The 'Iolani boys swimming team was short on numbers for yesterday's finals of the Local Motion Swimming and Diving State Championships, but certainly not on talent.

The Raiders' "Elite Eight" brought home 'Iolani's first boys team title since 2005, dethroning two-time defending state champion Punahou at Central O'ahu Regional Park.

'Iolani, led by freshman Kacy Johnson, finished with 62 points, Punahou was second with 43 and Hawai'i Prep third with 30.

The top five finishers in each individual event scored points on a 6-4-3-2-1 basis. The points for relays were 12-8-6-4-2. There were nine individual events and three relays.

Johnson won the 200-yard individual medley in 1:53.95 and the 500 freestyle in 4:38.23.

He also was part of the meet-record setting 200 medley relay team (1:35.97) and winning 400 freestyle relay team (3:15.45).

"If we didn't have all the performances we had today, I don't know where we'd be at," Johnson said. "We needed to win everything to get that first."

On the girls side, Punahou's Christel Simms finished her high school career in style by winning all four of her events, including setting a meet record in the 100-yard backstroke for the second day in a row, as the Buffanblu cruised to the team title.

The Buffanblu girls won their fourth straight title yesterday with 75 points. 'Iolani was second with 21 and Baldwin third with 18.

Simms, who will swim for USC next year, finished the 100 backstroke in 55.73, breaking her record of 56.34 set in trials Friday.

"That was amazing," said Simms, who represented the Philippines at the Beijing Olympics. "I really worked hard this season for my backstroke. For all my four years I wanted to swim the 100 back and finally my senior year I got to do it."

She also won the 100 butterfly in 56.92, and was a member of the winning 200 medley relay (1:52.55) and 400 freestyle relay (3:34.94) teams.

"Nobody deserves it more than her," said Punahou coach Jeff Meister. "Great leader, hard worker, wonderful kid. An inspiration to everybody."

Simms also holds four other state meet records, all set in 2007. Two are in individual events (100 freestyle, 50.15; 200 freestyle, 1:49.25) and two in relays (200 medley, 1:44.03; 200 freestyle, 1:35.43).

Buffanblu junior Rachel Fujita also won all four of her events yesterday.

She won the 50 freestyle in 24.27 and 100 freestyle in 52.65, and was a member of the winning 200 freestyle relay (1:52.55) and 400 freestyle relay teams.

"We have a lot of seniors, we have a lot of juniors, we have good freshmen and sophomores," Fujita said. "Our seniors are really good leaders."

The 'Iolani boys also got victories by senior Geramiah Simoes in the 100 butterfly (52.10) and the 200 freestyle relay team (1:28.58).

Senior Rayfe Asaoka-Gaspar was part of three winning relay teams for 'Iolani, and Simoes, freshman Ian White and junior Kevin Jones were part of two.

The Raiders swept the three relays for 36 points. Runner-up Punahou scored just eight points on relays after its 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams were disqualified Friday in the trials.

"We knew what we had to do," said 'Iolani coach Brian Lee, who led the Raiders boys to previous state titles in 1996 and 2002-'05. "We didn't have very many guys so everything had to fall into place for us."

Added Punahou's Meister: "It happens. Sure we're disappointed about that (the DQs), but those kind of things happen. We talked to our kids about handling the good with the bad and they did a great job with it."

Other swimmers who won two individual events yesterday were Pearl City freshman Daren Choi (100 freestyle, 47.46; 100 backstroke, 51.84), Seabury Hall senior Elizabeth Matthews (200 individual medley, 2:09.46; 100 breaststroke, 1:07.34) and Baldwin senior Jennifer Cahill (200 freestyle, 1:54.81; 500 freestyle, 5:08.02).

"I worked really hard for this and this is what I got out of it, and I'm really proud of myself," Choi said.

Matthews, who gave a verbal commitment to Brown University, retained her titles. Her time in the 100 breaststroke was a personal best.

"It's my senior year and I really wanted to finish it off well," Matthews said. "Last year, I also won two state titles and I wanted to defend them, and I did and I'm ecstatic."

Reach Kyle Sakamoto at ksakamoto@honoluluadvertis er.com or 525-8041.

RESULTS

2009 HHSAA LOCAL MOTION SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Central O'ahu Regional Park.

(all race distances in yards. *—record).

BOYS

1, 'Iolani 62. 2, Punahou 43. 3, Hawai'i Prep 30. 4, Kamehameha 23. 5, Kaiser 20. 6, Kalani 13. 7t, Seabury Hall 12. 7t, Pearl City 12. 9, Kealakehe 9. 10, Kapolei 8. 11t, Waiakea 3. 11t, Leilehua 3. 13t, Baldwin 1. 13t, Island Pacific Academy 1.

1 meter diving: 1, Spencer Madanay (Punahou) 438.70. 2, Kainoa Lopes (Kaiser) 431.15. 3, Austin Howlet (Seabury Hall) 412.40. 4, Beau Brians (Kaiser) 351.65. 5, Ryan Brem (Baldwin) 295.85.

200 medley relay: 1, 'Iolani (Ian White, Kacy Johnson, Geramiah Simoes, Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka) 1:35.97*. (old record, 1:35.98, 'Iolani, 2002). 2, Punahou 1:36.99. 3, Hawai'i Prep 1:41.23. 4, Kaiser 1:43.43. 5, Kalani 1:43.49.

200 freestyle: 1, Thomas Yi (Kalani) 1:44.18. 2, Jayson Hagi (Kapolei) 1:46.95. 3, Sean McCaulley (Leilehua) 1:47.00. 4, Robert Kiessling (Punahou) 1:47.06. 5, Thomas Fee (Punahou) 1:47.19.

200 individual medley: 1, Kacy Johnson ('Iolani) 1:53.95. 2, Kila Pickering (Kamehameha) 1:55.89. 3, Zach Johnson (Seabury Hall) 2:00.07. 4, Ryan Saunders (Punahou) 2:02.01. 5, Marc Okimura (Punahou) 2:02.31.

50 freestyle: 1, Ruddy Kiessling (Punahou) 21.77. 2, Noah Murray (Hawai'i Prep) 22.03. 3, Kyle Reese-Sanchez (Kaiser) 22.19. 4, Cody Morse (Hawai'i Prep) 22.23. 5, Rayfe Asaoka-Gaspar ('Iolani) 22.30.

100 butterfly: 1, Geramiah Simoes ('Iolani) 50.24. 2, Nicholas Garrett (Kealakehe) 51.74. 3, Kyle Reese-Sanchez (Kaiser) 52.01. 4, Nick Penny (Hawai'i Prep) 52.17. 5, Avery Chern (Punahou) 53.35.

100 freestyle: 1, Daren Choi (Pearl City) 47.46. 2, Ruddy Kiessling (Punahou) 47.94. 3, Thomas Yi (Kalani) 47.95. 4, Robert Kiessling (Punahou) 49.10. 5, Taylor Fife (Island Pacific) 49.39.

500 freestyle: 1, Kacy Johnson ('Iolani) 4:38.23. 2, Jayson Hagi (Kapolei) 4:43.35. 3, Kevin Moy (Punahou) 4:47.66. 4, Kevin Jones ('Iolani) 4:53.72. 5, Aaron Schmaltz (Punahou) 4:55.07.

200 freestyle relay: 1, 'Iolani (Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka, Geramiah Simoes, Ian White, Kevin Jones) 1:28.58. 2, Hawai'i Prep 1:28.67. 3, Kamehameha 1:30.11. 4, Seabury Hall 1:31.33. 5, Kalani 1:34.19.

100 backstroke: 1, Daren Choi (Pearl City) 51.84. 2, Geramiah Simoes ('Iolani) 52.23. 3, Nicholas Garrett (Kealakehe) 54.98. 4, Avery Chern (Punahou) 55.25. 5, Ian White ('Iolani) 55.33.

100 breaststroke: 1, Kila Pickering (Kamehameha) 57.87. 2, Marc Okimura (Punahou) 59.20. 3, Peter Chi (Waiakea) 1:00.39. 4, Zach Johnson (Seabury Hall) 1:01.25. 5, Evan Uy (Kamehameha) 1:01.34.

400 freestyle relay: 1, 'Iolani (Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka, Kevin Jones, Chase Weber, Kacy Johnson) 3:15.45. 2, Hawai'i Prep 3:18.45. 3, Kamehameha 3:21.19. 4, Kaiser 3:24.41. 5, Kealakehe 3:27.36.Girls

1, Punahou 75. 2, 'Iolani 21. 3, Baldwin 18. 4, Kapolei 17. 5t, Lahainaluna 16. 5t, Kealakehe 16. 7, Seabury Hall 14. 8, Mililani 13. 9, Kamehameha 12. 10, Pearl City 9. 11, Kamehameha-Maui 6. 12t, Hawai'i Baptist 5. 12t, Waiakea 5. 14, Hawai'i Prep 4. 15t, Maui 3. 15t, La Pietra 3. 17, St. Andrew's Priory 2. 18, Island Pacific Academy 1.

1 meter diving: 1, Chelaine Eliazar (Punahou) 392.55. 2, Kathryn Chinn (Punahou) 370.50. 3, Sheyenn Machida (Maui) 368.35. 4, Maria Zarka (St. Andrew's) 363.75. 5, Ashley Maginot (Island Pacific) 331.65.

200 medley relay: 1, Punahou (Christel Simms, Brandi Halemano, Brailey Hirose-Hulbert, Naomi Ng) 1:52.55. 2, Lahainaluna 1:53.18. 3, Kapolei 1:53.79. 4, Kealakehe 1:55.38. 5, Mililani 1:56.71.

200 freestyle: 1, Jennifer Cahill (Baldwin) 1:54.81. 2, Kendra Rask (Punahou) 1:58.76. 3, Kira Sasaki ('Iolani) 2:00.97. 4, Rachel Shimizu (Waiakea) 2:01.19. 5, Michelle Dudley (Pearl City) 2:01.26.

200 individual medley: 1, Elizabeth Matthews (Seabury Hall) 2:09.46. 2, Alyssa Foo (Kealakehe) 2:13.31. 3, Jade Morton (Kealakehe) 2:13.72. 4, Kiana White (Mililani) 2:13.77. 5, Charlea Goodness (Kamehameha) 2:18.22.

50 freestyle: 1, Rachel Fujita (Punahou) 24.27. 2, Shanelle Choi (Pearl City) 24.40. 3, Madeline Jamora (Kapolei) 24.45. 4, Noe Vargas (Hawai'i Prep) 25.17. 5, Nanea Fujiyama (Kamehameha) 25.27.

100 butterfly: 1, Christel Simms (Punahou) 56.92. 2, Shanelle Choi (Pearl City) 59.46. 3, Josette Gose (Mililani) 1:00.60. 4, Catherine Nakamura (Hawai'i Baptist) 1:00.64. 5, Remy Hirai (Kamehameha) 1:02.30.

100 freestyle: 1, Rachel Fujita (Punahou) 52.65. 2, Tori Crozier (Kamehameha-Maui) 53.09. 3, Sammy Moody (La Pietra) 54.08. 4, Stephanie Chun ('Iolani) 55.72. 5, Alexandra Jamora (Kapolei) 55.99.

500 freestyle: 1, Jennifer Cahill (Baldwin) 5:08.02. 2, Kimberlee Cadell (Kamehameha) 5:14.04. 3, Rachel Shimizu (Waiakea) 5:18.61. 4, Angelina Demirbag (Seabury Hall) 5:18.70. 5, Alyssa Foo (Kealakehe) 5:22.34.

200 freestyle relay: 1, Punahou (Rachel Fujita, Naomi Ng, Zoe Namba, Kendra Rask) 1:40.70. 2, 'Iolani 1:42.15. 3, Kapolei 1:43.43. 4, Lahainaluna 1:43.71. 5, Kamehameha 1:44.29.

100 backstroke: 1, Christel Simms (Punahou) 55.73*. (old record, 56.34, Christel Simms, Punahou, 2009). 2, Kamaehu Alboro (Lahainaluna) 59.85. 3, Catherine Nakamura (Hawai'i Baptist) 1:00.45. 4, Noe Vargas (Hawai'i Prep) 1:01.30. 5, Madeline Jamora (Kapolei) 1:01.80.

100 breaststroke: 1, Elizabeth Matthews (Seabury Hall) 1:07.34. 2, Kiana White (Mililani) 1:08.51. 3, Kimberlee Cadell (Kamehameha) 1:08.93. 4, Tori Crozier (Kamehameha-Maui) 1:10.13. 5, Brandi Halemano (Punahou) 1:10.52.

400 freestyle relay: 1, Punahou (Christel Simms, Rachel Fujita, Kendra Rask, Elise Baker) 3:34.94. 2, 'Iolani 3:42.56. 3, Baldwin 3:45.28. 4, Kealakehe 3:46.80. 5, Mililani 3:48.00.