2001-2011 Some History

2001
High School Boys Swim Team: 11 Swimmers.
High School Girls Swim Team:  19 Swimmers.
No Middle School Program, Intro Middle School Team (2weeks) 30 Swimmers.
No Krueger Summer Swim Team ( Summer Tide).
No Swimmers on the Beloit Aquatic Team.
1st Learn to Swim Like the Purple Tide 80 Beginning Level Learn to Swim.

2011
High School Boys Swim Team: 35
High School Girls Swim Team: 33 (7 NISCA National Academic Gold Awards)
Middle School Boys Swim Team: 30 (4 Conference Titles)
Middle School Girls Swim Team: 80 (3 Conference Titles)
Krueger Summer Swim Team: 150 Swimmers
Learn to Swim like the Purple Tide: 125 learn to swim program.

Before 2001, the swim teams always relied on the Beloit Aquatic Team. As their team demographics change, less kids from Beloit were swimming for the BAT's, this had a major impact on our program. So the coaches at Beloit Memorial had to make a major culture change in our swimming community. We started the Middle School Swim Team, Krueger Summer Swim Team and the Learn to Swim like the Purple Tide lesson program. Swimming is COOL again in Beloit. This past year over 250 swimmers in Beloit call themselves TIDE!!.

Thank You to all the Coaches who help make these changes: Coach Andre DeKok, Coach Kim Waite (Orr), Coach Stacy Johannson, Coach Katie Detling, Coach Jacob Truby, Coach Abby Vogel, Coach Leah Prins, Coach Ashley Culver, Coach Matt Christidis, Coach Barb Butz, and to all of our Volunteer Swimming Teachers.

Also a BIG Thank You to all of the Parents and Swimmers who have made this all possible. We are getting closer to getting Beloit back on Top of the State in Swimming.

Go TIDE!!

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