Friday, March 14, 2014

Save the Dates

Up coming events for the Beloit TIDE.

April 21st: Beloit TIDE starts Organized practices 
                  3:30-5:00pm  Monday - Thursday.
            BMHS Pool (HOME)
Remember Coaches are volunteering at this time and there is no cost until summer. 

June 14 and 15: Beloit Aquatic is Hosting Meet at BMHS Pool.
            Excellent Fundraiser (Concessions) 
            At December BAT meet, TIDE made a very nice profit. 

We will need workers for this event,  all funds support all TIDE swimmers, at all levels.

Weather permitting we can set up concessions on our patio and grill.

June 16: Beloit TIDE start summer practices at both Krueger and BMHS. Two a days for high school swimmers and more advanced. More information on practice times will posted at a later date.

June 16: Beloit TIDE Diving Starts 12:00-1:30 at BMHS Pool. 
Dr. Ken Johnson BMHS diving coach will be coaching this program. More information to come.

June 21: Dual meet with Platteville Swim Club at Krueger (BMHS if Rain).

July 13: Rockford Open at Alpine Pool Rockford Illinois. 

July 19 or 26: Platteville Open. Will post when we find out.

BELOIT PROUD!!!



Monday, March 10, 2014

TIDE Academics 2013-2014

It's been another outstanding year for the BMHS Purple TIDE in the classroom.

TIDE Women's Varsity GPA 3.904 NISCA Gold Award 9 years in a row. Gold is a Varsity team GPA of 3.75. The women had 13 4.0 GPA swimmers on Varsity this year.

TIDE Men's Varsity GPA 3.716 NISCA Silver Award, 9th academic team award. Silver is a Varsity team GPA of 3.5.

Eight WISCA All-State and NISCA All- Americans:
WISCA All-State is GPA of 3.5 for 7 semesters. NISCA is a GPA of 3.79 for 7 semesters.

Women; Savannah Cain, Megan Corum, Margaret Locke, Morgan Makinen, Diane Meason, Katherine Zibert.

Men; Morgan Poepping, Caleb Schober

All of these swimmers were also Porter Scholars at Beloit College and took multiple AP classes.
Zibert, Schober, Poepping, and Makinen have been accepted to UW-Madison. Diane Meason Marquette University (ROTC Scholarship). Margaret Locke Carol University (Academic Scholarship). Savannah Cain (UW-Milwaukee). Megan Corum (Lawrence University or Knox College).


WISCA - Wisconsin Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association 
NISCA - National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association 

Front Row: Savannah Cain, Megan Corum, Katherine Zibert. Back Row: Morgan Poepping, Morgan Makinen, Magaret Locke, Diane Meason, Caleb Schober.

BELOIT PROUD!!!!



Sunday, March 2, 2014

USA State 12 & Under Meet

Several Beloit TIDE swimmers swam in the Wisconsin LSC State Swim Meet.

Nathan Sill (12) of the Beloit Middle TIDE (OLA) lead the way with two top 8 finishes and the podium. 
In the 12&Under Boys: Nate finished 4th in the 50 Butterfly with a time of 29.33 and 6th in the 100 Freestyle 56.71. His 100 Freestyle swim was a AAA time qualifying for the Zone championships.
Nate also finished in the top 16 in the 200 IM, 200 Free, and the 50 Breaststroke.

Other Beloit TIDE swimmers in the meet were 10 & under swimmers; Faith Sill(10)(OLA), Sydney Prowse(10)(Morgan), and Ben Saladar(10)(Morgan).

It was a Great Weekend for our Future Purple Knights!!

Beloit Proud!!
Nathan Sill


Saturday, March 1, 2014

Girls Varsity Swim Schedule 2014

Girls Swim 2014 Schedule 

Friday, Aug 29 Sun Prairie @ BMHS

Friday, Sept 5 Janesville Parker @ Parker

Saturday, Sept 6 Parker Relays @ Janesville Parker

Friday, Sept 12 Madison Memorial @ Madison Memorial

Saturday, Sept 13 Elkhorn Invite @ Elkhorn

Friday, Sept 19 Verona @ BMHS

Saturday, Sept 20 Sun Prairie Invite ? @ Sun Prairie

Tuesday, Sept 23 Madison West @ BMHS

Thursday, Oct 2 Madison East @ Madison East

Friday, Oct 10 Middleton @ Middleton

Saturday, Oct 11 Beloit Invite @ BMHS start time 11 AM

Friday, Oct 17 Madison LaFollette @ BMHS

Tuesday, Oct 21 Janesville Craig @ Craig

Saturday, Oct 25 JV Conference @ Sun Prairie ?

Saturday, Nov 1 Varsity Conference @ Middleton ?

Saturday, Nov 8 Sectionals @ TBD

Saturday, Nov 15 State Meet @ UW Natitorium

Friday, February 28, 2014

2014-15 Boys Swim Schedule

Meet Schedule
2014-2015

Date                            Teams                                                H/A                 
Nov. 17                       First Practice                                       H
Nov. 26                       Alumni Meet                                      H
Dec 5                           Janesville Craig                                  A
Dec.12                         Verona & Parker                                H
Dec. 13                        Parker Relays                                     A
Dec. 19                        Madison West                                    A
Dec. 20                        Beloit Invitational                               H
Jan. 3                           Stoughton Invitational                        A
Jan. 8                           Rock County Challenge                    H
Jan. 9                           Memorial & LaFollette                       H
Jan. 16                         Sun Prairie                                         A
Jan. 17                         Manitowoc Invitational                      A
Jan. 23                         Middleton & East                            East
Jan. 24                         Platteville Invitational                     UWP

                                    Championship Season
Jan. 31                         Madison Invitational                        UW
Feb. 6                          BIG 8 Diving                              Middleton
Feb. 7                          BIG 8 Swimming                        Middleton
Feb. 13                        WIAA Sectional Diving                  TBA
Feb. 14                        WIAA Sectional Swimming           TBA

Feb. 21                        WIAA STATE MEET                    UW

Thursday, February 27, 2014

TIDE Banquet & Awards Last Night

The Purple TIDE Boys had their end of the season Banquet last night. It was a night of great emotion as we said good bye to a group of outstanding seniors.

This was by far one of the most rewarding seasons I ever coached, not just because of the new pool, but what we over came as a team to achieve the success we had this year.

3 dual meet wins in the very tough Big 8 Conference.

Two State Qualifiers
Caleb Schober and Chance Murray

3 swimmers and a relay achieving the all time TIDE list.
Caleb Schober 100 Breast, Christian Schober 100 Back, Chance Murray 500 Free, and the 200 Free Relay: Schober, Schober, Murray, Justin Stanton

2 Academic All-State and All-Americans
Caleb Schober and Morgan Poepping

Varsity GPA of 3.716 NISCA Silver Award

16 Swimmers and Divers Earned the Varsity Letters
Jackson Prowse (9)
Killian Chamberlain (10)
Andrew DeKok(10)
Jason Schroeder(10)
Tyler Garetson(11)
Christian Schober(11)
Peter Kelly(11)
Justin Stanton(11)
Tyler Dirksen(12)
Chance Murray(12)
A'ron Molna'r(12)
Alex Sage(12)
Dietrich Heiss(12)
Caleb Schober(12)
Morgan Poepping(12)
Jose Cardenas(12)

Major Awards
Comeback Award - Zack Perez
Hardest Worker - Tyler Dirksen
Rock(Bryan Long) - Collin Heyerdahl
Most Improved - Jarrett Malizio and Omar Cancino
Rookie of the Year - Jackson Prowse
Iron Man - Andrew DeKok
William Benji Klett - Morgan Poepping
MVP - Chance Murray and Caleb Schober

Remember Open Pool/Strength room Monday through Friday 6:30-7:30am and Monday through Thursday 3:30-5:00pm

BELOIT PROUD!!!


Sunday, February 23, 2014

WIAA State Meet Results

The Purple TIDE finished 35 at the WIAA State Meet Saturday.

Caleb Schober finished 13th in the 100 Breaststroke with a lifetime best of 1:00.64, the third fastest time in school history, passing Jimm Rogers (81) on the list.

Chance Murray finished with the 500 1 second slower than his qualifying time with a 5:00.99.

Caleb Schober and Chance Murray waiting for warm-up to start.



BELOIT PROUD!!

Monday, February 17, 2014

TIDE Ranked 28th in Coaches Poll and Other News

After amazing weekend of swimming Beloit jumped back into the WISCA coaches poll with a ranking of 28th. 

The TIDE has a least one swimmer Ranked in the Top 50 in each event, with Caleb Schober ranked the highest in an individual event 9th. 


In other News, the TIDE Natatorium is now listed by NISCA as a certified competition pool to set National High School and American Records.

Last but not least:

TEAM MEETING for all Swimmers JV, Varsity BOYS and GIRLS Tuesday February 18th after school in Natatorium.

Applebee's Fundraiser, Team Banquet, Voting for Major Awards.....

Beloit Proud!!!

Saturday, February 15, 2014

WIAA Middleton Sectional Summary

What an outstanding day for the TIDE today. Like I always say, it's not February yet and we have been outstanding in February again. The TIDE finished 7th out of 12 with all 12 swimmers scoring points.

Chance Murray and Caleb Schober qualified for the WIAA State Meet next Saturday. This will be Caleb's third state meet and Chance's first. 

Caleb qualified in the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:00.82 4th fastest in school history, finishing 2nd.
Chance Murray qualified in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 4:59.81 5th fastest in school history, finishing 8th.

The team swam 100% on its season best times, with 90% on lifetime best swims. Christian Schober also stood on the podium today with and 8th place in the 100 Back with a 58.46 the 10 fastest in school history. The 9th place 200 Free Relay of Christian Schober, Justin Stanton, Chance Murray, Caleb Schober finished with a 1:33.99 the 8th fastest swim in school history.

Other Notable Swims:

200 Medley Relay 9th Christian Schober, Jackson Prowse, Caleb Schober, Justin Stanton. 1:47.01

200 Free Tyler Garetson 2:04.16, Morgan Poepping 1:59.75, 9th Chance Murray 1:50.99 8th Fastest in school histroy.

200 IM: 13th Jackson Prowse 2:16.55, 14th Andrew DeKok 2:17.41, 16th Tyler Dirksen 2:18.77

100 Fly: 13th Justin Stanton 59.43, Killian Chamberlain 1:05.17

500 Free: 16th Andrew DeKok 5:18.94

100 Back: 15th Jose Cardenas 1:00.45, Jason Schroeder 1:06.32

100 Breast: 15th Jackson Prowse 1:07.07, Morgan Poepping 1:08.10

400 Free Relay: 10th Tyler Dirksen, Andrew DeKok, Jason Schroeder, Morgan Poepping 3:37.19

Awesome Job Today!!

REMBER TEAM MEETING AT 3:30 ON MONDAY TO VOTE ON AWARDS FOR BANQUET.

BELOIT PROUD!!