1st 500 freestyle, 400 freestyle relay
Christopher Kirchmann (bottom)
1st 200 freestyle; 400 freestyle relay
Rochester Mayo won eight of 11 events to score an 89-79 non-conference dual meet win over the Tigers Tuesday night in Rochester.
The loss dropped Farmington, the 2011 True Team Section 1AA champions, to 2-6 in dual competition this season.
"We are having troubles in the dual meets as far as points but in the bigger meets where more swims counts, I hope our depth will demonstrate that strength comes in numbers," Tiger coach Ryan Hamen said.
"We work for the final meets and the boys are working every day to make themselves better."
The three Tiger firsts came from Christopher Kirchmann (200 freestyle), Zach Holton (500 freestyle) and the 400 freestyle relay team of Kirchmann, Holton, Conner Kealy and Aaron Lane.
A trio of other Tigers turned in runner-up performances in individual events, including Aaron Cochnauer, 500 freestyle; Nick Stephan, 100 breaststroke and Lane, 200 individual medley.
Evan Carufel ranked third in the 50 freestyle and Kirchmann and Cameron Molnar placed third respectively in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke.
"Most of our guys celebrated their season-best swims," Hamen said, "and many were close to their personal-best times. We had a lot of close races we lost by making little mistakes."
Thursday the Tigers head to Chaska Middle School East for their final conference dual of the season against Chaska/Chanhassen.
