You see such great competition throughout New England (in ASA), much like college. It prepared me a lot.

I like being in control of the game and in control of what happens. I don't mind the pressure, and I've worked so hard at pitching.

For show choirs in New England, this is the big competition of the year. It's a culmination of the entire show choir year.

Since she was a college gymnast and because she's been through college gymnastics, she knows a lot about what's going on up there, what's going through your head. She knows what kind of things will better prepare us for meets.... She definitely knows what buttons to push.

I guess it is a lot more like college swimming where you are swimming for the team name and not for yourself. You are swimming for the team, and the people around you. Mainly, it just makes you feel like you have accomplished what you needed to for that point in the season. You just want to be able to swim well.

I was telling some college coaches before the game that in the (Public School Athletic League) the competition isn't that great, and that I thought I might get bored. They told me to keep playing hard and doing my best.