IMPORTANT REMINDERS OPEN WATER STATE MEET: The MNSI Open Water State Meet took place on August 6th at Square Lake in Stillwater. Congratulations to the following top ten finishers: 11-12 Girls - Mila Agalliu 2nd, Daelynn Schmidt 4th, Addy Vidas 7th, Fiona Prill 8th; 13-14 Girls – Alyce Gaffke 1st, Erin O’Connell 5th, Vivian Kohler 8th, Vivi Acosta 10th; 10&U Boys – Nicholas Ries 2nd, Ben Kohler 4th; 11-12 Boys – Will Kohler 1st. Also participating was Elizabeth Myhre, Elora Major and Olivia DuBois. Although official team standings are not...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS SENIOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Riptide finished 4TH in the AAA combined team standings at the Senior State Championships held at the Hubert Aquatic Center in West Fargo, North Dakota July 31st through August 3rd. In the overall high point standings, Madelyn Jennen finished in 3rd and also finished 2nd in the distance high point standings. Maddie Wentzel also placed in the top ten in the distance high point standings – 8th. We had two boys place in the top 10 for the distance high point! Wes Knapp was 2nd,...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS MEETS: Riptide finished 3rd in the AAA combined team standings at 10&U Championships and 4th at the 11-14 Age Group State Championships held at the University of Minnesota’s Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center this past Wednesday through Thursday. The meet finished with plenty of excitement as there was a tornado warning that resulted in the meet being sped up with no awards. All our missing Riptide awards will be delivered to coach Ethan at the Senior State. Congratulations to the following high point winners in the...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS REGIONALS: Congratulations to our Riptide swimmers who competed at the Regional Championships. Riptide won the meet easily! Our swimmers swam their hearts out! In fact, we had 97% best times. We are very proud of every single swimmer!!! The results are loaded into SWIMS and Team Unify. Way to go everyone!!! CHAMPIONSHIPS MEETS: The 10&U Championships start tomorrow and finish on Thursday. The 11-14 Age Group State Championships start on Thursday and finish on Sunday. The Futures Championships start tomorrow in Madison, Wisconsin. The Senior State Championships are...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS SPEEDO SECTIONALS: We saw some super-fast swims from Riptide swimmers at Speedo Sectionals at the U of M July 10-13. Congats to everyone!!! The results are loaded into Team Unify. RIVER FALLS LAST CHANCE MEET: Congratulations to our Riptide swimmers who competed at the Last Chance Meet in River Falls this past weekend. Our swimmers did a great job handling a very fast paced meet. We are very proud of every swimmer. The results for Riptide are loaded into Team Unify. Way to go Riptide! END OF SEASON...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS END OF SEASON TEAM SHIRTS: Our new summer end of season team t-shirts will be available for pick-up in the lobby starting Tuesday, July 8th. Swimmers should pick up their shirt after checking the list with names and sizes that will be posted by the boxes of shirts. After picking up the correct shirt, swimmers should cross off their name. IMPORTANT MEET DEADLINES: 10&U State – July 9th 11-14 State – July 10th Senior State – July 15th Open Water State – July 24th LAST DAY OF PRACTICE:...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS HOLIDAY PRACTICE SCHEDULES: Practices for all groups, except for Senior Elite, are cancelled on Friday, July 4th. There will be no Gold or Senior 2 practices on Saturday, July 5th. All other practices are in play! AQUAJET INVITE: Congratulations to our swimmers who competed at the Aquajet Invite June 26-29. This was a very competitive meet with some of the best swimmers in Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin. Riptide swimmers had a high percentage of best times and new qualifying times for end of season meets. Way to go...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS RIPTIDE BLOCK PARTY MEETS: Thank you to everyone who helped us to run two successful block party meets on Saturday. You are the BEST! Results for our afternoon short course meet are loaded into TU. Thank you to Anne Knapp for tying up the loose ends of our afternoon meet. Coach Laura is hand entering the long course time trial results. Those should be loaded soon, and we will get the results out to everyone who participated. SPEEDO TECH SUIT FITTING ON TUESDAY: Staff from Speedo will be...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS ROCHESTER SUMMERFEST INVITE: Congratulations to our Riptide swimmers who competed this past weekend in Rochester. We had many swimmers try new events, achieve new champ times as well as best times. We do not have a pdf of the results, but they are loaded into SWIMS and Team Unify. Way to go everyone!!! SUMMER PRACTICE SCHEDULES: For those groups who utilize Bloomington and Northfield long course pool time, we are still on hold. We will certainly let those groups know when we have the green light. If you...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS STAR SUMMER KICKOFF INVITE: Congratulations to our Riptide swimmers for a great weekend of racing. We are super proud of everyone! The results are loaded into SWIMS and TU. Way to Go Riptide! ROCHESTER SUMMERFEST INVITE: All swim meet details are now posted on our meet page. Please note the schedule change for Friday! USA SWIMMING ACADEMIC ALL AMERICANS: Congratulations to Senior Elite swimmers Stella Bushard and Caroline Mulrooney for earning Scholastic Academic All American!!! SUMMER SCHEDULE: This week our summer schedule starts. For the groups that utilize...