Zach Holton, Christopher Kirchmann and Aaron Lane broke its own school
record at the Class AA state meet.
The Tigers didn't fare nearly as well as they did last year at the Class AA State Championships held last weekend at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center but they did score eight points while adding a school record to their year's list of accomplishments.
The new school mark came in the 400 freestyle relay where the Farmington foursome of Conner Kealy, Zach Holton, Aaron Lane and Christopher Kirchmann placed 14th in a time of 3.19.68. The same quartet had set new records in the event in both the Section 1AA meet and the state preliminaries.
Kirchmann also had a hand in the other Farmington points with a 15h place finish in the 50 freestyle race, clocking 22.36 in the finals.
The Kealy-Holton-Lane-Kirchmann entry in the 200 freestyle relay claimed 17th place and Kirchammn turned in a 20th place effort in the 100 freestyle.
Earlier in the week Evan Craufel ranked 24th in the one-meter diving competition.
Tiger coach Ryan Hamen said his state qualifiers had a rewarding weekend at state and that the performance of the 400 freestyle relay quartet came somewhat as a surprise.
"We were actually seeded higher in the 200 free," he said. "We weren't expected to come back (on Saturday) in the 400 but we had some good performances. I challenged all four of them to get under 50 seconds for their splits and Kirchmann and Kealy both did that on Friday."
