Girls Golf: Season ends at section

Senior captain Terra Klima

The Tiger golf season faded to black at the final round of the Section 1AAA Championships played Monday, June 6, at Cannon Golf Club.
Terra Klima and Brianna Swenson qualified for Monday's final round as individuals but did not advance to the state tournament.
Klima matched her opening day round of 103 to finish at 206 for the two-day meet. Swenson shot 112 to finish at 212.
"The conditions weren't ideal because of the heat," Tiger coach Rob Carpentier said. "Many of the scores were elevated but both of our girls would have needed to shoot around 90 to have a chance to advance."
Team captain Klima will graduate this spring. Freshman Swenson has three years of varsity experience remaining.
"Bri's experience at the section should certainly help her," Carpentier said.

Tiger Scoreboard: June 7, 2011

Boys Golf
Section 1AAA Championships at Bellwood Oaks Golf Club-Final Round
Lakeville North 614, Lakeville South 629, Rochester Century 636, Owatonna 641, Winona 652, Rochester Mayo 661, Rochester John Marshall 671, Farmington 679

Adapted Softball: Smith, Olson help Blazing Cats to state consolation title

Ashley Smith (top) and Christine Olson
Members of Blazing Cats consolation champs


FHS seniors Ashley Smith and Christine Olson helped the Farmington/Lakeville/Burnsville Blazing Cats to the consolation championship of the state adapted softball (CI) tournament played last weekend in Coon Rapids.
The Blazing Cats opened state play with a 15-5 setback to eventual state champion Anoka-Hennepin before sweeping a pair of games in the consolation bracket to claim the fifth place trophy.
The Cats downed Mounds View/Irondale/Roseville 14-9 in the consolation semifinals before scoring a 13-7 decision over New Prague/Montgomery-Lonsdale in the finals.
Smith, who landed a spot on the all-tournament team, pitched all three games for the Cats, picking up a pair of victories. She also had a big game at the plate against Mounds View/Irondale/Roseville, collecting three hits and scoring a run.
The Blazing Cats finished the 2011 season with a 7-5-1 record.

Girls Track: Lorencz, Parco and 4x400 relay team move on to state

State qualifiers Alysa Parco (top) and Nadia Lorencz
(photos by Jim Lindquist)


Tiger coach Tom Hart said if he could change anything he would like a re-do of a hand-off in the 4x200 relay and add an inch to Nadia Lorencz's triple jump distance but all in all, he was impressed with his team's performance at the Section 1AA Championships held Saturday at Lakeville South.
"There are always things you can look back on and think you should have done this or that differently," Hart said, "but the girls had a good day over all.
"In addition to the state qualifiers we had some personal bests and relay teams get to the podium even though they didn't run in the fast heat. The girls gave their best and as a coach, that's all you can ask."
Farmington placed fifth in the 14-team meet and qualified athletes for the state meet in four events: Lorencz in the long jump and 100-meter hurdles; Alyssa Parco in the 300-meter hurdles and the 4x400 relay team of Parco, Erin Hickey, Izzie Ferm and Maria Kiminski.
Lakeville North defeated crosstown rival Lakeville South 140-105 to win the team championship. Rochester Mayo finished third with 93 points, followed by Rochester Century 74.5, Farmington 62, Northfield 51, Rosemount 50.5, Faribault 45, Albert Lea 21, Owatonna 17, Red Wing 16, Winona 14, Austin 12, Rochester John Marshall 1.
Lorencz set a new section and school record in the long jump with a leap of 18-8 and placed second in the hurdles in 15.45 to qualify for two events at this weekend's Class AA state championships in St. Paul. She barely missed making the cut in a third event, finishing third in the triple jump, an inch short of the state qualifying standard with a 35-10 effort.
Parco won her third consecutive trip to state by winning the 300-meter hurdles in a time of 45.90. She placed seventh in the event at the 2010 state meet.

4x400 relay team (l to r)
Maria Kiminski, Izzie Ferm, Erin Hickey, Alyssa Parco
(photo by Jim Lindquist)

The 4x400 team shaved almost a second off its own recently set school record to finish second in 3:59.37 and beat the state qualifying standard of 4:01.09.
The same four runners led the 4x200 relay race headed into the last leg when a mishandled exchange resulted in a third place finish.
Hickey added to her success in the relays with a fifth place finish in the triple jump and a sixth place effort in the long jump.
Ferm also added points in an individual event with a fifth place finish in the 400-meter dash.
The 4x100 relay squad of Mary Cline, Jessica Arey. Kelli Elmer and Kelly Kornmann took seventh and the 4x800 team of Alex Frost, Maddie Strid, Meghan Graham and Hannah Seitzinger ranked eighth.

Boys Track: Hanson high jump champ; Tigers 10th in section

Sam Hanson
Section 1AA high jump champion

Sam Hanson has had a book end type of season. Early on, the senior high jumper cleared 6-7 to set a new school record. Then injury reared its ugly head and caused his numbers to go down and his ability to even compete diminish.
But two weeks ago, Hanson started to return to form by winning the Missota Conference title. Saturday he made it two in a row by winning the Section 1AA crown and a trip to the state meet with a leap of 6-4.
Hanson's 10 points accounted for the lion's share of his team's total of 26 as the Tigers finished 10th in a 15-team field at the meet held at Lakeville South.
Rosemount ran away with the team title with 178 points. Owatonna finished a disatnt second at 83, followed by Faribault 79, Rochester Mayo 68, Lakeville South 65, Red Wing 42, Lakeville North 41, Rochester Century 34.5, Albert Lea 27, Farmington 26, Winona 21, Northfield 18, Rochester John Marshall 12, Hastings 4.5, Austin 2
"We had a great section when looking at personal achievements," coach Brian Helmstetter said. "I was happy with how many of our guys made the finals and earned personal bests.
"For our younger guys competing this was great experience. They saw they could compete and what a few years of hard work will get them if they stay dedicated year round."
Tyler Grubb scored points in two events in his final meet for the Tigers, placing fifth in the 200-meter dash and seventh in the 100-meter dash.
"Tyler had a great career for us," Helmstetter said, "even though injuries plagued him this season."
Senior thrower John Schimmel threw the shot a career-best 51-8.25 to place seventh and Zach Wyatt finished in a three-way tie for seventh in the high jump.
"Jon would have won a couple of other AA sections in the state with that throw," Helmstetter said of Schimmel's effort.
Farmington netted points in three relays with the 4x400 team of Wyatt, Tyler Lerbkaken, Tanner Grubb and Tyler Grubb scoring a fifth place finish.
The 4x100 quartet of Jack Erickson, Charlie Wicks, Alex Chadwick and Mason Auge took eighth as did the the 4x200 foursome of Tommy Weigel, Auge, Erickson and Wicks.
Hanson will compete at this weekend's Class AA State Championships at Hamline University in St. Paul.