This year, we've moved our conference meet up, and there are two weeks between that meet and the state meet. That may make a difference.

We have tremendous depth in all the events, that's made it enjoyable for me. We can try any number of things in making up the lineups. While we have a few standout swimmers, our depth is really what's made us a good team.

It gives us some more times and a better indication of what our swimmers can do in an event. Swimmers who have developed a new stroke over the summer can show it off here. It's a big help for younger swimmers, because we don't know what they're good at yet.

I'm surprised more guys didn't get thrown out with what was going on in the dugout. I told [Ryan] Howard I thought half our roster was gone.

[Italiano] threw the ball extremely well early on. The wheels fell off there a little bit in the fourth inning.

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