The Minot High girls swim and dive team hosted Bismarck Legacy on Tuesday, September 24, for a Western Dakota Association (WDA) dual meet to cap off a busy week of competition. The Majettes finished the dual in the same fashion as the other two events – with a solid win 103-82 over the Sabers.

“We had a great meet,” said Minot High girls swim and dive head coach Emily Jensen. “Legacy is some tough competition for us, they have some excellent swimmers and can put together a great line up. We really surprised ourselves with how well we did. Having three meets in six days is a lot. The kids stepped up and performed at a level that they should be so proud of.”

In the 200-yard medley relay, Minot High swimmers Ava Williamson, Haili Metzger, Sam VonBokern and Bostyn Edwards took first place with a 1:55.33 time over Legacy. The Minot high team of Madisyn Racine, Zoe Bahr, Sophia VonBokern and Hailee Valdez were third with a 1:58.17 time.

In the 200 freestyle, Legacy swimmers Kambree Draper and Abby Erickson were first and second with Minot High swimmers Emily Dunstan in third and Kirby Quam in fourth place with 2:04.75 and 2:07.93 respectively.

In the 200 individual medley, Legacy swimmers Brinley Steele and Tova Blikre were first and second with Metzger and Racine in third and fourth respectively. In the 50 freestyle, Sam VanBokern was first with a 24.82 time over Lilyana Hochhalter of Legacy at 25.81 while Edwards was third for Minot High with a 26.32 time

Williamson from Minot High was first in the 100 butterfly over Norah Sears from Legacy with a winning time of 1:01.62 for the Majettes. Sam VonBokern was first again at the 100 freestyle with a 53.70 while teammate Dunstan was second with a 57.13 for the one-two finish.

Legacy’s Hochhalter claimed the top finish in the 500 freestyle for the Sabers while Cailin Flaten was second for Minot High with a time of 5:52.74 and Ava Neumann was third for the Majettes with a 5:55.87 finish.

In the 200 freestyle relay, Minot High swimmers Sophia VanBokern, Quam, Racine and Dunstan took first with a 1:45.58 over Legacy with a time of 1:45.78 for second. Minot High swimmers Chloe Kraft, Bahr, Abby Wake and Valdez were third with a 1:51.00 mark.

Legacy’s Blikre took first in the 100 backstroke over Williamson from Minot High with 1:01.89 and 1:03.62 times respectively. Metzger for the Majettes was the top finisher in the 100 breaststroke over Sabers Sears with times of 1:12.69 and 1:16.82 respectively. Sophia VanBokern was third with a 1:18.26 mark.

In the 400 freestyle relay, Legacy was first with a 3:43.89 mark with Minot High swimmers Edwards, Dunstan, Williamson and Sam VanBokern in second with a 3:44.55 mark and Quam, Flatten, Metzger and Kraft posting a 4:15.69 for a Majette third place finish.

Minot High’s Haley Conklin again was over 80 points ahead of the closest competition at the 1-meter diving competition. Her score of 326.80 for first place left Gracyn Bergen from Minot High in second at 243.90 and Ave Conejo of Legacy in third with 211.15 for the day.

“We have a little break now, where we will be able to get in some hard training as we do not compete until we head to Fargo, October 4,” said Jensen. “We are excited to go to Fargo and see some competition that we have not seen yet this season. Horace, and Shanley are both solid teams that are putting up some great times.”