Weekly News - July 15, 2024

Amy Parratto

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Congratulations to our Riptide swimmers for a great meet! Riptide won the combined team scoring for large teams and had 24 swimmers place in the top 5 high point standings (see below). We also had a large percentage of best times and new champ times – Way to Go Swimmers! THANK YOU to our parents, families, and team members for all that you did to run an outstanding Regional Championship. You are the BEST!!! High point award certificates can be picked up at the BWAC front desk by this Wednesday.

REGIONAL HIGH POINT AWARD WINNERS: 8&U Girls – Peyton Lintereur 1st, Sloane Kuehn 2nd, Hayden Garrahan 4th, Violet Hernandez 5th; 9-10 Girls – Savannah Scrafford 2nd, Olivia DuBois 5th; 11-12 Girls – Erin O’Connell 1st, Hazel Bolton 4th, Elliana Heinle 5th; 13-14 Girls – Ruby Kaul 1st, Samantha Graves 2nd, Nora Behrens 3rd, Savannah Kerkoff 5th; 15-16 Girls – Madelyn Jennen 3rd; 8&U Boys – Jaylen Chen 1st, Ian Liu 4th; 9-10 Boys – Brody DeWalt 3rd, Murphy DiMarco 4th; 11-12 Boys – Parker Stuckey 3rd; 13-4 Boys – Aidan Fitch 1st, Charming Xu 4th, Pierson Krych 5th; 15-16 Boys – Thomas Foss 2nd, Nolan Hansen 5th. Congratulations!!!!

SENIOR STATE: The Senior State Championships begin this Thursday in Rochester. Meet details will be posted on our TU event page as soon as they are made available. GO RIPTIDE!!!

GROUP MOVES: Lead coaches will notify families of group moves no later than the week of July 29th.

2024-2025 SHORT COURSE SEASON: Riptide will be back in action for the short course season the week of September 9th. Stay tuned for more details on practice schedules.

QUESTIONS REGARDING BILLING AND REGISTRATION: If you have questions regarding billing and registration, please reach out to Cara Pavek. Our contact information is listed below.

REGULAR REMINDERS

  • Adult Swim Training & Private Lessons: Group Training for Triathletes & Masters; Beginner Adult Swim Classes; Individual and Small Group Lessons going on now! For more information –contact [email protected].
  • Private Lessons: Riptide Coaches offer 30 and 60 minute private lessons. If your swimmer is interested, contact your lead coach directly and they can help you out or recommend another coach on our staff.
  • Stroke and Turn Officials - Anyone interested in learning to become a USA Swimming Stroke and Turn Official - please contact Wendy Peterson at [email protected].  

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