Seventh place is definitely an honor, and I think that right now we had a first-time state champion in Chris, and we had several kids in the finals ... not just the consolations. We're walking out of here with a lot of good experience from this year. But I am ecstatic about how we did as a team.
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It was a confidence boost. When you're sitting next to a kid as good as Tyler and you've been around him for a while, and he's been the five- or six-time state champion, I think that would give anyone the self-confidence to have really done something.
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I think his success has a lot more to do with his desire than with his mind. I am never going to doubt his desire or level of it. My opinion and about 200 other coaches' opinions is that he made it possible at the state meet because he wanted to.
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Bernie is technical and athletic and understands the game. When we play Bernie and junior forward Sarah Oswald together, we feel it's the most dangerous duo in the state. We're deep.
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We were strong and solid and steady. We acted as a good team today. Every boy we had swimming individually in a race got through (to state). That's a first for us.
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