Weekly News – March 21, 2022 Latest Information 14&U Age Group State Championship – Riptide attended the Minnesota Swimming 14&U Championships held at the Rochester Recreation Center this past Thursday through Sunday with 62 swimmers ranging in age from 7 to 14. Our swimmers earned 1,828.5 points placing 4th in the large team standings. This is the second highest finish at this particular championship meet since the Riptide Swim Team was founded. Special congratulations to Savannah Kerkhoff who tied for 3rd in the 10&U high point award standings. The coaching...

Weekly News – March 14, 2022 Latest Information Senior State Championship – Riptide swimmers swam their hearts out to win the 2022 Senior State Championships with 2974 points this past weekend at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center. Congratulations to all of our swimmers for their accomplishments, effort and hard work!!! Riptide had six high point award winners at the end of the meet: Distance High Point – Katherine Randall (2nd) and Evan Kindseth (1st). Overall High Point – Megan Hutchins (2nd), Haakon Naughton (3rd), Max Kasal (2nd) and Jackson...

Latest Information – March 8, 2022 Regional Champions – Riptide swimmers earned 29,959 points to win the meet for the large team category. Congratulations to everyone!!!! Our top three high point winners received certificates from Minnesota Swimming. If your swimmer did not receive their certificate, coach Amy has them. Awards not picked up at the meet will be available to pick up at the front desk from 5:00 to 6:30 this week and next week. Way to go Riptide! Senior and Age Group State – Starting this Thursday, Riptide has...

Latest Information – February 28, 2022 Regional Championships – We will have the latest news on MRC’s posted on our meet page in the next few days. Until then, make sure to get familiar with the meet information page - https://www.teamunify.com/team/mnwss/controller/cms/admin/index?team=mnwss#/calendar-team-events. Covid Protocols – All covid safety protocols are now lifted! The Last Day of the Season – The last day of practice is Thursday, March 3 for those swimmers not moving on to Senior or Age Group State. The Start of the Long Course / Summer Season – Our...

Latest Information – February 19, 2022 Off Site Practices Wednesday and Friday – Riptide will practice off-site on February 23 and 25 due to the Boys’ High School Sections being hosted at BWAC. The schedule is posted on our newsfeed and group calendars have been updated. If you have any questions, please contact your swimmer’s lead coach. End of Season Meets – All entries are being finalized at this time. Boys coming off of their high school season must reach out to their group’s lead coach before February 21 in...

Latest Information – February 14, 2022 iHeart Invite – Thank you to all of our volunteers and officials for hosting another great Riptide meet. The visiting admin referee commented that she loves to come to Riptide meets because we host such well run meets and have amazing volunteers. Your teamwork is definitely noticed! Riptide swimmers swam very well and we are excited to see the progress as we head into our end of season meets. Congratulations to all of our swimmers! Official results will be available on TU soon. Thank...

Latest Information – February 7, 2022 Valentine Splash – Congratulations to all of our swimmers who competed at the Valentine Splash meet this past Saturday. The coaches are very happy with the progress they are seeing. Thank you to all of our fantastic parents for stepping up to run another meet. We can’t run these meets without our dedicated volunteers! The meet results are now loaded into Team Unify for you to check out. RFSC Last Chance Meet – The deadline to register is January 8. This is a meet...

Weekly News – January 31, 2022 Latest Information IMPORTANT TASK for TODAY – Please take a few minutes to check and update the t-shirt size(s) for your swimmer(s) in your Team Unify account by tonight (1/31)! Regional Meet Deadline Extended – The deadline to register for Regionals has been extended to February 6. If you have any questions, please reach out to your swimmer’s lead coach. Valentine Splash Update – We are still looking to fill two jobs (Awards Distribution -putting stickers on ribbons) before we can open up spectator...

Weekly News – January 24, 2022 Latest Information Clinic Deadline Extended – Team Work Makes a Dream Work clinic deadline is approaching on February 13. We will work on relay starts and practice as a team on clean dives and successful take offs for swimming fast relay. Livestreaming Volunteers Needed – We are looking for parents interested in training to run our livestreaming at swim meets. If you are interested, please contact Eric Vogen - [email protected]. Helpful Parent Podcast – Check out this podcast from High Performance Coach Cindra Kamphoff....

Weekly News – January 17, 2022 Latest Information Riptide All Levels Invite – Thank you to all of our Riptide parents for running another great meet for the swimmers. Results are now loaded into TU. We saw a ton of best times and excellent swims. Keep up the good work everyone! Swim Meet Fee Reminder - For swimmers who have to miss a swim meet because of a positive covid test or because of quarantine: Riptide Hosted Swim Meets- Meet fees will be waived if you have provided test results...