When Kentlake senior Laura Williams hit the wall Saturday in the 200-yard individual medley she was certain of one thing.

“I left it all in the pool,” she said.

When she looked up and saw her 4A state champion time of 2 minutes, 5.72 seconds, nearly 4 seconds faster than her preliminary time, she said, “I was stunned.”

It was a personal best time for Williams, and she closed out her high-school swimming career standing on the top step.

This was her fourth trip to the state swim meet, and her best. She took home the gold in the 200 IM and a bronze in the 100 breaststroke with time of 1:05.02.

“The finals felt good,” Williams said. “My family and so many supporters came.”

She didn’t know she was winning the 200 IM during the race, but she knew she was swimming well.

“Every stroke felt faster,” Williams said.

Williams said her dad, Brad, and coach, talked to her before the race telling her she had to go out strong and stay with the leaders.

Williams did more than stay with the leaders. She took the lead and never looked back. She shaved a full second off her butterfly and 2 seconds off the backstroke.

Williams said at the beginning of the race she could see Nicole Limberg, who finished second, was ahead.

“That pushed me,” Williams said. “And later I didn’t know exactly where she was.”

Limberg was nearly a second behind when Williams reached the wall for the last time.

Williams said she hoped she could win at state, but wasn’t sure.

She had trained on all her strokes, especially her freestyle.

“I knew I needed to work and I did a lot in practice,” she said.

Her practice paid off in gold and bronze.

Williams said next year she will be swimming for Boise State.