Carla Peterson Quotations

She has mastered that for sure by hard work and repetition.

She (Hager) will not compete on the floor at the conference meet. That has pretty much been decided already. Whether we add beam or vault depends on how she is feeling this week.

Six points is a lot to jump in one meet to the next. We are back on track to where we want to be. We are ready to see more improvement with each meet.

She is not back to full strength. She did very well. It's one event at a time.

Carol had a nice vault. It was solid and she stuck both landings. It was a nice tight vault.

We made the decision to give all of the girls a chance to compete. It's all about that chance to perform. It's nice to find other coaches that support that as well.

It bodes well for us. We basically had our sectional meet in a practice run and we get to do it all over again.

Krista had a beautiful routine. She always swings the bars so nicely. She was very clean. The judges could not deduct points from her for bad form.

Rebecca wears her heart on her face. She has been working on that skill for awhile. She has competed with it before. Everything came together for her with that.

We really only have three seniors with floor routines. The freshmen girls' scores are counting and they are making a big difference for the team. The freshmen are probably the future of the team. This senior class is classy and great role models. I think they are learning a lot about hard work and teamwork.

We would like to score above a 115. That is our goal. We know it is a little tougher to score at an invitational than it is at a dual meet.

We just have to take it one day at a time. Maybe we will put in the beam for the sectional. We pretty much have ruled out the floor.

Those six ladies are priceless. Not only are they leaders, they are fabulous role models. They work and play hard. We couldn't ask for better footsteps four our freshmen and sophomores to follow in.

At one point one of the judges commented that (Rebecca's) routine was one of the best they had seen all day because it was so clean.

The three seniors that were injured were back and ready to go. We talked about the fact that we were so glad the injuries have subsided. Now is their chance to improve upon those scores. They are on the route back.

It's fantastic that they can step in and perform. It's a big boost for their skills and confidence. This is an experience you can't replace or simulate in any other way.

It was a wonderful day. The girls worked so hard. We were really excited about third place. It just shows that vault is a huge strength of ours.

It's all about the chance to compete. Everyone went home with a ribbon. There is a feeling of accomplishment with that. Everyone counts. They all had to work hard together.

It's not often you find freshmen on the varsity. Floor is an area as a team where we are not as strong.

It's always good for us to have another bars competition under our belts. The more experience and confidence they have, the more at ease they will feel.

It's a very difficult skill. It takes a lot of confidence.

It's really going to depend on the judges that day and what they are looking for. There is always a chance as far as sending some individuals.

That's a fun meet to go to because we really get to see some great gymnastics teams. We will get to see some teams that are in contention for the Division 1 and Division 2 state titles.

It was not her best meet, but she won the vault.

It will depend on who is healthy. It could go any of those four ways.

The freshmen are the fun ones to see improve.