GYMNASTICS

Gymnastics: Klima, Lorencz, Lord qualify for state

By the standards of the previous 15 years, 2010 was a very successful season for the Farmington gymnastics team. The Tigers finished fifth — their highest team placing ever — at the Section 1AA meet and qualified an individual for state for the first time since head coach Lynn Bauman in the early 90s.

By Matt Steichen , February 23, 2011

Section 1AA Gymnastics: Tigers send three to state

By the standards of the previous 15 years, 2010 was a very successful season for the Farmington gymnastics team. The Tigers finished fifth - their highest team placing ever - at the Section 1AA meet and qualified an individual for state for the first time since head coach Lynn Bauman in the early 90s. The 2011 edition of the Tigers has taken the program to another level. The Orange and Black broke its own school scoring record with a 142.75 at the Section 1AA Championships at Lakeville South Friday night, breaking two other school records in the process and qualifying three gymnasts for the Class 2A State Meet while placing second in the nine-team field.

By Matt Steichen , February 21, 2011

Gymnasts are third in Missota

A team record score in the floor exercise helped the Farmington gymnastics team to a third-place finish at the Missota Conference Championships last Tuesday at the New Prague Gymnastics Center.

By Matt Steichen , February 16, 2011

Gymnastics: Tigers are getting healthy

The return of Terra Klima and Kiana Lord to the lineup helped Farmington improve its team score in the final dual of the regular season last Friday in Chaska. Lord placed in all four events and won the all-around with a score of 35.425 as the Tigers defeated Chaska/Chanhassen 139.6-134.525. Lord placed third in the vault (8.975), bars (8.75) and beam (8.625) before capping off the meet with a second-place floor exercise score of 9.175.

By Matt Steichen , February 09, 2011

Gymnastics: Tigers win final dual at Chaska

The return of Terra Klima and Kiana Lord to the lineup helped Farmington improve its team score in the final dual of the regular season last Friday in Chaska.

By Matt Steichen , February 08, 2011

Gymnastics: Tired Tiger gymnasts fall to Northfield

A stretch of four meets in nine days may have taken a bit of a tole on the Farmington gymnastics team. The Tigers lost a close 141.35-140.875 contest to New Prague last Tuesday at the Instructional Services Center, then saw their team score drop to 136.65 in a nine-point loss to the defending Class 2A State champion Raiders Friday at Northfield.

By Matt Steichen , February 02, 2011

Gymnastics: Tigers win back-to-back meets

The Farmington gymnastics team celebrated its first appearance in the Class 2A state rankings by breezing past Red Wing in a conference dual Friday night at the Instructional Services Center gym.

By Matt Steichen , January 26, 2011

Gymnastics: Records fall in home debut

The Farmington gymnastics team had to wait a long time to perform for the first time at their new home gym. After starting the season with five straight road meets over the past month, the Tigers looked more than comfortable in their first official home meet last Tuesday night at the Instructional Services Center gym.

By Matt Steichen , January 19, 2011

Gymnasts score first-ever win over Irish

The Farmington gymnastics team closed out the 2010 season by doing something it had never done before — beating Rosemount. The Tigers got a pair of first-place finishes from Nadia Lorencz and Terra Klima while edging the Irish, 136.75-136.6 at Rosemount High School last Thursday night.

By Matt Steichen , January 05, 2011

Gymnastics: Lorencz, Lord, Klima lead Tigers to second

Some lineup changes helped Farmington’s gymnastics team top the 140-point mark for the first time this season. Nadia Lorencz stepped in for the injured Erin Hickey and led the Tigers to a second-place score of 140.3 at Saturday’s Annandale Invite. Becker topped the eight-team field with a score of 143.4.

By Matt Steichen , December 21, 2010

Gymnastics: Injury, illnesses can’t slow down Tigers at RW

Injury and illnesses couldn’t keep the Farmington gymnastics team from winning its second consecutive meet Thursday night at Red Wing. With Erin Hickey suffering from a sprained finger and Kathryn Beckett and Nadia Lorencz each under the weather, the Tigers still scored 136.675 points in a 12-point victory over the Wingers.

By Matt Steichen , December 15, 2010

Farmington gymnasts help TAGS South win state title

The Level 5 and 6 girls teams from TAGS South Gymnastics in Apple Valley competed at the 2010 Minnesota State Championships on December 11-12 in St. Cloud. The Level 5 team won their Championship title with a season high team score of 112.10 beating the previously No. 1-ranked team in the state by six-tenths of a point. The Level 6 Team from TAGS South went into the championships ranked second and finshed second to the No. 1-ranked team by one-fourth of a point.

December 14, 2010

Gymnastics: Lord’s all-around victory leads Tigers at Austin

Farmington gymnastics coach Lynn Baumann was impressed by her team’s first performance of the season Saturday, and so were some of the other coaches at the Winter Warm-Up Meet in Austin.

By Matt Steichen , December 08, 2010

Gymnastics: Klima sixth at state in uneven parallel bars

Farmington gymnast Terra Klima saved her best for last in her record-setting junior season. Klima, competing in her first Class AA State Meet Saturday night at the University of Minnesota Sports Pavilion, broke her own school record with a score of 9.5 on the uneven parallel bars. The score earned her a sixth-place finish, which matched the finish of Farmington’s last state qualifier, current head coach Lynn Bauman, in 1993.

By Matt Steichen , March 04, 2010