Godfrey was very easy to work with; he couldn't wait to run the next relay or next event.

It was good to see Geoffrey finally go home, and he did it for the first time in nearly five years this last fall. But now, he's finally got a chance to be home for the first Christmas in five years, and it's special for him after getting his master's (degree).

She would run until she dropped.

It's a honor for the athletes and [their] thanking them for all the hard work that they have put in and the competitive nature that each of them have. It's always nice to be on a team.

Everybody's gone. They all had a place to go for Christmas, and this is probably the first year that's ever happened. It's definitely unusual, but everybody had a relative or someone to stay with. It's a quirk of fate, I guess.