Dagny Knutson Sets National High School Record, Downs National Public School Standard

MANDAN, North Dakota, November 14. AFTER an amazing summer of long course success, it was just a matter of time before junior Dagny Knutson of Minot made some serious noise on the high school circuit in short course yard swimming.

During preliminary competition of the North Dakota High School State Championships, Knutson shot down the national high school standard in the 200-yard free and crushed the national public school standard in the 500-yard free.

Knutson clocked a time of 1:42.81 in the 200-yard free to beat the public school standard of 1:45.14 set by Karlee Bispo of Thomas Downey H.S. in May of 2008. That time was also the overall high school record as Kate Ziegler's effort of 1:45.49 stands as the independent school standard while swimming for Bishop O'Connell in 2006.

Knutson then crushed Janet Evans' public school record in the 500-yard free with a time of 4:34.78. Evans' time of 4:37.30 while swimming for El Dorado H.S. in 1988 was the longest standing girls record in the high school book. Notably, Jeff Kostoff just spoke to The Morning Swim Show about the oldest high school record in the books of a 4:16.39 in the boys 500-yard free set back in 1983.

Ziegler remained the overall national high school record holder in the girls 500-yard free with a time of 4:33.35 set the same day as her 200-yard free standard. Knutson will look to challenge that record during finals.

No splits from either of Knutson's swims were reported.

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