GRAND FORKS - Minot's Dagny Knutson shattered one national high school record and set a second during preliminaries Friday at the state girls swimming meet.

The 17-year-old senior clocked in at 1:53.82 in the 200 individual medley. That was 2.63 seconds faster than the old mark, set by Mary Beck in 2008. Knutson, who is gunning for her fifth state title in the IM, obliterated her own state record in the event (1:58.58), which she set in 2007.

Knutson wasn't far off Julia Schmit's national record - not for high schoolers, but all women - of 1:52.79.

In her other individual event, the 100 freestyle, Knutson swam a 48.15. That bettered her own national high school record of 48.33. Knutson set that mark swimming the lead leg of Minot's 400 free relay team at last year's state meet.

Knutson wasn't the only record setter. Fargo Shanley's Lexie Halberstadt was the top qualifier in the 50 free. Her time of 23.54 lowered her own state mark by .23 seconds.

Century's Cassie Walth was second in 23.90 and Mandan's Alexis Hogan third in 24.00.

Halberstadt also had the fastest prelim time (56.41) in the 100 butterfly.

Ali Church of Grand Forks was also the fastest qualifier in two events, the 200 and 500 free. Century's Kalee Kemmesat was second in both.

The only local swimmer who will go into today's finals as a top seed is Century's Emily Smallbeck. The sophomore cut nearly three seconds off her qualifying time in the 100 backstroke. She finished the event in 59.80, .12 seconds faster than West Region champion Kaitlin Bolinske of Williston.

Sadie Miller of the Coyotes was the top qualifier in the 100 breaststroke.

Today's events begin with diving semifinals at 11 a.m., with swimming and diving finals starting at 1:30 p.m. Minot will be trying to extend its run of consecutive state championships to seven, while Knutson looks to add to her career total of 14 individual titles.

Preliminaries

200 freestyle

1. Ali Church, GFC, 1:52.96. 2. Kalee Kemmesat, Cen, 1:54.25. 2. Kelsey Richels, Wahp, 1:54.25. 4. Madison Porter, Wil, 1:54.46. 5. Jerrica Kelly, Minot, 1:59.49. 6. Addy DiCristina, Grand Forks Red River, 1:59.62. 7. Rachel Svendson, GFC, 2:01.65. 8. Alyssa Olson, WF, 2:02.00.

9. Rachel Erickson, FS, 2:02.01. 10. Vanessa Stumpf, Man, 2:02.88. 11. Breanna Schmidt, GFRR, 2:04.08. 12. Hannah Mastel, FS, 2:04.19. 13. Rachel Kranda, WF, 2:05.08. 14. Alyssa Stewart, Wil, 2:05.28. 15. Katie Svendson, GFC, 2:06.11. 16. Julia Bogenrief, Min, 2:06.48.

200 individual medley

1. Dagny Knutson, Min, 1:53.82 (national record, Mary Beck, Westlake (Texas), 1:56.45, 2008; state record, Dagny Knutson, Minot, 1:58.58, 2007). 2. Bridget Riley, Bis, 2:09.91. 3. Erin Grabanski, GFRR, 2:11.16. 4. Joslyn Fellbaum, FS, 2:15.29. 5. McKenzie Jeske, Cen, 2:15.61. 6. Sadie Miller, Wil, 2:15.73. 7. Sam Gunning, WF, 2:16.57. 8. Kayli Johnson, Man, 2:17.24.

9. Erin Hart, Jam, 2:17.48. 10. Courtney Fisk, GFRR, 2:17.52. 11. Ellie Roche, FN, 2:18.62. 12. Danica Dutt, WF, 2:19.11. 13. Veronica Herrmann, Cen, 2:19.23. 14. Ashley Kranda, WF, 2:20.42. 15. Alexis Klug, Wil, 2:20.92. 16. Jamie Skavlem, GFRR, 2:21.20.

50 freestyle

1. Lexie Halberstadt, Shan, 23.54. 2. Cassie Walth, Cen, 23.90. 3. Alexis Hogan, Man, 24.00. 4. Mirna Kojic, GFRR, 24.50. 5. Courtney Funk, Min, 24.54. 6. Kelsey Stenson, Wil, 25.09. 7. Gabriela Kostel, GFC, 25.14. 8. Rachael Wessman, FN, 25.21.

9. Lydia Engberg, Cen, 25.38. 10. Jarren Fallgatter, Cen, 25.46. 11. Abbie Naze, Min, 25.53. 12. Emily Roche, FN, 25.56. 13. Alex Eades, GFC, 25.67. 14. Bryn Everson, Wil, 25.79. 15. Megan Routledge, Min, 25.86. 16. Amy Doll, WF, 25.89.

Diving

1. Mairin Jameson, Shan, 189.25. 2. Kaitlin Walsh, Jam, 172.40. 3. Maci Bischof, Min, 16.05. 4. Karli Knutson, Cen, 158.80. 5. Kelsey Jandro, FS, 157.40. 6. Abby Wanzek, Jam, 157.20. 7. Ashley Kankelfritz, FS, 151.15. 8. Brooke Lukach, Jam, 147.60. 9. Katie Nelson, FN, 144.40. 10. 10. Tori Meyer, FN, 141.40. 11. Shantha Trottie, Wil, 137.90. 12. Nicolette Haug, Man, 136.50. 13. Ashlee Wiebe, FN, 134.55. 14. Danielle Hodenfield, Wil, 134.10. 15. Lexi Eissinger, FS, 132.95. 16. Laura Asplund, Cen, 130.05. 17. Alyssa Hodenfield, Wil, 125.25. 18. Emilie Marquard, Min, 124.40. 19. Hailey Horob, Wil, 121.50. 20. Paris Ekman, Shan, 121.45.

100 butterfly

1. Lexie Halberstadt, Shan, 56.41. 2. Madison Porter, Wil, 57.17. 3. Gabriela Kostel, GFC, 58.48. 4. Danica Dutt, WF, 58.74. 5. Bridget Riley, Bis, 58.93. 6. Emily Smallbeck, Cen, 59.62. 7. Erin Grabanski, GFRR, 59.93. 8. Emily Roche, FN, 1:00.19.

9. Kayli Johnson, Man, 1:00.51. 10. Serena Olsen, Min, 1:02.08. 11. Dani Bergeson, Cen, 1:02.32. 12. Alli Kroll, GFC, 1:02.76. 13. Sam Gunning, WF, 1:03.07. 14. Laura Schott, FS, 1:03.49. 15. Maddie Derby, FN, 1:03.99. 16. Katie Clark, Min, 1:04.01.

100 freestyle

1. Dagny Knutson, Min, 48.15 (national record and state record, Dagny Knutson, Minot, 48.33, 2008. 2. Cassie Walth,Cen, 51.70. 3. Kelsey Richels, Whap, 52.83. 4. Kaitlin Bolinske, Wil, 53.56. 5. Alexis Hogan, Man, 53.71. 6. Courtney Funk, Min, 53.80. 7. Mirna Kojic, GFRR, 54.05 8. Joslyn Fellbaum, FS, 54.92.

9. Alex Eades, GFC, 55.05. 10. Lydia Engberg, Cen, 55.35. 11. Addy DiCristina, GFRR, 55.70. 12. Kelsey Stenson, Wil, 55.79. 13. Jarren Fallgatter, Cen, 56.40. 14. Ashley Kranda, WF, 56.76. 15. Megan Routledge, Min, 57.02. 16. Jenny Zetocha, Shan, 57.26.

500 freestyle

1. Ali Church, GFC, 5:07.33. 2. Kalee Kemmesat, Cen, 5:08.59. 3. Rachel Svendson, GFC, 5:19.85. 4. Chelsea Gentzkow, WF, 5:22.34. 5. Hannah Mastel, FS, 5:23.12. 6. Jerrica Kelly, Min, 5:26.28. 7. Alyssa Olson, WF, 5:27.62. 8. Katie Svendson, GFC, 5:27.79.

9. Breanna Schmidt, GFRR, 5:29.52. 10. Carley LeDoux, FN, 5:32.77. 11. Rachel Kranda, WF, 5:34.58. 12. McKenna Brown, Min, 5:35.85. 13. Lauren Lyngstad, FN, 5:35.94. 14. McKenzie Jeske, Cen, 5:36.17. 15. Samantha Miller, Will, 5:38.80. 16. Alexa Martel, Wil, 5:39.00.

100 backstroke

1. Emily Smallbeck, Cen, 59.80. 2. Kaitlin Bolinske, Wil, 59.92. 3. Jamie Skavlem, GFRR, 1:00.67. 4. Chelsea Gentzkow, WF, 1:01.19. 5. Dani Bergeson, Cen, 1:01.90. 6. Rachael Wessman, FN, 1:01.97. 7. Erin Hart, Jam, 1:02.09. 8. Miah Dabill, Jam, 1:02.41. 8. Katie Clark, Min, 1:02.41.

10. Rachel Erickson, FS, 1:02.54. 11. Bryn Everson, Wil, 1:03.31. 12. Abbie Naze, Min, 1:03.88. 13. Erin Burnham, GFC, 1:03.94. 14. Marisol Rios, WF, 1:05.84. 15. Vanessa Stumpf, Man, 1:05.98. 16. Ketti Ringwall, Wil, 1:06.17.

100 breaststroke

1. Sadie Miller, Wil, 1:06.75. 2. Ellie Roche, FN, 1:08.96. 3. Paige Weisz, WF, 1:098.32. 4. Alexis Klug, Wil, 1:09.72. 5. Courtney Fisk, GFRR, 1:09.95. 6. Haley Koehn, FS, 1:10.79. 7. Veronica Herrmann, Cen, 1:11.21. 8. Carissa Bucholz, Wahp, 1:11.28.

9. Katelyn Webster, Min, 1:11.53. 10. Laura Brabanski, GFRR, 1:11.89. 11. Laura Schott, FS, 1:11.90. 12. Carley LeDoux, FN, 1:13.28. 13. Samantha Miller, Wil, 1:14.14. 14. Kelsey Hansen, Min, 1:14.23. 15. Rachel Ford, Man, 1:14.32. 16. Abby Astrup, FN, 1:14.39.