Farmington made its first apperance at the Annandale Invitational a successful one, taking second place in the eight-team meet held Saturday, Dec. 18, in Annandale.
Becker won the team title with 143.4 points, followed by Farmington 140.3, Delano 133.5, Maple Lake 127.6, Annandale 126.75, Minneapolis Southwest 125.35, St. Michael-Albertville 124.9 and Litchfield 124.65.
The Tiger team score jumped for the third consecutive meet and the move upward seemed to sit well with coach Lynn Bauman.
"We had a great meet even though we had to make some lineup changes because of Erin Hickey's hand injury," she said. "Nadia Lorencz stepped up on the bars and the beam and became an all-around competitor.
"We only had two falls in six beam routines. We just need to stay positive, confident and motivated. We will go places with this team."
Kiana Lord provided the only Tiger first place finish of the day with a 9.4 score on the balance beam. That number equaled the school record held jointly by coach Bauman and 2010 graduate Haley Luhman.
Lord also ranked fourth in floor exercise (9.2) and finished fifth in the all-around competition (34.5).
Lorencz made her debut as an all-around performer and took fourth with a score of 35.05. The talented freshman took second in both vaulting (9.25) and floor exercise (9.25).
Terra Klima fashioned a third place performance on the uneven bars (9.0) and Kathryn Beckett finished sixth in vaulting (8.6).
Kylie Wharton finished fifth and sixth respectively on the bars (8.7) and beam (8.55) and her all-around total of 34.25 placed seventh.
The Tigers are off until Thursday, Dec. 30, when they travel to Rosemount for a non-conference dual meet but the big date circled on Bauman's calendar is Tuesday, Jan. 11, when defending state Class A champion Northfield comes to the District Service Center for a dual meet.
"That's our first home meet of the season," Bauman said, "so we need fans in the stands to keep us pumped up."
