MUKILTEO — Though he didn't rest, Liam Sosinsky accomplished what he wanted at the Northwest 4A District swim meet on Saturday.

Swimming at his home pool, the Kamiak junior stood atop the awards podium three times — easily winning the 200-yard individual medley and 100 breaststroke, and swimming a leg on the championship 200 medley relay.

The host Knights mirrored Sosinsky's success. The defending Class 4A state champs more than doubled the total points scored by runner-up Lake Stevens to take their fifth consecutive district title, 707-319.

"The reality is, all the best have the same problem," Kamiak coach Chris Erickson said. "The kids have to be mentally tough enough, focused enough, to race the clock."

Sosinsky, for one, gets it.

"I consider my competition (to be) myself," Sosinsky said. "It's just as important to swim against my previous times."

Good thing.

Sosinsky won the 200 IM by almost 15 yards. His time of 1 minute, 58.66 seconds broke the previous school record of 1:58.90. He later swam the 100 breast in 58.75, more than 4.5 seconds faster than any other competitor.

"I feel good about it," Sosinsky said of his IM swim. "I was .09 off (the previous record), and beat that by quite a bit. I've beaten it before (in club), so I knew I could do it. I just hadn't done it in high school."

The junior enters the state meet — Friday and Saturday at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way — swimming faster than he did when he placed sixth in the event a year ago (1:59.55).

He is one of the favorites to win the breaststroke title after a second-place state finish in 2011. Still, Sosinsky has no intention of tapering or shaving for state.

"I may rest one day," said Sosinsky, who is preparing for the U.S. Senior Sectionals at the end of March. He said he wants to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials this year in the 100 and 200 breast. He is 1.8 seconds off Trials qualifying times in each event.

Sosinsky has no illusions about swimming in London late this summer.

"I'm not going to say it might not be possible in the future," he said. "But for this Olympics, I am not ready to keep up with the big dogs yet."

Within the state, however, Sosinsky and the Knights keep up just fine. Kamiak, which will try to win its third state team title in four years, will have 11 total swims at state, including all three relays, plus diver Sean Mulvihill.

The Knights came within .04 of another qualifier in the 50 free when senior Trent Roberts touched the wall in 22.89 seconds (the qualifying time is 22.85). Roberts still could get to state on a wild card, if the field doesn't fill with qualifying times from district meets.

Cascade junior A.J. Jenkins is the only other swimmer who will enter the state meet as a double winner from the Northwest District. Jenkins out-touched Kamiak's John Stupey to win the 100 butterfly in 53.20. Stupey was second at 53.39.

Notes

• Mariner's Jennifer Angelos was named coach of the year.

• Despite Sosinsky's school record, not a single meet record was broken Saturday.