Ken Valentine Quotations

She's a first-year senior doing a real nice job. She's going into the military next year and she's running to get in shape for that.

He's got to show me something in track and field.

He's been given a bad draw in football and basketball, to me. He felt he should have been the man. Things didn't work out. He had some problems occur, but he's been showing fantastic leadership and work ethic.

Kevin Bass did a fantastic job and Givens, for his first meet since junior high did a real nice job. Givens is going to be a good one for us. I think he found out what track and field is about today. He's a tired young man.

Our girls did well considering the weather. They can do better. As the weather gets prettier and they start to realize what it takes to compete, they'll get better.

It doesn't get any worse than what it was. But my kids competed and that's what we wanted to do. We had some good teams down here. We got it in and that's what it's all about.

They stepped it up against the best competition we've faced all year - in cold weather. I'm pretty happy with them all.

Not bad. This was a good meet for us. It really was. It was a very well-ran meet. It's always good to get a good meet under your belt, especially against local competition.

She'll throw shot and disc. She's scored some points for us over the years and hopefully she'll do a lot this year.

The kids performed pretty well. They ran some (personal records) but against the competition that they faced ... it was just a nice meet for them.

I'm excited about it. I'm hoping our girls can do well. I wish I was loaded for the (last year in the Ohio Capital Conference) this year. I know I'll have some champions, but as a team it's hard to say. We can't ever put all the pieces together. But I've got a lot of good young girls.

I don't think Ellen Davis lost an event as an eighth grader. She's in our top three to throw (today).

These girls have all committed and they know what it takes.

All I ask for is to compete. If they compete and show a good attitude, good things will happen. If they don't, they won't be on my track team. I'd like to just sort of thank my assistant coaches for hanging with us. We're glad to get the program back in line.