Well it's cold up here at Cal and we lost against the two-time defending national champions by one race. The Cal Bears were losing to us up until the final relay, the 400 Freestyle Relay. On our side, we had Olympians Vlad Morozov and Dima Colupaev, Jack Wager, and Cristian Quintero. We lost this race by 0.1 seconds... That distance is one knuckle and a half down a finger and our victory was lost by that much. We have team dinner in a little bit and sad faces are going to be everywhere.
"We are the best team in the country right now. We are going to go up there and show them what being the best team really means." Our coaches told us before we boarded the plane to the Bay Area. I wonder what they are going to say to us tonight about being the best team... Regardless, we have to move on and realize we have another tough team tomorrow: Stanford. Stanford, Cal, and us have always been tearing each other apart for number one. Cal may have claimed their spot, but Stanford will not claim their place tomorrow.
Tonight we don't have parties or invites to attend to, we have our hotel rooms and each other to get ready for a win tomorrow. As we are trained to "Show up early, ready, start fast. Finish what we start, make no excuses, tell the truth. Always compete with speed and power. Stand tall, big chest, big eyes. Protect the team at all times. We are tough, aggressive, and trained. We are SC. FIGHT ON!" Tomorrow is another day, a day where we come home with a W!
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