Kirk Schmaltz Quotes (7 Quotes)

I think she likes the competition of the big meets. She has a great ability to focus, and that rubs off on the other kids. She had some injury problems last year, but she's really worked hard to get herself in good shape for this season.

My field event coaches really do a great job getting those girls ready. My coaches work really hard on their individual events and it's them that really put it together for us.

We're trying to find where kids can help our team and get some confidence. Indoor meets are non-scoring meets, so you can move people around and experiment a bit. You can find out what you really have before you put together your full lineup for the outdoor season.

That was an outstanding time.

Up and down the lineup, everybody pitched in. I think this will give us confidence to keep working hard and keep getting better.

The kids want to go down and face the best competition in the state and see what we can do. They're not so much interested in sending a message they just want to go down there and have a season-best performance, and that will serve notice. This is a really good mid-season check to see where we're at.

It was an outstanding team effort. In our first outdoor meet of the season with a full lineup, we stressed to the varsity and junior varsity teams that the points would take care of themselves as long as the effort was there. It was an outstanding effort.