The City Swim Project (Buffalo Tide) competed in the TWST Turkey Splash meet this past Saturday at Erie Communnity College. We sent seven of our swimmers who had no leftovers after the meet was finished. For this meet, we had 11 new best times! NEW TOP 10 All Time swims were accomplished by: 11 & 12 girls - Lina Lozada 5th place All Time 50 Free 5th place All Time 50 Breast 6th place All Time 50 Fly 11 & 12 boys- Payton Mitchell 10th place All Time - 100...

The City Swim Project would like to congratulate our April 2024 and May 2024 Swimmers of the Month to: Eliot Jemison - Green team Alexa Kulik - Bronze team EJ Favorite Stroke: Freestyle AK Favorite Stroke: Breaststroke EJ Favorite Movie: Jaws AK Favorite Movie: The Proposal EJ Favorite Food: Sushi AK Favorite Food: Seafood EJ Favorite Subject: History AK Favorite Subject: Sports Management EJ Favorite Animal: Cats AK Favorite Animal: Dogs

Over the weekend, the City Swim Project/Buffalo TIDE had 11 swimmers compete at the Tonawanda Natalie Lewis meet. We would like to congratulate our swimmers who competed in their very first swim meet who were: Amiah Dinkins-McClendon, Kaleb Hyman, Leanne Hyman, Antwon Joyner and Marwin Kerwin. I also want to thank our parents who were at the meet. Watching all of you cheer for your child as well as all the other Buffalo TIDE swimmers was very rewarding to observe. Thank you for everything you do! Overall, we had 8...

The City Swim Project would like to congratulate our March 2022 Swimmer of the Month to: Victoria Flewellyn - Novice Green team Favorite Stroke: Backstroke Favorite Movie: Garfield-Tale of Two Kitties Favorite Food: Mom’s homemade pizza Favorite Subject: Math Favorite Animal: Cats

The City Swim Project's Pre-Competitive team, sent all four of its 12 and under swimmers this past Saturday to the Super STAR meet at Erie Community College. Three out of the four swimmers competed for the very first time and they had so much fun as well as great performances. Overall, we had 8 new best times and 7 new top 10 all time swims! NEW TOP 10 All Time swims were accomplished by: 8 and under girls - Victoria Flewellyn - 25 free and 25 back, Imani Smalls -...

This past Friday, both Lalaina Kwiatowski and Anthony Visiko represented the Buffalo TIDE in Newfane, NY. Both swimmers swam best times in all of their events and looked good doing so. This is our third meet back sine COVID hit last year and we are seeing the results from all of the practices since we started back up this past January. Well done you two! Overall, we had 6 new best times, 5 new top 5 all time swims. NEW TOP 5 All Time swims were accomplished by: 13 &...

After over a year, our swimmers are back racing again. Many teams throughout the country are still not back in the water, while we were lucky to get back in and start up again this past January. The City Swim Project is a combination of a tremendous swim lesson program and a new competitive team this year named (Buffalo TIDE). This past weekend, we had five of our TIDE swimmers compete at the University of Buffalo in the meet against two other teams. Our swimmers had some nerves at the...

Originally posted at - https://www.usaswimming.org/news/2020/11/27/moving-the-needle Moving the Needle by Bonnie Moss//Contributor Is there anything bigger in the swimming world than world records breaking during a global pandemic? Yes, actually. Buffalo City Swim Racers (BCSR) executive director, Mike Switalski, steadies his eye on swimming’s bigger picture: saving our youth. “There is so much more to the elements of this sport” he says. “Competition is just the byproduct.” The BCSR program has about 500 swimmers, 90 percent of them Black. The median income in the community is $27,000, and the average household...

We are excited to announce the Buffalo City Swim Racers has just joined USA Swimming Foundation’s water safety initiative, Make a Splash. The USA Swimming Foundation launched Make a Splash in 2007 with the goal to teach every child to learn to swim. In order to accomplish this, we hope to spread awareness of the importance to learn to swim and be safe around water to every community in the country. A network of learn-to-swim providers has been created through the Local Partner Program to help spread this awareness message...

ONE ON ONE WITH MIKE SWITALSKI PART 2 9/4/2013 Originally posted at: http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=1558&itemid=5521&mid=5791 The Buffalo City Swim Racers (BCSR) is a unique club that serves the city of Buffalo by providing free swim lessons for families. Head coach Mike Switalski, a former Division III All-American swimmer from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, talks about mistakes some coaches make when reaching out to different communities that they are not familiar with, why communities come together after a tragedy, and what swimming will look like in the future. Why does it take a...