We've been working on relays a lot in practice ? and we've made some mistakes ? but it's nice to know that [the work] all pays off. Everyone knew where they needed to be and go. The throw was there ... it was just wonderful.
Abbie Bates
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I always figure that the C.B. Relays is kind of like our Drake. It's our toughest meet competition-wise, and the kids get to see some of the guys they read about in the newspaper.
Brad Kruse
When we can mix in our young kids in the relays, that's always good. We do that whenever we can. Nothing helps your confidence like success.
Ron Hunerdosse
There are only four events but with heats, semi-finals and finals there are 11 races, plus three more with relays so 14 races over six days is a lot of swimming.
Stephan Widmer
One of the things I really like about this event is how it gets people together. I think relays keep more people involved and interested in how your teammates are doing.
Jeff Callahan
We've got some good meets coming up. Hopefully, I can do well. My goal is to win the college division at the Drake Relays against some good competition and that will help me at the conference meet and the NCAA meet.
Kevin Becker
The relays are always super exciting. Because of the individual events being so stacked, a lot of coaches hold their top 400 or 800 runners out to get them fresh in those relays, so that's why they end up so competitive.
Harry Groves
The 4x400 relays performed well at both meets, and the girls at the relays in Syracuse all had really good times.
Sara Myers
We had a great region meet; we had a good state meet. We had fabulous time drops at region, and we had some good time drops here in all our relays at state.
Scott Balling
I've been saying all year that our strength is in the relays.
Don Helling
We're really happy with our relays, they all ran really well.
Cortney Lamb
Relays are so big here, and all of these kids want to be a part of that.
Sean Washington
We have another investigator who will come from Ohio and who is familiar with this kind of metal chimney. There are some electrical relays in the big silo area, but [the evidence] doesn't draw us there.
Michael Fitting
We definitely want to head to the relays and bring a little California pride with us.
Bryan Fetzer
We focused our better individuals in the relays to get some points, and that really helped us out. Our relay teams did very well.
Dave Redden
It's pretty much all I'm thinking about. We've been doing a lot of math - calculating what times we need to move up in the relays. We think we have a shot.
Ian Boydstun
Coming off conference you are emotionally spent. So we always come to Penn Relays with the idea that we are going to have fun. We run some relays that really aren't run that often because this is a chance for the kids to go into a relatively low-pressure situation and perform well simply in the name of fun.
Randy Bungard
We are taking particular interest in the relays this time around and not just running with if we have somebody that can run a 100.
David Leslie
I'm ecstatic over the two relays, especially the 200 free because that is our shot at state. It's seeded fourth, and 1:51.44 is not our best time. I'm very optimistic to finally qualify these girls to state in something.
Patti Hoch
The points we got from Amanda were really big because those were points I wasn't expecting. She ran a great race. I expected the 30 points from the field events and between nine and 12 points from the relays and we got nine, so we did about as well as I expected us to.
Dave Redden
We feel like he can score 300 more points than he did in this meet. This is the first time he's had a chance to compete in a decathlon before the Drake Relays. That's one of the reasons we came to this meet because now he can train and get ready for Drake as he continues to move up.
Steve Lynn
If we get him back, we may have a couple chances for the boys' relays (making it to state).
Art Bruner
Our relays will be very good. We expect our 4 x 4 to qualify for finals. The sprint medley and mile relays should be in contention for a medal.
Tony Sandoval
We're deeper in the relays. We have just so much more depth to get some good people in every event. With depth, you tend to find more people who can perform at a higher level.
David Stroh
We wanted to show everyone that the distance program is back at Texas. This is our big home meet so we felt like we had to win at least one of these relays.
Kyle Miller
We had some good times I those relays.
Gary Tague
We definitely do have a younger team, so I think we'll have an opportunity to put together some better relays in the future.
Josh Floetke
This year, we put a lot more emphasis in the relays and scoring. We've been learning over the past three years, but we came a long way.
Laura Stark
I am looking to make the top four (in the 100) and I think we can place (in the top eight) in both relays.
Jeff Montague
He really didn't have anything down on paper to show to college coaches. Nothing on videotape. All we had were the relays we normally go to.
Mario Toussaint
This is huge. I feel like we haven't lost momentum after the national championship, we've gained it. The Texas Relays are a great chance for us to judge where we are as a team. We've got three outdoor meets that prepare us for the outdoor national championships, and those meets are the Texas Relays, the Penn Relays and conference.
Bev Kearney
Allyson could run any leg but leadoff. They say she doesn't have relay experience, but this spring she ran relays at Penn, Modesto, Texas and Mt. Sac.
Allyson Felix
I've said it before that the Drake Relays are not the end of the world. It's a fun weekend for the kids, but we don't put that much emphasis on it. The kids get to go down and rub shoulders with the big time and run at the Drake facility. They're looking forward to it.
John Sletten
We have the potential to win the gold in both 4x400m relays.
Ray Harvey
We've been through a lot. I couldn't have done this without them. I'm going to remember the relays. I consider these girls more than teammates.
Victoria Bonifield
As long as the relays swim well, you have to feel we have a chance to swim as high as the top two at state.
Craig Harris
The Drake (Relays) are very similar to the Big Ten Championships in that we're going to be competing for two days. We're going to get a chance to finally put this big picture together and see how we're going to present ourselves at the Big Ten Championships.
Wayne Angel
I've been going to Drake Relays and state meets as long as I can remember. I've sort of been around that (government) as well. It's always been brought up.
Matt Hardin
Anything that has to do with the 800, Stephanie will compete in. As far as other relays, we're not sure.
Sal Capaccio
It all depends on the weather. That's going to be the biggest factor. We've had quite a few phone calls about bringing [the relays] back. A lot of people remember the big-time athletes.
Brian Weaver
We were disqualified in two relays in which we would have finished second and fourth. Other than that, we're looking great.
Jeff Krumlauf
There are national meets like the Penn Relays in track that have events on Sundays. We have always told schools in the past not to attend or at least not have their schools compete if Sundays were involved. But we're only looking at (allowing) this on a national level.
Bill Reader
Baron went (to state) last year. As he said all year it'd be a lot more fun if he had people going with him. So put the pressure on him. He's got to qualify in the 100 and get some relays qualified with him also.
Lee Walker
It might be one of the last sprint relays we do together. To finish it with an Olympic medal, I'm not going to say it was surreal. We promised each other we wouldn't get too fruity at the end of this.
Beckie Scott
He (Donovan) had it in the back of his mind for years now. He kept at it, kept us motivated for the last few years. A few years ago, we never thought we'd have relays and individuals placing in the top 16. He's definitely a part of how we came this far.
Laura Stark
It's great to have that out of the way. Now we can experiment a little bit and filter some of the guys into other relays, maybe qualify in a couple more events.
Mark Dutro
Those two relays made the best showing for relays we've had here.
Chris Monheim
We had a bad start [on the relays]. (Minnesota was) ready to swim. We weren't quite as ready.
Jeanne Fleck
I was like, come on do it for New Jersey. I saw her kick and knew she was going to keep it going. I was thinking that would be incredible, having two Shore Conference girls winning Penn Relays titles.
Danielle Tauro
That bumps the double points in the relays up more. You can score 18 points in a relay to what used to be 14.
Craig Harris
Our free relays were loaded.
Cathy Kruse
It was a good night for us. When you can win four out of five relays it makes for a fun evening.
Davis Eidahl
The moms had the best relays going by far. They won several medals in my book.
Jeff Shroll
We were scrambling to fill all our events, but still didn't make it. Missing those guys hurt us a little bit. Losing one actually made both of our relays weaker.
Josh Floetke
The Texas relays is one of the premier meets in the country-we've got a small squad here, 25 athletes-our elite group.
Jennifer Joyce
We picked up a pile of points from the relays. Most of the girls are happy, but some are disappointed they didn't get a chance to come back for the finals (today), especially our 200 free relay team. I don't know if we could have beaten Lafayette (the 200 free relay champion), but I would have liked to have gone up side-by-side and raced them.
Jason Tanner
The relays did very well.
Bryan Pavlish
I can only call them so many times. We could really use two more swimmers to help with relays.
Patti Worsley
The relays have been getting faster each week. They're hitting on all cylinders. They've been here before are they're not going to be distracted by the size of the meet. They have the confidence. They're getting up on the block they all think they can win.
Todd Reichert
This was easily the best Drake Relays Fairfield High School has ever had. And I've seen most of them.
Ron Hunerdosse
They're pretty solid right now. (But) I'm glad this is the last relays. We're ready to get into regular track meets and get into our regular events.
Wade Taylor
We started great in the morning relays. We just didn't finish as well as we started. We were close on several points, we just came up short.
Valerie Boothe
All of the boys had lifetime-best swims and all three relays were season-bests.
Brian Dickmann
They swam extremely well in all our relays. I'm extremely pleased with the relays.
Brennan Cleveland
This was our biggest area of improvement from last year. The depth of runners we have at the springs shows in our relays.
Todd Spanier
It is a day off from swimming and then my Carey Swimming Club relays tomorrow and Saturday.
Shayne Reese
(Coach Hammond) and I have kicked it around for a couple years. When the Hammond Relays went back to Central, it made sense to do it this year.
Jim Langenderfer
The women's relays should be wide open.
Roger Haynes
The last relay was amazing just because they weren't expected to break a record. Our relays were definitely a strong point. They had a lot of unity.
Matt Finnigan
That's the best time in the medley relay and 400 relay that we've had in all my years coaching. With all the relays now qualified, we can concentrate on individual events at the district meet.
David Velasquez
That's pretty impressive when you consider there were like 12 teams there. Most teams have one or two top-notch kids in their relays, and then there's a bit of a drop off. But with us, we have four or five swimmers who are all fast, but not standouts by themselves.
Dave Shoup
For the girls, 10 of our 13 swims were lifetime-bests and all three relays had season-bests. All in all, it was a very enjoyable meet to watch.
Brian Dickmann
Relays are a big part of his focus because relays are a big tradition here at Ben Davis.
Mike Davidson
This year, those relays will be even higher.
Francie Renfro
It's hard to pinpoint exactly which events are going to be key because, in my opinion, they are all key. Obviously relays are going to come into play. We need to maximize our points there. Also, our outside lane swimmers need to step it up and steal some points.
Ryan Sprang
We are primarily going to go to the meet to have fun with a lot of different relays.
Randy Bungard
The boys' strengths will be the field events and the relays. The girls' strengths will be the relays and hurdles. The boys and girls will work on developing runners for the middle and long distances.
Tom Schroeder
That was unbelievable. For us to win those sprint relays was really special. To set records was the icing on the cake.
Keith Klestinski
We've got some pretty decent relays. I think this is probably the best team I've been able to assemble in my nine years at T.J.
Pat Nepple
He's an all around swimmer and diver. In fact, he's going to be a big part in a couple of our relays tomorrow.
Colin Shaha
She's very talented. She can work hard and she loves to race. She loves the relays and loves being part of a team.
Dave Wharton
You could see in our two freestyle relays how we missed her. It will take some time for us to get used to not having her.
Jen Zimmerman
We put a lot of emphasis on all of the conference events. So it's nice to have the conference indoor title behind us. Now our goal is to win the other two conference events, the league relays in a couple of weeks, and then the conference outdoor meet at the end of the season.
Chris Herriot
Everything went as planned. We wanted to win both relays, and we did. We also wanted to get our kids out in the 100 and the 200 meters and we did that as well.
Andrew Washington
When you look at the results of the relays it is a key indication of how good this team is because you have to have four deep in certain areas.
Neil Harper
We did not do as well as I thought we would in relay events. We have some work to do in the relays. There is a lot of time before sectionals, so hopefully we can find some answers.
Robin Tobias
Anytime you can win all three relays, that's big-time for a team. We had some seniors like Chad Faulkner and Brent Phillips leading us.
Bill Harrelson
To have those relays qualified this time of the season is fantastic.
David Velasquez
We had a pretty good meet with the group that we have. I think (the weather) had a tremendous effect. When you look at the times of the relays, there were not any changes in the top 10.
Larry Chavez
The boys did well considering the tough competition. Our relays really came through.
Howard Jay
The two relays really stepped up. The 400 free relay came down seven seconds in just two weeks. It was a phenomenal job. All of them had lifetime best. It was great way to end.
Rick Lewis
He has a lot of humility. I've never heard him complain, not once, about the events that he's in or about the relays he's in.
Colin Shaha
Lafayette's girls won last year and should be strong again this year. All of their relays are ranked either first or second with some really fast times.
Jason Tanner
The Drake Relays is one of those prestigious meets around the country that is always a marquee event this time of year. It's a very special event there.
Elvis Forde
The Drake Relays is invitation only. We have a number of kids that won't compete this weekend. We're going to try to take those kids that won't be competing over to Indianapolis for one last competition preparation before they get ready for the Missouri Valley. That is the important thing that we will be looking at this weekend.
Elvis Forde
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