IMPORTANT REMINDERS TEAM INNERTUBE WATER POLO NIGHT: We have a special team activity for all groups on Friday, April 25th. The water polo games will take the place of their normal swim practices. Stay tuned for a specific email about the details! UPCOMING MEET DEADLINE: The deadline to register for the SFST Get Ready for Long Course Invite is April 20th. SWIM MEETS: Please make every effort to sign up and attend the swim meets that are scheduled for your swimmer’s practice group. All questions regarding meets should be directed...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS WELCOME BACK: This is our first week of practice for the 2025 long course season. We are excited to see everyone back in the pool! If you have any questions, be sure to reach out to your swimmer’s group lead coach (see contact list below). Welcome back! NO PRACTICE ON THURSDAY: Riptide is hosting the Middle School Championships on Thursday, April 10th. Afternoon and evening practices are canceled for all groups. There is practice for Senior Elite (8 lane) from 5:30 to 6:45 a.m. NEW MEET ADDED: We...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS 11-14 AGE GROUP STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Congratulations to our swimmers who competed at the 11-14 Age Group State Championships this past Thursday through Sunday. We have been waiting for the results and finally received them late last night. The final combined team standings had Riptide finishing 6th in a very competitive team race. In the women’s team standings, Riptide finished in first place! In the individual high point standings, Paige Turnbow tied for 3rd in the 11-12 age group and Marion Kalweit was 1st in the 13-14 age group....

IMPORTANT REMINDERS SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS: Congratulations to our swimmers who competed at the MNSI Senior Championships held at the Jean Freeman Aquatic Center this past Thursday through Sunday. Riptide had 24 qualifiers for the meet and finished 5th in the combined team standings. We had several High Point award winners and two new Junior National qualifying times. Way to go everyone!!! We are waiting for the official results which should be available soon. Overall High Point / Men – 3rd / Patrick Curran Distance High Point / Men – 1st /...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Congratulations to every single Riptide swimmer!!! We absolutely had an amazing meet with tons of best times. Riptide won the combined team scoring by over 4000 points. Way to go everyone!!! STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: The coaching staff have been busy updating our state meet entries this morning after this weekend’s meet. Riptide is sending 24 swimmers to the Senior State Championships March 13 to 16 at the U of M, 36 swimmers to the 10&U State Championships in Eden Prairie March 15-16, and 42 swimmers to the...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: We are looking forward to the Regional Championships this coming Friday through Sunday in Lakeville. The latest meet details will be posted on our meet page as soon as the meet director makes the information available. GO RIPTIDE!!! END OF SEASON TEAM SHIRTS: Please be sure to pick up your swimmer’s team t-shirt in the lobby area by this Wednesday. Also make sure your swimmer’s name is written on the tag. We already have a few shirts left behind with no names on them! RIPTIDE TEAM...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS RIPTIDE BRONZE CLASSIC: Congratulations to our Riptide swimmers who competed this past weekend at our Bronze Classic meet. We are so proud of every single swimmer!!! A huge thank you to all our volunteers!!! Our volunteers included parents of swimmers in the meet, parents of swimmers not competing in the meet, and swimmers not competing in the meet…a true village of Riptide volunteers. THANK YOU! The results are loaded on Team Unify. REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Lead coaches are finalizing entries for the Regional Championships (March 7-9). Our entry will...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS RSC PRESIDENTS’ DAY MEET: Congratulations to our Senior Elite swimmers who competed this past weekend in Rochester. There were many new best times and fantastic races!!! The results are now loaded in SWIMS and TU. Way to go everyone! EXTREME COLD THIS WEEK: Please make sure your swimmer is properly dressed (coat, hat socks, gloves) for this crazy cold weather. For those groups that use the cage for dryland, the coaches may decide to make changes so that the swimmers do not have to walk outside. Lead coaches...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS NORTHFIELD SPRINT SPECTACULAR: Riptide sent a small but mighty group of swimmers to a championship style meet hosted by the Northfield Swim Club this past weekend. Our swimmers dominated several age groups and came away with many personal best times and high point awards. The following swimmers won a unique boxer-style leather belt: James Kohler (8&U), Ben Kohler (9-10), Anh-na Le and Paige Turnbow tied (11-12). Congratulations to everyone!!! GIRLS’ LOCKER ROOM: We will continue to ask swimmers to bring all their personal belongings out to the pool...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS RIPTIDE LAST CHANCE INVITE: Congratulations to our swimmers who competed this past Saturday at our Last Chance Meet! Thank you also to our volunteers for your time and effort. You are the best!!! The results are loaded into TU and SWIMS. Way to go everyone!!! RIPTIDE BRONZE CLASSIC: We are extending the deadline to Wednesday, February 5th. Swimmers with no times (NT’s), pre-Bronze, and Bronze times are encouraged to attend this meet. The Bronze Classic is also an opportunity to qualify for more events for Regionals. Swimmers can...