3 top ten finishes in Grand Forks
The Tigers shook off the long bus ride to Grand Forks and finished fifth in the 11-team University of North Dakota Invitational held Saturday, September 24.
"It was a great trip for us," coach Jennifer Marshall said. "The girls swam well which was a bit surprising after a long day of travel."
Another Minnesota school, Prior Lake, won the team title with a 346 point total. Bismarck Century placed a distant second at 278, followed by Marshall (MN) 266, Farmington 222, Eagan (MN) 218, Grand Forks Central 175, Jamestown 151, Bismarck High 132, Mandan 118 and Grand Forks Red River 88.
Farmington didn't register any first place finishes but came in second in five of the meet's 12 events.
Kaitlyn O'Reilly and Zoe Avestruz each rang up a pair of seconds in individual events, O'Reilly in the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke and Avestruz in the 50 and 100 freestyle.
O'Reilly and Avestruz also teamed with Abby Haugen and Hannah Setiznger to take second in the 200 medley relay.
Another Tiger relay team, the 400 freestyle foursome of Aveztruz, Kirsten Kracke, Cory Ruzicka and O'Reilly scored fifth place points.
The 200 freestyle relay team of Kracke, Haugen, Ellie Sundet and Seitzinger finished in sixth place.
Ruzicka added a seventh place effort in the 500 freestyle and an eighth place finish in the 100 butterfly to her day's work.
Haugen finished ninth in the 100 breaststroke and Seitzinger 10th in the 50 freestyle to complete the list of Farmington's top ten performers at the multi-state meet.
The Tigers resume their regular season schedule Thursday, Sept. 29, when Northfield comes to town for an important Missota Conference dual meet at the Dodge Middle School pool.
