Kim takes two more, Eagles, Spartans get individual gold | Prep swim and dive news

Eastlake's Edward Kim added two more individual titles to the trophy case for the Wolves, while Issaquah was third behind a deep field.

Another year, another pair of state championships for Edward Kim.

The Eastlake junior added two more titles on Saturday at King County Aquatic Center at the 4A state swim and dive championships, taking the 50 free for the second time in his career in a time of 20.11 seconds and the 100 fly in 48 seconds even. Both were improvements upon his preliminary times and each was more than a second in front of the second place finisher.

Issaquah finished the day second in the team scoring behind champion Kamiak. The Eagles were bolstered by the finishes of their relay teams, including the state champ 200 free relay team of William Matsuda, Gabe Florsheim, Henry Pratt and Spencer McCulloh.

Not to be outdone, Skyline brought home a championship from KCAC as well, as senior Max Levy dominated the 1 meter diving competition with a final score of 463.50, more than 50 points in front of his closest competitor.

Nussbaum, Florsheim and McCulloh teamed with Austin Melody in the 200 medley relay, finishing third in a time of 1:37.57. Eastlake’s team of Kim, Kuroshe Mahak, Markus Zimmerman and Jackson Berman was seventh in the A final.

Melody also made his way into the championship final of the 200 IM, finishing the day sixth. Nussbaum was in the B final of the event as well for the Eagles. Florsheim earned his best individual finish of the day in the 100 fly, where he was sixth.

Berman and Skyline’s Alec Raines swam in the B final of the 200 free.

While Kim stormed to the title in the 50 free, Mahak was also in the A final and ended the race in sixth in 22.39. Pratt and Florsheim swam the consolation final in the event for Issaquah.

Paul Jett of Skyline and McCulloh both swam in the B final of the 100 free as well.

Eastlake’s team of Mahak, Zimmermann, Kim and Berman was good for third in the 400 free relay, finishing in 3:15.05.

Issaquah finished the day fourth in the team scoring, with Eastlake ninth. Skyline ended the meet 16th behind Levy’s performance on the diving board.