4A Kingco’s top swimming talent met at the conference swim and dive championships last weekend at Mary Wayte Pool on Mercer Island, and Inglemoor High senior Kyle Komlodi made a statement toward being a serious threat at state this year with two convincing victories.

The Viking team of Sam Billett, Casey Collela, Komlodi and Brian Novack led off the league meet with a sixth-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of one minute, 49.02 seconds before Komlodi dominated with a nearly four-second victory in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:46.36.

In the 50-yard freestyle sprint, fellow Viking senior Craig Olynyk (22.46) finished a close second to Newport’s Sebastian Bury, who won the meet in 22.19, and then it was Komlodi bagging another league medal in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 54.43.

The Vikings continued their strong showing with Olynyk placing second in the 100-yard freestyle in 49.32, again finishing second to Bury (49.06); and in the grueling 500-yard freestyle, distance specialist Sam Billett placed fifth in 5:02.72.

Finally, the Viking team of Olynyk, freshman Eric Olsson, senior Brian Novack and junior Michael Postetter placed fifth in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:35.67.

Overall, the Vikings finished seventh out of the 18 teams in attendance, with 315 team points. Mercer Island dominating the meet with 878 team points, with the Islanders finishing either first or second in six of the 12 events.

GYMNASTICS

At the 4A Kingco championships for girls gymnastics held Saturday at Mount Si High, Inglemoor finished a close second to Woodinville with a cumulative total of 165.925 points to the Falcons’ 176.3, which earned them their fourth-straight 4A league gymnastics title.

Bothell finished in fifth with 162.5 points.

Highlight for Inglemoor was junior Shawna Kelly finishing third in the floor event with a score of 9.325.

WRESTLING

Cougar lightweight standout Chris Ungerecht (103 pounds) provided a highlight for Bothell at the 4A Kingco wrestling championships at Juanita High on Saturday night, pinning Issaquah’s Max Tickman in three minutes, 20 seconds.

Also, Bothell’s Salvador Sahagun, wrestling at 215, worked his way through the losers’ bracket and placed third and will advance to regionals.

The perennially strong Inglemoor team put together another strong showing, finishing third in the league with 172 team points, behind Woodinville (193) and Lake Washington (191).

Highlights for the Vikings included Rob Zsigmondovics, who advanced to the championship wrestling at 130 before falling to Winston Chen of Newport, 8-2, with Jake Lowe (171) and Travis Bogard (285) also advancing to districts next week but forfeiting their championship matches at Kingco due to injury deferrals.

BOYS BASKETBALL

The Cougar boys basketball team got off to a hot start, scoring 20 in the first quarter, and never looked back on Friday night at Lake Washington in a 69-51 Bothell victory.

Senior standout and O’Dea transfer Dominic Ballard tied a season-high with 26 points for the Cougars, with 6-foot-6 senior and recent University of Washington signee Michael Hartvigson adding 13 and Oliver Hurtin 11.

With the win, the Cougars improved to .500 at 7-7 in league play and 9-9 overall.

• During Inglemoor’s Friday night matchup against Roosevelt at home, which ended in a 54-40 Vikings win, it took a while for the home squad to get going as the score was knotted at 16-16 at the half.

But the Vikings showed that once things start clicking, they can score with the best of them with a 22-point effort in the fourth quarter that put the game away, led by guard Eric Bryant and 6-8 center Paul Jorg.

Bryant scored a team-high 12, followed by Jorg with 11 and point guard Andy Nwaelele with 10. Six Vikings scored at least six points in the game as the team improved to 9-5 in league play and 12-6 overall.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Playing at home against the Roughriders on Friday night, the Vikings were buried early as they managed just nine first-half points in a 55-34 loss.

Roosevelt standout Catherine Killian led all scorers with 20, with Inglemoor’s Taylor Peacocke putting in a game-high 15.

The loss dropped the Vikings to 5-9 in 4A Kingco play and 7-12 overall.

• The struggling Cougars fell short against the Lake Washington Kangaroos on Friday night in a 53-29 loss as the Cougars dropped to 0-14 in league play.

Nyah Campbell and Sam Dodson led the team with seven points each, followed by Haley Dusenberry with five.