ATLANTA — The Eastside swimming teams had some swimmers qualify for the Georgia High School Association State Swim Meet held at Georgia Tech on Friday, Feb. 4. 

During the meet, a few Eagles set school records. 

It all began with Alice Kennedy’s performance. 

In the 200 freestyle, the senior swimmer advanced to the finals by finishing 12th for classes 4A-5A with a time of 2:02.04, which is a new Eastside record. 

For the boys, junior Murphy O’Brien qualified in the 200 Individual Medley (IM) and 100 backstroke. Murphy advanced to the finals in both of his individual events. 

He advanced to the IM finals with a school record-setting 2:09.47 final time. 

Murphy finished 18th in the IMs and 19th in the 100 backstroke. 

Maggie O’Brien, Molly O’Brien, Kennedy and Rai’Jene White made up the women’s 200 medley team and the women’s 200 freestyle relay. 

In the 200 medley, they posted a 2:05.27 time which shed 1.2 seconds off of their qualifying time of 2:06.47. 

Eastside’s history books had to be rewritten one more time last Friday, too. 

During the 200 freestyle, the same group of swimmers posted a 1:50.09 which also set a new school record for women’s 200 freestyle. 

All in all, it seemed to be a productive day at the state swim meet for Eastside. Head coach DeAnna O’Brien expressed how proud she was of her team’s performances, too. 

"We are very proud of all our swimmers for such a great season,” coach O’Brien said “It’s wonderful to see their hard work and fortitude pay off as it comes to an end.  In our nine regular season meets, our swimmers placed in the top 3 in 55 events and to have five of our swimmers make it to the state meet certainly makes all of us very thankful for a successful season and already looking forward to next year!"