WEST FARGO - The Dickinson High girls swim and dive team completed its best season to date, taking eighth overall in the North Dakota Girls State Swimming & Diving Meet on Saturday, Nov. 10, from the Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo.
Through the two-day meet, the Midgets collected 124.5, two points ahead of Grand Forks Central. For the fourth consecutive year, Bismarck Century captured the state crown after totaling 400 points, 119 points ahead of runner-up Minot.
“We had two great days of swimming and diving to wrap up an amazing season with these girls getting a lot of (personal records) throughout the entire season, they ended up breaking every school record in individual events,” Midgets head coach Jenna Wolf said via email. “That says a lot about them that they are continuing to improve and that’s what I like to see. They have so much to be proud of!”
In her final swims for the program, Dickinson senior Brianna Ashworth earned the team’s best finish, taking sixth place in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of one minute, 8.31 seconds. She also took eighth in the with 200 individual medley with a time of 2:17.83.
Junior Korie Riely placed eighth in a pair of her individual events, clocking in at 2:03.86 in the 200 freestyle and 5:33.83 in the 500 freestyle.
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Finishing in the top eight,, Ashworth and Riely earned first team All-State honors in their individual events.
Four Midgets swam in B Finals (finishing 9th-16th), nabbing second team All-State honors.
Sophomore Hailey Rathgeber raced to a tie for 12th place in the 50 freestyle and was 13th in the 100 freestyle. Eighth-grader Charley Rathgeber also competed in the 100 freestyle, finishing 10th. She also earned that same result in 100 backstroke.
With a time of 5:35.30, senior Sydne Beld captured 14th place in the 500 freestyle, two spots ahead of eighth-grader Mara Ellerkamp, who completed the race in 5:42.16.
The foursome of Hailey Rathgeber, Charley Rathgeber, Ashworth and Riely picked up Dickinson's best result in a relay, placing seventh in the 400 freestyle relay.
Ashworth and Charley Rathgeber teamed with senior Hannah Rathgeber and sophomore Kara Wanner in the 200 medley relay, finishing in a tie for eighth place. Wanner and Hannah Rathgeber joined Riely and Hailey Rathgeber in the 200 freestyle, taking 13th place.
North Dakota Girls State Swimming & Diving MeetResults Saturday Team scores: 1, Bismarck Century, 400. 2, Minot, 281. 3, Fargo Davies, 236.5. 4, West Fargo Sheyenne, 220.5. 5, West Fargo, 168. 6, Grand Forks Red River, 167. 7, Williston, 164. 8, Dickinson 124.5. 9, Grand Forks Central, 122.5. 10, Bismarck Legacy, 80.5. 11, Fargo North, 74. 12, Mandan, 68. 13, Fargo South, 58. 14, Shanley, 57. 15, Bismarck High, 55.5. 16, Jamestown, 45. 50 freestyle (A Final): 1, Lexi Duchsherer, BC, 23.31. 2, Demi Peterson, W, 24.90. 3, Paige Keller, BC, 24.95. T4, Payton Luzardo, Mi., 25.04. T4, Madi Yonke, WFS, 25.04. 6, Liddy Ohe, GFRR, 25.12. 7, Kaytlyn Salter, WF, 25.42. 8, Kenzie Carlson, J, 25.62. (B Final): 9, Alexis Doeling, WF, 25.55. 10, Hailey Jaeger, S, 25.57. 11, Regan Minh, BL, 25.86. T12, Hailey Rathgeber, D, 25.96. T12, Ellie Eggl, B, 25.96. 14, Hadley Mineer, FN, 25.98. 15, Vivianna Soforenko, FD, 26.23. 16, Tyler Alonge, J, 26.33. 100 backstroke (A Final): 1, Briana Rittenbach, BC, 55.93. 2, Ohe, GFRR, 57.47. 3, Liv Hettinger, WF, 58.63. 4, Regan Wical, FD, 1:00.10. 5, Zoie Frattin, GFC, 1:00.35. 6, Katie Iverson, FS, 1:00.38. 7, Iris Jessen, Mi., 1:01.04. 8, McKenna Matt, BC, 1:01.58. (B Final): 9, Sarah Dorrheim, BC, 1:01.07. 10, Charley Ratgeber, D, 1:01.07. 11, Josey Jackson, Ma., 1:01.72. 12, Breanna Lund, WFS, 1:01.74. 13, Torgun Knudsen, W, 1:01.97. 14, Caitlyn Bjerke, WFS, 1:02.26. 15, Jordn Wolsky, Mi., 1:02.27. 16, Gabrielle Schuchard, BL, 1:04.84. 100 breaststroke (A Final): 1, Carly Palmer, BC, 1:05.84. 2, Jenny Logan, W, 1:06.88. 3, Mayson Sheldon, Ma., 1:07.32. 4, Rylie Webb, Mi., J1:07.73. 5, Avery Meyhoff, BC, J1:07.64. 6, Brianna Ashworth, D, 1:08.31. 7, Marisa Branham, W, 1:08.56. 8, Andrea Frank, BC, 1:09.23. (B Final): 9, Hannah Potter, WF, J1:10.27. 10, Tatum Brooks, WF, J1:12.06. 11, Alexis Sjurseth, FD, J1:12.11. 12, Abby Triplett, WFS, J1:12.38. 13, Sophie Weisz, WF, J1:13.25. 14, Alonge, J, J1:13.97. 15, Katie Brodersen, B, J1:14.06. Kate Woidtke, GFC, DQ. 100 butterfly (A Final): 1, Peterson, W, 59.33. 2, Tierney Howell, WFS, 1:00.29. 3, Bree Triplett, WFS, 1:00.58. T4, Tara Hendrickson, FD, 1:01.31. T4, Emily Brugman, Mi., 1:01.31. 6, Wolsky, Mi., 1:01.33. 7, Brooks, WF, 1:01.86. 8, Keller, BC, 1:02.12. (B FInal): 9, Meyhoff, BC, 1:01.53. 10, Gracia Zottnick, BC, 1:01.69. 11, Olyvia Bender, BC, 1:02.16. 12, Grata Ivesdal, FD, 1:02.43. 13, Salter, WF, 1:03.99. 14, Eggl, B, 1:04.01. 15, Lydia Lindgren, WFS, 1:04.16. 16, Minh, BL, 1:05.13. 100 freestyle: 1, Duchsherer, BC, 51.60. 2, Gracie Lingle, FD, 52.29. 3, Elsa Musselman, GFRR, 53.06. 4, Hannah Zaderaka, Mi., 53.69. 5, Yonke, WFS, 54.27. 6, Luzardo, Mi., 54.78. 7, Logan, W, 54.87. 8, Frank, BC, 55.74. (B Final): 9, Madeline Elseth, GFC, 55.68. 10, C. Rathgeber, D, 55.84. 11, Madee Shea, WFS, 56.29. 12, Jaeger, S, 56.64. 13, Hai. Rathgeber, D, 56.65. 14, Olivia Gefroh, FN, 56.86. 15, Soforenko, FD, 56.89. 16, Doeling, WF, 57.61. 200 freestyle (A Final): 1, Musselmann, GFRR, 1:53.93. 2, Zaderaka, Mi., 1:55.02. 3, Palmer, BC, 1:55.23. 4, Dorrheim, BC, 1:57.15. 5, Greta Bellas, WFS, 1:57.56. 6, Jordyn Danielson, GFRR, 1:58.43. 7, Elseth, GFC, 1:59.17. 8, Korie Riely, D, 2:03.86. (B Final): Ellie Pulkrabek, GFC, 1:59.82. 10, Elise Altringer, Mi., 2:02.07. 11, Anna Montplaisir, WF, 2:02.21. 12, Gefroh, FN, 2:02.32. 13, Shea, WFS, 2:02.86. 14, Sydney Quibell, FS, 2:03.07. 15, Lydia Smith, FN, 2:03.95. 16, Emma Vallie, BC, 2:04.02. 200 individual medley: 1, Lingle, FD, 2:08.24. 2, Webb, Mi., 2:08.51. 3, Rittenbach, BC, 2:11.65. 4, Wical, FD, 2:12.93. 5, Iverson, FS, 2:13.62. 6, Hettinger, WF, 2:15.58. 7, Lund, WFS, 2:17.25. 8, Ashworth, D, 2:17.83. (B Final): 9, Branham, W, 2:14.73. 10, B. Triplett, WFs, 2:15.66. 11, Brugman, Mi., 2:16.22. 12, Jessen, Mi., 2:16.69. T13, McKayla Donat, BL, 2:17.02. T13, Frattin, GFC, 2:17.02. 15, Isabella Koebele, BC, 2:17.96. 16, Matt, BC, 2:17.97. 200 medley relay: 1, Bismarck Century (Rittenbach, Meyhoff, Keller, Duchsherer), 1:46.14. 2, West Fargo (Hettinger, Potter, Brooks, Salter), 1:50.66. 3, Williston (Knudsen, Branham, Peterson, Logan), 1:51.03. 4, Minot (Jessen, Webb, Brugman, Wolsky), 1:51.17. 5, West Fargo Sheyenne (Lund, A. Tripplett, Howell, Yonke), 1:53.84. 6, Mandan (Kiana Haug, Sheldon, Jackson, Ashlyn Haag), 1:55.82. 7, Fargo Davies (Hendrickson, Sjurseth, Ivesdal, Alonna Narum), 1:56.10. T8, Grand Forks Central (Frattin, Woidtke, Morgan Uhlir, Pulkrabek), 1:56.98. T8, Dickinson (C. Rathgeber, Ashworth, Hannah Rathgeber, Kara Wanner), 1:56.98. 10, Jamestown (Jordyn Mewes, Alonge, Chea Baugh, Carlson), 1:57.92. 11, Shanley (Liz Dabbert, Libby Brock, Sophia Weisand, Jaeger), 1:58.16. 12, Bismarck High (Tayler Pollert, Brodersen, Eggl, Erin Becker), 1:58.71. 13, Bismarck Legacy (Schuchard, Katie Gruman, Emma Wiedmeier, Bella Vilhauer), 2:04.25. 14, Fargo North (Abby Lind, Ella Walen, Megan Manly, Mineer), 2:04.95. 15, Fargo South (Sarah Jabens, Avery Myers, Shelby Vines, Mikaya Owens), 2:07.83. 16, Grand Forks Red River (Olivia Olson, Alex Senger, Maddie Behm, Alena Meberg), 2:09.30. 500 freestyle: 1, Danielson, GFRR, 5:15.20. 2, Koebele, BC, 5:18.24. 3, Bellas, WFS, 5:19.36. 4, Schuchard, BC, 5:20.69. 5, Donat, BL, 5:21.51. 6, Pulkrabek, GFC, 5:24.98. 7, Danielle Heckaman, S, 5:29.52. 8, Riely, D, 5:33.83. (B Final): 9, Vallie, BC, 5:29.35. 10, Montplaisir, WF, 5:29.71. 11, Ashley Chabot, Mi., 5:32.13. 12, Halee Wersinger, WFS, 5:32.57. 13, Becca Boen, Mi., 5:34.97. 14, Sydne Beld, D, 5:35.30. 15, Smith, FN, 5:36.57. 16, Mara Ellerkamp, D, 5:42.16. 200 freestyle relay: 1, Bismarck Century (Dorrheim, Keller, Palmer, Duchsherer), 1:37.38. 2, Grand Forks Red River (Musselman, Ohe, Elise Johnson, Danielson), 1:39.85. 3, Fargo Davies (Lingle, Soforenko, Ivesdal, Wical), 1:40.62. 4, Minot (Luzardo, Brugman, Wolsky, Zaderaka), 1:40.80. 5, Bismarck High (Brodersen, Natalie Becker, E. Becker, Eggl), 1:44.00. 6, Bismarck Legacy (Donat, Nova Beckler-Bell, Hannah Zeien, Minh), 1:44.23. 7, Grand Forks Central (Stockeland, Jadyn Anderson, Elseth, Pulkrabek), 1:44.35. 8, West Fargo Sheyenne (Bellas, Abby Bueling, B. Tripplett, Shea), 1:44.42. 9, Fargo North (Gefroh, Smith, Teegan Nordstrom, Mineer), 1:44.50. 10, West Fargo (Doeling, Maya Steinkopf, Montplaisir, Salter), 1:44.94. 11, Jamestown (Mewes, Alonge, Baugh, Carlson), 1:45.57. 12, Shanley (Brock, Weisand, Heckaman, Jaeger). 13, Dickinson (Hai. Rathgeber, Han. Rathgeber, Wanner, Riely), 1:46.03. 14, Fargo South (Iverson, Darby Humann, Sierra Martin, Quibell), 1:46.16. 15, Mandan (Haag, Sheldon, Boonnada Sarnthong, Lexie Keller), 1:47.01. 16, Williston (Reagan Coughlin, Mandy Tibor, Savannah Goehring, Ellie Schmit), 1:49.54. 400 freestyle relay: 1, Bismarck Century (Dorrheim, Frank, Palmer, Rittenbach), 3:34.24. 2, Minot (Luzardo, Jessen, Webb, Zaderaka), 3:38.28. 3, Grand Forks Red River (Musselman, Ohe, Johnson, Danielson), 3:40.57. 4, West Fargo Sheyenne (Yonke, B. Triplett, Ballas, Howell), 3:40.98. 5, Williston (Knudsen, Branham, Logan, Peterson), 3:42.51. 6, Fargo Davies (Lingle, Soforenko, Narum, Wical), 3:43.15. 7, Dickinson (Hai. Rathgeber, Ashworth, C. Rathgeber, Riely), 3:46.69. 8, Fargo North (Gefroh, Smith, Nordstrom, Manly), 3:48.07. 9, Grand Forks Central (Pulkrabek, Anderson, Emily Grosz, Elseth), 3:48.73. 10, West Fargo (Hettinger, Doeling, Brooks, Montplaisir), 3:49.50. 11, Bismarck Legacy (Donat, Beckler-Bell, Zeien, Minh), 3:50.42. 12, Fargo South (Quibell, Humann, Martin, Iverson), 3:53.05. 13, Bismarck High (N. Becker, Isabelle Forde, Emma Auch, Pollert), 3:58.97. 14, Shanley (Abby Conrad, Olivia Johnson, Dabbert, Heckaman), 4:01.01. 15, Jamestown (Delanie Finck, Alexes Prasek, Keelie Renwick, Catherine Deaver), 4:07.05. Mandan (Keller, Natalie Haroldson, Haug, Jackson), DQ. 1-meter diving: 1, Madison Hischer, FD, 408.80. 2, Isabelle Chambers, FD, 399.60. 3, Olivia Lacher, Ma., 393.20. 4, Mya Winjum, FD, 391.80. 5, Adisynn Widdel, Mi., 383.95. 6, Avery Tollefson, FN, 359.55. 7, Olivia Schoffstall, Mi., 358.50. 8, Madison Fagerland, W, 355.85. 9, Paige Davis, BL, 353.15. 10, Mackenzie Rhode, FS, 338.85. 11, Reagan Chambers, FD, 335.95. 12, Alexia Laughlin, S, 328.75. 13, Taylor Lee, WF, 327.85. 14, Kenzie Gullickson, BC, 321.00. 15, Laiken Sturn, WF, 320.95. 16, Kiernan Darling, FS, 318.35.
