The spirit of competition award today has to go to Holly. For a freshman to come into this meet with limited cross country experience ... and place 10th in a time of under 17 minutes is just outstanding.

We improved significantly as a team today. Although the times reflect the warm windy conditions, it was our best overall performance of the season.

Meghan needs to build on this. This is something she needs to take some pride in and remember.

The gap is starting to close a little bit with these younger kids. Obviously some of these younger kids are starting to accept the challenge of moving up.

Every meet they get out there they are just getting more experienced.

(Meyer) might have gone out a little slow on that first mile, but in these weather conditions I think it's better sometimes to be smart than to question yourself at the end. She came on and was only 9 seconds out of second place. She made a great move at about the 3,000-meter mark, when she was in fourth or fifth.