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Amy Parratto

IMPORTANT REMINDERS RIPTIDE TEAM BANQUET: Thank you to our dedicated banquet committee for running a fantastic and fun banquet! Please take a moment to personally thank the following banquet committee members: Erin Reichert, Heather Dahlen, Anne Knapp, Devyne Schmidt, Lindsey Deeb, Bobby Deeb, Laura Stuckey, Sarah Prill, Terrae Weatherman, Olga Grinberg, and our MC…Jeremy Bell. It truly was a team effort! If you are interested in serving on this committee, please contact Coach Olga Grinberg. TOP 10 RELAY: At the 2023 Short Course Age Group State Championships, our 11-12 girls...

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IMPORTANT REMINDERS RIPTIDE TEAM BANQUET: The Riptide Team Banquet is this Saturday from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Lakeville North High School. We are excited to gather as one team and celebrate the past 2023-24 Short Course Season. The banquet will be catered by Las Tortillas, and we are ensuring we have options for all dietary needs. We’ll have a short presentation of awards as well as ending the night with some dancing. Please note, we are requesting everyone to dress up – think of appropriate attire to wear at...

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IMPORTANT REMINDERS NEW CHANGES: After the first few days of practice, the coaching staff has decided to make some changes to group pool and lane assignments. Here are the changes… Bronze Group – Will now practice in the 8 lane pool (lanes 1-2) M-TH. Silver Group – Will now continue in the 7 lane pool (lanes 5-7) M-TH. Senior Prep Group – Will now practice in the 7 lane pool (lanes 1-4) M-TH. Senior Group – Will continue in the 8 lane pool (lanes 3-8) M-TH). NO PRACTICES REMINDER: There...

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IMPORTANT REMINDERS BACK IN ACTION: Riptide swimmers are back in action starting this Wednesday. 8&U, Bronze, and Silver group swimmers who practice on T/TH/F’s will start practices on Thursday. If you have any questions regarding practices, please reach out to your swimmer’s lead coach! RIPTIDE TEAM BANQUET: We will hold our 2nd Annual Riptide Banquet on April 20th. Registration is open on our team events page. We hope to see everyone there to celebrate our swimmers and Riptide! Registration closes on April 8th. RIPTIDE WATER POLO TOURNAMENT: We will hold...

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IMPORTANT REMINDERS SPEEDO SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Congratulations to our Senior Elite swimmers who competed at the Spring Speedo Long Course Sectionals in Indianapolis, Indiana March 21-24. The following swimmers made the night-time finals at this high-level long course meet: Stella Bushard (200 Fly), Patrick Curran (200 Free,100 Back, 200 Back, 200 Fly), Tate Dihel (200 Back), and Quinlan Schroeder (100 Breast, 200 Breast). Quinlan’s time of 1:02.69 is just shy of the Olympic Trial qualifying time of 1:02.19. Way to go Quinlan!!! RIPTIDE TEAM BANQUET: We will hold our 2nd Annual...

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IMPORTANT REMINDERS 11-14 AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS: Congratulations to all our swimmers who competed this past Thursday through Sunday at the first ever MNSI 11-14 Age Group Championships held at the University of Minnesota. Riptide finished 3rd in the combined scoring for large teams (AAA)! It was truly a team effort, and we could not be prouder of this group of swimmers. Check out all the pictures on our TU Social Feed. Way to go everyone!!!! Enjoy your well-deserved break. SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Riptide is sending 9 swimmers to the Spring Speedo...

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IMPORTANT REMINDERS SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS: Congratulations to our swimmers who competed at the Senior meet this past Thursday through Sunday at the University of Minnesota. Riptide finished 4th in the combined team scoring with 31 swimmers competing in the meet. Caroline Mulrooney earned the 2nd place high point award for distance events. Way to go Caroline! We are very proud of our swimmers for their hard work and fantastic swims at the meet! Great job everyone!!! 10&U CHAMPIONSHIPS: We are so proud of our Riptide swimmers who competed at the first...

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IMPORTANT REMINDERS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Congratulations to all of our swimmers who competed at the Regional Championships in New Prague. Riptide won the AAA Team Division. We had an outstanding number of swimmers achieving best times and new champ times. Way to go everyone!!! Riptide also had 15 swimmers earn top 3 high point in their age group. The results are loaded in SWIMS and TU. 10&U and SENIOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: The Senior Championships start this Thursday at the U of M and the 10&U Championships begin on Saturday in Eden...

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IMPORTANT REMINDERS RIPTIDE BRONZE CLASSIC: Congratulations to our swimmers who competed their hearts out this past weekend at the 2nd Annual Riptide Bronze Classic. We are very proud of our swimmers and how much they have learned and improved! Thank you to all the Riptide parents, family members and swimmers who stepped up to run the meet. We cannot do this without everyone giving a little of their time to help support our dedicated swimmers. Any awards that were not picked up are in baskets labeled by groups at the...

Amy Parratto

IMPORTANT REMINDERS RIPTIDE BRONZE CLASSIC: This coming weekend, we are hosting our 2nd Annual Bronze Classic with 79 Riptide swimmers and six visiting teams! We are still in need of volunteers to run the swim meet, especially on Sunday. More details (meet programs, the timeline, athlete event lists) will be posted on our meet page by this Wednesday. 8U RECOGNITION: The Parent Volunteer Committee recognizes all the hard work and resilience in our 8U group! On Friday, February 23 at 7-8pm, the 8U group will have an ice cream social...