It was a pretty equal race. Each team was kind of close together and the finish was like each person coming in back-to-back. I ran a pretty good race. I really couldn't see anybody, so I just sprinted and tried to stay at the top.

We have a very good feeling. We know what we're capable of.

That was not a focus until later in the year. We definitely will be preparing to get our times down and have a better (1,600) team next year. We broke our own school record, and I think each one of us ran our best race. Considering we were in lane 8 and we were able to finish sixth and get a PR, I thought we did really well.

It was pretty tough. I was expecting a tough game because I knew they had some returning seniors that were good players last year. We pulled it together in the end, but it was pretty ugly. We still have a lot to work on.

They're put through a pretty grueling process,

That sounds like a pretty high-priced consultant for this kind of race.