Two meets, 18 new records!
MB Riptides Swimming Team Breaks Records in GA and SC Events
The Myrtle Beach Riptides swimming team was in action at two different events the weekend of October 23-25.
Twelfth Annual Carey Hilliard’s Invitational
Seven members of the MB Riptides travelled to Savannah, GA for the 2009 edition of the Carey Hilliard’s Invitational. The Riptides broke 10 team records, won 11 events, and had numerous Top-8 finishes.
Chad Bateson (11-12) earned six Top-8 finishes in the 50-, 100-, and 200-freestyle events, 50- and 100-backstroke events and 100-butterfly.
Eddie Bateson (11-12) swam to 4 personal best times and broke the Riptides’ record in the 200-yard freestyle. E. Bateson earned seven Top-8 finishes.
Eddie Bateson (11-12) swam to 4 personal best times and broke the Riptides’ record in the 200-yard freestyle. E. Bateson earned seven Top-8 finishes.
Garrett Beauprez (11-12) also swam to 4 personal best times, three of which were Top-8’s and broke the Riptide’s record in the 5-yard butterfly.
Julia Campbell (13-14) competed in ten events for the weekend, earning nine Top-8’s.
Lauren Campbell (Senior) competed in ten events, swimming to nine Top-8’s. L. Campbell won the 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard butterfly events.
Megan Kingsley (13-14) was seven for 10 in event wins and won the 13-14 high point award. Kingsley also broke 8 Riptides’ records in the 100- and 1000-freestyle events, 100-backstroke, 100- and 200-breaststroke events, 100-butterfly and 200- and 400-Individual Medley events.
Keenan Lineback (Senior) competed in ten events, every one finishing in the Top-8, including 7 second place finishes.
The Riptides also won two girls’ relay events: 400-yard Freestyle and Medley Relays in come from behind fashion.
Head Coach James Smith was very pleased with the performances of the swimmers.
Head Coach James Smith was very pleased with the performances of the swimmers.
“The goal of this meet, the first of the season, was to be within 1-3% of personal best times, or 1.5 seconds per minute of their previous best time,” Smith said. “All of the kids were well within that expectation or faster.”
Continued Smith, “We have a few meets before our first ‘focus’ meet which will be in December in Charlotte, NC. Based on how well the swimmers did in Savannah, I have all confidence many goals will be achieved by Charlotte.”
Fourth Annual Spooky Invite
The same weekend one group of swimmers competed in Savannah, another group of MB Riptides were in Mt Pleasant. Seven Riptides’ competed at this event where more records were broken and many best times earned.
Noah Cruz (10/Under) swam to three personal best times, all of which were top-6 finishes. N. Cruz had his largest improvement in the 100-freestyle by over 23 seconds.
Shannon Eldred (10/Under) also swam to three personal best times in the 50-backstroke, butterfly and freestyle events.
Danielle Flaherty (10/Under) led all Riptides with 7 personal best times and broke 8 team records in the 50-, 100- and 200-freestyle events, 50- and 100-backstroke events, 50- and 100-butterfly events and 200-Individual Medley.
Breah Harris (10/Under) picked up three personal best times, including a 9 second improvement in the 50-breaststroke.
Jeremiah Sharp (11-12) earned two best times and competed in six additional events for the first time.
Competing for the first time with the MB Riptides were Garrison Beauprez and Ryan Eldred, both 10/Unders. Rounding out the contingent was Noelle Cruz (11-12).
Age-group Coach Justin Schreer was also excited with the results from the meet.
“We had 18 best times, 18 first-time swims, 8 records and only six dq’s [disqualification] for the entire meet”, said Schreer. “We have to be excited about how the young swimmers are doing considering how new all of the swimmers are in the sport.”
Age-group Coach Justin Schreer was also excited with the results from the meet.
“We had 18 best times, 18 first-time swims, 8 records and only six dq’s [disqualification] for the entire meet”, said Schreer. “We have to be excited about how the young swimmers are doing considering how new all of the swimmers are in the sport.”
