After a season of competing in dual meets, the Lake Washington and Juanita boys swim teams headed to the University of Washington last weekend for the KingCo meet.

Qualifiers moved forward to the SeaKing district meet, which will be held Saturday, Feb. 11 at Mary Wayte Pool on Mercer Island. From there swimmers can advance to the state meet Feb. 17-18 at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

As a team, Juanita finished in 15th place with 127 points, while Lake Washington was 17th overall with 85 points.

During the finals on Saturday, Juanita’s 200 medley relay team finished 11 overall. The team of Kyle Grichel, Mark Stevens, Jake Helsel and Mikal Boyer finished in 1:49.77. Lake Washington’s team of Peter Dolan, Ethan Peltz, Austin Lashley and Connor Gerth finished in 18th place in 1:59.34.

Grichel also competed in the 200-yard individual medley race, finishing in 12th place with a 2:16.41 time to qualify for districts.

Juanita’s Jeff Zylastra finished the 50 freestyle race in 15th place at 23.88 seconds, while Stevens was 22nd overall in 24.32.

In the boys diving competition, held at Juanita Pool on Saturday, Lake Washington’s Cameron Brooks was 23rd overall with a 137.15 score.

Dolan took seventh in the 100 butterfly race, finishing with a 57.45 time.

Juanita finished in 12th place in the 200 freestyle relay with a 1:39.33 time. The team included: Stevens, Boyer, Grichel and Jake Helsel. Lake Washington’s team of Peltz, Robert Krossa, Reily Blackner and Lashley finished the relay in 1:41.90 for 17th overall.

During the 100 backstroke race, Dolan finished 12th for Lake Washington, with a 1:00.09 time to qualify for districts. Grichel finished in 13th place at 1:00.44, also qualifying for districts.

Stevens finished 17th during the 100 breast stroke event, with a 1:08.59 time.

In the final event of the night, the 400 freestyle race, Juanita finished in 14th with a 3:57.90 time, while Lake Washington was 15th in 4:03.22.