Kirk Schmaltz
Kirk Schmaltz
experiment full help indoor kids meets move outdoor people team together trying
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.
care effort full junior meet outdoor points season stressed team teams themselves
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.
build core good hard indoor kids meet nice opening seen team train work
We have a good core of kids to build the team around, and that's really encouraging. I've seen these kids work very hard during the indoor season, and now we're going to see what we're about ... It's nice to train but opening day and that first meet is always exciting.
ability competition good great hard herself injury last likes problems rubs shape worked
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.
again battle conference defending five kids month next points question state tonight valley
Valley's the defending state champion, and we just got in a battle with them tonight and went toe-to-toe. Up and down the lineup, our kids performed. The question now is where we can find five points in the next month before we see Valley again at the conference meet.
beaten best easily last throws year
She has already easily beaten her best throws from last year and she's just consistently getting better each meet.
coaches event events field girls great hard individual job together work
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.
bit coming cushion events field gives helps points running start
It just really helps having all those points coming out of the field events. It gives us a little bit of a cushion to start the running events.
knew score tried
We tried some different combinations. We experimented in things, so we knew we wouldn't score as many points.
confidence everybody hard
Up and down the lineup, everybody pitched in. I think this will give us confidence to keep working hard and keep getting better.
compete drake experience gives halfway high incentive meet nice offers school season state venue
I think that experience will really help. The nice thing about the Drake Relays is you get to go and compete at the state meet venue halfway through the season so it gives you that incentive to get back there (for state). No other high school sport offers that.
early events field good points running start
Our field events are going to be a real positive. They'll get us some points early and we'll start the running events in a good position.
best check competition face good interested kids sending serve state
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.