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| Isabelle Ferm led 4x400 relay to meet record (photo by J. Lindquist) |
Chanhassen finished with 181 points followed by the Tigers, New Prague 137, Shakopee 123, Chaska 115, Northfield 105, Red Wing 88 and Holy Angels 50.
"The ladies performed very well," coach Tom Hart said. "We needed a few more points and we could have come out on top. This definitely shows us that we have the potential to do well at the conference meet."
The meet is conducted entirely in a relay format with individual event winners based on the combined times/distances/heights of three athletes. In other words, depth matters.
Of the 17 events, Farmington finished first (7) or second (3) in 10 of them, The Tigers also scored two third place finishes, two fourths, one fifth, one seventh and one eighth.
The biggest news of the day came in the 4x400 relay where despite the windy conditions the quartet of Maria Kiminski, Alicia Hett, Megan Graham and Isabelle Ferm ran 4:03.99 to set a new meet record.
Other first place finishers included the following:
4x100 meter relay (throwers): Ashley Ellefson, Kelsey Lindell, April Morris, Aly Grebner
1600 meter sprint medley: Graham, Morgan Cecchettini, Hett, Ferm
High jump: Lindell, Destiny Schmitz, Grebner
Pole vault: Nadia Lorencz, Jordan Walls, Ellefson
Long jump: Lorencz, Cecchettini, Elizabeth Welter
Triple jump: Ferm, Schmitz, Kathryn. Beckett
Second place finishers:
300-meter hurdles: Maria Kiminski, Destiny Schmitz, K. Beckett, Leah Kiage
4x200 meter relay: Racquel Beckett, Cecchettini, Courtney Johnston, Emma Record
100 meter hurdles: Lorencz, K. Beckett, Schmitz, Walls
Third place finishers:
800 sprint medley: Record, Kelli Elmer, Johnston, Miller
1600 meter: Maricia Pacheco, Alex Frost, Sammi Hyytinen, Maricella Pacheco
Fourth place:
4x100 meter relay:Elmer, Nicole Doran, Miller, Record
Tuesday the Tigers head to Lakeville North to battle for the right to represent Section 1AA in the 2013 True Team state meet.
