Mercer Island conquers Sammamish in dual meet

The Mercer Island Islanders boys swim team improved its overall record to 6-0 courtesy of a convincing 139-44 victory against the Sammamish Totems on Jan. 18 in Bellevue. Mercer Island seniors Kyle Bailey, Carson Coe, Oliver Hoff, Austin Shobe, Gabe Muzio, Param Mehta and Alex Mueller are pictured in the above photo.

The Islanders 200 yard medley relay team of Nate Robinson, Killian Riley, James Richardson and Jake Headrick finished in first place. The 200 yard freestyle relay quartert of Hoff, Robinson, Riley and Richardson earned first place. The 400 freestyle relay team of Coe, Bailey, Shobe and Hoff registered a first place finish. Islanders’ swimmers registering first place finishes in individual events were Headrick (200 free), Caleb Apodaca (200 IM), Robinson (50 free), Bailey (100 backstroke, 100 fly), Richardson (100 free), Ralston (500 free) and Riley (100 breast stroke).