JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Jamestown High School Boys Swimming and Diving opened their season at the Fargo Davies Free Pentathlon on Saturday, December 8^th in Fargo. The Blue Jays swam to 3^rd place overall, beating Fargo Sheyenne, Wahpeton, Fargo Davies and Grand Forks. Fargo North and West Fargo took first and second place respectively. Over 140 athletes competed at the event.

Individuals placing in the top 12 in each event for the Blue Jays were:

500 Free: 7^th Cole Rasmusson, 10^th Noah Haglund

50 Free: 9^th Andy Pfeiffer, 12^th Noah Haglund

200 Free: 9^th Noah Haglund

100 Free: 9^th Noah Haglund

The fastest 200 Free relay for the Blue Jays took 5^th place (Pfeiffer, Haglund, Jacob Anteau, Rasmusson).

To be considered for overall placing, athletes were required to swim the 500 Free, 50 Free, 200 Free and 100 Free and could also swim in the 200 Free Relay to close out the meet. In overall placing through four events, Noah Haglund garnered 30 points for the team, taking 10^th place and Cole Rasmusson received 15 points for 12^th place.

In diving, the Blue Jays took the top three places:

1^st Gage Poland, 2^nd Cameron Winstead and 3^rd Jaron Coombs.

This week, the Blue Jays Swimming and Diving Team will see the West Fargo Packers at home on December 13, followed by the Fargo North Spartan Pentathlon on December 15. Scoring for the Spartan Pentathlon will be combined with the Davies Pentathlon to have overall top 12 for all eight events.