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Congrats to our girls at the State Swimming Tournament!

Posted on March 18, 2026 by Author in MSA Student Highlight No Comments

Olivia Edge

Abby Hollinshead

Abby Kershner

Grace Magargee

Gabby Magargee

Lydia Nelms

Hope Rice

Mercy Rivera

The girls swam incredibly well, achieving many personal best times!

Highlights and Results

MSA School Swim Record Breaker: Olivia Edge 100 Fly

Olivia swam 100 Fly in 1:00.72! Way to go, Olivia!

[Old record was held by Emi Cranker, 1:01.12 set on 1/12/2019]

Olivia Edge 100 Breast

Olivia swam 100 Breast in 1:09.23! Amazing! She broke her own record from last year.

[Old record was held by Olivia, 1:11.63 set on 2/19/25]

The Girls 200 Medley Relay team of Abby Hollinshead (Back-33.75), Grace Magargee (Breast- 38.09), Olivia Edge (Fly- 27.82), and Abby Kershner (Free- 30.56) swam a 2:10.22 dropping 3.19 seconds off their seed time to take 20th place!

Abby Hollinshead took 39th place in the 50 Free with a time of 28.01 which was 0.27 seconds lower than her seed time! She is now #10 on the All-Time Top 16 List for this event!

Olivia Edge took 11th place in the 100 Fly with a personal best time of 1:00.72! Olivia is now ranked #1 on the All-Time Top 16 List for this event! She will return on Saturday for Finals.

The Girls 200 Freestyle Relay team of Olivia Edge (26.26), Abby Kershner (29.84), Grace Magargee (30.13), and Abby Hollinshead (28.56) swam a 1:54.79, dropping .64 seconds off their seed time, to take 19th place!

Olivia Edge took 6th place in the 100 Breaststroke with a personal best time of 1:09.23, dropping 2 seconds! With this swim, Olivia improves her time at #1 on the MSA All-Time Top 16 List for this event. She will be returning on Saturday’s Championship Finals.

The Girls 400 Freestyle Relay team of Grace Magargee (1:08.16), Gabby Magargee (1:20.15), Abby Kershner (1:07.02), and Abby Hollinshead (1:06.51) swam a 4:42.11, dropping 1.07 seconds off their seed time, to take 28th place!

We had two personal best relay leadoffs:

  • Olivia Edge swam a 26.26 in the 50 Free (as leadoff in the 200 free relay). She dropped 0.46 seconds and remains 2nd on the MSA Top 16 List for this event!
  • Grace Magargee swam a personal best 100 Freestyle as 400 Freestyle Relay leadoff with a time of 1:08.16, dropping 2 seconds!

Personal Best Split Times

  • Olivia Edge swam a personal best 50 Fly split time of 27.82, dropping 3 seconds!
  • Abby Kershner swam a personal best 50 Free split time of 29.84, dropping .58 seconds!
  • Abby Kershner swam a personal best 100 Free split time of 107.02, dropping 1.5 seconds

Swimming in States for the First Time

  • Gabby Magargee

Congratulations to Abby Hollinshead for being presented with an Academic Student Athlete Award at the Tournament!!

Thanks to our many parents, siblings, teammates, and MSA alumni in the stands cheering on the team!

We thank God for His grace and for each of these swimmers.

Congratulations girls and “whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

Coaches Edge and Magargee

(R) 2019 Mt Sophia Academy