They've been right in that area with each other for the last couple of meets. Addie had a PR by well over a second.

We shouldn't be in awe of people. We've seen some of the best of the United States in some of these events, so we shouldn't stand back and say, 'Whoa, they're good.' Yeah, they're good, but we're going to compete.

We knew coming into the season that we had the nucleus to be a decent team. Then, as things rounded out, we started to see some girls really step up.

I was shocked. The girls just had an awesome day.

I was right there on launch pad 39B, looking up at those grand towers thinking about my teacher and her experiences up there. She always told us to reach for the stars, to not give up on your dreams. That's what made her one of my heroes. She lived what she preached. Man, she certainly did that for herself.

It was a hard-fought game. My teammates did a great job of moving the ball and getting the ball to the open man.