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2007 NCAA Gymnastics Championship Quotes
4/24/2007 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
April 26, 2007
NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships
Session 1 Quotes
April 26, 2007
Salt Lake City, Utah - Jon M. Huntsman Center
Florida Head Coach Rhonda Faehn
Opening Statement
"I would first like to start off by saying that we are very excited to be where we are right now, headed into tomorrow's competition. We looked very solid this afternoon. It was very exciting out there today, a lot was going on. It was a great competition for all those involved. Right now we are just really excited about going out there tomorrow night."
Question: "This is the third time you and Georgia have met this year. Are you at all surprised about each of your successes this year?"
Answer: "I am not surprised at all. Whenever Georgia and us get together it is always going to be competitive. Any competition we have in the SEC it is always going to be exciting, close and competitive. I think that is what makes us so strong. They had a great competition; they were nailing everything left and right. They did very well. That tells us that we have to do our job. We need to prepare and advance. Today we missed a lot of landings and that is what we will be working on for tomorrow."
Question: "How hard is it to come back so soon tomorrow night?"
Answer: "I believe that this session was the more difficult of the two. All the teams here today are strong and they were all prepared. It is going to be unbelievable tomorrow night. There is going to be a lot of talent out on the floor. It's going to be about the team that pulls together and gets their landings stuck."
Florida Student Athlete Amanda Castillo
Question: "How do think your performance went today?"
Answer: "All year our team has been together. Today wasn't about the individual factor. The individual performance did not come into play today."
Question: "Talk about the atmosphere at the national championships."
Answer: "There are a lot of Gator fans here, which has been great. We really appreciate that. I think it picks the whole team up."
Georgia Head Coach Suzanne Yoculan
Opening Statement
"This is exciting for us. We've had 11 different floor lineups and didn't know what we'd get to start with today. We started strong and got some good momentum. Adversity was a tremendous motivator for us today."
Question: "Talk about how difficult it will be to come back tomorrow and compete again."
Answer: "It's very important after an emotional hurdle like this one to get a little time off. We had five new girls in the lineup and lots of question marks today. There was lots of emotion and the more recovery time we have, the better advantage for us. So competing in the afternoon will help because of the lineup changes we've gone through."
Georgia Student-Athlete Courtney Kupets
Question: "Did you feel going in that you'd get off to a big start?"
Answer: "As a team, we'd struggled a little bit this season at times and didn't put together good meets at times. Through our adversity we got closer as a team and when our girls got hurt we had to do that. They did a great job of being our biggest cheerleaders and supporting our team."
Question: "What was your mindset going into the meet?"
Answer: "Going into the meet was just about having fun and doing gymnastics. We were all about rising up to the occasion. Everything that happened out there we were excited about and just had to brush off mistakes."
Question: "Talk about your all around performance, since it looks like you're on your way to another individual title."
Answer: "I was kind of nervous today. I felt like a little kid competing for the first time. As a team, we really got into it and today was all about the team and what I could do individually to help the team."
Nebraska Head Coach Dan Kendig
Opening Statement
"I want to congratulate Florida and Georgia. What a great meet for both of them so far. We're excited that our athletes rose to the occasion today and excited about being in the Super Six tomorrow."
Question: "It's a tough rotation coming back tomorrow after competing today. How hard will that be?"
Answer: "Tomorrow is what we've trained for all year, it's what dreams are made of. I think that emotion and momentum will be big tomorrow. All six teams will be ready."
Nebraska Student-Athlete Michelle Zabawa
Question: "You averaged over 9.85 in your events today. How will you repeat that tomorrow?"
Answer: "At this point we're very pleased with how we did today. Tomorrow we'll try to key in on our landings and fight for every tenth, because that's what it comes down to. We're going to go out tomorrow and have fun."
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