Lake Washington boys swim team finishes historic season, sixth at state meet

The Lake Washington High School boys swim team completed its record-breaking season Saturday with its best finish in school history.

The Lake Washington High School boys swim team completed its record-breaking season Saturday with its best finish in school history. The Kangs finished sixth during the 2A State Championship meet as a team, while the 200-yard freestyle relay team shared the top of the medal podium at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

Archbishop Murphy took the state title with 185 points as a team, while Lake Washington finished with 142 points.

It was a the record breaking Lake Washington 200-yard freestyle relay team of Nick Reeves, Conner Gerth, Elijah Singstad and Austin Lashley that drew the biggest cheers from the Kang faithful. The team finished in a rare tie with Lindberg during the event with a time of 1 minute, 30.8 seconds, to share the state title in the event. The time also broke the school record for the Kangs, also set by the team earlier this year.

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Lashley had the two best individual finishes during the meet for Lake Washington. He finished third overall during the finals of the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 52.66. The mark was a personal best for Lashley.

He also went on to take fourth in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.85. The time breaks a 26-year-old school record.

Reeves finished third in state during the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:02.45, while teammate Sasha Oelsner was ninth (1:05.73).

The 200-yard medley relay team of Kris Singstad, Oelsner, Lashley and Gerth placed fifth overall at state with a time of 1:44.38.

Singstad finished 11th overall in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 50.92, while Reeves finished 16th (52.13).

It was not all swimmers that contributed to the team title. Kang diver Keith Cole finished 11th overall.

Lake Washington’s 400-yard freestyle relay team of Teddy Crane, Kris Singstad, Reeves and Elijah Singstad finished 14th overall with a time of 3:35.31.

Singstad would also take 16th during the 200-yard individual medley (2:16.98).

Kris Singstad placed 16th overall during the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.66.