River Bluff Girls Swim State Champions

2025-2026 Bill 4912: River Bluff Girls Swim State Champions - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4912
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Wooten, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, Duncan, Edgerton, Erickson, Ford, Forrest, Frank, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Gilreath, Govan, Grant, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hartz, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Holman, Hosey, Howard, Huff, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lastinger, Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Luck, Magnuson, Martin, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, C. Mitchell, D. Mitchell, Montgomery, J. Moore, T. Moore, Morgan, Moss, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Reese, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Schuessler, Scott, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis and Yow
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Introduced in the House on January 14, 2026
Adopted by the House on January 14, 2026
Summary: River Bluff Girls Swim State Champions
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1/14/2026

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RESOLUTION

TO CELEBRATE ANNA HEATH RAY, ELLIE
WELLS, CARLI WELLS, AND KEELYN DAVIS OF THE RIVER BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SWIM
TEAM ON THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES AT THE 2025 AAAAA DIVISION I SOUTH CAROLINA
HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND TO CONGRATULATE THE SWIMMERS AND
THEIR COACHES ON A REMARKABLE SEASON.

W
hereas, Friday, October 10, 2025, in the Carolina Natatorium at the
University of South Carolina, the River Bluff High School girls swim team
competed in the AAAAA Division I SCHSL State Championship. The Gators had an
exceptional season this year. Highlighted by their performance on October 10,
they had multiple top ten finishes as well as two gold medal finishes with a
team relay and an individual first place win, helping the team to finish
overall in fifth place with two hundred and thirty-two points; and

W
hereas, out of the ten swimmers to take home gold medals in the
competition, the River Bluff girls team had four swimmers take home a gold
medal. Swimmer Anna Heath Ray captured two gold medals as a state champion in
the 100-yard backstroke with a personal best time of 58.2 seconds and as a
member of the 200-yard medley relay team. Joining Anna on the gold medal
winning 200-yard relay team were swimmers Ellie Wells, Carli Wells, and Keelyn
Davis who finished with a time of 1:50.25. This extraordinary show of teamwork
and perseverance helped to put the River Bluff Gators in the top five teams in
the state; and

W
hereas, these individual and relay championships represent the
strength and hard work of the Gators and the determination they have exhibited
all season long. In a sport that demands mental and physical strength, Head
Coaches Annie Mahrer and Meredith Mowles, along with Assistant Coaches Christan
Mowles, Matt Mahrer, and Cait McDade, have expertly demonstrated through their
own passion for the sport how to maximize their swimmers' skills in and out of
the pool to shape well-rounded student athletes. These life lessons and
principles will continue to prove invaluable throughout the continuation of
their swimming careers and in everyday life; and

W
hereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
value the pride and recognition that Anna Heath Ray, Ellie Wells, Carli Wells,
Keelyn Davis and the River Bluff High School girls swim team have brought to
their school and community. They look forward to following the swimmers'
achievements in the days ahead. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
House of
Representatives
:

T
hat the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by
this resolution, celebrate Anna Heath Ray, Ellie Wells, Carli Wells, and Keelyn
Davis of the River Bluff High School girls swim team on their championship
titles at the 2025 AAAAA Division I SCHSL State Championship, and congratulate
the swimmers and their coaches on a remarkable season.

B
e it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to
Principal Jacob Smith and Coaches Annie Mahrer and Meredith Mowles of River
Bluff High School.

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