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...

Myrtle Beach Riptides’ Swimmers Compete in Variety of Championships: The week of February 19-23 was a very busy week for the locally based Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team. Both current and collegiate members of the Riptides were competing at several championship meets in Charleston, SC, Knoxville, TN, Los Angeles, CA and Ithaca, NY. 12/Under Grand Prix Championships – For current age-group members of the Riptides, the 12/Under Grand Prix Championships were held in Charleston, SC. Over 20 members of the Riptides participated in the event garnering more than 70 best...

Myrtle Beach Riptides host Winter Invitational swim meet The locally-based Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team hosted their annual Winter Invitational Jan 17-19, 2014 at the North Myrtle Beach Aquatic and Fitness Center. Nearly 300 athletes from NC and SC descended to the NMBAFC for the event. For many swimmers from SC, it was a last chance to qualify to the 2014 SC Swimming State Championships next month. For the Riptides, 39 swimmers competed in the meet racing to nearly 150 personal best times. Additionally, four new SC State Championship q-times...

James Smith, coach of Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team gives instructions for the next round of practice at the Canal Street Recreation Center pool, Monday evening. CHARLES SLATE — [email protected] Buy Photo MYRTLE BEACH — Competition for pool space has a local swim coach, his team and two other businesses hoping to construct a new community pool in the Carolina Forest area. James Smith, coach of the Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team, said the property for the pool is off River Oaks Road near S.C. 31 and is under contract,...

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...

From WMBF news.... MB Riptides have land under contract for a new aquatic center Posted: Nov 20, 2013 6:59 AM EST Updated: Nov 20, 2013 7:13 AM EST By Lauren Weppler - email MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Myrtle Beach Riptides is a local swim team that has been having to commute to and from the north and south strands for years just to get a chance to swim. The team practices at two locations; the Canal Street Recreation Center and Pepper Geddings. Their swim meets are held in North...

Myrtle Beach Riptides’ Swim Team Racing Across the Nation The Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team had current and former members competing in various meets the weekend of Nov. 9-10. Current members of the Riptides were competing in Hillsborough, NC while collegiate swimmers were competing in either Charleston, SC or San Diego, CA. New Wave Nike Quad Meet – At the New Wave Nike Quad meet in Hillsborough, NC, thirty members of the Riptides competed in the weekend event. Combined, the Riptides earned 100 new personal best times, 8 new SC...

Breaking NEWS... Riptides' senior Julia Campbell has just verbally committed to attend Converse College as a scholarship student-athlete! Julia will join the Converse College Valkyries fall 2014. Julia continues the tradition of nearly every graduating Riptides' swimmer going to the collegiate level. Congratulations Julia, we are all proud of you!

2013 Myrtle Beach Riptides’ “IM” for Breast Cancer Awareness Invitational The locally-based Myrtle Beach Riptides hosted their first home-meet of the season Oct 18-20 at the North Myrtle Beach Aquatic and Fitness Center. Five teams of nearly 200 hundred swimmers participated in the event, which was able to donate $1000.00 to the Susan G. Komen foundation. Head coach/CEO of the Riptides, James Smith said, “Initially our donation to the Komen foundation was at $500, but the City of Charleston Southern Marlins Racing Team Booster Club added another $500 to the...