Blue Jays edge Coyotes in dual

Jamestown won seven of 12 events to nip Williston Friday night in a dual in advance of today’s large meet.

After dropping a narrow 4-point decision against the Coyotes last week, Jamestown got a pair wins from Braydon Love in the 200 and 500 freestyles, Colt Rasmussen in the 100 butterfly, Andy Oslund in the 100 free and diver Riley Thom.

“It was a good day,” JHS coach Ben Smith said. “We knew it would be close, so it was nice to see us be able to pull it out.”

The Blue Jays also won the 200 and 400 free relays with Oslund, Love, Rasmussen and Michele Simonetti comprising the foursome.

Most of the JHS swimmer did not compete in their main races, but still performed well. Overall, they have 12 state-qualifiers up to this point.

“We’ve done well so far,” Smith said.

On top of hosting back-to-back outings this weekend, the team also held its H2O-A-Thon this week to raise money for Special Olympics of North Dakota. Team members swam and dove for two hours for a total of 3,980 laps and dives. Love swam the longest with 355 laps, the equivalent of six miles. In all they raised $2,081.45, and they hope to add to that total today for the large 9-team Blue Jay Invite, which begins at 10:30 a.m.

“It’s a really neat experience for the guys to raise that money and then give it to a great cause,” Smith said.

Jamestown 96, Williston 90

200 medley relay: 1, WHS (Ryan Hellen, Austin Semenko, Jacob Oleksik, Ryan Fahy), 1:55.98; 2, JHS (Cayden Hare, Grant Curtis, Hunter Boehm, Brandon Hart), 1:58.31.

200 freestyle: 1, Braydon Love, 2:00.27; 2, Corbin Graven, WHS, 2:08.03; 4, Dayden Renwick, 2:23.64.

200 IM: 1, Hellen, 2:16.79; 3, Grant Curtis, 2:28.39; 4, Cayden Hare, 2:28.63; 6, Austin Shafer, 3:04.84;.

50 freestyle: 1, Andy Oslund, JHS, 23.69; 2, Kyle Pletan, WHS, 24.22; 5, Michele Simonetti, 26.04; 6, Fossen, 28.74.

Diving: 1, Riley Thom, JHS, 192.70; 2, Cody Lutman, JHS, 191.80; 3, Ian Eastham, JHS, 160.20.

100 butterfly: 1, Colt Rasmussen, 1:00.34; 2, Kyle Pletan, WHS, 1:03.33; 3, Cayden Hare, 1:06.74.

100 freestyle: 1, Oslund, JHS, 52.24; 2, Simonetti, 57.28; 4, Brandon Hart, JHS, 59.55.

500 freestyle: 1, Love, 5:35.41; 4, Renwick, 6:27.87.

200 free relay: 1, JHS (Simonetti, Love, Rasmussen, Oslund), 1:37.78.

100 backstroke: 1, Hellen, 1:03.86; 2, Rasmussen, 1:03.86; 5, Fossen, 1:16.27.

100 breaststroke; 1, 1, Semenko, 1:15.22; 2, Curtis, 1:16.34; 5, Cody Kenna, JHS, 1:29.97.

400 free relay: 1, JHS A (Oslund, Simonetti, Love, Rasmussen), 3:35.53.

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

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