| May 22, 2013 - Racers graduate two seniors! | |
 | The Rapid City Racers are pleased to announce the graduation of two of our senior ladies. Faith Weiss and Ellen Voigt have graduated High School this year and are off to some new and exciting oppor... | |
| May 9, 2013 - Rapid City Racers Achieve Level 2 Club Recognition | |
| The Rapid City Racers have received Level 2 Club Recognition from USA Swimming. This is currently the highest level of recognition achieved by a swim club in South Dakota and Wyoming. There are fo... | |
| Apr 16, 2013 - Racers Secure a Sponsorship with Nike | |
|  The Rapid City Racers announce this week that they have signed a contract with Nike through the Olympic year (August 2016). Nike is a large company and they have a Nike Swim division that will be wo... | |
| Mar 17, 2013 - The Racers Have Record Setting Meet in WI | |
|  The Rapid City Racers traveled to Waukesha, WI for the Central Zone Sectional meet from March 6-11. The Racers placed 12 th for the Women, 39 th for the Men and 20 th combined team scores. There ... | |
| Mar 5, 2013 - Racers Depart for Sectionals | |
| Six racers will be leaving for Waukesha, WI on Wednesday morning for the Senior Sectional meet. The Racers will be competing in a combined 18 individual events and 3 relays over four days of competi... | |
| Feb 27, 2013 - Racers Prepare for State Meet | |
| This week the Rapid City Racers are putting the finishing touches on their season. The Racers are sending 36 strong and dedicated athletes to the South Dakota State meet in Aberdeen, South Dakota.... | |
| Feb 19, 2013 - RC Journal editorial board favors building competition pool | |
| Today the Rapid City Editoral board came out with a statement in favor of building a competition-size pool at the roosevelt location and urging the city council to support it. See link below for full ... | |
| Feb 17, 2013 - South Dakota B Meet Comes to Rapid City | |
| The Rapid City Racers will host the South Dakota State B Meet from February 22-24. There will be teams from across the state traveling to the Roosevelt Swim Center for the chance to compete at the St... | |
| Feb 12, 2013 - Racers Fight Blizzard to Swim FAST! | |
| Despite the weather the Racers had a great showing at the Capital City Qualifier this past weekend in Pierre. Over the course of the weekend the Racers had an amazing 101 lifetime best swims and 55 ... | |
| Feb 8, 2013 - The Rapid City Racers to Compete in State Capitol this weekend | |
| This weekend the Rapid City Racers will compete at the Capitol City Qualifier in Pierre. This meet marks the last meet of the regular season. The Racers will be sending 30 athletes to the meet t... | |
| Jan 29, 2013 - Spearfish Meet | |
| The Rapid City Racers had a strong showing at the Black Hills Gold Invitational this past weekend. Every athlete who participated had at least one individual life time best swim and the team posted ... | |
| Jan 26, 2013 - Racers Finish in Third | |
|  The Rapid City RACERS took home the 3 rd place Team high percentage point trophy from the Bismarck 2013 Category 5 Swim Meet. The RACERS had several outstanding individual performances. Tamara Gorm... | |
| Jan 16, 2013 - Racers Head to North Dakota | |
| The Rapid City Racers will be sending 35 highly motivated athletes to Bismarck North Dakota the weekend of January 18 th . The Racers will be competing in the Aquastorm swim meet which is a prelimi... | |
| Jan 11, 2013 - Gorman 2012-13 Gatorade South Dakota Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year | |
| Congratulations to Tamara Gorman on being the 2012-13 Gatorade South Dakota Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year. Full Story in Rapid City Journal | |
| Jan 8, 2013 - Jr Racer and Age Group Swimmers Shine | |
| The young Racers swimmers had a great showing at the Deadwood New Year Meet. There were 77 lifetime best swims from out amazing Age Group and Jr. Racers this weekend. The hardworking racers get back... | |
| Jan 2, 2013 - Racer Alumni Tony Smoragiewicz to Compete for Team USA in Scotland | |
| Smoragiewicz, a freshman at the University of Michigan will be running for team USA in Edinburgh. While this is not a swimming event we are proud of Tony for his great accomplishment of being selecte... | |
| Jan 2, 2013 - Jr. Racer and Age Group Swimmers Head to Deadwood | |
| This week Saturday the Rapid City Racers will be sending their Jr. Racer and Age Group swimmers to compete in the Deadwood New Years Swim Meet. Action will kick off on Saturday January 5 th at 10:1... | |
| Dec 17, 2012 - A great christmas classic | |
| Another successful meet behind us and we could not have done it without AMAZING parent support!!!! Thanks to each and every one of you that volunteered your time in making it happen, whether it ... | |
| Dec 9, 2012 - Racers See Success in Gillette | |
| The Racers have returned from Gillette posting over 100 lifetime best swims, dropping a combined 10 minutes and 3 sectional qualifying swims. The 11-12 and 13 & Over girls relays all posted impressi... | |
| Dec 7, 2012 - Coach Guy Achieves ASCA Level 3 Age Group | |
| Rapid City RACERS Head Coach Guy Gniotczynski recently achieved Level 3 Age Group certification by the American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA). Only 15%-18% of the top ASCA coaches hold a level 3 ... | |
| Nov 28, 2012 - Racers Prepare for Candy Cane Open | |
| The Rapid City Racers are placing the finishing touches on their mid season meet in Gillette. 33 highly motivated and energetic athletes leave for Gillette, WY to compete in the meet Friday through S... | |
| Nov 22, 2012 - Spearfish Results | |
| All of the Racers swam well last weekend . There were four stand out athletes that placed in the top 5 in their age group at the Spearfish Pentathlon. Miles Johnsond 3rd Kade Kandolin 4th Grace Hofman... | |
| Nov 14, 2012 - Racers see Success in Pierre | |
| The Racers completed a successful weekend at the Pierre Invite. They came away with 77% lifetime best swims, 95% season best swims and a handful of state qualifying times. They are swimming well ... | |
| Nov 6, 2012 - Racers Head to Pierre | |
| This weekend the Rapid City Racers will compete in their second meet of the 2012-2013 Short Course season. 37 of the Racers will swim in Pierre on Saturday 11/10 and Sunday 11/11. They have had a... | |
| Oct 29, 2012 - First meet in the books! | |
| The Rapid City Racers had their first meet this past weekend. The meet was a huge success for all swimmers. The 45 swimmers who participated in their first meet had a blast, learned a lot and were ... | |
| Oct 26, 2012 - Gorman Sets Historical Mark | |
|  Tamara Gorman returns from New Zealand with a bronze medal and is automatically qualified for London in 2013! Gorman will also go down in the record books as the first woman on the junior elite world... | |
| Oct 22, 2012 - Racers Season Opener | |
| The Rapid City Racers will open their short course season on this Saturday, with 74 swimmers participating and over half of which it will be their first meet. What an exciting time for the young swi... | |
| Oct 13, 2012 - Tamara Gorman Heads to New Zealand for ITU Worlds | |
| Tamara Gorman Heads to New Zealand to compete in International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Championships . Gorman a Rapid City native is among only 3 women selected from the USA to represent team USAT... | |
| Jul 18, 2012 - Gniotczynski Named Head Coach at Rapid City Racers | |
| News link from Bearcat Swim Club web page. http://www.bearcatswimclub.org/NewsShow.jsp?returnPage=/News.jsp&id=187530&team=orbcsc | |
| Jul 17, 2012 - Welcome Coach Guy | |
| A warm welcome to Coach Guy!!! Coach Guy arrived today and will be on deck and working closely with Coaches Allan, Jason and Autumn in the coming weeks to get to know each swimmer and get settled i... | |
| Mar 15, 2012 - Racers Dominate at Sectionals | |
| This past weekend 6 members from RCR competed at the Speedo Sectional Championships in Pleasant Prairie WI finishing in 16 th place out 72 teams. Competing against the best swimmers from IA, IL, MN,... | |
| Mar 7, 2012 - RCR Well Represented at State | |
| This past weekend the Racers were represented extremely well at this past weekends South Dakota State Championships by the 31 Racers competing in the meet. It was an awesome meet to finish up the Shor... | |
| Mar 5, 2012 - Swimming: Former Ohio State swimmer now eyeing Olympics | |
|  http://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/swimming-former-ohio-state-swimmer-now-eyeing-olympics/article_c76d1ac4-667f-11e1-ba30-001871e3ce6c.html | |
| Mar 4, 2012 - Four local swimmers get wins | |
| http://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/local/swimming-four-local-swimmers-get-wins/article_a507fff4-667e-11e1-b809-001871e3ce6c.html | |
| Mar 3, 2012 - Swimming: Several racers shine on second day of short-course championships | |
| http://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/swimming-several-racers-shine-on-second-day-of-short-course/article_68be90d0-65b6-11e1-ab67-001871e3ce6c.html | |
| Mar 3, 2012 - Swimming: Racers’ Sieve closing in on impressive mark | |
|  Swimming: Racers? Sieve closing in on impressive mark Read more: http://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/swimming-racers-sieve-closing-in-on-impressive-mark/article_026efa68-65b6-11e1-ae77-001871e3ce6c.h... | |
| Mar 2, 2012 - Racers swimmers forge bond | |
|  Swimming: Racers swimmers forge bond http://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/swimming-racers-swimmers-forge-bond/article_e9389d88-64f7-11e1-89c0-001871e3ce6c.html | |
| Feb 28, 2012 - Meet to bring 479 swimmers to Rapid City | |
|  Swimming: Meet to bring 479 swimmers to Rapid City Read more: http://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/swimming-meet-to-bring-swimmers-to-rapid-city/article_d78870e6-6294-11e1-a2df-0019bb2963f4.html#ixzz1o... | |
| Dec 8, 2011 - Racers Swim Well in Gillette | |
| This past weekend we had 29 swimmers from RCR compete at the Candy Cane Invitational in Gillette WY. These 19 swimmers represented the Racers very well combining for 136 best times and 41 top 3 finish... | |
| Nov 17, 2011 - Racers In The Rankings | |
| RCR, South Dakota Swimming released the 1st top 16 rankings for the season. These are the 16 fastest swimmers by age group in each event. RCR has 17 swimmers currently ranked in the top 16 in at least... | |
| Nov 17, 2011 - Racers Excel in Pierre | |
| RCR, This past weekend we had 23 swimmers from the Racers compete in Pierre at the Pierre Invitational. RCR had an excellent meet with 149 best times, 59 top 3 finishes, and 21 event winners and 15 sw... | |
| Oct 5, 2011 - Welcome Back to the 2011-2012 Short Course Season | |
| First things first, welcome to the new season everybody! We have many returning swimmers which is just AMAZING to see, especially at the 5:00pm practice. Whew! Who knew so many kids were ready to get ... | |
| Sep 11, 2011 - Tony Smoragiewicz wins Bronze at Triathlon World Championships | |
| Tony Smoragiewicz won the Bronze Medal this weekend at the Triathlon World Championships in Beijing, China. This is an incredible accomplishment for Tony. Congratulations Tony on an amazing achieveme... | |
| Jul 4, 2011 - Hundreds compete at Rushmore Classic Swim Meet | |
| http://insidedakotasports.com/hundreds-compete-at-rushmore-classic-swim-meet | |
| Jun 23, 2011 - Gillette Invite | |
| RCR, This past weekend we had 17 swimmers from the Racers compete in the Gillette Summer Spectacular and had an amazing meet. Over the course of the weekend the Racers had 57 best times and had 38 top... | |
| Jun 13, 2011 - Aquastorm Invite Results | |
| RCR, This past weekend we had 2 of our swimmers Grace Hoffman and Ryuya Souther compete in Bismark at the Aquastorm Invite. Both of these swimmers had outstanding meets with 15 best times out of the 1... | |
| Mar 8, 2011 - Short Course State Championships | |
| RCR, This past weekend we had 22 of our swimmers represent the Racers at the South Dakota Short Couse State Championships Swim Meet. Our swimmers had an excellent meet and represented the Racers extre... | |
| Feb 28, 2011 - B/C Championships | |
| This past weekend Rachel Schmahl represented RCR at the B/C Championships in Watertown, SD. Despite being the lone respresentative from RCR Rachel had an excellent meet swimming personal best times ... | |
| Feb 2, 2011 - Spearfish Inivite | |
| RCR, Last weekend we had 33 swimmers from RCR attend the Black Hills Gold Invite in Spearfish and had and these 33 swimmers had an incredible meet. Out of the 146 swims our swimmers competed in 133 o... | |
| Jan 17, 2011 - Bismark Swim Meet | |
| This past weekend 6 swimmers from RCR attend the Bismarck Aquastorm Invitational in Bismarck, North Dakota. As a whole all 6 of these swimmer swam very well showing that RCR is one of the premiere te... | |
| Dec 29, 2010 - Make A Splash Event | |
| RCR, Today we held our first Make A Splash event in conjunction with the local Boys Club. We had 8 (Brian Gorman, Tamara Gorman, Tracy Godbe, Reed Ellefson, Lane Ellefson, Victor Gonzalez, Tony Smorag... | |
| Dec 18, 2010 - RC Improvement Meet | |
|  This Text Editor DOES NOT SAVE YOUR WORK AUTOMATICALLY and there is a RISK OF LOSING YOUR WORK. [Do not spend more than 10 minutes creating or editing content. If you do, use Microsoft Word or li... | |
| Dec 18, 2010 - Gillette Swim Meet | |
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| Nov 23, 2010 - Oct. 23 Swim Meet | |
|  Few more fun photos. . | |
| Nov 23, 2010 - Oct. 23 pics from Jessica Major | |
|  Thanks Jessica! I will upload as many pics as possible tonight. Kelly | |
| Nov 23, 2010 - Oct 23 Swim Meet | |
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| Nov 23, 2010 - Oct 23 Swim Meet photos | |
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| Nov 23, 2010 - Oct. 23 Swim Meet | |
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| Nov 18, 2010 - Grand Prix Recap | |
| This past weekend Jacie Beagle represented RCR in Minneapolis at the first meet in this years Grand Prix series. Jacie had an incredible meet swimming agianst some of the best swimmers in the country... | |
| Nov 18, 2010 - Pierre Meet Recap | |
| This past weekend RCR had 16 swimmers compete in Pierre at the Pierre Invitational. Out of the 84 swims that these swimmers had 52 of them were best times giving us 62% best times for the meet which ... | |
| Oct 27, 2010 - RCR Fall Invite | |
| RCR, This past Saturday we hosted our first meet of the season and the Racers had an outstanding meet. Our team had 70% of our swims being best times which is amazing for the first of the season. Thi... | |
| Oct 3, 2010 - July 4 SWIM MEET at Horace Mann | |
|  I have uploaded some of the pictures that Julie Lien so graciously took of our RCR swimmers. Kelly | |
| Oct 1, 2010 - Winter Season has Begun! | |
| Hello Everybody! Just wanted to let you know it is great seeing everybody back to practice again. We have had quite a bit going on this season already including new people...Brandon, Alexis and Kenny,... | |
| Aug 3, 2010 - South Dakota State Championships | |
| RCR, This past weekend we had 14 swimmers attend the South Dakota State Championships. These 14 swimmers had an amazing meet and represented RCR very well. In the points per swim classification RCR fi... | |
| Jul 27, 2010 - B/C Championships | |
| This past weekend five of our swimmers Reed Elefson, Maddie Johson, Abby Julian, McKayla Major, Jess Tish competed in Sioux Falls at the B/C championships. All five of these swimmers had amazing meets... | |
| Jul 11, 2010 - B/C Championships | |
| July 23-25 the Long Course B/C Championships will be held in Sioux Falls at the Frank Olson pool. This will the last chance that our kids will have to qualify for the state championships. In addition ... | |
| Jun 26, 2010 - RCR 4th of July Meet | |
| This weekend July 2-4 we will be hosting our Annual RCR Independance Day Swimvitational meet. I am really excited to have 34 members of our team competeing in the meet. This will be an exciting meet f... | |
| Jun 6, 2010 - Summer Practice Schedule | |
| Starting Monday, June 7 our practice schedule for the rest of the Long Course will be as follows. These are tentative until we have the contract signed. If they are changed I will update the schedule ... | |
| May 19, 2010 - May Swimming | |
| What do you get if you cross a fish with an elephant? Swimming trunks! The month of May has been a very busy one. We have many people working on getting our summer season going and having us out at ... | |
| May 4, 2010 - Independent Athlete of the Year | |
| Congratulations to Senior Swimmer Mike Godbe for being named Rapid city Independent Athlete of the Year by the Rapid City Sports Council Officials. Mike will be inducted in a banquet on May 10, 2... | |
| May 4, 2010 - New Head Coach | |
| The Racers are happy to announce their new Head Coach Allan McCallum. Allan has recently earned his Masters of Science in Physical Education and Coaching for NSU. He has been the Graduate Assistan... | |
| Apr 11, 2010 - April News | |
| April showers bring May flowers what do May flowers bring? Pilgrims! Just a little humor to start off the news. I was thinking that it has been over a month since I last posted news so it was time to... | |
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