Hastings won nine of 12 events and downed the Tigers 96-84 in a non-conference dual meet Tuesday night at the Dodge Middle School pool.
"It was a very exciting meet," Tiger coach Ryan Hamen said. "I was hoping to finish with more two, three and four places but for a small team, Hastings has some very strong young swimmers who held on to the lead all meet...I was very pleased because we had so many season-best as well as personal-best times."
The Tiger wins came from Evan Carufel (diving), Zach Holton (200 freestyle) and the 400 freestyle relay team of Conner Kealy, Christopher Kirchmann, Aaron Lane and Holton.
Six Farmington individuals scored second place points: Kirchmann (200 individual medley and 100 freestyle); Kealy (50 freestyle); Lane (100 backstroke); Eric Schimmel (500 freestyle) and Jonathan Bovee (diving).
The 200 medley (Cameron Molnar, Nick Stephan, Tyler Lerbakken, Carufel) and the 400 freestyle (Kirchmann, Lane, Holton, Kealy) relay teams each finished second.
Five more Tigers turned in third place efforts: Schimmel (50 freestyle); Kealy (100 freestyle); Holton (100 butterfly); Stephan (100 breaststroke) and Austin Kueck (500 freestyle).
Hamen also recognized the performances of a trio of junior varsity swimmers--Brock Lange, Caleb Poissant and Dan Berg--who showed big time drops in their respective events.
The Tigers return to action Thursday, Jan. 31, when they venture to Rochester for a dual meet with Section 1AA Rochester Mayo.
