Redmond High sophomore Eric Klassen added his name to his family’s storied tradition of diving success with a fourth-place finish at the 4A state dive meet last Saturday in Federal Way.

Klassen was in third place after the preliminary round on Friday with 269.75 points, and despite one failed dive during Saturday’s finals, the 10th grader was able to hold on to fourth with a total of 335.45 points.

South Kitsap senior Jesse Labeda-Sutton, diving with a broken wrist he sustained earlier in the week, won the competition over Skyline’s Max Levy, 391.55 points to 388.50.

Klassen has two older brothers, Phillip and Max, who had done their share of damage in the dive competition over the years. Phillip, who is out resting a back injury, placed third last year as a sophomore, with Max winning it all back in 2009 for the Mustangs in his senior year after previously placing third and second.

In the pool, one Mustang made it in to Saturday’s finals.

Nicholas Kodati (below), swimming the 100-yard butterfly, placed 10th overall with a finals time of 54.04 seconds.

In addition, Zach Alleva, a Redmond senior who swims for Eastlake, had a fine state meet, placing fourth in the 100 freestyle in 48.32, and posting an All-American consideration time of 58.06 in the breaststroke for second place behind Kamiak’s Liam Sosinsky (57.45).

Alleva also swam a leg of the Wolves’ 400 free relay, which placed second by .04 of a second behind Kamiak, (3:14.51-3:14.47) and the 200 medley relay, which placed third.

Photo by Sini Fernandez