 Hello, and welcome to the David Ann Show, presented by Buffalo Wildlings. I'm Grant Royce, joined by Stevenson Crospector, head coach David Ann, a coach that I wore a few weeks in the season that he got a couple races in here about. Let's talk about both men and women, how things are going so far. Yes, we've been really happy with the progress that we're making right now. In our sport, it's still early. So with us, the regular season is all about kind of building up to the meets later in the season, but we've seen some really good progress. And a lot of the freshmen are starting to improve and step up, and then the upperclassmen are still doing really well. Yeah. First on the men's side, we talked about the preseason. We're kind of big free with the Kida, Pat, and Idris. Who's maybe kind of stepped up, maybe kind of moving to that four or five spot to kind of round out your lineup. Yes, so we got a couple of freshmen and Samuel Isman and Jonathan Walmack, but then also Anders Chattin and Taylor Farnsworth have really been stepping up. So we're hoping that two out of those four will get closer to Idris and the Kida. Yeah, absolutely. And like I said, obviously the goal is the Carver's Championship in the Nancy Regional. Hopefully have five, six, or seven of runners already strong at that point to score. Yeah, absolutely. And on the women's side, we said several newcomers have really stepped up in addition to what was already a pretty strong returning core. Yeah, so it's been really exciting. I mean, like I said, every week we see progress, and especially with the freshmen and newcomers, just because it's all new training for them. So they really improve a lot from week to week. And just seeing that improvement every week has been amazing. Yeah, and obviously that Kelly's back, she's healthy, a troll, and then Mikaela, Emily Gates. So pretty strong returning core as well, just like you said, the freshmen are really kind of stepped up and are adjusted with new training. Yeah, so we have a really solid top eight on the women's side. So it's going to be really exciting. But also as we get to the later season meets, we can only run seven. So it's good that they're pushing each other and helping each other improve. Absolutely. Now this weekend, this Friday, you had back to your alma mater, you had the Elizabeth Tav, and then a couple other races. So what's the outlook for the next few weeks? So this meet this weekend, it's called the E-Town Short Course Invitational. So it's a little bit shorter than what the athletes normally run. So it's kind of low-key. But also, it's good to gauge where they are right now. And I'm really excited to see how that goes. And then two weeks down the road we go down to Salisbury for the first kind of, I'd say, somewhat important race of the season. Yeah, a little bit more intense competition. We wouldn't be here about sit-married. There's a lot of Division I schools, so it's a good early test. But obviously, some of it's usually competing against the regionals to be in Salisbury and as you prepare for competition. Yeah, and even the meet this weekend, there's quite a few teams that are going to be there from the region and the conference. So it'll be exciting. And just exciting to see how the individuals stack up to, especially Pat Watson. Yeah, absolutely. And I was going to talk about Pat, you know, he's got a strong chance to hopefully return to the Nationals and make there a serious run there. Yeah, he's been impressing me every day. So it's exciting. Like I said before, we just got to keep him healthy and keep the training consistent. And I think he can really surprise some people. All right, Coach, we'll wish you the best of luck and we'll chat probably once again right before our other conference championship. Yeah, thanks, Greg. All right, for Dave Redan, I'm Greg Royce. This has been the Dave Redan Show.