LYNNWOOD — The margin of victory was close enough to cause some jitters on the sidelines, but Edmonds-Woodway continued its dominance at last weekend’s Edmonds District girls swimming championships.

Led by senior standout Sarah Spillman, the Warriors won their 12th straight title at the four-team meet Oct. 25 at Lynnwood Pool.

Edmonds-Woodway captured five of the eight individual events and two of the three relays, finishing with 412 points. Meadowdale won three individual events and captured the other relay to score 368. Mountlake Terrace was third with 193 and Lynnwood was fourth with 92.

In what was a preview of the district meet earlier in the week, the Warriors edged the Mavericks 93-77 in a Western Conference 4A South Division dual meet.

“They gave us a run for our money,” said Edmonds-Woodway coach Tracy Rudhe. “We were tied with them at our meet last week until the very last events … so we were really nervous for this meet. They were ahead of us a little bit during this meet, so it was kind of nerve-wracking.

“We had some really good swims today. Some people swam their very best times ever at this meet. I think it helped us.”

Spillman wasn’t one of those individuals, though she easily won the 200- and 500-yard freestyles and swam on the Warriors’ winning 200 medley relay (Joey Weber, Sarah Spillman, Mary Beth Spillman and Susan Quick) and 400 freestyle relay (Tori Dillan-Viera, Sarah Spillman, Susan Quick and Mary Beth Spillman) teams.

For the past month, Spillman hasn’t been feeling well. So even though her times in both events (1:59.20 in the 200 freestyle and 5:19.05 in the 500 freestyle) were better than the Class 4A state qualification standards, they weren’t personal bests, which was a little disappointing to Spillman.

“I’ve been really sick lately for about a month and my expectations were so high,” she said. “This meet wasn’t it … the times kind of got me down because I felt good considering I’m awfully sick. I was hoping that the times would be faster.”

Spillman’s times nevertheless are headed in the right direction, according to Rudhe.

“She felt she swam better than she swam in a long time but physically didn’t get her best (times),” Rudhe said. “But she’s back in the saddle.”

Spillman still has time to get healthy for the state meet, which is set for Nov. 14-15 at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

“I’m still totally pumped up for state and I think I can get my best times there,” Spillman said.

Meadowdale freshman Lisa Keane was the only other swimmer to win two individual events. Keane finished first in the 200 individual medley (2:20.44) and the 100 butterfly (1:03.49). She already has qualified for state in the latter.

Keane’s time in the 200 individual medley surprised her.

“I was just amazed I dropped a second from my best time,” she said.

Meadowdale coach Megan Ackerman is excited about Keane’s postseason prospects.

“She’s ready to go,” Ackerman said. “I know she’s working really hard and she’s going after it. She’s looking great.”

Keane also anchored Meadowdale’s victorious 200 freestyle relay team (Kathryn Mataya, Helena Huang, Ashley DuQuette and Lisa Keane), whose effort was one of the highlights for the Mavericks.

“It was an amazing race,” Ackerman said. “We were behind, then we caught up. We were ahead. We passed. It was great.”

The 200 freestyle relay team represents the Mavericks’ best hope at moving on to state, Ackerman added.

Meadowdale senior Katie Atkinson won the 100 backstroke (1:04.51) and was just .51 seconds off the Class 3A state qualification standard. Atkinson placed 11th at state in the event last year.

Other individual winners included Edmonds-Woodway’s Susan Quick in the 50 freestyle (26.50), Mary Beth Spillman in the 100 freestyle (57.83) and Robin Lauber in the 100 breaststroke (1:17.43).

Mary Beth Spillman advanced to state consolation finals in both the 50 and 100 freestyles last season and is within striking distance of the state qualification standards in both events.

The 200 medley relay team is Warriors’ top prospect for state. The team is just about a second off the state time standard.

Mountlake Terrace saw plenty of significant time drops. Monica Blanchard improved her times in both the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke by more than four seconds and teammate Rebecca Lance knocked 19 seconds off her best time in the 500 freestyle.

The rest of the Hawks dropped two to three seconds from their best times, said coach Dory Pearce.

“I was just surprised by how well they did today considering the fact that they weren’t really rested very much,” she said. “I think it was just the excitement of being around all the other teams … that really spurned them on.”

Lynnwood also had some personal bests. Kristen Mitre bettered her time in the 100 butterfly, as did Britteny Ulke in the 500 freestyle. Teammate Amanda Chomos had a strong effort in the 100 breaststroke with a third-place finish.