Weekly News - June 23, 2025

Amy Parratto

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

RIPTIDE BLOCK PARTY MEETS: Thank you to everyone who helped us to run two successful block party meets on Saturday. You are the BEST! Results for our afternoon short course meet are loaded into TU. Thank you to Anne Knapp for tying up the loose ends of our afternoon meet. Coach Laura is hand entering the long course time trial results. Those should be loaded soon, and we will get the results out to everyone who participated.

SPEEDO TECH SUIT FITTING ON TUESDAY: Staff from Speedo will be holding two fittings tomorrow (Tuesday, June 24th) for Speedo tech suits. Senior Elite swimmers will have their fitting starting at 8:15 a.m. All other groups will have their tech suit fitting opportunity from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at BWAC.

HOLIDAY PRACTICE SCHEDULES: Practices for all groups, except for Senior Elite, are cancelled on Friday, July 4th. There will be NO Gold or Senior 2 practices on Saturday, July 5th. All other practices are in play!

AQUAJET INVITE: If your swimmer is attending the Aquajet Invite, please be sure to check our meet page for the latest news. The meet director is looking for volunteers, specifically timers. Please do what you can to help. We have a volunteer sign-up on our meet page. Thanks so much!

REGULAR REMINDERS

  • QUESTIONS REGARDING PRACTICES AND SWIM MEETS: If you have questions regarding your child’s practices or swim meets, contact the lead coach for their group (see below).
  • QUESTIONS REGARDING BILLING AND REGISTRATION: If you have questions regarding billing and registration, reach out to Cara Pavek. Our contact information is listed below.
  • 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].  

RIPTIDE LEAD COACH and STAFF CONTACTS: