18 Quotes by Jim Duarte

She has got to be the fastest (female) runner we have ever had (in the High Desert). There may not be another runner of her caliber for another 20 or 30 years.

Murphy ran an excellent race also. His effort was overshadowed by Sam, but he ran one of the best times ever here. And Carlos ran really well too.

I was impressed. I didn't think they would run as hard as they did. We had the race well in hand, but there is some racing going on between teammates, which is good. Sam ran hard from the beginning and the other guys were pushing it to keep up with him.

Carlos is so solid. He's getting right up there with Murphy.

I don't think he's reached his potential. He'll be faster as he gets stronger.

He matches up with the best we've had. Mt. SAC and the State meet will really show where he is.

He wasn't allowed to go anywhere one day, so he ran circles in an empty lot at his house. He just ran around and around. That's the type of thing that allowed him to be as good as he got.

Our young guys are really showing a lot of promise.

We'll have our work cut out for us on Monday. There's a couple kids that still need to get a little healthier so we are looking forward to them doing that.