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28 February 2015
Section Swim and State Wrestling Today
27 February 2015
Boys Swim and Dive Prelim Summary
Boys
Swim update from Section Prelims on Wednesday, February 25th
Austin Kueck had his best swims and is close to the state cuts in both the 200 IM and 500 free.
He did break our school record last night in the 500 free.
Robin Decastro and Jake Bauerle are in the finals heet in the 100 Br.
Robin is also very close to the state cut and the pool record.
Our relays swam to qualify for Saturday .
Jonathan Bovee is going into the diving finals in first place.
Ben Gunderson in the 100 bk and Brock Lange in the 100 fly did a great job in their races going into the final heat.
There are many boys in the consolation heats who had great swims too.
25 February 2015
Gymnastics team win state Academic State Championship for second year in a row
Congrats to the Tiger Gymnastics Team
Farmington Gymnastics team WON the state academic title for gymnastics AGAIN this year. This is our 2nd year in a row that we have won his award. The team combined GPA that they used was 3.963. This is based on the top 60% gpa's on our team and obviously goes up against our section and the state of minnesota.
Farmington Gymnastics team WON the state academic title for gymnastics AGAIN this year. This is our 2nd year in a row that we have won his award. The team combined GPA that they used was 3.963. This is based on the top 60% gpa's on our team and obviously goes up against our section and the state of minnesota.
FCA movie night
FCA movie night at FHS
FCA Movie Night at FHS
“When the Game Stands Tall”
The FHS FCA Student Athletes would like to invite you to Movie Night at FHS. The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m., Friday, March 13th. Our evening will begin with some Food and Fellowship. Ken LeBeau of Longbranch will be providing us with hot dogs, popcorn, and homemade root beer, followed by a showing of the movie, “When the Game Stands Tall”. After the movie we will have a discussion about the culture of sports, gain a better understanding of the Mission of the Athletic Programs, and touch on the life skills we gain by participating in a sport, which helps us prepare for future success. Please RSVP thru Twitter so we can plan accordingly.
Thursday February 26th Events
Full Schedule on Thursday for Tiger Sports
Boys Swim and Dive Sections at the Rochester Rec Center
Boys Hockey in the Section Final vs Lakeville North at the Rochester Rec Center
Wrestling team wrestles Prior Lake in round one of the state tournament at 9am at the Excel Energy Center
Nice Article on the Tiger Wrestling Team in the Star Tribune today
Farmington wrestlers team up for first bid at state title
By Ron Haggstrom, Star Tribune
02/24/2015, 6:45pm CST
Farmington is attempting to win a wrestling state team championship for the first time in school history.
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Farmington wrestler Taylor Venz, ranked second at 145, grabbed Kyle Benjamin’s leg as they did wrestling drills during practice last week. (Renee Jones-Schneider, Star Tribune)
Farmington’s wrestling program has had its sights set on one goal since the beginning of the season, and one goal only — making the Class 3A state tournament field of eight teams. Goal accomplished.
The Tigers earned their first state tournament berth with back-to-back thrilling victories in the Section 1 tournament. They defeated Hastings 35-27 in the finals after edging Owatonna 34-30 in the semifinals.
“They definitely put their best effort to date out on the mat against Owatonna and Hastings,” Tigers coach Chad Olson said. “I’m not sure I can put into words on how proud, excited and relieved I am for our wrestlers, coaches, parents and fans.”
It was two monumental victories for the program, giving it a school-record 24 victories this year. The Tigers were eliminated by Owatonna 42-16 in the section semifinals the previous year and fell to Hastings 48-15 earlier this season.
“People will start to notice Farmington’s wrestling program now,” Tigers senior Kyle Benjamin said. “Hopefully, it’s the start of a dynasty.”
Olson knew the section title was in reach after last year. He welcomed back 12 of his 14 starters, including four individual state tournament entrants.
“Our wrestlers set a goal after last season to make it to state, and to sit back and watch them put the work and sacrifices in and then for them to reach it is awesome,” Olson said. His squad’s 10 defeats this season all were to ranked teams.
The Tigers are one of three South Suburban Conference teams in the field. The other two are Apple Valley and Prior Lake, all of which happen to be in the same side of the bracket.
“The South Suburban is the toughest conference in the state,” Benjamin said. “Wrestling against that type of competition really prepared us for our section tournament.”
The fourth-seeded Tigers are looking forward to their quarterfinal matchup with fifth-seeded Prior Lake. They split their two matches with the Lakers during the regular season, winning 39-27 in January after losing 44-25 in December.
Farmington has two juniors ranked second in their weight classes: Victor Gliva at 106 and Taylor Venz at 145. Classmate Jamin LeDuc is ranked third at 120.
Senior Matthew Rustad is ranked sixth at 152 pounds and Benjamin is sixth at 160 pounds. Rustad has won more than 100 career matches.
“We knew those five would be guys we could count on for a lot of wins, but Mason [Hawkins] has been a pleasant surprise,” Olson said.
Hawkins, a junior, couldn’t make the team wrestling at 138 pounds a year ago. He made a huge jump to 195 pounds this season.
“We hoped he would help us, but when you jump from 138 to 195 you are never sure how they are going to adapt to it,” Olson said. “He also missed the first five weeks of the season with a knee injury. Once he hit the mat, he took off.”
Hawkins was one of seven Tigers to finish first or second in the Section 1 meet, and qualify for the individual state tournament. Gliva, LeDuc, Benjamin and senior John Walz (182 pounds) were crowned section champs.
“This year’s team has accomplished so many things, it has solidified its spot as the best team in program history,” Olson said.
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