Ginger McMahon Season 2023-24

CAREER BEST TIMES:

• 100Y Breast – 1:00.66 @ Eddie Reece Showdown (Jan. 2025)
• 200Y Breast – 2:13.40 @ Eddie Reece Showdown (Jan. 2025)
• 200Y IM – 2:01.53 – Feb. 23, 2023

JUNIOR (2023-24)

• Earned a spot on the All-Big 12 Winter Honor Roll.
• At the Big 12 Championships (2/25-3/1) she swam in the 200 IM, 100 breaststroke and the 200 breast.
• In a meet against Arizona (2/8), she swam in the 100 breast and helped the Sun Devils finish third in the 200 medley relay (1:39.03).
• In the Eddie Reese Texas Showdown, she swam in both the 100 and 200 breast. She also helped the Sun Devils in the 200 medley relay.
• In a meet against No. 23 Minnesota (1/10) she was second in the 100 breast (1:01.61) and was fourth in the 200 breast (2:16.02). Also swam in the 200 medley relay and the 400 free relay.
• Competing against Grand Canyon (1/4) she placed third in the 100 breast (1:02.19) and swam in the 100 fly. She also competed in the 400 free relay and the 200 medley relay.
• Returning from the holiday break in a dual against Rice (1/3) she was second in the 100 breast (1:01.68) and was fourth in the 200 breast (2:16.35)
• Competing in the NC State GAC Invite (11/21-23) she participated in the 100 and 200 breast. Also competed in the 200 IM and the 200 medley relay. Swam in the 400 free relay.
• In the tri-meet against California and Stanfoed (11/7-8), she appeared in the 200 medley relay, 100 breast and the 200 IM.
• In the dual-meet against NC state (10/25-26) she competed in the 100 and 200 breaststroke in addition to the 200 medley relay. 
• She appeared in the 400 medley relay, placed in a tie for 3rd in the 50 breast (28.37) and placed 4th in the 100 IM (56.30).
• In the season opener v. UNLV (10/4) she appeared in the 200 medley relay, placed 4th in the 100 breast (1:02.25) and the 200 breast (2:17.98) and was part of the 400 free relay team that took second.

SEASON BEST:
200Y Breast – 2:14.08 – Feb. 10, 2024 v. Arizona
200Y IM – 2:01.86 – Feb. 10, 2024 v. Arizona

• Finished 19th in the 100 breast and 21st in the 200 breast at the Pac-12 Championships (2/28-3/2), also competed in the 200 IM
• Had a third-place finish in the 200 IM and placed fourth in the 200 breast at Arizona (2/10), while also competing in the 200 medley relay and 100 breast
• Placed fifth in the 100 breast at No. 9 California (1/20), and also competed in the 200 breast, 200 free relay and 200 medley relay
• Took fourth in the 100 breast and fifth in the 200 breast at No. 10 Stanford (1/19)
• Placed second in the 100 breast and 200 medley relay against GCU (1/6), while also taking fourth in the 200 IM
• Finished second in both the 100 breast and 200 medley relay at Utah (11/20)
• Had two top-eight finishes in both the 100 breast (6th) and 200 breast (8th) at the midseason NC State Invite (11/16-11/18), while also swimming the 200 IM and 200 medley relay
• Placed third in the 400 medley relay and fourth in the 100 breast vs. UNLV (10/6), while also racing in the 200 free relay
• Took fourth in the 100 breast while also competing in the 200 medley relay, 200 breast and 200 IM against Georgia (9/23)
• Was second in the 200m and 400m medley relay and also competed in the 200m IM in season opener vs. Georgia (9/22) swimming LCM

FRESHMAN (2022-23)

• Took 14th in the 100 breast and 15th in the 200 breast at the Pac-12 Championships (2/22-2/25). Also placed 23rd in the 200 IM.
• Took third in the 100 breast in the regular season finale win against Arizona (2/4), plus fifth in the 100 fly
• Placed second in the 100 breast in the victory against No. 11 Cal (1/21), while also competing in the 100 fly
• Took third in the 100 breast in the win against Washington State (1/14), while also racing in both the 100 fly and 200 breast
• Had three top-20 finishes at the midseason NC State Invite (11/17-11/19), including the 100 breast (15th), 200 breast (16th) and the 100 fly (20th)
• Raced in both the 100 and 200 breast in the team's home opener against Wisconsin (10/22)
• In the team's tri-meet against Georgia and Missouri (10/1), competed in the 100 breast, 200 breast and 200 medley relay
• Made her collegiate debut in the season opener at Georgia (9/30), racing in the 150 breast, 3x200 IM relay and the 400 back/breast relay

PRIOR TO ASU

• Ranked No. 25 in the state of Michigan for the class of 2022
• Took first place in the 100 breast at the 2021 MHSAA Division III State Championships, her third state title in the event in her high school career
• Competed at the 2021 USA Swimming Futures Championship, in which she placed eighth in the 50 free
• On the breaststroke, an event she’s specialized in since she was 10: “I ended up switching to breaststroke when I was 10 and falling in love with that event. It definitely chooses you and it chose me over the years and it’s a stroke I love to do.”
• Knew she wanted to swim at the collegiate level when she was 9 years old after receiving her first state cut