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Latest Information Important Reminders Riptide Maggie Memorial Invite: We will host the 2nd Annual Maggie McMahon Memorial Invite this Saturday. It is a pretty big meet with 266 swimmers and three visiting teams. There will be a livestream for the meet. All of the information you will need is posted on our meet page. Thank you to everyone who stepped up to volunteer! Lastly, in honor of Maggie’s love for Hawaii, there will be a Hawaiian theme to the meet. Feel free to dress accordingly! Splash Night: Please join us...

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Latest Information Important Reminders Inner Tube Water Polo Tournament: Congratulations to the following champions in their divisions who competed last Saturday! Results: 9U- The Krakens, 10 to 13 Elon Musketeers,14+ The Real Housewives of Riptide, Parents vs. Coaches - Prison Rules Parents Team. We want to congratulate everyone who participated in this fun tournament. It was an absolute BLAST to see the commitment, friendship and competitiveness of all our swimmers and parents! Until next year! Riptide Banquet: If you attended our first Riptide Banquet, please share your experience with us...

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Latest Information Important Reminders Team Banquet: A HUGE THANK YOU to our Banquet Committee - Erin Reichert, Laura Stuckey, Bobby and Lindsey Deeb, Heather Dahlen, Anne Knapp, Dev Schmidt and Coach Olga for the months of hard work in organizing this event! Everyone had a blast!!!! Speedo Pasta Feed: Riptide is a Speedo sponsored team and they would like to provide a Pasta Dinner to our swimmers on May 4th at Bluewater. Each group is invited to spend time with their teammates and enjoy dinner after the practice. Monday and...

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Latest Information Important Reminders Parent Meetings this Week: If you are new to the team and missed the parent meeting for your swimmer’s group, we are holding two “Helpful Information” nights in the meeting room upstairs from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday (4/11) and Wednesday (4/12) nights. We will help you get caught up! Our Senior Prep and Senior Parent Meeting is this Saturday (4/15) at 10:15 a.m. No Practice on Thursday: Riptide is hosting the Middle School Championships this Thursday (4/13). There will be no practice for any...

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Latest Information Important Reminders First Day of Practice: We begin the 2023 long course season on Wednesday, April 5th! Group Parent Meetings: Please make every effort to attend the important parent meetings for each practice group. If you are not able to attend the scheduled meeting, reach out to your swimmer’s lead coach. Here is the schedule – 8&U Tuesday, April 4th 5:15 p.m.; Bronze Tuesday, April 4th 7:15 p.m.; Silver Monday, April 3rd 6:00 p.m.; Gold Monday, April 3rd 5:45 p.m.; Junior Select Tuesday, April 4th 6:00 p.m., Senior...

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Latest Information Important Reminders Speedo Long Course Sectional Championships: Patrick Curran, Tate Dihel, Megan Hutchins, Matthew Mortenson and Ella Passe competed at IUPUI in Indianapolis, Indiana March 22-26 at the Speedo Long Course Sectionals. Riptide had many great swims throughout the meet! Matthew Mortenson set a new 17-18 long course MNSI State Record of 4:26.22 in the 400 I.M. Congratulations to one and all!!!! Long Course Season: Practices begin Wednesday, April 5th. Enjoy the break! Regular Reminders Adult Swim Training & Private Lessons: Group Training for Triathletes & Masters; Beginner...

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Latest Information Important Reminders Senior State Championships: Riptide traveled to Fargo, North Dakota for the MNSI Senior Championships this past Thursday through Sunday. Congratulations to all of our swimmers who competed and contributed to the 3rd place finish in the combined team scoring. Riptide had four swimmers place in the top three Distance High Point standings: Molly Johnson – 2nd, Tessa Lindstrom – 3rd, Hunter Rytting – 1st and Marc Heide – 2nd. Way to go everyone!!! Next stop…Speedo Long Course Sectionals in Indianapolis, Indiana! GO RIPTIDE!!!! Regional High Point...

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Latest Information Important Reminders 14&U State Championships: Riptide finished 6th in the combined team standings at the MNSI 14&U State Championships. Congratulations to all of our swimmers who did an amazing job at the meet!!! We are so proud of you!!! Riptide had one swimmer place in the top three of the individual high point standings - Marian Kalweit finished 2nd in the 11-12 age group! Senior State Championships: Riptide will travel to Fargo, North Dakota this Thursday through Sunday for the MNSI Senior State Championships. Good luck to all...

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Latest Information Important Reminders Regionals: Riptide had a fantastic Regional meet taking first in the combined team scoring and adding many new qualifiers and events to both upcoming state meets. We also had several top three high point winners. I wanted to list them but I have not yet received the report…stay tuned. Congratulations to one and all! Next stop…14&U Age Group State Championships this Thursday through Sunday in Rochester. Regional Lost and Found: If your swimmer attended Regionals and is missing anything, we collected a BIG bag of lost...

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Latest Information Important Reminders Bronze Classic Invite: Thank you to EVERYONE who helped to run a fantastic two day invitational with seven other teams. We had so many different folks who stepped up: parents, Riptide swimmers, parents of coaches, a Masters swimmer, classmates, siblings of swimmers, boy friends of coaches…you name it! Remember, that it truly does take a village to make these meets run as well as they do. Now for the most important reason we run these meets…the SWIMMERS! We are very proud of each and every swimmer...