CAMBRIDGE – The boys took to the pool on Sunday ready to cap off their season in style at the MIAA Division 2 Swimming and Diving Championships at MIT.

As for Hampshire County participants, the area entered Sunday with five top-five seeds – meaning plenty of state title aspirations.

And although nobody left Cambridge with individual titles, there were plenty of strong performances to go around.

Belchertown finished fourth as a team with 127 points, trailing only Medfield (third, 141), Wayland (second, 214) and state champion Weston (first, 293).

“It’s more than I could ask for,” head coach Johanna Manduley said of the Orioles’ season accomplishments. “Going into states, we know we’re facing tough competition here. We went in with that mindset and we knew we had to work hard. I’m super proud of them, and a fourth-place finish? That’s great.”

With a third-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle (47.49) and a second-place mark in the 100-yard backstroke (52.78), senior Luke Giguere capped off his illustrious high school career with another standout performance in the pool.

He also helped Belchertown’s 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay teams to third and fourth place finishes, respectively.

Although he felt he didn’t swim his best, Giguere still put the season into perspective – and deeply cherishes the Orioles’ Central/West championship they earned last weekend.

“I’m really excited that my high school swimming came to end this way,” Giguere said of Belchertown’s season. “We were on top at Western Mass., I had a really good Western Mass. [meet] and the team did as well.”

JR Zlogar notched two top-10 finishes as well, grabbing ninth in the 200 IM with a personal-best time of 2:03.49, and eighth in the 100 butterfly (54.40).

He was locked in from the moment he stepped inside the building at MIT on Sunday.

“JR was really dialed in and focused,” Manduley said. “He came here with the intention to drop time and move up in places, and he worked really hard for it.”

The Orioles competed in all three relays (200 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle), with Ryan Gould, Giguere, Zlogar and Ryan Shea making up the team of four in both the medley (third, 1:39.80) and 400 freestyle (third, 3:21.99) while Derek Gould, Noah Les, Drake Dragon and Caleb Perron swam in the 200 freestyle relay (17th, 1:38.00).

Northampton finished 12th as a team with 82 points behind Jack Mattison-Gulotta’s pair of runner-up finishes in the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly. Mattison-Gulotta dropped over a second off his career best in the 200 freestyle, but Nicholas Cavic of Seekonk shaved 3.18 seconds off his seed time to stun the competition for first.

“All you can do is prepare and expect what you can do for yourself,” Mattison-Gulotta said. “I was ready to swim a good race today, and I did swim a good race. I dropped [over a second] off my career best, but he just was out fast and he held it. This season was awesome. I swam really well all season, and I swam well at the end of season meets. I’m happy with what I did, and timewise there’s not much more I could ask for.”

Tyler Palm was the only Hampshire County athlete to take to the diving board on Sunday afternoon – entering the day as the sixth seed in the one-meter dive.

Palm’s score of 392.40 points bumped him up to fifth, and the senior was thrilled to have the opportunity of diving in a state championship in just his second ever season.

“I was pretty excited about it. This is only my second year diving, so for me it’s more about just getting to dive and participating,” Palm said. “That’s the fun part, and getting fifth place is an added bonus. I love the sport and I just like to be here having the opportunity to compete.”

The Blue Devils earned 10th in the 200 medley relay (1:44.27) to start the day, as Mattison-Gulotta, Reed Mitchell, Theo Bayne and Gus Fallon competed in the meet’s first event. Cole Mattison-Gulotta then slid in for Bayne with the same other three swimmers in the 200 freestyle relay, as the unit took 18th with a time of 1:36.82.

Mitchell also added a seventh-place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.22) and an 11th-place finish in the 50 freestyle (22.65).