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| Dan Berg helped Tigers win high jump |
The Tigers finished the day with 201 points, well in front of runner-up Chanhassen who totaled 177. New Prague was third at 151, followed by Shakopee 142 , Chaska 112, Red Wing 98, Northfield 74 and Holy Angels 51.
"We have talented depth which works well for this particular meet and I am proud of these guys," coach Brian Helmstetter said. "This is an awesome TEAM meet."
The meet is conducted entirely in a relay format with even individual event winners based on the combined times/distances/heights of three athletes. In other words, depth wins.
Although depth is essential in this type of meet, Farmington proved it could also run at the front of the pack, winning five events: the 4x200, 4x800, 800 sprint medley, distance medley and high jump.
"Our running events dominated the meet," Helmstetter said. "I believe there were only one or two events where we were as low as third place. Otherwise we took first and second in each running event. That made up for some of the lower places in the field events."
Actually the Tigers didn't fare badly in the field events, either. Overall they tacked on five runner-up finishes, four thirds and three fourths to go along with their five blue ribbon performances. No Farmington entry finished lower than fourth in any event in the eight-team meet.
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| Devon Webb two 1st place finishes |
4x200 relay Blake Ross, Mason Gaylord, Ryan Parco, Tanner Grubb
4x800 relay: Devon Webb, Eric Stoeckman, Adam Dougherty, Jared Wolt
800 sprint medley: Alex Chadwick, Mason Auge, Tommy Weigel, Grubb
Distance medley: Wolt, Lerbakken, Webb, Hyytinen
High jump: Dan Berg, Cullen Smith, Wyatt Ferm
Second Place:
1600 meter run: Hyytinen, Adam Wallenta, Sean Dougherty, Alex Hart
4x400 relay: Lerbakken, Wolt, Nehemiah Rockett, Weigel
1600 sprint medley: Auge, Grubb, Weigel, Lerbakken
110 meter hurdles: Connor Phu, Mikkel Peterson, Rockett, Berg
Discus: CJ Wynings, Alexander Burton, Jake Lee
Third place:
300 hurdles: Rockett, Alex Hart, Ferm
4x100 relay: Derek Klotter, Sean McHenry, Chadwick, Auge
Triple jump: Gaylord, Helbert Zelaya, Smith
Shot put: Mike Husnick, Tanner Thode, Josh Patterson
Fourth place:
4x100 relay (throwers): Thode, Patterson, Husnick, Lee
Pole vault: Phu, Zelaya, Smith
Long jump: Parco, McHenry, Charles Anderson
The next big test for the Tigers comes next Tuesday when they make the short trip to Lakeville North for the Section 1AA True Team Championships.
"We will have a strong showing at the True Team meet, but there again, you need top performers with the team depth in each event," Helmstetter said. "It will be awesome competition and we continue to improve each meet, so I am excited for us to compete.".
