Ostlie beats own IM record, Marler notches other region title for Blue Jays

Landon Ostlie lowered his own school record in the 200 individual medley to lead the Blue Jay swimmers and divers at the West Region meet on Saturday in Mandan.

Ostlie’s time of 2:03.48 beat his previous best of 2:04.99 as the junior standout won the event and placed second in the 100 butterfly as Jamestown placed fourth of out six teams with 245 points.

“It’s about what we hoped for,” coach Marney Shirley said. “As a team we swam pretty well. Hopefully we can have a good week of practice and then finish the season strong.”

Willy Marler collected one West Region title, but was beaten in the 50 free for the first time this year by Minot’s Joe Burns, 22.21-22.69.

“The three things about the 50 are you need a good start, good turn and good finish, he didn’t have any of those, but he still swam a 22.66 — a lot of kids would love to go that fast,” Shirley said.

Marler, a sophomore, answered later and took the 100 free in a time of 49.09. He still enters the state meet with the best times in each race.

“He’s still young and when you’re on top, people want to knock you off,” Shirley said.

Chasen Miller, the Jays’ other big gun, placed second in the 500 (5:08.90) and fourth in the 200 (1:54.35), both PRs. He sliced six seconds in the 500.

“Chasen has swam really well all season. He’s turned into quite a swimmer,” Shirley said.

Miller, Ostlie and Marler, who each earned all-West Region honors, also led the 400 free relay team to a second-place finish, touching in 3:29.75. Phillip Mangin swam the lead leg.

The Jays were also third in the 200 free with Dave Reimers instead of Mangin, joining Miller, Ostlie and Marler.

Individually, Reimers came in eighth in the backstroke (1:04.29) in a PR.

Logan Rasmussen was eighth in the fly (1:03.73).

Several Jays swam season-best times, but did not qualify for the state meet.

Mitch Smyth led the way, cutting 11 seconds in the 500 (6:06.20). Braydon Love dropped four seconds in the same race.

Luke Allen (100 free), Nick Bercier (50, 100), Tanner Huebschwerlen (50, 100), Cody Kilgore (breaststroke), Andy Oslund (backstroke) and Matheus Oliveira (butterfly) also finished the season with PRs.

Brett Goehner posted a personal best on the diving board, with a score of 206.80.

“We’ve seen a lot of improvement from our team throughout the season and that’s all we can ask for,” Shirley said.

The Jays head to Grand Forks on Friday for the prelims, with the finals set for Saturday.

West Region swimming and diving meet

At Mandan Community Center

Team results

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

Individual Results

(Top 8 and JHS 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.

Other JHS results

9, Phillip Mangin, 2:00.68; 22, Love, 2:12.34; 28, Mitch Smyth, 2:18.97; 31, Grant Curtis, 2:20.95.

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.

Other JHS results

12, Reimers, 2:23.20.

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. Nick Schonberger, Man., 23.89. 8. Jesse Heck, Man., 23.91.

Other JHS results

26, Nick Bercier, 28.19. 31, Andy Oslund, 29.19; 34, Luke Allen, 30.89.

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.

JHS results

13, Brett Goehner, 206.80.

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.

Other JHS results

8, Rasmussen, 1:03.73; 22, Matheus Oliveira, 1:18.35.

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.

Other JHS results

24, Bercier, 1:01.56; 30, Tanner Huebschwerlen, 1:06.80; 33, Allen, 1:09.65; 34, Cody Kilgore, 1:09.77.

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.

Other JHS results

13, Mangin, 5:38.96; 24, Love, 6:05.20; 25, Smyth, 6:06.29; 26, Curtis, 6:24.62.

200 freestyle relay: 1. Minot (Matt Schimke, Steven Cox, Zdenek Skalicky, Alex Lucy), 1:33.01. 2. Mandan, 1:33.65. 3. Jamestown (Miller, Reimers, Ostlie, Marler) 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.

JHS results

8, Reimers, 1:04.29; 19, Oslund, 1:15.36; 20, Oliveira, 1:18.25.

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.

JHS results

16, Rasmussen, 1:15.17; 27, Kilgore, 1:19.76.

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, (Mangin, Miller, Ostlie, Marler), 3:29.75. 3. Williston, 3:32.55. 4. Century, 3:37.08. 5. Mandan, 3:38.27. 6. Bismarck, 3:38.58.

Awards

West Region Senior Athlete of the Year: Joe Burns, Minot.

West Region Coach of the Year: Jake Solper, Minot.

All-West Region team

Minot: Kalvin Brown, Joe Burns, Steven Cox, Brandon Hamel, Owen Kusick, Alex Lucy, Matt Schimke, Zdenek Skalicky. Mandan: Devin Aune, Jordan Barth, Sam Ellison, Jordan Laske, Cale Schafer, David Stockdill, Jacob Wanner. Williston: Ben Bolinske, Michael Farrenkopf, Nathan Pepple. Jamestown: Willy Marler, Chasen Miller, Landon Ostlie. Bismarck Century: Dylan Sether, Levi Sether. Bismarck: Andrew Wangler.

Sun sports editor Dave Selvig can be reached at (701) 952-8460 or by e-mail at daves@jamestownsun.com

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