There was a tense sort of two or three days where we had not qualified for state and we were just waiting to find out to see if they had chosen to take us anyway.

Now that the medley has qualified we have three relays qualified for the state. The fact that we keep qualifying by time shows the great consistency the girls have. It speaks about the girls' effort and their work ethic.

Virginia, being a red state, has seen moderate candidates like Mark Warner - like Harris Miller sort of appears to be, in the early stages - see some success. James Webb is almost carrying that trend even further - as a former Republican administration official, as a person with a strong military background. It's something that has worked for Democrats so far - but he has to figure out a way to convince Democratic voters that he can be the one who gets the job done.

We wanted to get to state so bad, and that's why the game was like [that]. It was tense out there.

It is the next two or three days that are vital,

Some of them had been there two or three days. Some of them had not eaten in six days.