Jim Fuller
Jim Fuller
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Usually the conference meet comes down to how you qualify for the finals in the running events. For the most part, we did pretty well. There was one event where I thought we should've qualified and didn't. But for the most part, the kids I expected to be in the top eight, they were.
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It was cold and cloudy and as the day went on it got nicer. I thought our running event marks got better as the day went on.
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We have a saying in sports. It is not whether you fall down that counts, it is whether you get back up. All three of those seniors have that kind of mentality.
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Our women's team is just not where it needs to be to compete in the Ohio Valley Conference. We need to move forward in our women's basketball program. Having said that, we need to make sure our coaches and players understand we are not going to compete at the mid-tier level or below in the OVC.
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It has become a tradition here. Some high school kids have become intrigued about Northern because of it.
good hard hurdles worked
Jenny Betz had a really good hurdles race. She's worked pretty hard on that.
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Our hammer throwers threw good today, all four of them. I was really happy with the way they threw.
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I thought 'Wally' looked real good. He won by a considerable margin. He did it kind of easily.
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I thought Trent ran a good race. It was 7:30 at night and still above 80 degrees so it was pretty hot to run. Some kids who laid back early ran a little better and Trent kind of pushed himself a little. I'm happy that he placed. He will run better if he gets in better condition.
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When you work the whole year for a couple of days of performing and things don't go well, you take it personally. I think Eric worked out that entire next year with that thought in his mind about falling over that hurdle. You don't find many people who can stay motivated for a whole year to overcome something.
good missed quite run time
It was a good run for Jeremy, not quite what he wanted. The provisional qualifying time is 31:10 so he just missed that.
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Consistency is going to make the difference. There's going to be a lot of jumbling in our region as we turn that corner and find more consistency. At the beginning of the season, some of these young teams are just trying to get into the flow of the game. It's especially hard on young pitchers, who pitch Monday and Tuesday and then don't pitch again until the following Wednesday because of the weather. It's just tough to get into the flow.
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We won more than half of the events. That was one of the goals I put on them. To win more events than the other teams.
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We got out there at eight this morning. There was so much new stuff, but we had it all ready about noon. I looked around and thought, 'OK. This is good.' We're still not done with everything but in a couple of years when it's finished there isn't a better track in South Dakota. Our field event areas are great. It's good to have a home track again. I'm counting the days until the conference outdoor meet comes back here.