Boys Swimming: A Missota tune-up

(photo by Jim Lindquist)

Farmington tuned up for this Saturday's Missota Conference Championships with a 94-92 non-conference dual meet win over Rochester John Marshall at the Dodge Middle School pool.

The Rockets won the battle for first place points by winning eight of the meet's 12 events but the Tigers won the overall war by piling up the points in places two through five.

"We did well," Farmington coach Ryan Hamen said. "JM has some very strong swimmers. We stacked up the way we want to swim Saturday at our conference meet."

The Tiger individual winners included Jonathan Bovee in one-meter diving; Ian Alexander in the 500 freestyle and Daniel Berg in the 50 freestyle.

The 200 freestyle relay team of Berg, Garrett Haugen, Brandon Dion and Eric Schimmel also scored first place points.

Adam Dougherty 3rd in diving (photo by J. Lindquist)

Farmington racked up eight runner-up finishes, seven in individual events and one in a relay.

The individuals included Alexander, 200 freestyle; Haugen, 200 individual medley, Dion, 100 butterfly; Berg, 100 freestyle; Tristen Butoi, 500 freestyle; Ben Gunderson, 100 backstroke and Robin DeCatro, 100 breaststroke.

The other second place effort came from the 400 freestyle relay quartet of Berg, Haugen, Dion and Schimmel.

Seven other Farmington individuals came in third: Schimmel, 100 and 200 freestyle; Dion, 200 individual medley; Adam Dougherty, 50 freestyle; Sean Dougherty, one-meter diving; Brock Lange, 100 butterfly and David Bovee, 100 backstroke.

The Missota Conference Championships will be held Saturday (Feb. 8) at the Dodge Middle School pool starting at 10:00 a.m.