Riptides Racing Team Heats up at SC State Championships The South Carolina Swimming State Championships were hosted February 12-15 at the Westside Aquatic Center in Greenville, SC. The four-day event hosted nearly 800 swimmers from around the Palmetto State. For the locally based Riptides Racing Team, the SC Swimming State Championships went extremely well. Riptides Racing Team sent its largest squad in team history: 17 swimmers including Chad Bateson, Eddie Bateson, Andi Churchill, Connor Churchill, Harrison Clinton, Hurley Cribb, Danielle Flaherty, Jake Flaherty, Joe Guthinger, Ella Habib, Hannah McDonough, Peyton...

McWhorter Leads Riptides, Grand Strand at SC Swimming Championships The 2015 South Carolina Swimming State Championships were hosted July 23-26 at the University of SC in Columbia. Over 600 athletes from the Palmetto State attended the four-day event. The locally-based Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team sent ten athletes to compete. For the Riptides, 12-year old Peyton McWhorter led the Riptides in every category including personal best times, team records and scoring swims. Additionally, McWhorter scored more individual points than any swimmer from the Grand Strand. McWhorter achieved 7 new team...

MB Riptides’ Heat up at 2015 SC Swimming State Championships The forecast in Greenville, SC for the 2015 SC Swimming State Championships was cold and dreary. But the Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team had a different idea… fast swimming to heat things up. The 2015 SC Swimming Championships was the largest meet in it’s history with more than 800 swimmers from the Palmetto State aged 18/Under in attendance. Riptides’ sent it’s largest squad of 17 swimmers. Riptides’ concluded the 2015 State Championships with 60 personal best times, 12 new team...

Myrtle Beach Riptides Wraps Up December Meets: The Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team wrapped up their December meets with events in Charleston, SC and Columbia, SC. 12/Under Grand Prix #3 – December 6 was the date for the third edition of the 12/Under Grand Prix Series. Sixteen members of the Riptides swim team travelled to Charleston, SC for the event and garnered 35 personal best times. Ella Habib, Kailey Habib and Maddi Pannell led Riptides swimming 4-for-4 personal bests. Racking up 3 personal bests each were Anaya Brown, Dave Hablani,...

Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team has busy November The Riptides swim team had a busy November, competing in two meets in Mount Pleasant, SC and in Raleigh, NC. Mount Pleasant 12/Under Grand Prix #3 – Twenty-three Riptides’ swimmers competed in Grand Prix #3 on November 8 in Mount Pleasant. The Grand Prix Series consists of 5 one-day meets and concludes with a two-day championship in February. The swimmers combined for 49 new personal best times. Kailey Habib and Dayton Busse led the Riptides with the single largest improvements of more...

MB Riptides’ 2nd Annual “IM” for Breast Cancer Awareness Meet The Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team hosted the 2nd Annual “IM” for Breast Cancer Awareness meet Oct 17-19 at the North Myrtle Beach Aquatic and Fitness Center. The meet provides local and regional athletes an opportunity to compete in their first weekend meet of the season and also serves to assist the Susan G Komen foundation in its efforts to thwart breast cancer. For the Riptides, over 40 swimmers competed in the meet and for many new Riptides it was...

Riptides swim team Hosts First Meet of Season: The Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team hosted their first meet of the season Sept 27, 2014 at the North Myrtle Beach Aquatic and Fitness Center. The event was the first meet of the 12/Under Grand Prix Series. The Grand Prix Series consists of five meets hosted in the lowcountry and is designed to educate new swimmers to USA-Swimming and provide competition to intermediate swimmers as well. Grand Prix #1 had nearly 140 participants from Charleston, Mount Pleasant and Myrtle Beach. For the...

Riptides Compete at USC: The Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team competed at the 2014 Carolina Aquatics May Breakout meet during the Memorial Day weekend. The event was hosted at the University of South Carolina. Eighteen members of the Riptides competed in the event, garnering 76 personal best times and 5 new SC State Championship qualifying times. Danielle Flaherty led the Riptides with a perfect 10-for-10 personal best times. Flaherty also added two State Championship q-times in the 400-meter freestyle (5:12.8) and 200-meter breaststroke (3:14.2). Flaherty’s most improved event was the...

Olympic Swimmer Visits Myrtle Beach 2012 Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel visited Myrtle Beach May 9-10 to conduct a swim clinic with the Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team. Beisel, who won the silver medal in the 400 Individual Medley and the bronze medal in the 200 backstroke, is a senior at the University of Florida. Beisel has been a member of the US National swim team since age 13. Her achievements include NCAA Championship event wins and wins at World Swimming Championships. The Riptides hosted the clinic to kick-off the summer...

Riptides’ Boys Team meet Champions; Team takes 2nd Overall The Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team hosted the 2014 Lowcountry Palmetto Championships March 28-30 at the North Myrtle Beach Aquatic and Fitness Center. This was the third year hosting the event for the Riptides, which attracted over 250 swimmers from teams around the lowstate. The Lowcountry Palmetto Championships is a South Carolina Swimming State Championship meet. More than 40 members from Riptides participated in the event. By meet’s end, the Riptides’ boys’ team had garnered the meet championship, winning by nearly...