Winning only four events outright was still enough to push the Mercer Island boys swim team into first place at Saturday’s district meet finals, winning 345.5 over second-place Lakeside’s 176.

Earning outright titles in the 200 medley relay (Quinn Markwith, Andy Wingerson, Robbie Homchick and Will Voit), the 50 freestyle sprint (Homchick), diving (Cody Hall) and the 100 breaststroke (Jimmy Deiparine), the Islanders catapulted themselves into the state competition, once again with an unblemished record.

The team, which has already qualified a huge number of swimmers to participate in this weekend’s state tournament, will head to Federal Way with another district title to go with their undefeated dual meet and league title.

The team finished two spots against some of its stiffest competition of the year, Bainbridge, which took third overall at 171 points. Bellevue, the closest local team to the Islanders, finished fourth with 151.5 points.

The state swimming and diving competition runs Friday and Saturday in Federal Way at the King County Aquatic Center.

Team scores

Mercer Island 345.5, Lakeside (Seattle) 176, Bainbridge 171, Bellevue 151.5, Seattle Prep 135, Liberty 121, O’Dea 92, Eastside Catholic 58, Juanita 51, Mount Si 29, Bishop Blanchet 19, Sammamish 16, Nathan Hale 12, Chief Sealth 6.

Final results

200 medley relay – Mercer Island (Quinn Markwith, Andy Wingerson, Robbie Homchick, Will Voit) 1:41.45. 200 free – Ethan Hallowell, Eastside Catholic, 1:42.68. 200 IM – Chase Goulart, Mount Si, 1:57.39. 50 free – Homchick, Mercer Island, 22.29. Diving – Cody Hall, Mercer Island, 292.20. 100 fly – David Ortyn, Bainbridge, 53.53. 100 free – Hallowell, Eastside Catholic, 46.68. 500 free – Andrew McCarthy, Bainbridge, 4:43.54. 200 free relay – Lakeside (Henry Fox, Sean Ekavithvorakul, Brad Fitch, Zach Wagner) 1:30.50. 100 back – Michael Rochford, Seattle Prep, 54.25. 100 breast – Jimmy Deiparine, Mercer Island, 1:01.66. 400 free relay – Bainbridge (Ortyn, Cody Jenkins, McCarthy, Colin Chupik) 3:17.11.