Shawn Woods
Shawn Woods
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It really depends what you want to get out of your indoor program. The sport has only been in Vermont for 15 years, so it's still relatively new. Most schools, us included, do this to give the athletes a way to stay active in the winter months and for spring track athletes to get some preseason training so they can elevate to the highest level of their sport.
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At this level, we're mainly competing to get personal bests. We stress personal bests and it's really what our athletes are searching for at these events. These kids are just always trying to improve and the states are a nice reward and the New England championships are another nice reward.
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Corey understands well that it's a 3.1-mile race. Sometimes people go out too fast, but Corey doesn't do that.
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With the girls we showed that we can compete in a number of events. We are exceedingly young, three-fourths of the team is freshman and sophomores. With the boys we only have a dozen guys and it is just difficult to fill events and I thought they did a nice job to fill what they could.
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We have the largest number of freshman out we've ever had, ... It's also the biggest team we've had since we restarted cross country. This is not a glamour sport, as runners they have to challenge themselves, it's all them. The sportsmanship is great out there. Cross country represents what high school sports should be.
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I was real pleased with the fact that Gretchen and Mindy were able to finish right next to each other. We're going to need the two of them to finish in the top 10 in as many meets as possible.
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She hit her personal best with that throw. She was the best of us today. We did well, but most of our races weren't personal bests.
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This season was a little different because of the weather. We hit a lot more pavement than usual.
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We qualified for the New England's in the 4x800 relay by finishing third, but it was not our best performance of the year.
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It's good to be at home, ... It's neat to have parents and friends come and watch. We had more than 100 people there, and that is a good crowd.
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It is so similar to Microsoft Office that the learning curve (for the librarians) was short. If they can use Microsoft Office, they can use OpenOffice.
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There are still some hang-ups in the program; it may be less stable. And the learning curve is short, but it will still require some training.
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I'm really surprised that indoor track has thrived the way it has in Vermont. Especially since there are no high school indoor tracks.
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In my 11 years of coaching here it's the first time one of our runners has ever won at this type of meet. We've been working on some race strategy, and it seemed work. We've also been trying to work together as a team.