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| Section 1AA Academic Champions |
The Tigers learned they had been crowned as the Section 1AA academic champions. The award goes to the section team that has the highest average grade point among varsity team members. Farmington registered a remarkable 3.995 average (on a 4.0 scale).
The team will receive a commemorative banner to be presented at a banquet held in conjunction with next week's State Class AA Championships.
In the actual meet, Northfield out-pointed Winona 149.5-147.6 to repeat as section champion. Owatonna took third at 142.275, followed by Rochester Century 140.275, Farmington 137.6, Faribault 137.0, Rochester Mayo 129.5 and Rochester John Marshall 125.0.
The Tigers' score fell 2.4 points below the season-long goal of 140, but coach Lynn Bauman said she was satisfied with her team's performance at the final meet of the year.
"Once again we are back in the hardest section in the state," she said. "The girls had a good meet. We would have liked to end on a higher note, but it was good."
The Tigers didn't qualify anyone for the state meet, but they were not alone. Of the nine section qualifiers, seven came from either champion Northfield or runner-up Winona.
Amanda Davenport scored the highest individual place for the Tigers, finishing ninth in floor exercise with a 9.325 mark.
Gina Mercurio took tenth place on the balance beam with a score of 8.85.
Tahra Eckert turned in the highest Farmington score in vault with a 9.275. Davenport led on the uneven bars with a mark of 8.3.
