Riptides Wrap-up November

Myrtle Beach Riptides Wrap-up November Competitions

The final two weeks of November were busy for the Myrtle Beach Riptides swimmers with competitions for both age-group members and collegiate members.

Palmetto Aquatics Turkey Invite –

Twenty-four swimmers from the Riptides travelled to the University of South Carolina for the Palmetto Aquatics Turkey Invite.  This was a very tough meet for the Riptides, many of whom recently competed two weeks earlier and are in the bulk of the heaviest training before the December focus meet.  However, when the water settled, the Riptides were able to secure seventy-nine personal best times, six new SC State Championship qualifying times and four team records.

Connor Campbell led the Riptides with four new State Championship q-times in the 50- and 100-yard backstroke events, 100-butterfly and 200-freestyle.  Campbell set three new team records in the 10/Under 50- and 100-freestyle events and 100-butterfly.

Lexi Roberts set another 10/Under team record in the 100-butterfly.  Roberts owns all but one Riptides’ team record for 10/Under girls.

Eddie Bateson added a new State Championship q-time in the 15-18 200-butterfly.  Julia Campbell added a new State Championship q-time in the 15-18 1000-freestyle.

Joel Cox (200-backstroke) and Ella Speir (200-freestyle) led Riptides with the single largest improvements of over 20 seconds in at least one individual event.  Tucker Hendrix, Megan Koppel and Ireland Rose also had double-digit improvements.

Rafael Adi, Mackenzie Angwin, Chad Bateson, Alyssa Cozart, Riley Davis, Kailey Habib, Taylor Koppel, Hannah McDonough, Peyton McWhorter, Ana Muntean, Ethan Nechemia, Chloe Stampfle, Chase Teasley, Maggie Warner and Cobi Williams each earned personal best times.

Collegiate Swimmers Compete in Various Events –

Lauren Campbell (soph, GA Southern) helped the Lady Eagles swim team to a 4^th place finish at the Wingate Fall Frenzy, NC.  Campbell was able to secure top-8 finishes in the 200-butterfy (6th) and 400-IM (6th) and a top-16 finish in the 200-IM (13th) and 200-backstroke (13th).

Keenan Lineback (jr, University of San Diego) led the Lady Toreros at the Arena Invitational in Los Angeles, CA.  Lineback won the 400-IM and followed that win with a 2^nd in the 1650-free and 5^th in the 500-free.

Barbara Long (freshman, Renesslaer Poly-Tech) competed in two dual meets Nov 16 and Nov 17 for the Lady Engineers.  At Vassar College dual meet, Long earned two wins in the 200- and 500-freestyles and 7^th in the 100-back.  In the second dual meet of the weekend at Hartwick College, Long placed 3^rd in the 1650-free and 4^th in the 100-free.

Campbell, Lineback and Long will all return home to Riptides for the Thanksgiving break from college.