Meadowdale’s Lisa Keane is setting her sights high this season.

The swimmer spent the summer busily laying the groundwork for a successful sophomore season.

At last year’s Class 3A state swimming championships, Keane advanced to the consolation finals in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 butterfly. She was 12th in the 200 IM and 13th in the butterfly.

Keane wants to move up in both events this season.

“I’m really excited for this year,” Keane said. “I’m kind of focusing on making top eight at state in the 100 butterfly and the 200 IM. I’m looking forward to having fun.”

This summer Keane kept busy with her club team, the South Snohomish County Dolphins. Between practices and meets, which included last month’s Western Zone competition, Keane was in the water almost every week.

“I basically had a week off (this summer),” Keane said.

Keane had been battling some shoulder problems but indicated she is feeling fine as the high school season kicks off.

“She’s very determined to work hard this season,” Meadowdale coach Megan Ackerman said.

This year Meadowdale is moving up from 3A to 4A, but the change shouldn’t really affect Keane. She already is close to the 4A qualification standards in her events.

“I’ve dropped time in both events,” Keane said. “I’m right under the qualification time standards. I’ve seen the competition. I should be right in there. (Class) 4A is not too different than 3A. It’s a bit faster.

“But that’s good. It’ll push me a little bit more.”

Keane also is excited by how the Meadowdale squad is shaping up. Several newcomers should help bolster the Mavericks lineup.

“We have a really solid team,” said Keane. “It’s going to be a really good year for our team.”

The talent level should translate into some solid relays, Keane added.

“We do have some really talented swimmers,” Keane said. “I think if we put the right people together we can definitely get some good relays together.

“I feel we’re going to have some strong relays,” Ackerman added.

Here is a quick look at the other three Edmonds District teams:

Edmonds-Woodway

The numbers favor Edmonds-Woodway.

The defending Edmonds District champions have 42 swimmers out, well ahead of their three counterparts.

The breakdown of classes is fairly even with seven seniors and about an equal number of juniors, sophomores and freshmen, according to first-year coach Kate Trettevik.

“We had a lot of new freshman and new sophomores,” said Trettevik, who has seven years of club coaching experience, including two as head coach of the Shoreline Gators.

The Warriors’ top returner is Mary Beth Spillman, an alternate to state meet last year. In addition to the freestyles, Spillman will compete in the 200 individual medley and the 100 breaststroke.

“Her times are already close to state times,” Trettevik said.

Other top returners include Niki Kahle (50 freestyle, 200 individual medley), Clara Smart (200 individual medley, 100 backstroke), Anne Riordan (100 breaststroke) and Amy Goodloe (100 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 individual medley).

Lynnwood

The Royals are making slow but steady progress under second-year coach Cari Wieben.

Lynnwood’s numbers (17) are about the same as last year but the experience within that group is higher.

“It’s a more solid group,” Wieben said. “They’re definitely more committed … we have a lot of returning kids. Everybody returned that didn’t graduate last year.”

Junior captain Kristen Mitre is one of the Royals’ top prospects for districts. Freshman Brittney Wynne is a year-round swimmer who is strong in just about every event, according to Wieben. Junior Gina Park is another newcomer that has a lot of potential.

“We’re hoping to be a little more competitive as far as scores go. We’d like closer scores,” Wieben said. “We also want to push toward individual improvements.”

Mountlake Terrace

The Hawks are a young team that is focused more on improvement than anything else.

Second-year coach Dory Pearce only has four seniors back and is dealing with an influx of newcomers.

“We’ve got a lot of brand new girls,” she said. “My main focus is to see improvement in all the girls individually.”

Twenty-two swimmers turned out for the team, though those numbers might continue to grow.

Two key returners for the Hawks are juniors Megan Zalud and Rebecca Lance. Zalud is a freestyler with all-around abilities.

“She’s pretty versatile. You can put her into anything,” Pearce said. “Her IM looks like it’ll be strong.”

Lance is a distance specialist, who also does the backstroke.

Another solid prospect is junior Tiffany Steele, who swims the butterfly and the breaststroke.