Dan Ross Quotations

We have a pretty high standard of what we expect, and a lot of that comes from a lot of things Stark County has done.

We're confident in our training. We started the new year with the goal of duplicating our top times from November, and then get faster as we go along.

I was somewhat concerned that we wouldn't race as well as we have been, because it's Michigan. But after we won that first relay, we started to believe that we could maybe win this meet.

I feel good about the way we started. I know we're going to be behind a few teams by the end of today, but I think we can pass a majority of them on days two and three.

I thought we'd be sixth or seventh after the first day.

(Michigan) has had one of the best programs around. We've had some competitive meets with them. A couple times we swam better, but their diving beat us.

We got beat by the better team. I thought we competed well, but our times weren't that great. However, our divers did an excellent job.

We don't have a ton of second swims to show for, but our guys really worked their tails off. If we can keep getting these types of performances, we could get as high as fourth or maybe even third.

We would like to see that progress continue to develop. And see some more of those type performances.

We got guys that aspire to be NCAA champions. You got go against those top guys to feel what it is like.

We're hoping to go after the top four and make up some ground.

We were OK this afternoon. We did everything we were supposed to except get one guy into the top eight of the 200 fly.

We certainly swam a lot better today than yesterday. I'm excited for our relay. One of our goals was to see everyone score and earn honorable mention All-America status, and it looks like we'll get that accomplished.

We saw the drops in time and we swam well.

To watch fear and apathy turn to enthusiasm is very exciting.

At the end of the day, Allegiance is executing. It is delivering on their promises to customers.

It was an outstanding performance, but would like to see him get in done in the morning.

They got a taste of the big stage and would love to get back there.

They have a chance to be a team. It's hard to develop a team mentality when you only have one or two guys, but with six a team bond can develop.

They didn't drop the rope in time to signal the false start and he swam the whole 50.

This is the third straight top-11 team (Michigan, Minnesota) we've faced, which is good for us, because there will be no surprises once we get to Big Tens. We'll come back to Bloomington in a few weeks, knowing exactly what we're up against.

There?s been an unbelievable amount of change in the last 10 years. Where is the next 15 going to take us? We need to constantly look at what?s appropriate and what?s not appropriate so we don?t cross the line.

It's going to be a tough situation because we are all entering with heavy hearts. But I think it's good for (Michigan) to come down and get off campus and compete.

It's tough to tell how we'll stack up against the other teams, but we're prepared.

It's something they can bring in to their chest. They'll actually hold on to it. It will keep them a lot cooler.

They did a great job of rooting for each other and cheering each other on. They were a lot more vocal than the other team.

I'm very pleased with our effort. We competed hard, recorded a number of season best times - and none of it came easy, which is good for us. It was a really intense weekend for our team, but we still have one more meet left, so we're ready to come home and go back to work.

I'm bitterly disappointed, but we can't do anything about the past. All we can do is make sure we're ready for tomorrow.

I'm bitter about our finish, but our team responded the best it could and I'm proud of its effort. There were some tears shed at the end of the meet, but I didn't want them to feel sorry because they went out there and gave their all.

If you told me a week before the meet that we were going to be 16th, we wouldn't have even went.

He's saying a lot of what people want to hear.

All we're trying to do is keep getting faster. We want to continue to post times that are better than what we had at the Purdue Invitational in the fall. We want to post our best relay times of the season, and have set up individual goals for everyone to reach.

The members of the subcommittee and those who work with Ohio High School Bowling did an outstanding job in their presentation and have done a tremendous job the last several years promoting the sport statewide. In voting unanimously to adopt bowling, the Board of Control has shown it strongly believes this will be a tremendous opportunity for many students across the state to participate in a school-sponsored activity for the first time.