We went hard and we really work on strategy. Then we started to taper down. We don't push the kids. They know when I'm serious that it is time to get to work.

The guys were in the pool at 5 a.m. this morning. We've started to taper with some guys whose last meet will be the Valley or who are close to a (state) qualifying time. Everyone else begins to taper for the end of the season starting tomorrow morning.

I find that the harder I work , the more luck I seem to have.

We have a lot of great kids who work hard.

I'm really happy for our team. They work as hard as any group of kids I've ever had. I just can't say enough. Our players did it all.

I've started my taper for Chicago [Marathon]. I thought I'd run 33:30, so it's about what I expected. This was the first time that I've run in a masters only race.