This past month has provided me with a great sense of satisfaction while my thoughts continually drift to the future with great anticipation. This team is good…and gives glimpses of "greatness" to come! Most impressive is our ladies willingness to move forward, take direction, and focus on task at hand. For instance…our ladies faced a formidable task of adjusting to numerous "challenges" as we began warmups prior to the UCLA competition. For example:

• The gymnasium could have been mistaken for a large indoor refrigerator…with the temperatures well below our normal workout environment.
• The uneven parallel bars had to be removed and repositioned due to equipment failure which made our usual "adjustment time" non-existent.
• To top things off, the floor exercise was extremely "tight" which compounded the difficulties of our frozen extremities!

Our ladies struggled through warm-ups, but in the confines of our locker room, vowed to improvise, adapt and overcome. While facing challenging circumstances we know if we could execute our routines, compete with enthusiasm and confidence then we would gain something far greater than a victory on this Super Bowl Sunday afternoon. Overcoming these circumstances and difficulties would prepare us for April and the rigors of the NCAA Championships.

Our ladies gave it their all once we stepped back into the arena and never once complained. We gave the UCLA Bruins and former Olympians all they could handle and showed the collegiate gymnastics world come April….we will be a force to contend with!