BAR HARBOR – This Bangor High swimming team’s senior class is one meet away from perfection, although Monday night’s Penobscot Valley Conference championship meet at the Mount Desert Island YMCA provided the “elder” Rams with another high point in their stellar interscholastic careers.

Bangor racked up 433 points to win its fourth straight PVC title. The seniors on the Bangor squad have yet to lose a dual, conference or state championship meet.

“It’s been an unbelievable four years,” said Bangor senior Jim Soucie, who, along with twin brother Dan Soucie, had a pretty unbelievable meet himself. “We’ve had strong teams all four years. Hopefully we can finish it all up [Saturday].”

Old Town finished in second place with 214 points and MDI was third (168). Ten teams participated in the meet.

The Rams won nine events, broke three pool records, and got themselves ready for the Class A state championship meet Saturday in Cape Elizabeth. Bangor will get plenty of competition at states from Cheverus of Portland, but with both a talented front line group and a large, deep squad, Bangor had no trouble earning the conference crown.

The Rams kicked off the meet with a pool record in the 200-yard medley relay set by a team of Dan Soucie, Tae Chung, Eric Palmer and Jim Soucie. The Rams went on to win eight more events, including a thrilling 400 free relay in which anchor Martin Fitch came from behind in the final 25 yards to pull out the win over Old Town.

Jim Soucie set a pool record in the 100 butterfly, helped Bangor smash a pool record in the 200 free relay, and won the 100 backstroke.

“I had two best times in both my individual events, dropped a second in the fly, I did well in the 100 back, and I had a lot of fun doing it,” he said.

Dan Soucie torched the field in the 200 free, swam on the 200 free relay team and finished second to teammate Tae Chung in the 100 breaststroke. The Rams went 1-2-3-5 in the breaststroke.

Bangor’s Eric Palmer added a victory in the 100 free.

With the Rams so far ahead in many of the events, the better races were for the runner-up spot. Brewer’s Mike Sighinolfi touched out MDI’s Justin Garver by about half a second in an exciting 200 free relay. In the 200 Individual Medley, Paul Perkins of Old Town and Ellsworth’s Matt Jordan stayed with Bangor’s Fitch through the backstroke and fly legs before Fitch finally pulled away.

Ben Muir of MDI, seeded third by about five-tenths of a second in the 200 free, battled Old Town’s Kyle Noonan and picked up second place at the wall by another slim margin.

John Bapst of Bangor’s Andrew Magiera earned wins in the 50 free (22.81) and a pool record in the 500 free (4:51.05).

Old Town didn’t register any wins but like Bangor the Indians have enough depth to do well at PVCs year after year. Kyle Noonan boosted Old Town with thirds in the 200 free and 500 free. Paul Perkins took third place in the 200 IM

Ellsworth freshman Matt Jordan notched second-place finishes in the 200 IM and the 100 back for the fledgling Eagles.

Chris Rodway picked up a win for Brewer in the 1-meter diving with 301.65 points, setting a pool record and a career-high score for 11 dives in the process. Rodway was six points ahead of Bangor’s Justin Alley, who ended up second, and needed a solid effort in his final dive, a forward 11/2 somersault in the tuck position. The judges gave him a 61/2, two 6s, and two 51/2s.

“It’s a fairly easy dive and I don’t usually do it. I popped out early and I got enough [to win],” said Rodway, who pinned his blue ribbon on his father, Brewer diving coach Chuck Rodway. “Going into the last three dives [Alley] had a lot of difficulty. I was doing [easier] dives, but they were some of the few I had perfected.”

The Witches were also pleased with Jason Littlefield’s third-place finish in the diving. He was 11.7 points behind Alley.