In this type of competition you only get to see a small portion of what the judges are judging on, ... When they started announcing the runners-up they got all the way from fourth-runner-up to first and Caylee's name still hadn't been called. I really started to think that she hadn't placed.
Quotes about runners-up (9 Quotes)
This system will put a lot more importance on winning the region title. The format will reward teams for being region champions and runners-up.
We have been runners-up for so many times, this time we wanna win it.
It was a game we were looking to take five points from and four may not be enough to get one of the runners-up places if we go on to beat the Blues.
You could say there was a surfeit of rich comedy that year. The winner was Daniel Kitson and - just to illustrate how strong it was - Jimmy Carr came second. Any other year the runners-up would have been winners.
We just tell people we were runners-up. But you're definitely going to look back at it. That's just part of coaching. It's comforting to know that we were there from a competition standpoint but irritating to know that we were up by 16 points in the first half.
I'd say Dublin is maybe the favorite. They're pretty good. They were state runners-up last year and won the year before.
Uniqueness of contribution will be a considered more often in the case of a tie between a few students. We also may have runners-up, depending on the number of nominations we get.
Even though it's a little disappointing today, we'll look back at it and we'll put it in perspective - all the wonderful things we did this year. When you live in a small town, these are the things you live for. You can never take it away. These kids won a league title. These kids were 19-4 and these kids were district runners-up.