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.

We're trying to find where kids can help our team and get some confidence. Indoor meets are non-scoring meets, so you can move people around and experiment a bit. You can find out what you really have before you put together your full lineup for the outdoor season.

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.

Up and down the lineup, everybody pitched in. I think this will give us confidence to keep working hard and keep getting better.

That was an outstanding time.

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

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.

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

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.