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Championship Season Starts

All Varsity Boys swimmers Take Note:

1. Last week of morning practice. Insanity Tuesday and Thursday. Yoga Thursday night. Goal Setting Monday, visual practice Monday & Wednesday.

2. If you plan on swimming in February, you need to be healthy: Rest, eat right, Rest, do your homework, Rest, keep good sleep hours.

3. Tell your non-swimming friends that you will not see them until March, you're busy.

4. No Winter Formal!!!

5. No JV Practice 

      JV expected to time at Conference Meet February 6th.

6. Watch for Banquet Information. 

7. If you have not paid for your champ suit yet, do so ASAP... Suits come in Monday.

8. Team Breakfast Saturday 10am. Pool Lobby.

Becoming Beloit Strong!!

Weekend Summary TIDE 2nd at Platteville

1st:
I want our Jazz Band Members to know; that we missed them this weekend.
Remember we are family. Come back safe to Beloit (:

Friday the TIDE swam a double dual with Janesville Parker and Verona at Verona (25 meter pool).

Though we did not win the meets, we swam very well and got to swim some off events.

Jackson Prowse had our only overall 1st place in the 100 Breast with a very nice 100 meter time of 1:14

We set new school records in the:
JV 200 and 400 Freestyle by Max Saladar
Freshman 200 and 100 Free by Nathan Sill
Andrew DeKok became the fastest 100 meter freestyler in school history with a 58.6

Good meet guys

SATURDAY: Platteville Invitational
The team really pulled together, we could not completely fill out our lineup, but the team really stepped up. As Mike McCarthy would say "Next Man Up"...
Again our Relays and IM swimming was outstanding...

2nd out of 10 teams Amazing (:

Medalist: 
200 Free: Andrew DeKok 5th
100 IM: Ryan Santas 5th, Nathan Sill 6th
200 IM: Jackson Prowse 2nd, Jason Schroeder 4th, Omar Cancino 5th
100 Fly: Ryan Santas 5th, Nathan Sill 7th, Omar Cancino 8th
100 Free: Andrew DeKok 4th
100 Breast: Jackson Prowse 2nd

TIDE's next meet is at UW-Madison Natatorium for the Madison West Invitational

BECOMING BELOIT STRONG

TIDE Wins 3rd Straight Dual City Conference

The EastTide women won their 3rd straight Dual City Conference with WestTide finishing 4th. All Beloit Swimmers did an outstanding job. Swimming many life-time and season bests.

The TIDE won all 9 events setting school records in several events. The teams also swept or place many swimmers in the top 4. The 50 Fly the top 4 swimmers were all TIDE. Fly and the IM and the other skill events have been very strong for us this season.

The meet started out with EastTide winning the 200 Medley Relay in a new school record of 2:08.22 with all 7th grade swimmers. The team was made up of Faith Sill, Sydney Prowse, Noa Levy, Jayda Bessel. Faith Sill's lead off was a new school record for the 50 Back. Also in that event the EastTide B Relay finished 4th of McKenzie Jacobson, Rebekkah Dekok, Caroline Santas, Katie Kraemer. The WestTIDE Relay of Emily Davis, Abagail Champeny-Johns, Madeline Champeny-Johns, and Gabriele Traver finished 5th.

Other Top Swims:
200 Free: 
1st Sophie Roth ET
2nd Prasia Jackson WT
3rd Katie Kraemer ET
7th Gwen Anderson-Carratt WT

100 IM:
1st Faith Sill ET
3rd Madeline Champeny-Johns WT
4th McKenzie Jacobson ET

50 Free:
1st Katelyn Landon ET
3rd Jayda Bessel ET

50 Fly:
1st Katelyn Landon ET
2nd Madeline Champeny-Johns WT
3rd Noa Levy ET
4th Gabriele Traver WT

100 Free:
1st Jayda Bessel ET
2nd Sophie Roth ET
5th Riley Burke WT
7th Lyndsey Turner WT

50 Back:
1st Faith Sill ET
4th Prasia Jackson WT
5th McKenzie Jacobson ET

50 Breast:
1st Sydney Prowse ET
2nd Noa Levy ET
4th Abagail Champeny-Johns WT
7th Sydney Jacobs WT

200 Free Relay:
1st Sophie Roth, Sydney Prowse, Caroline Santas, Katelyn Landon  ET-A
4th Kaitlyn Richins, Claire Boggs, Carolneena Hallock, Katie Kraemer ET-B
7th Gwen Anderson-Carratt, AshlynYadon, Gabriele Traver, Jade Vangeisen WT-B

Final Scores:
1) Beloit East TIDE 215
2) Janesville Marshall 138
3) Janesville Franklin 106
4) Beloit West TIDE 104
5) Janesville Edison 74

Beloit TIDE 319
Janesville     318

Being Beloit Strong!!

Weekend Summary

This is a weekend that was a test of our resilience as a team.

We experience Lows and Highs, all with in 24 hours.

Friday  we dropped a close meet to our rival Janesville Craig 87-83. We lost some very close races, but overall swam some very good times, most notably Andrew DeKok's 51.8 100 free.

Saturday in our annual pilgrimage to Manitowoc, was an example of why you get another day sometimes. At Manty we brought our passion and that Purple TIDE attitude. Again we had consistent improvement, placing our swimmers in the top 8 in every event but one. Our depth really paid off big dividends and our trust in each other. I felt at the beginning that we had a chance to win this year, but to move up from 3rd to 1st in the last event was not how I envisioned our win.

Yesterday we came together as a team and we now need to continue this through to Sectionals and State.

Top Swims & Medalist (top 6)

200 Medley Relay:
3rd 1:48.37 Jim Santas, Jackson Prowse, Adrian Sowicz, Andrew DeKok. Sowicz's Fly Split  24.53 is a top 10 fly split in school history.

200 IM:
2nd Jackson Prowse, 3rd Joris Bloebaum, 5th Jason Schroeder. All 6 of our IM swimmers placed in the top 15 scoring 66 points in that event.

100 Free:
4th Andrew DeKok, 5th Adrian Sowicz

200 Free Relay:
1st Andrew DeKok, Adrian Sowicz, Jackson Prowse, Nathan Sill (combined with our 7th place B Relay got us back into the meet.)

100 Back:
3rd Jim Santas

100 Breast:
2nd Jackson Prowse

400 Free Relay:
4th Andrew DeKok, Adrian Sowicz, Jason Schroeder, Nathan Sill
6th Joris Bloebaum, Ryan Santas, Smith Mayse, Jim Santas

The TIDE's next meet is Friday at Verona for a Double Dual with Parker. Saturday at UW-Plattville at the Platteville Invitational.

Becoming Beloit Strong!!

Practice Schedule Week of 1/18

Monday:
No School, No Practice, National Holiday

Tuesday:
6:00-7:20am Insanity-Mental Training
3:30pm Middle School Meet Set Up
6:00-7:30pm Swim Practice

Wednesday:
6:00-7:20am Lift-Swim
3:30-6:00pm Swim

Thursday:
6:00-7:20am Swim only
3:30pm Middle School Conference Meet
High School No Practice

Friday:
No Morning Practice
2:00 Team Meeting
2:30 Bus Leaves
4:00 Warm-Up
5:30 Verona, Janesville Parker Double Dual at Verona
We will eat after the Meet at the Verona Culvers. Erasing the Demons (:

Saturday:
6:45am Team Meeting
7:00am Bus Leaves
9:15am Warm-up
11:00 Meet
We will eat at the Platteville Culvers after meet.

Championship Meet Suits

Championship Meet Suits are 

Speedo this year.

We are going with a new supplier this year, now that Middleton Sport & Fitness is gone.

You Swimmer know who they are, they have been sized.

Make Checks out to:

BMHS Swimming.

Becoming Beloit Strong

2nd Chance to get TIDE Apparel For any TIDE any Level

You don't have to be on the High School Team to Look This Cool.

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BECOMING BELOIT STRONG

Practice Schedule Week of January 11th 33 Days to Sectionals

33 Days to SECTIONALS

Monday: 6:00-7:20am Lift/Swim

               3:45-6:00pm Goal Setting/Swim

Tuesday:6:00-7:20am Insanity/Focus Drill

              4:00-5:50pm Middle School Meet

              6:00-7:30pm Swim Practice 

Wednesday: 6:00-7:20am Lift/Swim

                     3:45-6:00pm

Thursday: 6:00-7:20am Insanity/Focus Drill

              4:00-5:50pm Middle School Meet
              6:00-7:30pm Swim Practice

Friday: No Morning Practice
            3:30pm Pool Set Up
            4:00pm Warm-Up
            5:30pm Parent Night Dual Meet vs. Janesville Craig
            6:00pm eta for Parents Intro.

Saturday: Manitowoc Invite
                 7:00am Coach Bus with Janesville Parker/Our Friends
                10:30am Coaches Meeting
                10:45am Warm-up
                12:00 MEET
                4:00pm Chocolate and Ice Cream!!!! Ya!!

Good Weekend for the TIDE HS Boys

The TIDE finished their tough weekend with a 2nd place finish at the Stoughton High School College Events meet. It was the TIDE's 3rd meet in three days.

Thursday the TIDE won it's first ever Rock County Championship, Friday split a double dual beating Madison East 138-32, losing to Middleton 104-66. In the East half of the meet Beloit won 9 of 11 events. Sweeping the Free Relays, 500, 200 Free, 200 IM, and 100 Fly.

Saturday the TIDE finished 2nd behind Wisconsin D2 power McFarland.
 Team Scores - Through Event 17
1. McFarland High School Boys 577
2. Beloit Memorial High School 440
3. Sun Prairie High School 376.5
4. Janesville Parker  370
5. Oregon Belleville Swim 336
6. Stoughton High School 293
7. DeForest HS Boys Swimming 266.5
8. Baraboo High School Boys 232

Beloit had many outstanding swims and season best times. Jim Santas broke his sophomore record in the 200 back with a 2nd place time of 2:17.06.

The TIDE like Thursday night placed many swimmers in the top 8 in every event, again having great depth. Beloit also had 4 swimmers medal in the meet. Beloit also beat Sun Prairie who had beaten the TIDE in their first meet of the season.


Jim Santas 2nd in both the 100 and 200 Backstrokes
Jackson Prowse 3rd 200 Free and 2nd in the 200 Breast
Andrew DeKok 2nd 100 Free
Joris Bloebaum  3rd 100 Breaststroke

The TIDE's next meet is Friday at Home for Parents Night vs. Janesville Craig.

Becoming Beloit Strong!!

TIDE Wins Rock County Challenge

The TIDE won it's first ever Rock County Challenge.
Winning the meet in the last event. It was a total team effort with every swimmer placing in the meet. Placing many swims in the top 8. Several swimmers medal and finished with 3 first places, with many season best swims.

1st Places:
200 Free Relay: 1:35.49; Joris Bloebaum, Andrew DeKok, Adrian Sowicz, Nathan Sill.
100 Back: 1:01,11 ; Jim Santas
100 Breast: 1:06.16 ; Jackson Prowse

Other Medalist:
200 Medley Relay: 2nd: Jim Santas, Jackson Prowse, Nathan Sill, Adrian Sowicz
200 Free: 3rd: Andrew DeKok
200 IM: 2nd: Jackson Prowse
50 Free: 3rd: Adrian Sowicz
100 Free: 3rd: Andrew DeKok
400 Free Relay: 2nd: Andrew DeKok, Adrian Sowicz, Jason Schroeder, Jackson Prowse

Final Score:
Beloit Memorial 655.5
Janesville Parker 637.5
Janesville Craig 558
Milton 272

Beloit Proud

Becoming Beloit Strong

Twin Pillars of Progress

Twin Pillars of Progress We went racing last weekend and observed all manner of swimming related information. We find the meets most stimulating as they are a reliable reflection of progress being made, new skills being incorporated and attitudes being reaffirmed. Upon reflection it occurred to us that two main components of progress are consistency and the power of incremental improvement. The consistency issue is pretty obvious and while the usefulness of small increments may not be so easily visible they are none the less just as powerful. The best part of each of these is the athlete has total control of their effectiveness. Consistency is a hallmark characteristic of high level performers in any walk of life. Swimmers need to come to training sessions and meets regularly. Training sessions missed and meets not attended can never be recovered. When you make those two parts of your career a priority, your progress is virtually insured. Small incremental improvement is often unobservable in the traditional sense. It is just as remarkable for its impact is never in doubt so long as you are willing to invest regularly over time…like the wise old adage about saving a fixed percentage of your income – all the time. Let’s say you wanted to drop 4.5 seconds in a 100 yard event over 3 seasons. It looks like this mathematically: you have about 2.5 years, or 912 days to drop the time; 4.5 divided by 912 = .00493. Basically you need to improve .005th of a second each and every day and the time drop will be yours. Now that you have a specific goal for each day you then decide what .005th of a second you are going to capture and how you will do that. The list for that improvement is endless just as it is for the improvement in any area. Not any one thing will give you that time drop; many areas can and need to be addressed – stroke technique, kicking, strength and flexibility, aerobic and anaerobic capacity, sleep, nutrition, mental attitude – the list is practically endless. As Steve Bultman from Texas A&M says, “If you do the work you will improve, the only question is when.” Both consistency and incremental improvements are completely in your hands. One of the very best qualities about our sport is that you don’t need someone to throw you the ball to score. Does it help to have a knowledgeable coach, supportive parents and encouraging teammates? You bet it does. But you know what? There are thousands of swimmers with all three of those who have no plan. And what we have to say about that isn’t new, but it is still true: failure to plan is planning to fail. This is actually on you. So take it to heart and do it. You will stand so tall and so proud!

Don Swartz & Ken DeMont

The Law of the Price Tag (Winning)

The cost of being part of a winning team: 1. Sacrifice:  “He who would accomplish little sacrifice little, he who would achieve much must sacrifice much” - James Allen    You can be sure that no matter how much you expect to give for the team, at some point you will be required to give more in order to improve.  The team gets to the top only through sweat, blood, and sacrifice of its members. 2. Time Commitment:  It may not always be convenient but it is crucial in order for you to continue to improve. 3. Personal development:  The only way the team reaches its potential is if you reach your potential.   “ We cannot become what we need to be, by remaining what we are.” – Max Depree The desire to keep striving, to keep getting better, is a key to your own ability, but is crucial for the betterment of the team.  “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts” –John Wooden 4.  Unselfishness:  If you give your best to the team, it will return more to you than you give it, and together you will achieve    more than you can on your own. There are only 2 kinds of teams who violate the law of the price tag:     1.  Those who don’t realize what the price is 2.  Those who realize the price, but are not willing to pay it. Commit to the process.  Love the Grind.  Win Everyday.

High School Practice Schedule for Week of January 4

43 Days to WIAA Sectionals

Will you be part of that Group??

What are you will to sacrifice in the next 43 days.

See you Monday at 5:45am

Monday:
6:00-7:20am Swim with Drylands
3:45-6:00pm Goal Setting and As many yards as possible (:

Tuesday:
6:00-7:20am Insanity/Stroke Drills
3:45-6:00pm Lactic Acid Day

Wednesday:
6:00-7:20am Swim with Drylands
3:45-6:00pm

Thursday:
No Morning Practice
3:30pm Finish Setting up Pool
4:00pm Meet Warm-up
5:30pm Rock County Championships
7:15pm est. end of meet

Friday:
No Morning Practice
2:15pm Get out of Class
2:30pm Bus Leaves
4:00pm Warm-up
5:30pm Middleton, Madison East Double Dual

Saturday:
7:30am Team Meeting:
7:45am Bus:
8:45am Coaches Meeting
9:00am Warm-up:
10:30am Meet:
2:30pm Est. End of Meet