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...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS MOR ATLANTIC INVITE: Congratulations to our Senior Elite swimmers who traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina for the MOR Atlantic Invitational. Riptide swimmers had a ton of best times at the meet and a ton of fun in Raleigh where they were able to visit the campuses of both Duke University and NC State during their off time from the meet. HAST IMX INVITE: We had a strong presence at the HAST IMX meet this past weekend! Riptide swimmers had a high percentage of early season best times among...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOXJET BRONZE INVITE: Congratulations to all our swimmers who attended the Foxjet meet this past Saturday. Way to go everyone! The results are loaded into SWIMS and Team Unify (TU). UPCOMING SWIM MEETS: This coming Friday, many of our Senor Elite swimmers will travel to Raleigh, North Carolina for the MOR Atlantic Invitational. We also have 120 Riptide swimmers attending the HAST IMX Invitational on Saturday and Sunday. Meet details will be posted as soon as they are available. PRACTICE CHANGES THIS WEEK: On Friday, the Silver Group...

IMPORTANT REMINDERS GREAT WOLF HOWL AT THE MOON INVITE: Congratulations to all our swimmers who competed at the Great Wolf Invite yesterday at the University of Minnesota. The results are not yet loaded into TU but should be soon. Way to go everyone! SWIM MEET DEADLINES: Riptide Jingle Bell Invite – deadline extended to Nov. 6th. SCSC Winter Carnival Invite – deadline extended to Nov. 6th. NEW SWIM MEET OPPORTUNITY: Riptide is now part of a USA Swimming pilot program called Block Party! These are short, fun and easy swim...