IMPORTANT REMINDERS We’re Almost Halfway Through the Short Course Season! A huge thank you to all the swimmers and parents who have shared their time and energy so far. Your support makes everything possible—Riptide couldn’t host meets or social events without you! We appreciate you and look forward to an amazing second half of the season! SWIM MEET NEWS: Riptide swimmers are competing at two meets this weekend! We are hosting our Jingle Bell Invite on Saturday. It looks like it will be a great meet with three local teams...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS HAST IMX INVITE: Congratulations to our swimmers who attended the HAST IMX Invite this past weekend. A special shout out to our high point winners Elliott Loesche (11-12 boys) and Emma Leonard (17+ girls)!!! Way to go everyone!!! The results are loaded into SWIMS and Team Unify. TRAINING OPPORTUNITY: We are in need of parents interested in training to run Meet Manager and Colorado Timing Systems for the swim meets we host. If your strong suit is technology, this is a great way to help out the team....

IMPORTANT REMINDERS SWIM MEETS: Several Riptide practice groups are attending the HAST IMX Invite this coming weekend. We should have additional information posted on our meet page in the next few days. If you have any questions, please reach out to your swimmer’s lead coach. THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY PRACTICE ADJUSTMENTS: There are no practices held on Thanksgiving except for Senior Elite. They will practice in the 7 lane pool from 7:00 to 9:30 a.m. and will enter the pool area from the entrance at the start end of the pool. The...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS SWIM MEETS: Riptide attended two meets this past weekend. Our Bronze and Senior 1 swimmers competed at the Foxjets Bronze Invite in Eden Prairie on Saturday. Congratulations to our swimmers!!! Ninety-one Riptide swimmers swam Saturday and Sunday at the Great Wolf Howl at the Moon Invite held at the University of Minnesota. Our swimmers raced their hearts out and achieved a high percentage of best times. The results for both meets are loaded into Team Unify and SWIMS. Way to go everyone!!! SWIM MEET DEADLINE EXTENDED: The deadline...

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...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS SWIM MEETS: Congratulations to our swimmers who competed this past Sunday at both the Rochester Block Party meet and the Hastings Great Pumpkin meet. The results for both meets have been loaded into SWIMS and Team Unify. Great job everyone!!! This coming weekend, we have the Northfield Championship Belt (multiple groups) meet and a Distance Block Party meet for our Senior Elite and Senior 3 groups. Meet details will be posted soon. MEET DEADLINES: HAST IMX INVITE (Nov. 22-23) – deadline has been extended to Oct. 31. We...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS SWIM MEETS: We have two swim meets that Riptide is attending this Sunday. Our Senior Elite swimmers are in Rochester and our Bronze, Gold, Silver, Senior 1 and 2 swimmers are in Hastings. Meet details will be posted by Wednesday on our meet page. Go Riptide! EXCELLENT READ: 5 Things for Parents to Avoid When Cultivating Grit PUMPKIN DECORATING NIGHTS: Here are the details… Riptide Swim Team is hosting pumpkin decorating for our age group swimmers. Swimmers in the 8 & Under, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and JR Select...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS RIPTIDE MASTERS MEET: Thank you to all our amazing volunteers who helped to time at our Masters meet on Sunday. Your smiles and cheers were a big boost to everyone in the meet! Way to Go Riptide!!! MEET DEADLINES: There are no pressing deadlines at this time. If you have any questions or missed a meet deadline, please reach out to your swimmer’s lead coach. NEW MEET ADDED: We have added a Distance Block Party Meet for our Senior Elite Groups and selected Senior 3 swimmers on Saturday,...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS RIPTIDE INTRASQUAD NEWS: Congratulations to the Green Team for their victory on Saturday! Here are the final team scores: Green 1496 / Blue – 1443 / White – 1387. Our swimmers demonstrated amazing team spirit. We are very proud of every Riptide swimmer – 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...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS RIPTIDE INTRASQUAD NEWS: The team rosters (Blue / Green / White) are posted on our Intrasquad meet page. The coaches are finalizing the lineups for each team today and we plan to have the meet program and events for the swimmers posted on Wednesday. Parents – please be sure to volunteer. We have a few spots still open. Thank you! POSTER MAKING NIGHTS: We have a fun night of poster making for the Intrasquad meet on October 2nd and 3rd from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the lobby...