Coach Robinson's Quotes Following The North Texas Relays
Sep 26, 2014 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Overall thoughts on the meet
"I am so impressed with how our team started this year. After only being back in training for roughly three weeks, we really saw some great races tonight. Our backstrokers are getting stronger in their underwater kicking, our sprinters are faster than they've been so early in the season, our freestyle events have a lot more strength with the addition of a few of our freshmen and our medley relay is looking very competitive yet again this year."
On the performance of the Tulane divers
"Our divers came through for us big today. We couldn't have done nearly as well without them. As a diving team, they are developing and showing improvements. It was great to see their competitive side come out to claim the victory on the boards."
On the overall level of excitement during the meet
"I wasn't exactly sure what to expect with this meet regarding points. On paper, we could have easily been written off as third. SMU just came off a year of sending multiple swimmers to the NCAA meet and this year will likely be no different. North Texas had outscored us last year in our dual meet as well as at the C-USA Championships. To have it all come down to four points - well let's just say it was the most thrilling meet to start the season I've ever had."
On the DQ in the 4x100 IM relay
"Our second-to-last relay was disqualified for an early take off that cost us 18 points. Our team reacted in a way that made me a very proud coach as they went on to win the next and final relay from behind. With those 18 points, would we have won the meet? Yes. But I'll leave the woulda-coulda-shoulda's to others and keep our team hungry and humble for more."
