The girls don't like to lose, ... They were like, 'We don't want to experience that again.'

I just told the girls that they better stop that No. 23 (Flores) because she was hot and she's their go-to person. I thought our girls did a good job of staying in her face, chasing her down and causing some deflections.

The top five girls ran very well as a pack. This was a great opening experience for several of the first time high school runners. All the girls that ran competed well and we are all looking forward to a successful season. Everyone is working hard at practice.

We have a lot of girls from successful programs that have experience playing under pressure. They are an adaptable group that we will surely count on almost immediately.

This is also going to be an educational experience for the girls.

I'll already have that experience, so I'll have an edge on girls from California, Michigan or Texas.