Weekly News - October 6, 2025
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
RIPTIDE INTRASQUAD NEWS: Congratulations to the Green Team for their victory on Saturday! Here are the final team scores: Green 1496 / Blue β 1443 / White β 1387. Our swimmers demonstrated amazing team spirit. We are very proud of every Riptide swimmer β WAY TO GO! The results are now loaded into Team Unify and SWIMS. Thank you to our awesome volunteers for making the magic happen. We cannot host swim meets without the help of our families. Lastly, we know that not having the color-coded swim caps made it more challenging to cheer on your favorite team. This will be corrected moving forward. π
PUMPKIN DECORATING NIGHTS: We have a fun team event planned for October 27 and 28. Stay tuned for more details on our Riptide Pumpkin Decorating Nights!
HALLOWEEN NIGHT: There is no practice on Friday, October 31 for the following groups: 8&U, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Junior Select. Have a spooky fun night!!!
MEET DEADLINE: If you have any questions, reach out to your swimmerβs lead coach.
- Foxjets Bronze Meet β deadline is October 7th / Bronze and Senior 1
REGULAR REMINDERS
- QUESTIONS REGARDING PRACTICES AND SWIM MEETS: If you have questions regarding your childβs 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 Anne Knapp. 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 βcontact [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:
- Head Coach / Senior Elite - Mike Parratto - [email protected]
- Senior Elite / Gold Assistant Coach β [email protected]
- Senior 3 / Senior Elite β Ethan Sellers - [email protected]
- Silver / Junior Select / Masters - Amy Parratto- [email protected]
- Senior 1 & 2 / Gold β Laura Theodore β [email protected]
- Bronze β Ben Fowler β [email protected]
- 8 & Under / Clinics β Olga Grinberg - [email protected]
- Billing / Registration β Anne Knapp - [email protected]


