Tuesday, May 25, 2021

BTIDE Men End of Season Award Winners

Even though we did not get a real season this school year (one week), we did make it this far.

We had excellent turn out for open swims. We were able to build on the future so that we will  be back to normal next school year.

We did still have Academic Awards at both the State and National Level.

WISCA (Wisconsin Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association)

WISCA Academic All State:

Jack Johnson

Ben Saladar

Kana Wong

NISCA (National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association)

Academic All-American: (3.75 GPA for the first 7 semesters of high school)

Jack Johnson

Kana Wong

NISCA Scholar Team Award: Silver 3.5 min. 

3.626 Varsity GPA 16 years in a row winning academic team award.

As previously announced all of our seniors will be going to college in the fall:

Jack Johnson UW-Madison

Anthony Jacobson UW-Whitewater

Ben Saladar Beloit College

Kana Wong Syracuse University 

Ben and Anthony plan on swimming for their respective schools in the fall.


Team Captains for 2021-2022

Eli Miller

Merrick Wales

Ben Johnson


Summer Swim at Krueger Starts June 7th at 7:30am. 

Sign up NOW!!!


Mark you Calendars for July 26-30

High School Swim Team Camp

Including Incoming Freshmen.

More information to come.


175 Days to Boys High School Swim/Dive Season.

Beloit Proud

Bleed Purple

Friday, May 21, 2021

End of Season Award Winners TIDE Women

 This by far was not a normal year for high school swimming in Beloit.

The women's swim team same in an early spring season, the boys had a one week season. 

When the women did finally get into the water, most had not swam for over 466 days. What we did in an eight week season was pretty amazing.

The women swam in 5 dual meets all at home finishing 2 wins and 3 loses. Qualified 4 swimmers and one relay for the state meet and set 5 school records. Swimming 100% on season best times at sub-sectionals hosted in Beloit.

End of Season Awards:

Varsity Letters: 

Prasia Jackson (12) 4th

Kaelyn Miller (12) 3rd

Sydney Prowse (12) 4th

Faith Sill (12) 2nd

Gabby Traver (12) 1st

Ellison Heyerdahl (11) 1st

McKenzie Jacobson (11) 3rd

Krissy Landon (11) 3rd

McKenna Rooney (11) 2nd

Kassidy Thomas (11) 1st

Ellie Saladar (10) 2nd

Kori Burnett (9) 1st

Norah Saladar (9) 1st

Major Awards:

Most Valuable Rookie(s) Kori Burnett, Norah Saladar

Hardest Worker: Ellie Saladar, Kassidy Thomas

Most Improved: Ellison Heyerdahl

TIDE Award: Sydney Prowse

MVP: Faith Sill

State Qualifiers: Faith Sill, Sydney Prowse, Norah Saladar, Kori Burnett

Team Captains Fall 2021: McKenna Rooney, Krissy Landon, Kassidy Thomas

All-State: Faith Sill 100 Fly and 100 Back

Academic All-State: Prasia Jackson, Sydney Prowse, Faith Sill, Kaelyn Miller, Gabby Traver

All-American Consideration: Faith Sill 100 Backstroke

Academic All-American: Prasia Jackson, Sydney Prowse, Faith Sill, Gabby Traver

NISCA Gold Award 17 years in a row: 3.78 Varsity GPA


We wish all of our seniors well and we know that you are prepared to great things in your life.

Beloit Proud

Bleed Purple


81 Days to the Start of Girls High School Season. 

Summer swim starts June 7th 7:30am Krueger Pool.


Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Beloit to Host WIAA Boys Swimming Sectionals 2022

 Beloit Memorial High School will be hosting the WIAA Boys Swimming Sectional #6 February 11th and 12th.

Diving will be on Friday February 11th 6:00pm Start

Swimming on Saturday February 12th 1:00pm Start.


Beloit Tentatively hosting the 2022 BIG8 Conference meet the week before, with Diving on Friday and swimming on Saturday.

Full meet schedule for the TIDE will be released soon.


Beloit Proud

Beloit Strong

Bleed Purple

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Last 10 years of BTIDE Program

The BTIDE program made a huge shift in 1996 when the coaching staff noticed a shift in demographics of Beloit Swimming. Most of the swimmers with the Beloit Aquatic Team lived in Illinois and they were using our facilities and their program was no longer benefiting Beloit swimming. In the late 1990's there were less than 40 kids in Beloit who called themselves swimmers.

Summer of 1996 we started the Learn to Swim like the Purple TIDE swim lesson program, that lasted for many years till about 2010. After many proposals to start a middle school swim team program; in 2000 we started the Middle TIDE swim teams. We had 10 boys and 19 girls on the first teams.  Before the Covid-19 pandemic we had over 90 girls and 40 boys on our middle school teams. Our high school boys and girls teams have grown to over 70 swimmers and divers each year. 

In the summer of 2006 we started the Krueger Summer swim team with 20 swimmers, in less than 5 years we were over 200 swimmers. 2013 the BTIDE USA Swim program started with the opening of the new high school natatorium.

The success of the last two decades has help the TIDE program become a formable force both in the State and Nation, for both school and club swimming. 

We will over come the recent world crisis and Beloit swimming will continue to be a strong program for the youth of the Beloit community.

WIAA State Qualifiers:

Boys 20

Girls 11 

WIAA State Qualifying Relays

Boys 15

Girls 3

WISCA All State Swimmers

Boys 2

Girls 2

WISCA Academic All State

Girls 54

Boys 32

NISCA Academic All-Americans

Girls 43

Boys 21

NISCA Top 25 Power Point Teams

Boys 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (Total of 10 since 2001)

Girls 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020

NISCA Academic Gold Award Teams

Girls: National Champs 2015

2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 (16 years in a row)

Boys: 2016, 2019, 2020

Invitational Champions:

Boys: Manitowoc 2016, 2017,  2018, 2019

         Rock County Championships 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

        Battle on the Rock 2019

        Hillman 2016

        Elkhorn 2012

Girls: Beloit Invite 2017

Middle School Team Championships

Boys: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 (13 titles since 2005)

Girls 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 (9 titles since 2009)

Sunday, May 2, 2021

National College Decision Day

 This year the BTIDE has 9 Seniors from the both the Girls and Boys swim teams.

Today I would like to announce where our outstanding class of 2021 is going to school next year.

This was an outstanding swimming and academic class. 

Accomplishments: 

Five WIAA State Qualifiers

14 Combined School Records

Two WISCA Swimming All-State Swimmers

Eight WISCA Academic All-State 

One NISCA Swimming All-American Consideration

Six NISCA Academic All-American's

Senior Class GPA 3.58

Men:

Anthony Jacobson: UW-Whitewater 

Jack Johnson: UW-Madison 

Ben Saladar: Beloit College 

Kana Wong: Syracuse University 

Women:

Prasia Jackson: UW-Madison 

Kaelyn Miller: UW-LaCrosse 

Sydney Prowse: Gustavus Adolphus College 

Faith Sill: Northern Michigan University 

Gabrielle Traver: Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE)

 


Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Fall 2021 WIAA Girls Sectional Assignments


 Beloit will be swimming at the Racine Case Sectional

BTIDE Women Finish Season Strong


WIAA State Qualifiers 2021

 After being out of the water for 466 days our Women's team got their season and took full of advantage of swimming for the first time in well over a year. Because of Covid and some senior swimmers graduating early the team numbers were down. The TIDE finished the season with 24 team members. 

The team still had a great season with our freshman and other young swimmers taking full advantage of their new opportunities.

We did some pretty amazing swimming for an eight week season, finishing with a dual meet record of two wins and 3 loses. Qualifying 4 swimmers for the WIAA State meet and breaking 6 school Varsity records.

The TIDE hosted the WIAA sub sectional meet, swimming 100% season best times with well of 90% lifetime best swims. Not bad for a short season and the amount of time we spent out of the pool.

Season Summary:

Dual Meet Record: 2 wins, 3 loses

WIAA Sectional Meet: (Top 8 Swims)

200 Medley Relay: 1st in Sub Sectional 4th Overall, 1:52.12 Varsity Record Finished 13th place at State.

Faith Sill (12), Sydney Prowse (12), Norah Saladar (9), Kori Burnett (9)

200 IM: Ellie Saladar (10) 6th Place

50 Free: Kori Burnett (9), 1st in Sub Sectional, Top 20 All Time BTIDE 

100 Fly: Faith Sill (12) 56.14 Varsity Record 1st Place Sectional, 2nd Place State, All State Cut Time

              Nora Saladar (9) 5th Place sectionals Top 20 All Time BTIDE 

500 Free: Ellie Saladar(10) 5th Place sectional, McKenna Rooney 6th place Sectionals

200 Free Relay: 3rd Place sub sectional

Kori Burnett (9), Prasia Jackson (12), McKenzie Jacobson (11), Sydney Prowse (12)

100 Back: Faith Sill (12) 55.67 Varsity Record, 1st place Sectionals, 3rd Place State, All State Cut Time, All-American Consideration

100 Breast: Sydney Prowse (12) 4th Place Sectionals, Kassidy Thomas (11) 5th Place Sectionals Top 5 All Time BTIDE.

400 Free Relay 3:51. 3rd Place Top 10 All Time BTIDE

Faith Sill(12) 2nd Fastest Time BTIDE, Kori Burnett (9), McKenzie Jacobson (11), Sydney Prowse (12)

Other Major Awards:

NISCA Academic All-American (3.75 GPA first 7 Semesters):

Prasia Jackson, Sydney Prowse, Faith Sill, Gabby Traver

WISCA Academic All-State (3.5 GPA first 7 Semesters):

Prasia Jackson, Sydney Prowse, Faith Sill Gabby Traver, Kaelyn Miller


Other end of the season awards will be announced in the near future after team picnic