Mike Holtzapfel Quotations

She had some good splits going out. I think it was a matter of endurance to bring it home.

I think we have a pretty good opportunity to have a chance for that. But it has to be competed yet.

We had a pretty good day. We have a few others that might get there. We'll just have to wait and see what comes up.

We only had one swim that wasn't a best time.

We only had one off swim, everything else was a PR or season-best swim for us. It was a good meet for us.

This was the final meet together for our entire team. It caps off the season with a nice day.

That's what we can realistically look at. I know there are going to be some tight races.

There were a couple of surprises we knew would be close. I think the team swam consistently pretty well throughout the day. It was exciting seeing some of those people just coming up getting out.

It's exciting getting our name out there and letting people hear it in a big meet. This (state meet) is just a bonus thing. Obviously they wanted it and I'm proud of them.

They did a good job for us. We didn't taper them for state. Their maintaining that for two consecutive swims is pretty good.

They were on the podium and one second off the school record. The boys ended up 10th (as a team) and the girls were eighth. This is the first year we've had them both finish in the top 10.

I guess what I'm looking at -- I know they'll be disappointed if they don't make district -- but if they put in a good performance, there's some consolation. The district meet is the icing on the cake. It's part of the payoff.

I believe so, we're in the taper phase. The proof will be in the times at the meet. There's always a little bit of uncertainty in that. You basically work them hard and rest them out.

All in all I feel we had a very good season on both sides, boys and girls. The girls managed to get both relays in the consoles. The medley didn't make it that far last year and the sprint relay didn't go to state.