By Brian L. Gray

Mandan captured the silver during the WDA swim meet, which was held last Saturday at the Mandan Community Center.

Yet on an individual level, a few Braves took the gold.

Senior Brave Sam Ellison took first place at WDA in the 100 breaststroke event, with a time of 1:03.36.

Another Brave, diver Devin Aune, a senior, not only finished in first place, but broke records with his performance on Saturday. His score of 457.00 beat the previous record of 454.50, set by Minot’s Layne Nordquist in 2008.

Taking the third place honor in diving was Mandan’s Jordan Barth, a sophomore. The placing for the two divers was a reversal of fortune for Barth and Aune who, last year, took the first and second place titles, respectively.

Mandan’s Jordan Laske and Joe Haaland rounded out the fourth and fifth place positions, as Mandan claimed four of the top five places in the diving competition.

Barth, after six rounds, led the competition in diving, ahead of Aune by over 21 points. But Aune received a 50.60 score in the seventh round, followed by scores of 51.75 and a 50.40 to edge out Barth for the title.

Ellison also placed third in the 100 butterfly, and third in the 200 individual medley.

Minot, which placed third last year after winning 10 consecutive state championships, took first place at the WDA tournament. Finishing in third was Williston.

Minot’s Joe Burns won first place in two individual events and two relays to help lead the Magicians to Saturday’s victory.

Overall, Minot won eight of the 12 events, which was punctuated by setting four WDA records.

Following the end of the WDA Tournament, the following Braves swimmers were named to the WDA All Conference Team – Devin Aune, Jordan Barth, Sam Ellison, Jordan Laske, Cale Schafer, David Stockdill and Jacob Wanner.

In addition to those awards, two Braves, Aune and Ellison, were selected as one of the top five nominees for Senior Athlete of the Year. The award went to Minot’s Burns. Jake Solper, also of Minot, was named the Coach of the Year.

WDA

Feb. 27

Team Scores

1. Minot 577. 2. Mandan 419. 3. Williston 321. 4. Jamestown 245. 5. Century 205. 6. Bismarck 183.

Individual Results

200-yard medley relay: 1. Min. (Kalvin Brown, Brandon Hamel, Joe Burns, Alex Lucy), 1:40.18 (meet record, old record 1:41.28, Min., 2001; pool record, old record 1:40.54, Fargo North, 1994). 2. Mandan, 1:44.48. 3. Williston, 1:45.26. 4. Bismarck, 1:48.03. 5. Century, 1:50.29. 6. Jamestown, 2:01.42.

200 freestyle: 1. Brandon Hamel, Min., 1:50.33 (meet record, old record 1:49.37, Brock Skarsgard, Minot, 2002). 2. Matt Schimke, Min., 1:51.74. 3. Steven Cox, Min., 1:54.13. 4. Chasen Miller, J., 1:54.53 5. Cale Schafer, Man., 1:56.38. 6. Levi Sether, C., 1:56.86. 7. Gabe Ellison, Man., 1:56.89. 8. Caleb Shaffer, W., 1:59.29.

9. Phillip Mangin, J, 2:00.68. 10. Tyler Riedinger, Man., 2:03.33. 11. Luke Schields, W, 2:04.09. 12. Jacob Anderson, W, 2:04.68. 13. Alex Malnaa, Min., 2:04.85. 14. Carl Curtiss, Man., 2:04.92. 15. Austin Semenko, W, 2:07.06. 16. Mike Drawz, Min., 2:07.07.

200 individual medley: 1. Landon Ostlie, J, 2:03.48. 2. Dylan Sether, C, 2:05.46. 3. Sam Ellison, Man., 2:05.97. 4. Zdenek Skalicky, Min., 2:06.71. 5. Owen Kusick, Min., 2:06.79. 6. Lee Keller, Min., 2:13.67. 7. Jeff Kleven, W, 2:13.80. 8. Jacob Wanner, Man., 2:15.11.

9. Austyn Reisenauer, W, 2:15.87. 10. Collin Kemmesat, C, 2:16.12. 11. Lucas Knight, Min., 2:18.71. 12. Dave Reimers, J, 2:23.20. 13. Dustin Dutchuk, C, 2:23.63. 14. Eric Mayer, Man., 2:23.77. 15. Nick Buch, Min., 2:23.88. 16. Matthew Steffes, B, 2:26.96.

50 freestyle: 1. Joe Burns, Min., 22.21. 2. WIlly Marler, J, 22.69. 3. Michael Farrenkopf, W, 23.22. 4. Kalvin Brown, Min., 23.27. 5. Alex Lucy, Min., 23.31. 6. Jordan Hahn, W, 23.34. 7. Nich Schonberger, Man., 23.89. 8. Jesse Heck, Man., 23.91.

9. Matt Nilson, Min., 23.93. 10. Josh Riepl, B, 23.96. 11. Thomas Stromme, B, 24.27. 12. Matthew Poppe, Man., 24.50. 13. John McEwen, Min., 24.95. 14. Roger Herrman, C, 25.26. 15. Kyle Pletan, W, 25.36. 16. (tie) Derek Pich, Man., and Cory Pletan, W, both 25.53.

Diving: 1. Devin Aune, Man., 457.00 (meet record, old record 454.50, Layne Nordquist, Min., 2008. 2. Jordan Barth, Man., 432.55. 3. Andrew Wangler, B, 409.85. 4. Jordan Laske, Man., 324.40. 5. Joe Haaland, Man., 315.85. 6. Jayden Azure, Min., 307.10. 7. Zach Johnson, Min., 295.75. 8. Josh Heldstab, Man., 281.10.

9. Nathan Donnelly, W, 275.30. 10. Jeremy Fix, Min., 272.85. 11. Nathan Berger, Man., 246.85. 12. Jake Walter, Min., 229.25. 13. Brett Goehner, J, 206.80. 14. Maurice Schlak, Min., 190.80.

100 butterfly: 1. Joe Burns, Min., 53.04. 2. Landon Ostlie, J, 57.12. 3. (tie) David Stockdill, Man., and Nathan Pepple, W, both 57.57. 5. Thomas Stromme, B, 1:00.67. 6. Matt Nilson, Min., 1:00.84. 7. John McEwen, Min., 1:03.35. 8. Logan Rasmussen, J, 1:03.73.

9. Cory Pletan, W, 1:04.83. 10. Braden Hodenfield, Min., 1:05.13. 11. Jordan Barth, Man., 1:05.94. 12. Luke Schields, W, 1:05.98. 13. Isaac Jensen, B, 1:06.08. 14. David Palmer, Min., 1:06.68. 15. Parker Scott, Min., 1:07.23. 16. Ben Wanner, Man., 1:07.41.

100 freestyle: 1. Willy Marler, J, 49.09. 2. Brandon Hamel, Min., 49.81. 3. Ben Bolinske, W, 50.46. 4. ALex Lucy, Min., 51.38. 5. Matt Schimke, Min., 51.51. 6. Jesse Heck, Man., 51.88. 7. Jordan Hahn, W, 52.51. 8. Jacques Stanley, Min., 53.10.

9. Matthew Poppe, Man., 54.09. 10. Josh Riepl, B, 54.96. 11. Alex Buchholz, Min., 55.44. 12. Carl Curtiss, Man., 56.61. 13. Zach Grosz, C, 56.80. 14. Roger Herrman, C, 56.81. 15. Derek Pich, Man., 57.14. 16. Mike Drawz, Min., 57.65.

500 freestyle: 1. Owen Kusick, Min., 5:03.06. 2. Chasen Miller, J, 5:08.90. 3. Dylan Sether, C, 5:10.98. 4. Steven Cox, Min., 5:14.38. 5. Levi Sether, C, 5:19.34. 6. Michael Farrenkopf, W, 5:20.48. 7. Cale Schafer, Man., 5:20.53. 8. Gabe Ellison, Man., 5:29.58.

9. Lee Keller, Min., 5:31.47. 10. Caleb Shaffer, W, 5:33.59. 11. Alex Malnaa, Min., 5:34.81. 12. Tyler Riedinger, Man., 5:35.73. 13. Phillip Mangin, J, 5:38.96. 14. Austin Schmidt, B, 5:41.34. 15. Jacob Anderson, W, 5:47.39. 16. Shawn Berger, Man., 5:48.07.

200 freestyle relay: 1. Minot (Matt Schimke, Steven Cox, Zdenek Skalicky, Alex Lucy), 1:33.01. 2. Mandan, 1:33.65. 3. Jamestown, 1:35.22. 4. Williston, 1:37.27. 5. Century, 1:43.96. 6. Bismarck, 1:44.11.

100 backstroke: 1. Kalvin Brown, Min., 56.98. 2. Ben Bolinske, W, 57.25. 3. Lucas Knight, Min., 59.58. 4. Jacob Wanner, Man., 1:00.03. 5. Nathan Pepple, W, 1:02.15. 6. Nick Buch, Min., 1:03.00. 7. Phillip Hamilton, Min., 1:04.03. 8. Dave Reimers, J, 1:04.29.

9. Eric Mayer, Man., 1:04.50. 10. Austin Schmidt, B, 1:05.36. 11. Andrew Bergan, Man, 1:05.52. 12. Braden Hodenfield, Min., 1:08.68. 13. Travis Troxel, Min., 1:09.21. 14. Taylor Werner, B, 1:09.35. 15. Chris Koppinger, C, 1:09.89. 16. Ben Wanner, Man., 1:10.47.

100 breaststroke: 1. Sam Ellison, Man., 1:03.36. 2. Zdenek Skalicky, Min., 1:04.61. 3. Collin Kemmesat, C, 1:04.62. 4. Ian Ballantyne, B, 1:05.25. 5. David Stockdill, Man., 1:06.28. 6. Jacques Stanley, Min., 1:07.93. 7. Jeff Kleven, W, 1:08.26. 8. Austyn Reisenauer, W, 1:09.10.

9. Nich Schonberger, Man., 1:09.63. 10. Andrew Wangler, B, 1:10.55. 11. Dustin Dutchuk, C, 1:12.03. 12. Matthew Steffes, B, 1:13.17. 13. Cataldo DiDonna, C, 1:13.47. 14. Alex Buchholz, Min., 1:14.24. 15. Alex Horner, B, 1:15.13. 16. Logan Rasmussen, J, 1:15.17.

400 freestyle relay: 1. Minot (Matt Schimke, Kalvin Brown, Brandon Hamel, Joe Burns), 3:20.44 (meet record, old record 3:20.80, Min., 2000. 2. Jamestown, 3:29.75. 3. Williston, 3:32.55. 4. Century, 3:37.08. 5. Mandan, 3:38.27. 6. Bismarck, 3:38.58.