The team was quite surprised when they were announced as second, however I have been telling them they are capable of racing from the front and they did that today.

I was surprised when I heard I was to ride for the team,

We were trying to lean on each other and help each other. I was surprised how much of a lead I had at the end. During cross country, Robby ran with me and usually beat me.

[In the final, however, Kirkland surprised the field from Lane 1, crossing in 12.42 seconds, with Devers second in 12.54 and Adams fifth.] She was out like a cannon, ... I said, 'Where are you going, girl?'

However, since the start with the new car at Barcelona in January, our team showed what it's capable of.

We just got annihilated. We had one quarter in which we executed and that was the second quarter. When we don't execute our offense, we don't get anything. We were just running around out there.