Weekly News - November 3, 2025

Amy Parratto

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

SWIM MEET RESULTS: Congratulations to all our swimmers who competed at the Northfield Championship Belt Meet over the weekend and our Riptide Distance Meet on Saturday! We had many high point belt winners: Ethan Xu (8&U), Maya Pierskalla (9-10), Marcus Kalmi (9-10), Daelynn Schmidt (11-12), Claire McKinley (13-14) and Ilona Delaney (15&O). Way to go!!! Check out all the great pics on our Social Feed. The Distance Meet results are loaded into SWIMS and TU, but we are still waiting on the Northfield results. Once those results are in, we will update our upcoming entries (other than Great Wolf).

SWIM MEETS THIS WEEKEND: Stay tuned for more meet details for both the Foxjet Bronze Meet and the Great Wolf Howl at the Moon Invite. We will update our meet pages as soon as we receive information from the meet directors.

LOST & FOUND: Please stop by and check out our lost & found! Items left at the Northfield meet were also brought back for you to retrieve. We will donate or toss anything not claimed at the end of this week.

MEET DEADLINES:

  • HAST IMX INVITE (Nov. 22-23) – deadline has been extended to Nov. 3.
  • RIPT JINGLE BELL INVITE (Dec. 6) – deadline is Nov. 7. This is a great swim meet for our 8&U (M/W), Bronze and Silver groups. Please plan to attend!

FEED OUR STARVING CHILDREN: Riptide traditionally has taken part in preparing meals at the Eagan location for Feed My Starving Children. This year, we are on the schedule for Friday, January 2, 2026. This is a fantastic charity event that can involve your entire family. Stay tuned for more details!

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 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 –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:

Billing / Registration – Anne Knapp - [email protected]