MB Riptides host 2010 SC Swimming State Championships For the second straight year, the Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team co-hosted the SC Swimming Long-course State Championships. This year’s edition of the event, competed in Augusta, GA, also featured an embedded event, the Summer Finale Championship. Nearly 600 swimmers participated at the meet, with nearly 1000 additional participants in coaches, officials, volunteers and family members in attendance for the 3 ½ day event. Despite sweltering heat, the meet ran flawlessly, according to Riptides’ head coach James Smith. “When hosting an event...

MB Riptides race into Summer Swim League and a busy season The locally-based Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team has begun its summer competition with the City of Myrtle Beach Summer Swim League (SSL) in outstanding fashion. The City of Myrtle Beach sponsors the Summer Swim League, which includes recreational teams from Horry and Georgetown counties. Each team will participate in five regular meets and a series-ending championship. For the Riptides, the SSL serves as a way for younger members of the team to continue to compete in short-course (25 yard)...

MB Riptides impress in Capital City Invitational swim meet The Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team travelled to Cary, NC for the Capital City Invitational June 11-13. Seven members of the Riptides made the journey to the two-year old Triangle Aquatic Center. The Riptides placed 8th overall, leading all participating SC-based swim teams. The Riptides garnered 36 personal best times, 21 new SC Swimming State Championship qualifying times, 20 team records and the admiration of many college coaches visiting the meet from the University of North Carolina, NC State, Duke University...

MB Riptides pounce at Junior Jaguar Invitational The Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team participated at the 40th Annual Junior Jaguar Invitational swim meet May 7-9 at the Augusta Aquatics Center, Augusta, GA. The locally-based Riptides sent 9 members to the three day event where they garnered an impressive 41 personal best times, 38 top-8 finishes, 16 team records, 13 first-place finishes and 5 new SC Swimming State Championship qualifying times. Mackenzie Angwin, 10/Under, was 7-for-8 in best times. Angwin led the Riptides with the largest improvement of more than 51...

MB Riptides swim well despite weather The Myrtle Beach Riptides swim team travelled to Charleston, SC for the first long-course meters meet of the summer April 24-25. Despite gale-force winds and patchy rain, the Riptides were able to achieve 31 personal best times and 15 team records. Danielle Flaherty, 10/Under, led the Riptides will seven personal best times, all of which were new team records. Those events were the 400-meter freestyle, 50- and 100-backstrokes and butterfly events, 100-breaststroke, and 200-Individual Medley (IM). Mackenzie Angwin, 10/Under, was next with six personal...

MB Riptides honored at State Banquet South Carolina Swimming held it’s annual awards banquet April 17-18 at Hilton Head, where eight members of the MB Riptides swimming team were honored for their achievements in swimming for 2009-10. The Riptides, for the second consecutive year, led the Grand Strand for swimmer achievement in both the pool and classroom. Swimmers from the State can be recognized in several areas of achievement, but the primary purpose of the SC Swimming banquet is to recognize those swimmers who earn at least two USA-Swimming “AAA”...

MB Riptides’ swimmers make history at Junior Nationals! The Myrtle Beach Riptides swimming team competed at the 2010 National Club Swimming Association’s (NCSA) Junior National Championships March 16-20 in Orlando, FL. The meet hosted teams from all over the United States, bringing in over 1100 swimmers aged 18-years and younger. It was the final meet of the season for the locally-based Riptides and it was historic. The Riptides sent swimmers Lauren Campbell (MB High School, Carolina Forest resident), Megan Kingsley (Conway Christian School, Carolina Forest resident) and Keenan Lineback (Conway...

Myrtle Beach Riptides swimming team shines at Championship The 2010 Southern Zone Eastern Section Age-group Championship meet was hosted March 11-15 at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in Charlotte, NC. This year’s edition of the event was the largest in it’s history with more than 900 swimmers, ages 14-under, participating. Swimmers from 81 teams came from the states of AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC and TN. For the Riptides, Chad Bateson, Eddie Bateson and Julia Campbell had their best swims of the season. Although the Riptides competed in just...

MB Riptides swimming heats up at State Championships The Myrtle Beach Riptides swimming team competed at the 2010 SC Swimming State Championships February 12-16, hosted at the YMCA of Spartanburg, SC. Although the weather was cold and leaving upwards of four inches of snow, the locally-based Riptides heated up the event with great competition. At meet’s end, the Riptides placed 10th overall with 286 points, leading the Grand Strand. The Riptides’ swimmers rallied together to break 22 team records, achieve 38 personal best times, and several other individual accolades. Megan...

MB Riptides host Lowstate Qualifier; prepare for championship swim meets The Myrtle Beach Riptides swimming team hosted the 2010 Lowstate Qualifier meet January 29-31 at the “Pepper” Geddings Recreation Center. The event brought over 130 swimmers to the area for the weekend event, their final opportunity to qualify to the championship event. From the meet, the Riptides’ finalized their 2010 SC Swimming State Championship team, adding one more swimmer and several individual events for others already qualified. The Riptides had 17 swimmers compete in the meet who combined for 11...