We tried some different combinations. We experimented in things, so we knew we wouldn't score as many points.

She has already easily beaten her best throws from last year and she's just consistently getting better each meet.

Valley's the defending state champion, and we just got in a battle with them tonight and went toe-to-toe. Up and down the lineup, our kids performed. The question now is where we can find five points in the next month before we see Valley again at the conference meet.

Our field events are going to be a real positive. They'll get us some points early and we'll start the running events in a good position.

We have a good core of kids to build the team around, and that's really encouraging. I've seen these kids work very hard during the indoor season, and now we're going to see what we're about ... It's nice to train but opening day and that first meet is always exciting.

My field event coaches really do a great job getting those girls ready. My coaches work really hard on their individual events and it's them that really put it together for us.