Erin Hickey (top) 4th in the long jump
(photos by Jim Lindquist)
Nadia Lorencz, a state meet qualifier in the long jump last spring as a freshman, set a new school standard in the triple jump to pace the Tigers to a third place finish at their annual six-team invitational meet held Thursday, Apr. 21, at Tiger Stadium.
Lakeville South piled up 172 points to edge perennial state power Prior Lake 172-162 for the team title. Farmington ranked third with 89 points, followed by New Prague 77, Red Wing 43 and Hastings 11.
Lorencz shattered the old mark of 34-8.75 set in 1998 by Lyndsey Thoma with a leap of 35-1. The talented sophomore had a big day for Farmington adding a win in the 100-meter hurdles and a second place finish in the long jump to her day's timesheet.
The only other Farmington first came in the 4x400 relay where the quartet of Alyssa Parco. Izzie Ferm, Erin Hickey and Maria Kiminski cruised to victory.
Ferm, a freshman, and eighth-grader Megan Graham each turned in strong individual finishes for the Tigers. Ferm was runner-up in the 200-meter dash and Graham took third in the 100-meter dash.
Junior all-state performer Parco scored second place points in the 300-meter low hurdles and Kimisnki took third in the 400-meter dash.
Farmington's 4x200 relay entry of Parco, Ferm, Courtney Johnston and Hickey also placed second.
"Overall, it was a good day in not so good weather," coach Tom Hart said. "We had pretty much all of our kids competing and it was great to see so much black and orange on the track...We're looking for the return of spring and some warmer weather."
