BISMARCK - Two swimmers from the Dickinson High boys swim and dive team earned their spots for the state meet during the Bismarck Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 15, from the Bismarck Aquatic & Wellness Center.
Senior co-captain Isaac Ellerkamp swam a state-qualifying time in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of one minute, 11.13 seconds. Clearing the qualifying mark by more than a second, Ellerkamp earned sixth in the event. With a time of 24.86 seconds, freshman Mason Beck raced his way into state in the 50 freestyle, placing seventh in the event.
The duo aided the Midgets to a seventh-place finish with a team score of 146 points. Minot won the event with a mark of 636.
Dawson Wilson was another individual highlight for the Midgets, as the freshman earned state consideration in the one-meter dive after finals score of 189.25.
Results SaturdayBismarck Invitational Team scores: 1, Minot, 636. 2, Bismarck Century, 447. T3, Fargo South, 273. T3, Mandan 273. 5, Williston, 225. 6, Bismarck Legacy, 217. 7, Dickinson, 146. 8, Bismarck High, 100. 50 freestyle: 1, Will Dohrmann, BC, 22.76. 7, Mason Beck, D, 24.86. 47, Connor Devero, D, 30.88. 100 backstroke: 1, Charles Koebele, BC, 56.38. 21, Deniz Kilic, D, 1:28.52. 24, Aiden Rothstein, D, 1:38.49. 29, Hunter Peterson, D, 2:06.54. 100 breaststroke: 1, Jayden Porter, BC, 1:01.09. 6, Isaac Ellerkamp, D, 1:11.13. 21, Dawson Wilson, D, 1:21.06. 24, Jackson Metcalf, D, 1:24.31. 34, Luke Heiser, D, 2:03.33. 100 butterfly: 1, William Walker-Rozo, Mi., 55.65. 12, Taven Wilson, D, 1:08.87. 16, Aiden Healy, D, 1:15.68. Detric Coleman, D, DQ. 100 freestyle: 1, Zac Spaulding, Mi., 51.90. 11, Beck, D, 57.98. 39, Devero, D, 1:12.89. 53, Heiser, D, 1:33.55. 55, Kadin Barth, D, 1:37.67. 200 freestyle: 1, Chris Birmbaum, BC, 1:49.27. 11, T. Wilson, 2:05.71. 28, Casey Tuhy, D, 2:23.53. 31, Healy, D, 2:31.37. 35, Metcalf, D, 2:47.90. 200 individual medley: 1, Walker-Rozo, Mi., 2:04.70. 15, Trent Irwin, D, 2:38.36. 21, Kilic, D, 2:58.24. 22, Coleman, D, 3:00.66. 23, Rothstein, D, 3:32.92. 200 medley relay: 1, Bismarck Century ‘A’ (Koebele, Porter, Ryan Johnson, Dohrmann), 1:43.24. 6, Dickinson ‘A’ (T. Wilson, Ellerkamp, D. Wilson, Irwin), J1:58.92. 14, Dickinson ‘B’ (Devero, Metcalf, Healy, Tuhy), J2:15.34. 22, Dickinson ‘C’ (Peterson, Heiser, Rothstein, Barth), J3:27.97. 500 freestyle: 1, Birnbaum, BC, 5:07.40. 11, Irwin, D, 6:05.19. 14, Tuhy, D, 6:21.14. 200 freestyle relay: 1, Minot ‘A’ (Walker-Rozo, Jack Wolsky, Zac Spaulding, Steve Novak), 1:32.71. 7, Dickinson ‘A’ (Tuhy, Healy, Coleman, Beck), J1:53.52. 14, Dickinson ‘B’ (Metcalf, Heiser, Rothstein, Kilic), J2:24.24. 400 freestyle relay: 1, Bismarck Century ‘A’ (Birnbaum, Koebele, Riley Gerhardt, Porter), 3:28.91. 13, Dickinson ‘B’ (D. Wilson, Kilic, Coleman, Devero), J4:37.17. Dickinson ‘A’ (Irwin, T. Wilson, Beck, Ellerkamp), DQ. 1-meter diving: 1, Johnny Mindt, Mi., 265.40. 4, D. Wilson, D, 189.25.
