Davies’ Wu wins state by 0.02 seconds, Century repeats as ND ladies swim champs – InForum

WEST FARGO — Three pool information have been set on Saturday as Bismarck Century gained the North Dakota High School State Girls Swimming Championships at Hulbert Aquatic Center.

Bismarck Legacy’s Brinley Steele beat Addison Cerney’s document set final yr within the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 56.64 seconds. Dru Zander of Williston set a brand new mark within the 100 free at 51.41 and Madeline VerDouw of Bismarck took practically two seconds off her personal Hulbert document to win at 1:02.80 within the 100 breaststroke.

Bethany Mehl of Fargo South completed second at 1:03.57, which additionally beat VerDouw’s outdated time of 1:04.54. VerDouw was only a tenth of a second away from beating Erin Palmer’s state document set in 2021.

For Helen Wu of Fargo Davies, she bought a little bit of redemption within the 50 free because the sophomore clipped Zander by two-hundreths of a second to win at 23.77 to 23.79. At final season’s state meet, Zander edged Wu in the identical race, 24.05 to 24.13.

“I saw her at the flip turn. I was like, ‘Oh, you’re doing good,’” Wu mentioned. “But then I just put my head down. I didn’t want to look anywhere, just finish hard and do your best.”

Wu mentioned a looser perspective helped, particularly after racing to a 23.68 time in Friday’s preliminaries.

“I already got like my goal, so I was just like lets see what you can do today in finals,” Wu mentioned, “and then it turned out well.”

Century ran away with the crew title and its 400 freestyle relay was its solely first-place win. The Patriots took second in 200 medley relay and bought a second-place end within the 500 free from Sienna Mrachek.

It was the third straight win for the Patriots.

“We just treat every year as a brand new year,” Century head coach Spencer Wheeling mentioned. “We just try and develop the best team culture we can, knowing in years we have really talented athletes just trying to spread their wisdom, race etiquette, everything.”

Arianna Hoff of Shanley was named Senior Athlete of the Year with Coach of the Year honors going to Matt Stinar of West Fargo.

Results Saturday

North Dakota state meet

Team totals: Bismarck Century 322; Legacy 208; Shanley 201; West Fargo Sheyenne 180; WF Horace 170; Minot 167; West Fargo 162; Fargo North 161; Grand Forks 138; Bismarck 115; Mandan 109; Fargo Davies 108; Williston 100; Dickinson 70; Fargo South 69; Minot North 37; Wahpeton 8.

200 Medley Relay: 1. Shanley, (N. Tangpong, A. Heckaman, A. Hoff, I. Rogne) 1:49.47; 2. Century, 1:50.46; 3. West Fargo, 1:51.68; 4. Horace, 1:52.52; 5. Grand Forks, 1:53.42; 6. Fargo North, 1:54.30; 7. WF Sheyenne, 1:54.75; 8. Mandan, 1:55.16.

200 free: 1. Arianna Hoff, Shanley, 1:53.15; 2. Samantha VonBokern, Minot, 1:54.40; 3. Lilyana Hochhalter, Legacy, 1:55.40; 4. Molly Osadchy, Century, 1:56.87; 5. Isla Rogne, Shanley, 1:57.88; 6. Ava Hoornaert, WF Sheyenne, 1:59.95; 7. Rainy Bancroft, Grand Forks, 2:00.24; 8. Gabby Nilson, WF Sheyenne, 2:00.64.

200 IM: 1. Madeline VerDouw, Bismarck, 2:07.28; 2. Bethany Mehl, Fargo South, 2:09.26; 3. Linnea Bruns, West Fargo, 2:11.66; 4. Joelle Knudson, Century, 2:13.10; 5. Abigail Jablonsky, Century, 2:13.39; 6. Sienna Mrachek, Century, 2:13.49; 7. Alexa Heckaman, Shanley, 2:14.71; 8. Unna Nelson, Fargo North, 2:18.78.

50 free: 1. Helen Wu, Fargo Davies, 23.77; 2. Dru Zander, Williston, 23.79; 3. Evie Sevald, WF Sheyenne, 24.57; 4. Jocelyn Wettlaufer, Horace, 24.71; 5. Aubrey Caster, Century, 25.03; 6. Natalie Gramm, Fargo North, 25.05; 7. Ellie Nelson, West Fargo, 25.54; 8. Grace Upgren, Legacy, 25.60.

1m diving: 1. Ellie DeForest, Bismarck, 439.80; 2. Gracyn Bergan, Minot, 436.15; 3. Branwen Loeffler, Grand Forks, 391.80; 4. Lauren Lopez, WF Sheyenne, 387.80; 5. Kylie Brew, Mandan, 385.50; 6. Sydnee Sandberg, Grand Forks, 380.85; 7. Aria Olsonoski, Fargo Davies, 370.10; 8. Lenora Arnold, Williston, 359.60.

100 butterfly: 1. Brinley Steele, Legacy, 56.64; 2. Samantha VonBokern, Minot, 57.46; 3. Norah Sears, Legacy, 58.48; 4. Evie Sevald, WF Sheyenne, 58.76; 5. Abigail Jablonsky, Century, 59.65; 6. Gabrielle Tack, Grand Forks, 1:00.35; 7. Rachel Kunz, West Fargo, 1:00.60; 8. Nashatawn Tangpong, Shanley, 1:01.30.

100 free: 1. Dru Zander, Williston, 51.41; 2. Arianna Hoff, Shanley, 52.03; 3. Helen Wu, Fargo Davies, 52.33; 4. Linnea Bruns, West Fargo, 52.48; 5. Lilyana Hochhalter, Legacy, 52.89; 6. Molly Osadchy, Century, 53.44; 7. Aubrey Caster, Century, 54.97; 8. Ava Erickson, Century, 55.83.

500 free: 1. Isla Rogne, Shanley, 5:15.38; 2. Sienna Mrachek, Century, 5:17.74; 3. Merritt Butery, Fargo North, 5:21.64; 4. Joelle Knudson, Century, 5:26.09; 5. Sophie Hetland, Horace, 5:26.10; 6. Maggie Fricke, Minot, 5:26.84; 7. Gabby Nilson, WF Sheyenne, 5:31.97; 8. Brooklyn Richards, Century, 5:35.71.

200 free relay: Legacy, (B. Steele, G. Upgren, N. Sears, L. Hochhalter) 1:39.75; 2. West Fargo, 1:40.14; 3. Bismarck Century, 1:40.53; 4. Bismarck, 1:42.30; 5. Minot, 1:42.50; 6. Fargo Davies, 1:42.93; 7. Williston, 1:43.12; 8. Dickinson, 1:44.49.

100 again: 1. Brinley Steele, Legacy, 58.77; 2. Jocelyn Wettlaufer, Horace, 59.04; 3. Rachel Kunz, West Fargo, 59.99; 4. Elizabeth Herrick, Horace, 1:00.06; 5. Nashatawn Tangpong, Shanley, 1:01.90; 6. Hannah McEvers, Century, 1:01.99; 7. Emma Masseth, Mandan, 1:03.77; 8. Grace Upgren, Legacy, 1:03.85.

100 breast: 1. Madeline VerDouw, Bismarck, 1:02.80; 2. Bethany Mehl, Fargo South, 1:03.57; 3. Unna Nelson, Fargo North, 1:05.51; 4. Alexa Heckaman, Shanley, 1:06.29; 5. Brooklyn Herrick, Horace, 1:06.61; 6. Madeline Bjerke, Grand Forks, 1:07.22; 7. Brooklyn Richards, Century, 1:07.76; 8. Elizabeth Herrick, Horace, 1:09.18.

400 freestyle relay: 1. Bismarck Century, (M. Osadchy, S. Mrachek, A. Jablonsky, A. Caster) 3:35.59; 2. Legacy, 3:37.31; 3. Shanley, 3:38.55; 4. Minot, 3:42.12; 5. WF Sheyenne, 3:42.54; 6. WF Horace, 3:46.75; 6. Dickinson, 3:46.75; 8. Fargo North, 3:48.27.

All-State

First crew: Gracyn Bergan, Minot; Samantha VonBokern, Minot; Madeline VerDouw, Bismarck; Arianna Hoff, Shanley; Lilyana Hochhalter, Legacy; Dru Zander, Williston; Helen Wu, Fargo Davies; Evie Sevald, Sheyenne; Linnea Bruns, West Fargo; Unna Nelson, Fargo North; Bethany Mehl, Fargo South; Brinley Steele, Legacy; Isla Rogne, Shanley; Jocelyn Wettlaufer, Horace; Molly Osadchy, Century; Norah Sears, Legacy; Alexa Heckaman, Shanley; Ellie DeForest, Bismarck.

Second crew: Abby Jablonsky, Century; Brooklyn Herrick, Horace; Brooklyn Richards, Century; Joelle Knudson, Century; Madeline Bjerke, Grand Forks; Rachel Kunz, West Fargo; Sienna Mrachek, Century; Merritt Butery, Fargo North; Elizabeth Herrick, Horace.