The Stu Hixon Invite served as a great opportunity for Tidal Wave swimmers. AJ Bullock and Gabe Thornton achieved their first age group state and senior state cuts, respectively! Additionally, many new state cuts were achieved. Once again Tidal Wave Swimmers stepped up and shined in the Finals Sessions, not only getting better times, but many swimmers rising up to win their finals heats. It’s another strong statement that our swimmers have put in the time and effort throughout the season and our training is right on target for a...

After a long weekend of racing, there is no question that Tidal Wave left its mark in Ocala, FL. The weekend finished with five new team records, 31 new All-Time Top 10 times, 18 event wins, and four high point award winners!!! Our swimmers dropped time by huge chunks. Nikolay Chernev broke four 13-14 boy’s teams records (100 & 200 breast, and 200 & 400 IM)! Reagan Burton erased a 23-year-old team mark in the senior girl’s 100 breast! Abigail Magouyrk (8 & under), Preston Hatcher (11-12), and Nikolay Chernev...

The Betsy Dunbar Invite served as a great weekend of racing for Tidal Wave swimmers. This meet can be difficult as we have changed training/sleep schedules, added a late night of summer league racing, and swimmers must remember how to navigate chase starts. Our swimmers rose the occasion, swimming a great deal of lifetime bests! In fact, we had eight swimmers achieve a total of 19 new Tidal Wave All-Time Top 10 swims! A full list of those accomplishments follows: 8 & Under: Abigail Magouyrk: 50 back – 7th, 200...

Tidal Wave swimmers were busy over the weekend, split between the SA LC Kickoff at GA Tech and the Bulldog Grand Slam at UGA. Early season long course racing can be tough, with no long course practices under our belt. Swimmers stepped up and performed well. In total, we had seven people achieve 16 new Tidal Wave All-time Top 10 swims. A full list of new top 10 swims follows: 8 & Under: Abigail Magouyrk: 100 free – 2nd (1:26.29), 100 back – 7th (1:44.21), 50 breast – 5th (58.08),...

Better than 80 Tidal Wave swimmers competed in the first long course meet of the season. In fact, it was the first long course meet ever hosted at the Cherokee County Aquatic Center. While there were some growing pains early in the meet, our swimmers performed well. Nikolay Chernev jumped on the first meet, breaking team records in both 13-14 boys’ breaststrokes. Nikolay’s new standards are 1:09.76 and 2:32.54 for the 100 and 200, respectively. In total, we had eight swimmers establish new Tidal Wave All-Time Top 10 times. A...

What a great weekend of racing! Three new team records highlighted the weekend: Abigail Magouyrk broke the 8 & under girl’s 200 IM record with a time of 3:05.24! Nikolay Chernev secured two new team standards breaking the 13-14 boy’s 100 breast (59.66) and 400 IM (4:13.05)! Tidal Wave Swimming swept all three competitions at the Greater Atlanta Divisionals over the weekend!!!! Our girls scored 3566 points, winning by 56. Our boys scored 3722.5, winning by 346 points. It was a very balanced effort in route to a total of...

A dozen Tidal Wave swimmers competed at the Best of the South meet at GA Tech over the weekend. This was a high-level competition that saw several national records established. Our swimmers rose to the occasion. Nikolay Chernev won the 13-14 boy’s 1000 free (10:03.19)!!! The Senior Mixed 200 Medley Relay secured a 5th place finish (J. Watkins 24.19, I. Martin 26.24, R. Burton 26.12, K. Lila 24.07)! Additionally, eight swimmers joined in establishing eleven new Tidal Wave Top 10 times. A full list of the top 10 new times...

The inaugural Peach State Championships at GA Tech over the weekend saw some fast swimming. Congratulations to Tommy Zundel on breaking a 20-year-old team record by 7 seconds!!! Tommy finished his 200 free in 2:43.17, establishing a new 8 & under boys’ team standard! Ryan Lin punched his ticket to Savannah, qualifying for the Age Group State meet in the 11-12 boys 200 breast (3:05.34)! Celina Hutchins recorded new top 10 times in the 8 & under girls’ butterflies. New Tidal Wave All-Time Top 10 swims: 8 & under: Celina...

Last weekend, the Age Group State Championships took place in Savannah, GA, the first time outside of Atlanta in over a decade. In a venue that is clearly not big enough to host this event, our team of 26 swimmers adapted, and swam great! The team placed 6th overall out of more than 30 teams that participated. This is a huge accomplishment as we bested many teams that are much larger than ourselves. During the competition we set one new Team Record and over 2 dozen Top 10 All-Time team...

The best high school swimmers in the state converged at GA Tech for the high school state championships from Wednesday - Saturday of last week. Smaller schools competed Wednesday and Thursday, while large school competition was held Friday and Saturday. Tidal Wave swimmers found their way onto the podium at both meets, recording some very fast swims along the way! Reagan Burton was a top three finisher in all four of her races at the 6A meet. In the 100 fly, Reagan swam to a new best time (56.95), securing...