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| Christopher Kirchmann MVP, All-Conference (photo by Jim Lindquist) |
Farmington won the Missota Conference championship, successfully defended its Section 1AA True Team title and scored 26 points at the state meet.
"I am very proud of what the boys did this year," coach Ryan Hamen said. "We finished with almost 60 participants, and many have and are starting to swim outside of the season with the goal to come back even better.
"We are losing a great group of seniors. Most of them were the top swimmers on the team, but I am hoping our depth will carry through and the drive will continue."
The Tigers celebrated their successful season with their post-season banquet last week. At the season-capping fete many team and individual accomplishments were announced.
Varsity Letters: Seniors Christian Bell, Dahlton Bell, Christopher Kirchmann, Evan Carufel, Aaron Cochnauer, Ben Cohoon, Brad Dow, Mitch Haugen, Tyler Lerbakken, Cameron Molnar and Patrick Shea; juniors Daniel Berg, Oliver Chow, Brandon Dion, Eric Schimmel, Nick Stephan and Spencer Kabran; sophomore Jonathan Bovee and eighth grader Austin Kueck.
MVP: Kirchmann
All-Missota Conference: D. Bell, C. Bell, Kirchmann, Carufel, Chow, Molnar and Schimmel
All-Missota Conference Honorable Mention: Berg and Cochnauer
Academic All-America: Lerbakken and Shea
School Records:
100 freestyle: Kirchmann, 47.29
200 freestyle relay: C. Bell, D. Bell, Molnar and Kirchmann, 1:28.46
400 freestyle relay: C. Bell, D. Bell, Molnar and Kirchmann, 3:18.61
Pool Record:
200 freestyle relay: C. Bell, D. Bell, Carufel and Kirchmann, 1:30.58
Hardest Worker: Varsity: Schimmel; Junior Varsity: Maxx Matta
Most Dependable: Berg and Kueck
Most Improved: Dion, butterfly and individual medley; Bovee, diving; Brock Lang, freestyle and butterfly; Andrew Domnick, freestyle (junior varsity)
Rookie of the Year: Devon Webb
"I Can Do It, Coach" Award: Kyle Smith, Ben Walz 7, Ben Walz, Ben Gunderson
Best Attitude: Mikkel Peterson 12
"We already have a number of boys who are looking positive for next year," Hamen said. "They are committed to improving and looking forward to future accomplishments.
"One thing our team always tries to do is represent Farmington well both in and out of the pool. Hopefully that will continue for years to come."
