Boys Swimming: Berg, Bovee, relay on to state

Dan Berg qualified for state in three events (photo by Jim Lindquist)

Farmington finished third in the team standings and qualified for this week's Class AA Championships in four events at the Section 1AA meet held Saturday at the Rochester Recreation Center.

Rochester Century won the section team title with 437 points, followed by Hastings 420, Farmington 299, Rochester John Marshall 286, Winona 251, Rochester Mayo 193 and Owatonna 151.

Dan Berg had an outstanding  meet for the Tigers, qualifying for state in three events. The speedy senior won the 100 freestyle, took third in the 50 freestyle and teamed up with Eric Schimmel, Garrett Haugen and Brandon Dion for a third place finish in the 400 freestyle relay.

The other Farmington state qualifier was diver Jonathan Bovee, who took third in the one-meter board competition.

"We had a pretty good show at sections," Tiger coach Ryan Hamen said. "We qualified for state in four events and some of our young guys stepped up and showed great promise."

In addition to the state-qualifying performances, a couple of other Farmington entrants barely missed the cut.

Brandon Dion broke Brian Huls' school record in his fourth place finish in the 100 butterfly that was .02 of a second out of third. The 200 freestyle relay quartet of Schimmel, Haugen, Dion and Berg finished third, one place away from state qualification.

Other top Farmington performances:
200 freestyle: 8. Schimmel
200 individual medley: 5. Austin Kueck
500 freestyle: 5. Kueck
100 backstroke: 7. Ben Gunderson
100 breaststroke: 7. Jake Bauerle

The Class AA state championships will be held next weekend at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.