Regrettably, you have chosen to ignore our express instructions to you, and have traveled to Europe, where you have been attempting to coach our World Cup athletes who are preparing for the Olympic Winter Games. This action not only is in direct contravention of our instructions, it is in defiance of the USOC, and it constitutes clear insubordination.

I was very happy with our effort. Taylor had his usual outstanding day and Josh had a great day for his first meet of the year. I'm really happy with Aaron's improvement and Darren improved his personal best in the discus by over 15 feet.

We picked up lots of points in the distance runs. Several of the boys had personal records and they continue to progress.

The federation needed something good, something like this to happen. After all that's happened the last six weeks, it's such a relief to see them go out and be successful.

This is the best way to move forward.

Now that the medley has qualified we have three relays qualified for the state. The fact that we keep qualifying by time shows the great consistency the girls have. It speaks about the girls' effort and their work ethic.

On a whole, his skeleton teammates and coaches are devastated by this decision.