Invitational Quotes

When I first started the invitational, I wanted it to be a place where kids could get together and just focus on music. It just gave us a chance to get to know other kids in the city and do something just for joy of doing it. - Emanuel McGladrey

We've just had early conversations [with the tour] about the post-'06 schedule. Any time you spend big money, you take a hard look at what you're doing. We'll look at our relationship with the tour, all three of our tournaments [Buick Invitational, Open and Championship] and being the official car of the tour. - Larry Peck

We're going to rename the invitational to honor Pat. I pulled him in front of the crowd and made a speech. - Tony Prentice

We're doing pretty well. I think we're going to be a better tournament team than a dual meet team. So we should be in the mix at the Invitational. We always try to win our own tournament. Hopefully we'll do well at home. - Andy DiSabato

We would like to score above a 115. That is our goal. We know it is a little tougher to score at an invitational than it is at a dual meet. - Carla Peterson

We swam in that pool (in the Northeast Invitational on Jan. 13-14). We know how big (the facility) is. Hopefully that experience will help. - Kelly Janda

We played really well. As a team it was probably our best finish we've had in the Batavia Invitational in seven years. Each meet we are getting better. I'm pleased with how we are playing. - Andrew Stacy

We had a very intense match on Monday (in the Hanover-Horton Invitational) so it was kind of nice not to have that tonight. - Vicky Groat

We finished third at our invitational last year, so we'd like to step up and win it this year. St. Xavier and Hudson were both top-five teams in the state tournament last year and we've been close to those teams at tournaments several times this year. We're 2-1 against St. Xavier right now and 3-0 against Hudson, but I think any of us could win this. - David Eberst