Ian Battles
Ian Battles
changing coach dad good people smooth talked using
It's been a smooth transition. I'm using some of the things dad did and changing some. I've talked to coach (Ralph) Connor and coach (Bob) Swank to get some ideas. I've had a lot of good people around me.
amazing field fifth finish happy performance race ran senior seven strong taylor teams
Taylor ran an amazing race to finish fifth in a strong field of senior runners. I was pretty happy with our performance with seven sectional teams in the field.
happy kids runners stepped
It made me very happy to have two runners make all-conference. The kids stepped up and competed very well.
behind gibson goal nice opponent point preview regional work
It was a nice preview of what we'll see if we can get to the regional this year. We were only one point behind a sectional opponent in Gibson Southern. Our goal is to get out of the sectional. There are some things we have to work on to do that.
central contender few north past perennial pleased second state
I was pleased with the way we competed. Terre Haute North is a perennial contender to go to the state and North Central has been very competitive in the past few years. Getting second here was good.
beaten both good great margins princeton ran time washington
We had a very good day. This is the first time we've beaten Princeton this year, and to beat both Princeton and Washington by good margins is very pleasing. We ran a great race.