Over the weekend, our very own Laker Swim Team competed in the state tournament, and compete they did. The girls took second overall and the boys took fourth, adding to the impressive resume of our swim program. Beyond that, numerous school records were set on both the boys and girls teams. 

Lake Oswego took 14 swimmers (5 girls, 9 guys) to OSAA states

Girls Team: Delaney Carroll, Dylan Gustaff, Addison Smith, AnneMarie Vlaic, Isabella Yoon

Boys Team: Jonathan Bell, Alex Epifanov, Minsong Kim, Tylor Kim, Sullivan Kirtz, Hudson Schneider, William Thisthlethwaite, Derek Wu, and Jiyu Yang

Girls: 

Second Overall: Scoring 79 total points

Dylan Gustaff – 200 IM – All-American Consideration, LOHS School Record 

First place – 200 IM: 2:02.05

Second Place – 100 Free: 51.90

AnneMarie Vlaic – 100 Fly – All-American Consideration, LOHS School Record 

First place – 100 Fly: 54.80

Second Place – 500 Free: 5:02.76

Isabelle Yoon – 100 Back – LOHS School Record 

Second place – 100 Back: 56.81

Seventh Place – 200 Free: 1:56.30

400 Free Relay – Dylan Gustaff, Isabelle Yoon, Addison Smith, AnneMarie Vlaic

First place – 3:34.68

200 Medley Relay – Dylan Gustaff, Isabelle Yoon, Addison Smith, AnneMarie Vlaic

Fourth Place – 1:49.80

Boys: 

Fourth Overall: Scoring 44 total points

Tylor Kim 

50 Free – All-American, LOHS School Record 

First place – 20.41

100 Free – All-American, LOHS School Record 

First place – 44.66

200 Medley Relay – Jonathan Bell, Minsong Kim, Hudson Schneider, Tylor Kim 

Third place – 1:37.62

After an amazing season, the LOHS swimmers continued to crush it at state. The girls team scored 79 total points and the boys scored 44. Individually the swimmers themselves also performed excellent: Dylan Gustaff – 200 IM – All-American Consideration, LOHS School Record, AnneMarie Vlaic – 100 Fly – All-American Consideration, LOHS School Record, Isabelle Yoon – 100 Back – LOHS School Record, Tylor Kim – 50 Free – All-American, LOHS School Record 100 Free – All-American, LOHS School Record. 

Varsity Senior Dylan Gustaff explained, “It’s really fun to see people that I race normally in a different environment.” 

Since all of the record breakers swim outside of school, they have to compete against different schools. Varsity Senior Tylor Kim shares how it really brought them closer, especially a senior, “It was amazing to just race all my high school friends and be able to have a couple last talks with them before we go our separate paths.”

Overall, the 2023 season and the state experience as a whole is a lastiing memory for not only the senior swimmers but for the team.