The Bainbridge boys swim team won the 1A/2A state tournament Feb. 21-22 at the King County Aquatic Center, earning the team championship and having several individual swimmers claim state titles.

The Spartan swim program has dominated since joining the Olympic League in 2024, as the girls team also claimed the state title last fall. The Spartan boys finished third in state last year when they were a 3A team.

“We faced some tough competition across the state, and some races down to a hundredth of a second,” Bainbridge coach Kristin Gellert said. “(We) rose to the challenge and came away as champions.”

Bainbridge finished with 395 points as a team, with two-time defending state champions Pullman right behind in second with 336. Olympic finished fourth with 148 points.

Aidan Cole won two individual titles for Bainbridge, while Sota Inoue, Ryan Rich, and Leland Hilgers each took home a title. The Spartans also won all three relay races. The Trojans also fared well, taking third in two relay races and having two individual swimmers place in the top three in two separate races.

Results:

50-yard freestyle:

1st place: Cole, Bainbridge – 21.17

2nd place: Elias Dean, Bainbridge – 21.68

100-yard freestyle

1st place: Cole, Bainbridge – 46.50

2nd place: Jack Hempel, South Whidbey – 48.14

3rd place: Dean, Bainbridge – 48.15

100-yard butterfly:

1st place: Inoue, Bainbridge – 52.41

2nd place: Ian Letson, Bainbridge – 53.73

100-yard backstroke

1st place: Hilgers, Bainbridge – 55.71

2nd place: Shelton, Olympic – 56.73

100-yard breaststroke:

1st place: Rich, Bainbridge – 58.27

3rd place: SawyerAdams, Olympic – 1:00.08

200-yard freestyle relay:

1st place: Bainbridge (Cole, Bradley Roloff, Hayden Ludwig, Dean) – 1:28.92

2nd place: Selah High School (Juan De Dios Ramirez, Kameron Palmer, Joshua Strand, Otis Peace) – 1:33.22

200-yard medley relay:

1st place: Bainbridge (Inoue, Rich, Letson, Roloff) – 1:38.83

2nd place: Pullman – 1:39.61

3rd place: Olympic (Tavyn Shelton, S. Adams, Trenton Crandall, Weston Adams) – 1:42.90

200-yard freestyle:

1st place: Nolan Pollestad, Pullman – 1:46.94

2nd place: Wyatt Livingston, Bainbridge – 1:46.95

200-yard medley:

1st place: Jake McCoy, Pullman – 1:47.79

2nd place: Inoue, Bainbridge – 2:00.11

3rd place: Letson, Bainbridge – 2:01.62

400-yard freestyle relay

1st place: Bainbridge (Dean, Letson, Inoue, Cole) – 3:14.04

2nd place: Pullman – 3:16.91

3rd place: Olympic (W. Adams, Kaleb Chappell, Shelton, S. Adams) – 3:24.09

500-yard freestyle:

1st place: McCoy, Pullman – 4:29.07

2nd place: Livingston, Bainbridge – 4:51.65

In 4A competition, Karter Warner of South Kitsap took second in state in 1-meter diving.