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Kiana Lord (balance beam and all-around), Terra Klima (uneven bars)
and Nadia Lorencz (vault) will compete in the Class AA state meet
(photos by Jim Lindquist)
The Tigers ended their record-breaking season with a flourish, placing second at the Section 1AA Championships held Friday, Feb. 18, at Lakeville South. In addition, three Farmington performers qualified for this weekend's Class AA state meet in Minneapolis.
Defending state champion Northfield broke its school record with a 149.9 point effort to repeat as section champs. The Tigers upped their school record by .15 of a point to finish second at 142.875. Owatonna took third with a score of 141.9.
Other teams competing included host Lakeville South, Rochester John Marshall, Rochester Century, Rochester Mayo, Faribault and Winona.
Qualifying three gymnasts for the state meet in one year is also new territory for the ninth-ranked Tigers.
Terra Klima who placed sixth on the uneven bars in the state meet as a junior, earned a return trip to Minneapolis by winning the event with a mark of 9.525.
Kiana Lord and Nadia Lorencz will each make her first trip to state. Lord won the balance beam competition at the section meet with a score of 9.525 and her all-around score of 36.525 landed her in fourth place in the standings. Lorencz took second in vaulting with a mark 9.50.
Both Lord's score on beam and Lorencz's tally in the vault eclipsed school records formerly owned by their coach and former state floor exercise champion Lynn (Gramentz) Bauman.
No Farmington entrant made state in floor exercise but the team's 37.125 total in the event established yet another new school standard.
"Who rocks the house?", asked a jubilant coach Bauman. "We say the TIGERS rock the house...The girls were amazing. I am so proud of all of them."
Other top 10 finishes included: Lorencz, 9th on balance beam and 6th in all-around; Klima, 5th on beam; Lord, 7th in floor exercise and Kathryn Beckett 9th (tie) in floor exercise.
The three Farmington state entrants will display their routines Saturday night at the University of Minnesota Sports Pavilion located next to Williams Arena on the Minneapolis campus.
