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...

The GA Winter Qualifier served as a last chance for Tidal Wave swimmers to achieve new age group state time standards, and as a last chance to qualify for the Peach State Championships. Our swimmers took advantage of the opportunity! Three new swimmers, Daesoo Johnson, Hayden Quathamer, and Jaxon Suggs, added their names to the state championship roster. Daesoo and Hayden qualified in the 10 & under girls 100 breaststroke. Jaxon achieved his standard in the 10 & under 200 free. A total of 15 new state qualifying times were...