It can get pretty loud and pretty crazy (at state). I hope they can build on that momentum and have fun. I want them to have fun most importantly. This definitely is the experience of a lifetime.

We definitely won as a team.

We can see our hard work paying off. A lot of (the athletes) have come up to me and said they learned a lot. The rest of the year will be icing on the cake, really.

We're really confident. The girls did a really good job at (the CCL meet Jan. 28) getting times down. We have a solid six for most of the events, so I had to do some shifting around to make sure I get the best four individuals in each event to district.

We swam in that pool (in the Northeast Invitational on Jan. 13-14). We know how big (the facility) is. Hopefully that experience will help.