MB Riptides Successful at State Championships The 2009 SC Swimming Long-course State Championships was held the weekend of July 23-26 at the Augusta Aquatics Center, Augusta, GA. The Myrtle Beach Riptides swimming team not only participated in the event, but co-hosted the meet as well. Thirteen members of the Riptides competed in the event. At meet’s end, the girls had placed 5th, the boys had placed 13th and the team finished 9th overall. The Riptides earned a total of 12 event wins, 25 additional top-8 finishes, two highpoint award winners...

Riptides Swimming Team Busy in Summer The Myrtle Beach Riptides swimming team has had a busy summer thus far, with still more on the horizon. Members of the youth-based swimming program continue to train while many area children enjoy a summer break. Some Riptides’ swimmers are competing as part of the City of Myrtle Beach Summer Swim League, while other members continue their competition within the confines of USA-Swimming. City of Myrtle Beach Summer League Meet #3 The City of Myrtle Beach hosted the third event of their series July...

Myrtle Beach Swimmers Travel to Daytona Beach Six swimmers from the locally based Myrtle Beach Riptides swimming team traveled to Daytona Beach, FL for a training trip and swimming meet June 17-21, 2009. The training trip afforded the members of the Riptides an opportunity to train long-course meters (Olympic-sized pool) with members of the Daytona Beach Speed swim team and head coach Steve Lochte, father of two-time Olympic gold medalist and world-record holder Ryan Lochte. The Riptides put on a spectacular display of racing during the swimming meet, earning forty-one...

39th Annual Junior Jaguar Invite The second long-course meet of the season was the ASL Junior Jaguar Invite, May 8-10, in Augusta, GA. Eight Riptides' swimmers travelled to Augusta for the event. This meet was a huge improvement over the SMRT LC Invite just two weeks earlier. When all was said and done, the Riptides brought home 12 first-place medals and 40 personal best times. Mackenzie Angwin competed in her very first long-course meet and did very well competing in all 10 of her events. Chad Bateson earned 7 personal...

Eleven Riptides swimmers traveled to Charleston to kick of the 2009 long-course season. The weather at the SMRT Long-course Invite was perfect and swimming was just as good. All told, the Riptides accounted for 16 event wins and 23 personal best times. Chad Bateson was a perfect 5-for-5 best times and swam to eight Top-6 finishes. Eddie Bateson went 6-for-6 personal best times and had six Top-6 finishes including an event win in the 200-backstroke. Julia Campbell placed in the Top-2 in six events and was the event winner in...

Myrtle Beach Riptides Swim Team Wraps up Season The Myrtle Beach Riptides swimming team wrapped up it’s first season of competition during the month of March. The Riptides competed in four meets over a three week period, travelling from Cary, NC to Orlando, FL. The Riptides also had a swimmer competing in the NCAA D-II National Championships in Houston, TX. The 2009 NCSA Junior National Championships were held March 17-21, in Orlando, FL. The Riptides sent four swimmers, the largest squad of swimmers to ever compete at the meet in...

March 30-31 will be the first annual Riptides Swim-A-Thon! Swimmers will have up to 2 hours to complete up to 200 lengths (5000 yards). Be sure to mail out sponsor letters and download pledge sheet. Entries for t-shirt contest are due to coaches by March 9, 2009. Good luck Riptides! Myrtle Beach Riptides 2009 Swim-A-Thon Prize Brackets - $200-349 – Swim-a-Thon t-shirt and 2 personalized white silicon team caps $350-499 – Above and embroidered folding deck chair $500-699 – Above and embroidered team warm-up, backpack or similarly priced item from...

Lowstate 12/Under Grand Prix Series Concludes with Championship! What started as an idea almost 3 years ago came to fruition for 2008-09 - the 12/Under Grand Prix Series. The idea was to bring teams from the Lowstate together for a series of meets specifically for 12/Unders with less than current SCS State q-times; allow the swimmers to compete in one-day events as a segway from summer league and lessons into more competitive club swimming; to track the development of the participating swimmers; and finally, award Series champions based on their...

Myrtle Beach Riptides Makes Waves at Swimming Championships The Myrtle Beach Riptides swimming team competed in their first South Carolina Swimming State Championship February 13-16, 2009 at the Middle Tyger YMCA in Duncan, SC. Eight members of the locally based swimming team traveled to the competition, featuring nearly 600 of the State’s finest young swimmers. While the SC Swimming State Championships was going on, Hunter Lineback, a sophomore at the University of Tampa (FL) was competing in his college’s conference championships in Charlotte, NC. When the pool finally settled and...

Congratulations to Megan Kingsley for earning selection to the 2009 USA-S Southern Zone Select Camp. Megan joins Lauren Campbell (2008) as the second swimmer from Myrtle Beach to earn such recognition. The camp will take place May 21-24 at the University of Louisville, KY. Megan is just one of 224 swimmers from around the nation to be selected; girls must be aged 12-13 and boys 13-14. Selection is based on fastest time in an IMX event or highest score in IMX. Stay tuned for more details.