To dispel them rumor about money we have very little money in our program actually. We can't even give out a full ride to one person if it came down to that. As for our last race of the season, we are racing this weekend in Ohio, this could have possibly be the last race of the year for us. We were confident that we were racing in Kenosha so our peak is for that. We can not peak for three races, its impossible.
So we had an off day. Saying that we choked is not even fair. A team that is ranked 3rd in their region and finishes 3rd, is hardly choking. We still did what we had to do to get to nationals. UBC finally ran their whole squad together at regionals, they ran a great race and placed well. We have been ranked behind them for a good part of the year. Yes we did beat them at Willamette, but on this day they did not run their full varisty. Fact is UBC and EO are top teams in the nation, to finish third behind these two teams I think speaks well for us, and as far as choking I do not think this is an issue. I think it is funny that if a team has an off day, they can't make any excuse and everyone says the easy thing that they choked. I think that is comical. Choking is when a team is supposed to do something and they come nowhere near it. We were ranked third and finished third, but you call it choking. I do not see the correlation.