18 Quotes by Jim Duarte

This was pretty good for our first home meet. They ran enough to beat the competition. This was kind of like a workout for us.

I've always known that Melvin had the ability and potential. It's just a matter of him working at it.

A win is a win. I'm proud of our two seniors, Jamie and Brittany. They weren't feeling up to par today, but they gave it a good race.

They're very conscious of it. They know that whey they go to a meet they're noticed, but it doesn't scare them.

It looked a little scary there for a while. But Josie came through with that fifth place. She kind of saved the day for us.

I'm really impressed by the 15:09 at the CIF-Finals. That was an extraordinary time. I think that was the most fun to watch.

He's the best runner we've had in the last two decades, without a doubt.

Genetics is part of it. There's no getting around the fact that he has a lot of natural talent. But he's had the dream for a long time of being really great. There's a lot of kids that don't have that. And he worked hard. He didn't miss a day of running.

He paid the price for going all out Wednesday. He was still tired. I think the next time he'll go all out is at CIF or States.