They definitely got us in the first half. We finally settled down in the second half.

We've been talking about it and putting up little things every day of the week. That's helped us to get motivated, because after we had that tough stretch, we'd all talk, tell stories about last year and remember how much we want to get back there again.

What more could you want? We've got the defending state champs at our house. Everybody's hyped them up this year, but it's at our place. This gives us a chance to show everybody that we're for real.

Coach told us they were probably going to come out a little tentative and then get up in us, so we had to get after them right away.

I do not feel disappointed at all. I won both the 100 and 200 at the US trials and the worlds. It was a great season for me.

Obviously, this Michigan game is huge for us after coming off back-to-back, double-win weekends. This Michigan game could really put us over the edge here.