BEAVERTON — A year ago, the Bend High girls broke the record for most points scored at the state swimming meet. Surely it would take years to reach that same mark, right?

Wrong.

The Lava Bears scored 121 team points by winning all three relays and four individual events to claim the program’s fifth state title and third in a row Saturday at the Class 5A state championships at the Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center, eclipsing last year’s 119 points.

“We had so many kids in each individual event,” said Bend coach Alexandra Winslow. “But I was not expecting (to set the record again.) We have a really young and strong team. We have a lot of freshmen and sophomores. It is going to be really exciting the next couple of years.”

The Lava Bears are now one of 12 teams in state history to win at least three consecutive state titles and one of only seven teams in state history to win at least five state titles.

Redmond had its highest team placing in program history at the state meet with its second-place finish. The Panthers had two relays take second place. The team of junior Lean Bernard, senior Molly Konop, senior Kylie Haywood and Messner finished second in the 200 medley relay (1:52.53). Konop, Bernard, Messner and senior Ashlyn Carnes Dunn also took second in the 200 freestyle relay (1:42.56).

Messner placed second in both the 50 freestyle (24.43) and the 100 butterfly (55.18), while Konop finished second in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.29).

Just like last year, the Lava Bears won all three relays. And just like last year, junior Maddie Thornton was named swimmer of the meet and came away with four gold medals. Junior Emma Bronson once again broke the state record in the 100 butterfly and senior Hadley Hayes won the 100 breaststroke.

And even in the rare chance that a Lava Bear did not win an event, Bend had multiple swimmers landing on the podium. The Lava Bears finished 81 points ahead of Redmond, which had 40 points.

“The depth of our team just keeps growing,” Thornton said. “We have amazing freshmen coming in. Hopefully we can keep this going for a long time. Our team culture is so amazing and it is so fun to be able to do amazing things at a meet like this with your best friends. It is something special that we have.”

“This was a meet that we had to fight for,” Hayes said. “We all pulled our weight and crushed where we were supposed to and set that record again.”

The fireworks started in the opening event when the team of Thornton, Hayes, Bronson and freshman Rowan Long won the 200-yard individual medley relay in 1 minute, 44.60 seconds. Thornton, Bronson, Long and sophomore Alya Vodak were also part of the winning 200 freestyle relay (1:37.53), while Hayes, Vodak, sophomore Rebekah Williams and freshman Ella McConigal brought home the title in the 400 freestyle relay (3:42.22).

Thornton, who is committed to swim at the University of Georgia, repeated as the champion and received All-American consideration in the 200 individual medley (2:01.67) and won her third consecutive title in the 100 backstroke. Her time of 55.21 in the backstroke was also an All-American consideration time and just shy of fellow Lava Bear Elliyana Ferrin’s 5A record (54.91).

Bronson, who is committed to swim at Alabama, has the two fastest 5A times in the 100 butterfly. She set the record last year and broke it this year with a time of 54.95, which received All-American consideration. It was a close race with Redmond’s Willow Messner (55.18), who also received All-American consideration.

Of the 11 events, one of the four Bend-area high schools finished first in 10 of them, thanks to Summit junior Adeline Bennett.

Bennett won both the 50 and 100 freestyles. She won the 100 in 53.03 and the 50 in 24.43, just barely touching the wall before Redmond’s Messner (24.46).