Nov. 11, 2006

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Coach Bob Braman, Florida State (men's team champions): "This course is hard. We ran here in 2002 and had to run really, really hard.

"We felt like, this is a qualifying meet - the qualifying meet for the national championship. It's hard enough to get there, but you've got to save something. The guy's situation is unique because you run 10,000 meters for the first time all year, an extra mile-and-a-quarter, and you're doing that here and then you have to come back nine days later and do it again.

"This is a very difficult course, so you've really got to be careful. Our strategy was just to finish in the top four. Our top guy, Andrew Lemoncello, who is a four-time All-America, I held him back. I told the guys to run as a four-pack and pace themselves, because this course will eat you up. But it worked out at the end of the race that people were really hurting, and we were able to move up."

Individual men's champion, Barnabas Kirui, Mississippi: "It was tough, this is a difficult course and this was a tough race. There were a lot of very tough runners, I was up there with South Alabama and Alabama guys that didn't make it easy.

"The course was a real tough one. For the first time I was running up and down, running real hard, so I was very happy with the result. I'd run another 10K like this, but it was relatively flat. I'm not used to some of these ups and downs and loops, so I think it will help me get ready for nationals. It was a tough race and a fast race, so after being in contention with very tough guys, I think mentally and psychologically I'll be ready.