with a finishing time of 11:54
With a new coach and new-look starting lineup the Tigers put together a seventh place finish at the nine-team Dakota County Classic held Friday, Sept. 2, in Eagan.
Lakeville South edged South Suburban Conference rival Eastview 60-74 to take home the team championship. Host Eagan placed third with 91 points, followed by Hill-Murray 103, New Prague 116, Hastings 125, Farmington 166, Richfield 181 and Simley 225.
First-year coach Lisa Lippold said she wasn't as concerned as much with her team's final ranking as she was the time spread among the varsity runners.
"Our spread from runners one through five was just 26 seconds and that is very good," Lippold said. "Now we have to work on lowering the individual times.
"This was a good meet for us, especially considering we had so many guys who were running in their first varsity race."
The top five Tiger finishers crossed the finish line in a clump between 23rd and 40th place in the talented 77-runner field.
Sophomore Dan Block led the way with a 23rd place effort in a time off 11:29.3 over the 3200-meter course.
Adam Wallenta finished 29th (11:39.6); Caleb Eiffert 36th (11:53.3); Patrick Sunderman 38th (11:54) and Jordan Lugowski 40th (11:55.4).
Jake Rudeen (45th; 12:07.5) and Jordan Marcell (57th; 12:55.1) rounded out the Farmington scorecard.
The Tigers have until next Friday to work on lowering their finishing times. That's when they head south to run in the Faribault Invitational at Alexander North Park.
