Rob Parish Quotes (19 Quotes)

It was fantastic to have a meet at our own track. It was great to have Aspen and Eagle Valley over and have a local meet. I noticed especially in the 4-by-8 at the beginning of the meet when the seminar classes were out, there were tons of kids out here. They definitely ran faster with the kids out. It's neat to have a home track advantage.

We were really pleased with the experience, especially considering we didn't have a lot of our big guns. We had a lot of people who got the opportunity to compete.

The teams ahead of them in the poll were not there, so they know they have their work cut out of them. They have two months of hard work ahead of them. They can't relax, and they aren't going to be content with their performance (Thursday).

We knew she had an impressive resume when she transferred form California, but we didn't expect this.

It was probably the best cross country race I've seen him run. He started out slower on the first mile, but was able to come back and finish strong.

Jennifer and Erika had an amazing race. Erika always peaks around this time of year.

All of the girls got great racing experience running with a lot of good kids. (In) a lot of races in the mountains, the girls get into running by themselves, but in this race, they had people all around them.

We broke down our scores to see how we did against the 4A and 5A teams we didn't run against, and there are several 4A teams who would have finished ahead of us.

The times are faster there, so it's hard to compare times course to course.

Their times were fabulous. The only team the guys didn't beat was Grand Junction, which is a 5A school.

We haven't done any speed work yet, so the next couple weeks, we'll transition into speed work. The hope is that with the strong foundation their peak will be even higher. We want to keep the kids healthy.

A time gap of 50 seconds for your one through seven runners is unheard of. It's a tribute to how well they work as a team. Although it's an individual sport, they really buy into the team aspect.

It was one of the best days Battle Mountain cross country has ever had.

Heidi was a queen today. She did a great job running all those relays.

We've come to the Front Range three or four times to see what our competition is in the state.

Our goal going down there was to be within striking distance of top (4A) team in the state.

Normally we wouldn't race two times in three days, but we wanted to cover our bases and preview the course.

Connor is a true competitor. I've been able to see him from afar in soccer and basketball. But it was pretty impressive to see it up close.

He was the hero of the day. We were battling Montrose for second or third place, and Jake passed two Montrose kids in the last 50 meters to make a huge swing in the points totals. Last year he was our 7th runner or top JV running, so he's really stepped up and filled the gap.