3 firsts and a second vs. Northfield
(photo by Jim Lindquist)
Getting Focused
Senior captain Sarah O'Reilly
(photo by Jim Lindquist)
Northfield won the final event of the meet, the 400 freestyle relay, to defeat the Tigers 97-89 in a Missota Conference dual meet Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Dodge Middle School pool.
The Raiders led 89-83 after 11 events after holding leads as high as 14 points earlier in the hotly-contested competition.
"We had a good meet but came up just a little short," Tiger coach Jen Marshall said. "They've got some talented swimmers leading the way and it was just a little too much for us.
"The conference meet should prove an exciting contest between us, Northfield and Chanhassen."
Farmington won four of the meet's 12 events with Kaitlyn O'Reilly accounting for three of them. O'Reilly won the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke and teamed with Abby Haugen, Zoe Avestruz and Kirsten Kracke to claim the 200 medley relay.
Kracke provided the other Farmington first with a win in the 100 breaststroke.
The Tigers scored second place finishes in six individual events, including two apiece by Cora Ruzicka (100 butterfly and 500 freestyle) and Zoe Avestruz (50 freestyle and 100 freestyle). Kracke ranked second in the 200 individual medley and Kendall Novak finished runner-up in the one-meter diving competition.
O'Reilly, Robin Ellis, Chelsea Gehrke and Hannah Seitzinger combined for a second place finish in the 200 freestyle relay as did the 400 freestyle foursome of Ellie Sundet, Chloe Holton, Gehrke and Avestruz.
Three more Tigers earned third place points: Sara Kintner (500 freestyle); Sundet (200 freestyle) and Ellis (100 backstroke).
Next Tuesday the Tigers entertain Minneapolis Edison and Thursday they travel to Chaska for a conference dual meet with the Hawks.
Other Farmington point scorers:
200 freestyle: 5. Sarah O'Reilly
200 individual medley: 5. Gehrke
50 freestyle: 4. Seitzinger 5. Haugen
One-meter diving: 5. Jade Alm
100 butterfly: 4. Holton 5. Gehrke
100 freestyle: 4. Sundet 5. Seitzinger
500 freestyle: 5. S. O'Reilly
200 freestyle relay: 3. Victoria Resch, Haugen, S. O'Reilly, Sundet
100 backstroke: 4. Delaney Wright
100 breaststroke: 4. Haugen 5. Kintner
400 freestyle relay: 3. Ruzicka, S. O'Reilly. Kintner, Kracke
