The team received a fourth-place overall finish because we were consistent. We placed in the top 10 in most every event, with some fourth- and fifth-place finishes. This was a very focused team.

There are so many variables as to how a kid performs on a given day.

We had so many baby squirrels it was a nightmare.

Who knows what the long-term effects of saving rescue dogs are and the healing lessons and love they bring to Earth? Each one of us has the capacity to influence hundreds - even thousands of people or animals through the way we live our lives.

I think we settled down and ran the sets we were supposed to.

It was a bunch of little things. We weren't executing our offense the way we should have.