for me. I want to focus on quality races next year. JUSTIN GATLIN I am really proud of how far this team came this year. I really want to give our players a lot of cr... BILL CALLAHAN Yesterday's and [Thursday's] practice was a little tough, but real good. It was good to have a day o... DREW PETERS This whole year has been a learning experience for our team, and tonight was another step in that pr... ED KELLY We haven't had a five game situation in practice yet, so this was a good learning experience for the... LORI COOPER This was a great learning experience for us. We knew coming in that they were in a must-win situatio... BRIAN COURTMANCHE The Zones were a nice end to the season. We had two seniors that had never been there before and as ... ERIC ELLIOTT I hope our team remembers this. It was a learning experience and we learned a lot. BENJAMIN CANTU I think over spring break, a lot of us had some time to see our families and get our bodies rested u... ASHLEY KEY I think it is the biggest win of the year. We played 60 minutes against a great team and especially ... BRAD BOYES Having photographed the landscape for a number of years and specifically working with trees and in t... JOHN SEXTON It was an exasperating week, but I want to focus on how great it is for our players and for our team... DAN CASTILLO It was a great experience. We were able to do more for her in a day than she was able to do in two w... DEON SANTISTEVEN Our kids played with 150 percent of their heart. They never gave up and their want to win was there.... HUGH ROBERTS Freddie's a great trainer and a great person, and I'm just glad to be back with him and on good term... JUAN LAZCANO We'd like to win [in the playoffs] this time and not just get there. Last year was a pretty good exp... HEATHER HIBNER The only thing I can think of (for the Steelers being favored) is that they beat Indianapolis, which... MIKE HOLMGREN It was a lot more fun this year because it was in Buffalo. It was more of a team activity - we flew ... BEN GROSS It was a great experience, I'm glad I got to play with the team. We'll be even better next year. JASON ROSS It was kind of hard for us to have Collins in the first game because they have pretty much the same ... ESTELLE JOHNSON Fifth place isn't bad for our first state showing. We have a really good chance next year I think. I... ADAM GREEN It's a great feeling. This was a great experience and a huge meet for all of us, so I'm really proud... COREY HARTUNG It was a really intense learning experience because the show was already up and running. We had to a... ADAM HOROWITZ It was a great day. It was a good experience and I think we came out real well. SHANE SINEGAL It was good experience for everyone. We have two seniors on the team and although this is their last... ERIC ELLIOTT I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL It was definitely a learning process. It was obviously the first time I was getting to play collegia... MEGHAN RYAN The wheels fell off in the last two events. I'm not sure if it was a lack of focus, a lack of trusti... FRANK KUDLAC Basically Ali is pitching in the second half of her freshman year to a great degree. It was very val... DON HOWARD It was a great game, especially for this early in the year. I was proud of our kids that we fought b... DICK MANDELLA We had a positive experience there in 2004 and believe that it will be a memorable experience for th... DEB HAUSER The meet this weekend with Illinois will be an important one for our season. It is our senior meet a... CAREY FAGAN I want to win a national championship and I think our team has the ability, without a doubt next yea... BRADY QUINN The first year, the team was coached by the city of Cleveland, but the YMCA took over for the next t... JESSIE BURCH I was really pleased with those guys. Winning discus at that meet is a huge accomplishment. We have ... CLINT LAWHORNE This is the first team we've seen that has spread it out against us and it was a little bit of a lea... JADE NOARD I credit Steve Trimble with keeping his team focused with what their goal was. I think they had grea... BRIAN INMAN I credit Steve Trimble with keeping his team focused with what their goal was. I think they had grea... BRIAN INMAN I appreciate the administration giving me a time line to meet with NFL teams, and now the time has c... PAT HILL I learned to basically pull my own weight, just do my own thing. I spent a lot of time alone and I l... SEBASTIAN THRUN It was huge for our team this year and for the confidence that we could beat a team as good as Utica... BRENT CAHILL I think they're really proud of their effort today. It was really a great second effort coming off o... HEATHER CUNNINGHAM With no seniors, every game is a learning experience for this team. To come back and win after takin... JOE MONTANO Kansas was a big team. We didn't really handle it well, but I think we can treat that as a learning ... BOBBY PERRY It was a great team win. It was our best overall performance of the year. The defensive effort was o... CARY THOMPSON It was a good experience and a new experience. It allowed the kids to grow and bond as a team. It wa... JOE RODRIGUEZ We try not to think about next year that much. We want to focus on this year. But we're definitely p... JOY HOLLINGSWORTH Overall, it was a huge success for me. It was a huge honor for me to be a two-time Olympian and have... JEREMY BLOOM For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA When I came back, there was a huge series of celebrations, ... There was Jane Swagerty Day and the C... DON HILL The argument we always used to use was that keeping records in the catalog was good for people that ... EVAN PARKER It was unbelievable how everyone stepped up the way they did at the same time. We had a bunch of fou... MARK TAFFE It was a great day all around. We were definitely here to have a good time and it was all about the ... JOE URSO I think throughout the season we all learned to focus in and that the team was a big part of it. Sti... JAMI LANZ It was great. I didn't think I would scream that loud. It was a harder weight class than last year. ADAM FITTERER It was three long trips, and we came out of it with 20 goals for and three against. You can't argue ... DAVID COPE We only want to go to Round Rock one time, and this is not the week. This was a tough course and we ... DAVID PARK It was great. In a couple of games, we got up and took a pretty early lead and I got to get the subs... JEFF KIRKPATRICK It's great to get back to practice just because we haven't practiced for a long time. I feel like ou... DENNIS MITCHELL It was a great accomplishment for everyone. This is a starting point for next year. The seniors star... JOEL QUICK I credit Steve Trimble with keeping his team focused with what their goal was. I think they had grea... BRIAN INMAN Berkley has a good team. They'd won a lot of games. If there was a difference in overtime, I think i... LOU SCHMIDT This was a good learning experience for us. This game was a carbon copy of the Gulf game (a 62-28 lo... JASON MONTGOMERY It's a huge meet, and you see some great competition. If you do well, it helps your confidence for n... DREW TURNER We are a young team. We start two freshmen and Brooke (Smith) and I are only in our second year of p... CANDICE WIGGINS I think we had some stars in our eyes a little bit. It was a great learning experience. It's been a ... AARON FINCH It was a good learning experience since we have several players who have never played before. They h... DOUG ELLIS Their pride was at stake and we came back and we just couldn't get over the hump. But I thought it s... BOB NASH It was such a beautiful day. The 18 athletes who went had a great experience, since we hadn't seen a... GARY HEIDE He was our best lineman all year long. I think he had a great senior season. He was the leader of ou... CODY VANDERFORD Last year one of our problems was we'd win a game and show up and play terrible the next game. Tonig... DEREK WAUGH It was a great process and learning experience. I think it speaks volumes about the quality of our p... PAT HILL I was proud that we didn't hang our heads and quit playing, because we could have done that at any t... GAIL GLADDING We didn't play up to our potential in Hawaii. But, it was a good learning experience for our veteran... GORDON EAKIN Over a year's time, I felt like I squeezed in five years of touring experience, which was a real... WASHED OUT I don't know what it was this year but there was something about us and we bonded and came together.... CASEY MOORE The first inning was huge. Greg did a great job getting the runner over and the next thing you know ... CHRIS WELLS We want go to a regional this year, win it and possibly compete to win a Super Regional. That was ou... DONOVAN HAND A huge part of that game was the five or six times that we stopped them when we just kept giving the... CONLAN EFURD I think he took it personal. We talked a little bit that day. I said listen, 'It's over, come back n... LUIS SOJO This was a good overall effort. It was the kind of thing we've talked to our kids about all along: F... DON HARVEY That was a great race (200 backstroke) for Helen, and Ashley had a great meet for us. Those two are ... WHITNEY HITE It was great. It was a huge emotional boost. It makes our team that much better. We are at 100 perce... MIKE MISLAK So I was always passionate about it and felt that it was sort of the golden thread inside me in term... BARBARA HERSHEY That was one of our goals. We focus on one goal at a time, one meet at a time. ERIC OSMER I was a vegan for about a year, and it was a great experience. And I became vegan not because of ani... TIA MOWRY We've got a bunch of guys that played hard all year. Sometimes it happens. It just happened at a cru... MARIO HAGGAN History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We knew they were a great hitting team and that we were going to have to face adversity at some time... ASHLEY GUILE We knew our pitching staff was the backbone of the team. The question mark is our hitting. It isn't ... BRAD AUSMUS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I think she cracked her bridge up there. We hope to have her back for next week. She was at practice... CHUCK BAUERLE It was a good opening meet. After two-and-a-half weeks of practice, you can tell we were excited to ... DENNIS STONEQUIST It was hysterical. It was very entertaining. We had a wonderful time. It was our first time ? we hav... DENISE BEATTY That was not a focus until later in the year. We definitely will be preparing to get our times down ... LAUREL STOKES
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