West Fargo High wins team title at 2024 NDHSAA boys swimming and diving state meet

By Tom Mix
NDHSAA Media Specialist

WEST FARGO – West Fargo High won its second overall and first outright NDHSAA boys swimming & diving team state championship on Saturday, March 2 at the Hulbert Aquatics Center.

The Packers scored 275 points as a team. West Fargo High’s previous state championship came in 2012 when it shared team state title honors with Fargo North.

West Fargo High was led by its underclassmen duo of sophomore Brody Engelstad and freshmen Isaiah Ayers that combined to win four individual state championships and also were members of the Packers’ 400 Yard Freestyle Relay that took first at the state meet.

Engelstad picked up individual state titles in the 50 Yard Freestyle (20.66 seconds) and the 100 Yard Freestyle (45.49).

Ayers won individual state championships in the 200 Yard Freestyle (1:41.22 *new state record*) and the 100 Yard Freestyle (50.98).

Grand Forks took second with 230 points.

Fargo North senior Haydn Vein set a new record in the 200 Yard Individual Medley in a time of 1:52.86.

Bismarck High’s 200 Yard Medley Relay made up of Sam Eggl, Garrett Wick, Noah Zaidi, Blake Nelson set a new state record swimming to a time of 1:35.26.

2024 NDHSAA Boys Swimming & Diving State Champions:

200 Yard Medley Relay
Bismarck High (Sam Eggl, Garrett Wick, Noah Zaidi, Blake Nelson), 1:35.26 *new state record*

200 Yard Freestyle:
Isaiah Ayers, West Fargo High, 1:41.22 *new state record*

200 Yard Individual Medley:
Haydn Vein, Fargo North, 1:52.86 *new state record*

50 Yard Freestyle:
Brody Engelstad, West Fargo High, 20.66

Diving:
Bryce Vatnsdal, Bismarck High, 434.40

100 Yard Butterfly:
Isaiah Ayers, West Fargo High, 50.98

100 Yard Freestyle:
Brody Engelstad, West Fargo High, 45.49

500 Yard Freestyle:
Jackson Rerick, Grand Forks, 4:45.60

200 Yard Freestyle Relay:
Grand Forks (Ryaan Alshami, Aiden Johnson, Jackson Rerick, Avery Berg) 1:25.71

100 Yard Backstroke:
Blake Nelson, Bismarck High, 51.22

100 Breaststroke:
Haydn Vein, Fargo North, 56.71

400 Yard Freestyle Relay:
West Fargo High (Isaiah Ayers, Logan Engelstad, Noah Ayers, Brody Engelstad) 3:11.52

Team Scores:

1, West Fargo High, 275. 2, Grand Forks, 230. 3, Bismarck High, 225. 4, Bismarck Century, 204.5. 5, Fargo North, 184. 6, Bismarck Legacy, 180.5. 7, Minot High, 178. 8, Fargo Davies, 164.5. 9, Fargo South 139. 10, Jamestown, 115.5. 11, West Fargo Sheyenne 113. 12, Williston, 112. 13, Dickinson, 101. 14, Mandan, 69.

2024 NDHSAA STATE MEET RESULTS (PDF)

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