There was simply this bullying, reduction of 25 percent, which most of us in the community was malicious, and petty, and the sort of thing that most of grew out of a long time ago.

We knew the others, especially Auckland, would be fast out of the start so we had to get a jump on them.

We're expecting Jim to be a leader on the track and off the track.

A big positive for us is we have over 70 kids out. That's double from last year.

Things are getting really competitive with our throwers.

Jim jumped well and will continue to improve. Jim needs no motivation. He motivates himself enough.

As I told the kids on the way home, this conference is tough. We have to build mental as well as physical toughness to be competitive.

I told the kids not to get up or down on their performances. It's indoor. We just have to keep believing in ourselves and each other and good things will come.