We went all-out; we didn't hold back. We have been training all year for two meets on back-to-back days. We weren't going to change the script.
That was pretty good for one major mistake and without our top two athletes healthy.
I don?t think anybody?s good enough to make mistakes and still win.
In the beginning of the season I started putting her up last in the lineup with the hopes of her dealing with the pressure in the end like this. She almost fell on floor, any other time she would have fallen. She almost fell on vaulting stepping forward [but did not]. So this is a big step for her.
We had to work this year. Last year we had some pretty fast horses and any one of these athletes could win. But this year took more of a strategy, who?s gonna go when, who?s not. We need our best players at the end, but we also need them to be pressure ready.
They still have not come to terms with the fact that they are some of the team leaders. They just don?t know their value yet.
It was the pressure. This was the first time they had to be in a situation where we have a lot of good kids and there?s this many people watching, and there?s the pressure of the state meet. So they made little mistakes.
Not knowing what happened in the past [in other sports] I think for any school to do that it?s an accomplishment.
We want to do our most difficult routines. Instead of taking a more conservative [team] approach..It?s a lot like an Olympic individual final.
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