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Roosevelt won the title with 273 points, 24 more than defending state champion Severna Park (249). South River (244), Urbana (242.5) and Broadneck (235) rounded out the top five. Laurel finished 15th with 22 points, followed by Bowie in 16th (21). High Point (7) was 20th and Charles H. Flowers (1) finished 25th. Betman capped the meet by swimming the lead leg of the 400 free relay (3:52.93) that claimed fifth place.

‘‘I was very happy that I won both of my events,” Betman said. ‘‘I was hoping that I would go a little faster, but I can improve on my times when I come back here next year. In the 200 free, I had beaten [Bel Air High junior Julie Loiland] by three seconds, but she was ahead me after 100 so I figured I better pick it up. I didn’t beat her by much [0.67 seconds]. Then in the 500, I didn’t go a best time, but I wasn’t being pushed.”

Roosevelt second-year coach Anne Koroknay had high praise for all of her swimmers after the team did one last version of the ‘‘Raider rock” on the deck of the Maryland pool.

‘‘It’s a big accomplishment,” ‘‘As a coach, that’s what you dream of. You work in guiding people to be their very best. For the most part, our girls really stepped up and did their best. I really didn’t think to check the score until halfway through the meet. I was preoccupied with doing so many other things.”

Among the boys’ swimmers, Bowie (155.5) had the county’s best showing while taking seventh. Roosevelt (70) finished 13th. Flowers (10), Laurel (6) and Largo (1.5) finished 20th, 21st and 24th, respectively. Bowie senior James Lilly became the first county boy to garner a state title when he captured the 100 breast (1:01.85) by one-tenth of a second over Great Mills junior Andrew Kelly. Lilly had earlier finished second in the 200 IM (2:04.75).

Morse finished second in the 100 fly (58.78 seconds) and third in the 200 IM (2:10.87) and then swam the lead leg of the 200 free relay (1:45.48) that finished second and anchored the 400 free relay (3:52.93) that placed fifth.

‘‘I was very happy with that time in the 200 IM,” said Morse, who won the state title in that event last year. ‘‘In the 400, I was happy with my split [55.66]. We won, so I wasn’t concerned with how we placed. We just wanted to win, so everyone was happy with it.”

Goldbeck finished second in the 50 free (25.91) and then faded to sixth as the defending champ in the 100 breast (1:13.96) after being second halfway through the event. Goldbeck, who plans to attend Pfeiffer College in North Carolina this fall, also swam the anchor leg of the 200 free relay that took second to Severna Park by five one-hundredths of a second. She swam the breast leg of the 200 medley relay (1:57.81) that finished second to Severna Park at the start of the meet.

In the 200 medley relay, Emma Varner, Goldbeck, Kendall Irish and Mercedes Maynard proved no match for Severna Park, which established a new state record of 1:54.17 for the event. In the 200 free relay, Morse, Megan Reilly, Jenny Lindvall and Goldbeck settled for second in the most contentious race on the card as Severna Park prevailed by one-twentieth of a second.

Then in the 400 free relay, with the team championship already secured, Betman, Julia Felts, Maynard and Morse combined to take fifth in a new seasonal-best clocking.

Varner finished fourth in the 100 back (1:04.88), Irish was fourth in the 100 fly (1:03.91) and placed 11th in the 200 IM (2:24.97). Lindvall was 10th in the 50 free (26.89), while Maynard was 12th in the 100 free (59.74).

Severna Park twins Emily and Sarah Lloyd each won two individual events and combined to set three state records. Sarah Lloyd defeated Morse in both the 200 IM and 100 fly and established state records in both events. Emily Lloyd beat Goldbeck by more than two seconds in the 50 free and took a new state mark.

E-mail Ted Black at tblack@gazette.net.