IMPORTANT REMINDERS AQUAJET INVITE: Congratulations to our Riptide swimmers who competed at the Aquajet meet this past weekend. Although it is not the best viewing facility for spectators, it is certainly a fast pool. We had a number of time drops and great races. Way to go everyone! The results are now loaded in SWIMS and TU. RIPTIDE LAST CHANCE INVITE: The meet details will be posted by Wednesday. This should be a fun, quick meet! Session 1 swimmers (10&U) will start their warm-up at 10:00 a.m. The meet will...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS NATIONAL TOP 10 TIMES: Congratulations to Alyce Gaffke (12) and Anh-na Le (11) for achieving several National Top 10 times. The National Age Group Recognition Program honors the nation’s fastest 10 boys and girls in each age group. Way to go girls!!!!! Anh-na’s achievements are in the 200 Fly (2:38.98 LCM / 7th) and 400 I.M. (5:34.45 LCM / 8th). Alyce’s achievements are in the 1500 Free (18:31.90 LCM / 6th), 200 Fly (2:30.18 LCM / 4th) and 1650 Free (18:00.56 SCY / 8th). AQUAJET INVITE THIS WEEKEND:...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOXJET WINTER CLASSIC: Congratulations to our Riptide swimmers for a fantastic three days of racing! Although it was sometimes hectic (for the coaches) with the two pools running at the same time, it was an exciting meet with a ton of super swims and PB’s! Meet Manager still has a few issues showing the results, but they are now loaded into TU and SWIMS. Way to go everyone! MEET DEADLINE EXTENSTIONS: The deadlines for the following meets have been extended to January 15th – Riptide Last Chance, Northfield...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS MID-STATES ALL-STAR MEET: Congratulations to our swimmers who competed for TEAM MINNESOTA at the Mid-States All-Star meet in Indianapolis, Indiana this past weekend. We are super proud of the following Riptide swimmers: Ben Kohler (10&U); Paige Turnbow, Alyce Gaffke (11-12); Micah Debeltz, Marian Kalweit, Chandler Offerman, Elaina Pontrelli (13-14). Coach Olga was also a member of the coaching staff! TIGERSHARKS FREEZE YOUR FINS OFF INVITE: Riptide swimmers were well represented at the Tigersharks Invite this past weekend. We had a good percentage of best times despite the reduced...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS TIGERSHARKS INVITE: We will update our meet page as soon as we get the latest information from the meet director. Stay tuned!!! IMPORTANT SAFE SPORT NEWS: Riptide has posted the newest version of the Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policy on our website. This policy was first introduced by USA Swimming in October 2024. The policy is effective as of January 1, 2025. Please take a few minutes to read the policy, any questions can be directed to your swimmer’s lead coach or Anne Knapp, Riptide Swim Team’s Safe...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS IMPORTANT SAFE SPORT NEWS: Riptide has posted the newest version of the Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policy on our website. This policy was first introduced by USA Swimming in October 2024. The policy is effective as of January 1, 2025. Please take a few minutes to read the policy, any questions can be directed to your swimmer’s lead coach or Anne Knapp, Riptide Swim Team’s Safe Sport contact. HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: There is no practice on December 24, 25, 31, and Jan. 1 for all groups. The following groups...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS SPEEDO WINTER JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS: Riptide swimmers Patrick Curran and Caroline Mulrooney competed at the Speedo Winter Junior Championships in Austin, Texas Dec. 11-14. Congratulations to both swimmers for their performance at this national level competition! SCSC WINTER CARNIVAL INVITE: Congratulations to our swimmers who competed this past weekend at the SCSC Invite. Riptide swimmers achieved a high percentage of best times and new swims. Results are loaded in TU and SWIMS. Way to go everyone! 10&U RACE CLUB: Riptide is hosting a special event with selected 10&U swimmers...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS RIPTIDE JINGLE BELL INVITE: Congratulations to our swimmers who competed this past Saturday. Great job everyone!!! The results are now loaded into Meet Mobile, Team Unify and SWIMS. This was a huge meet with 267 swimmers and seven visiting teams. Our apologies for the delay in starting the meet and getting results posted on Meet Mobile. We had significant technical difficulties with the timing system. We were also late updating Meet Mobile because of the timing system issues and backed up administratively due to the number of DQ’s...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS RIPTIDE TURKEY CLASSIC: Our first USA Swimming Block Party on Saturday was a success! It was fantastic to see our swimmers get up and race and not have to spend long hours at the pool. The results are loaded into TU (Team Unify). Thank you to our volunteers who helped to run such a fun meet. We do plan to run more meets in the future using the flexibility that the block party meets offer. RIPTIDE JINGLE BELL INVITE: Next Saturday’s Jingle Bell meet is now bigger than...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS FM GATOR IMX INVITE: Congratulations to our swimmers who competed this past weekend in Fargo, North Dakota. It looks like Riptide swimmers rocked the meet!!! Results have been loaded into Team Unify. RIPTIDE TURKEY CLASSIC: Thank you to everyone who has joined our new USA Swimming Turkey Classic Block Party meet on Nov. 30th. Registration is still open until tomorrow – Nov. 26th! More details will be posted by Wednesday. REGIONAL ZONING: Riptide has been assigned to the Lakeville site hosted by Storm for the Regional Championships March...