15 Quotes by Vin Lananna

The women ran tough today and to come within a couple of points against a very good Washington team proves that they ran well. Individually, I was happy with everyone, and Katie Leary in particular showed well today.

A lot of the enthusiasm at U of O is built on its traditions. I hope to reconnect with that past enthusiasm. The wonderful men's track and field team generated a lot of enthusiasm last spring by winning the outdoor Pac-10 Championship. We hope the same energy will carry over into fall.

It's one thing to put the bar up there. It's another thing to clear it. It was very impressive.

I like to have full-time coaches being responsible for our athletes. Obviously, it was a good decision.

The meet was really a great success from a lot of spots. It was a good and entertaining event ... Scherer was excellent, impressive, very impressive.

The men have been training really hard the past month and basically placed where I expected them to. I'm glad we had a meet with this level of competition early so we could identify what we need to work on. Galen had a good opener and has had a hard training cycle. We flagged him to back off the last mile to be a little cautious since it's his first race.