Shot put champion
The Tigers closed their brief (two meets) indoor season with a third place finish in a triangular meet Saturday, Apr. 9, at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
Missota Conference favorite Shakopee used its depth and talent to pile up 83.5 points and run away from league rivals Holy Angels (46) and Farmington (29.5).
"Shakopee showed why they are the favorite in the conference," Tiger coach Brian Helmstetter said. "We have about the same numbers but the majority of theirs are juniors and seniors where ours are freshmen and sophomores.
"With that said, we had a lot of our younger guys competing against their upperclassmen and doing well."
John Schimmel, Zach Wyatt and Trevor Breezley scored the Farmington firsts with Schimmel heaving the shot put 49-4, Wyatt clearing 5-10 in the high jump and Breezley clocking 2:22 in the 800-meter run.
CJ Record came back from a leg injury to capture second in the 55-meter dash and two more Tigers recorded third place finishes, Albert Obnamia in the pole vault and Carl Elmer in the 1200-meter run.
Three key seniors missed the meet for the Tigers, including sprinter Charlie Wicks, conference 400-meter champion Tyler Grubb and school high junp record holder Sam Hanson.
"We were missing some key elements but as coaches, our goals were met," Helmstetter said. "It was successful meet because we got many athletes another good track experience."
