WEST FARGO — West Fargo went on a record-breaking barrage on the North Dakota state highschool boys swimming and diving meet this weekend.
Winning all 12 occasions on Saturday, the Packers gained the state meet for the third consecutive season. West Fargo, both in Friday’s preliminaries or Saturday’s finals, broke eight state data and set a pool document in one other at Hulbert Aquatic Center.
Only three state data had been left untouched after a monumental efficiency.
“To have that talent assembled, all present on one team and working together and doing all of those things, it hasn’t sunk in,” stated Packers co-coach Lisa Montplaisir. “It’s sort of unreal to be living it, watching it and being a part of it.”
West Fargo coaches are now on a quest to find out how unique this is.
“To the most effective of our information, no highschool workforce has gained all 12 occasions,” Montplaisir stated.
The Packers completed with 341 factors, edging Century’s 322 and Fargo South’s 300.
West Fargo senior Brody Engelstad, named the state’s senior athlete of the 12 months, and teammate sophomore Isaac Elhard every broke two state data individually and had been a part of 200 and 400 free relay groups that set North Dakota marks.
West Fargo’s Brody Engelstad smiles after profitable his 50-yard freestyle race on the NDHSAA Boys Swim and Dive State Meet on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo.
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On Saturday, Elhard beat his personal document set Friday with 200 free time of 1:37.83. Engelstad beat his personal document set a day earlier than with a 19.65-second time within the 50 free. Elhard matched his state-record time of 48.27 set Friday within the 100 butterfly and Engelstad gained the 100 free within the remaining spherical after setting a state mark within the prelims at 43.89.
Isaiah Ayers’s 4:30.21 time within the 500 free set a brand new state document in Friday’s prelims. He nonetheless gained Saturday at 4:31.04.
The West Fargo 200 free relay workforce of Jonah Ayers, Elhard, Logan Engelstad and Brody Engelstad set a state normal within the finals. Logan Engelstad set a state document on Friday within the 100 backstroke at 49.91 seconds and adopted it up with a 50-flat time for a state victory within the finals.
Isaiah Ayers set a pool document within the 100 breaststroke within the prelims (55.58) and gained Saturday’s remaining.
Brody Engelstad, Elhard, Isaiah Ayers and Jonah Ayers teamed as much as smash the state document within the 400 free relay, going 2.59.59, beating the mark three of them helped set final 12 months.
Griffin McAlister gained the diving competitors for West Fargo. The Packers additionally swept all 12 occasions on the Eastern Dakota Conference meet.
Ben Smith of Jamestown gained coach of the 12 months.
West Fargo’s Isaac Elhard swims within the 100-yard butterfly on the NDHSAA Boys Swim and Dive State Meet on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo.
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Team totals: 1, West Fargo 341. 2, Century 322. 3, Fargo South 300. 4, Jamestown 180. 5, Fargo Davies 172. 6, Minot 169. 7, Legacy 144. 8, Dickinson 125. 9, Fargo North 115. 10, West Fargo Sheyenne 109. 11, Mandan 95. 12, Williston 89. 13, Minot North 71. 14, West Fargo Horace 46. 15, Bismarck 35. 16, Grand Forks 12.
200 medley relay: 1, West Fargo (Logan Engelstad, Isaiah Ayers, Jonah Ayers, Ben Davies) 1:35.36. 2, Fargo South (Elliott Sjurseth, Drew Heckaman, Noah Sjurseth, Joshua Hollingsworth) 1:36.40. 3, Dickinson (Bohdan Shevchenko, Shain Louw, Alex Williams, Liam Cloutier) 1:39.86. 4, Century (Kason Wolff, Jacob Dorrheim, Joseph Tamisiea, Asher Nodland) 1:40.61. 5, Williston 1:42.31. 6, Mandan 1:42.58.
200 freestyle: 1, Isaac Elhard, West Fargo, 1:37.83, state and pool document. 2, Finn Moser, Jamestown, 1:44.37. 3, JJ Kalash, West Fargo Horace, 1:44.96. 4, Jens Sharbono, Fargo South, 1:45.28. 5, Kyler Eichmann, Fargo Davies, 1:45.43. 6, Mason Hoskins, Century, 1:48.15.
50 freestyle: 1, Brody Engelstad, West Fargo, 19.65, state and pool document. 2, Isaac Vallie, Century, 20.47. 3, Drew Heckaman, Fargo South, 20.98. 4, Vincent Keller, Mandan, 21.71. 5, Kaden Fabian, Jamestown, 21.72. 6, Joshua Hollingsworth, Fargo South, 21.79.
1-meter diving: 1, Griffin McAlister, West Fargo, 483.80. 2, Bridger Huelsman, Century, 432.00. 3, Tayson Solper, Minot, 411.70. 4, Brenden Gruby, West Fargo, 409.35. 5, Holden Williams, Minot, 392.70. 6, Eli Aslakson, Fargo North, 390.85.
100 butterfly: 1, Isaac Elhard, West Fargo, 48.27, state and pool document. 2, Isaac Vallie, Century, 50.06. 3, Kyler Eichmann, Fargo Davies, 52.22. 4, Jayce Laudal, West Fargo Sheyenne, 53.33. 5, Liam Schreiber, Fargo North, 53.88. 6, Luke Neumann, Minot, 54.53.
100 freestyle: 1, Brody Engelstad, West Fargo, 44.03. 2, Jonah Ayers, West Fargo, 45.96. 3, Vincent Keller, Mandan, 47.48. 4, Joshua Hollingsworth, Fargo South, 47.90. 5, Kaden Fabian, Jamestown, 48.27. 6, Paxton Samuelson, West Fargo Sheyenne, 48.58.
500 freestyle: 1, Isaiah Ayers, West Fargo, 4:31.04. 2, Finn Moser, Jamestown, 4:46.71. 3, JJ Kalash, West Fargo Horace, 4:52.98. 4, Jens Sharbono, Fargo South, 4:55.44. 5, Zaedyn Hochhalter, Legacy, 4:58.34. 6, Miles Mayer, Legacy, 4:58.62.
200 freestyle relay: 1, West Fargo (Jonah Ayers, Isaac Elhard, Logan Engelstad, Brody Engelstad) 1:21.98, state and pool document. 2, Fargo South (Elliott Sjurseth, Drew Heckaman, Max Glynn, Joshua Hollingsworth) 1:25.34. 3, Century (Asher Nodland, Mason Hoskins, Kason Wolff, Isaac Vallie) 1:27.41. 4, Jamestown 1:27.78. 5, Dickinson 1:30.13. 6, Minot 1:31.67.
100 backstroke: 1, Logan Engelstad, West Fargo, 50.00. 2, Elliott Sjurseth, Fargo South, 52.63. 3, Joseph Tamisiea, Century, 55.22. 4, William Carlson, Century, 55.28. 5, Kason Wolff, Century, 55.30. 6, Remington Splettstaszer, Fargo South, 55.92.
400 freestyle relay: 1, West Fargo (Jonah Ayers, Isaac Elhard, Brody Engelstad, Isaiah Ayers) 2:59.59, state and pool document. 2, Century (Isaac Vallie, Joseph Tamisiea, Mason Hoskins, William Carlson) 3:11.37. 3, Jamestown 3:15.56. 4, Fargo South 3:16.87. 5, Fargo Davies 3:18.00. 6, Minot 3:21.07.
West Fargo’s Brenden Gruby dives on the NDHSAA Boys Swim and Dive State Meet on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo.
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Minot’s Luke Neumann competes within the 200-yard freestyle on the NDHSAA Boys Swim and Dive State Meet on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo.
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Swimmers stroll out forward of the 100-yard butterfly race on the NDHSAA Boys Swim and Dive State Meet on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo.
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Fargo Davies’ Kyler Eichmann celebrates his time after ending the 100-yard butterfly on the NDHSAA Boys Swim and Dive State Meet on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo.
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Bismarck Century’s Jacob Dorrheim participates within the 200-yard particular person medley on the NDHSAA Boys Swim and Dive State Meet on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo.
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Fargo South’s Logan Duffy participates within the 200-yard particular person medley on the NDHSAA Boys Swim and Dive State Meet on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo.
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The 200-yard medley relay contributors smile with their trophies on the NDHSAA Boys Swim and Dive State Meet on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo.
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Fargo South’s Jens Sharbono competes within the 200-yard freestyle on the NDHSAA Boys Swim and Dive State Meet on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo.
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The 200-yard freestyle takes off on the NDHSAA Boys Swim and Dive State Meet on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo.
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Swimmers stroll out forward of the 100-yard butterfly race on the NDHSAA Boys Swim and Dive State Meet on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo.
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Fargo North’s Marcus Johnson competes 200-yard freestyle on the NDHSAA Boys Swim and Dive State Meet on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo.
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Minot’s Luke Neumann competes within the 200-yard freestyle on the NDHSAA Boys Swim and Dive State Meet on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo.
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Bismarck Legacy’s Miles Mayer and West Fargo Sheyenne’s Paxton Samuelson congratulate one another after the 200-yard swim on the NDHSAA Boys Swim and Dive State Meet on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was up to date to right Brody Engelstad’s time within the 100 free prelimary.