Weekly News - August 5, 2024

Amy Parratto

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

11-14 MN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Congratulations to our Riptide swimmers for a fantastic four days of swimming!!! We are so incredibly proud of their achievements, teamwork, and team spirit!!! Riptide earned the third-place combined team banner for the AAA division (large teams) on Sunday night in an exciting night of racing. Riptide also had one swimmer finish 1st in the high point total for the 11-12 girls! Congratulations to Alyce Gaffke for this impressive achievement. Way to go everyone!!! Now on to Zones!!!

RIPTIDE ZONE QUALIFIERS: Congratulations to our Zone qualifiers who will compete August 8-11 in Des Moines, Iowa at the 14&U Central Zone Championships for TEAM MINNESOTA: Micah Debeltz, Kathryn Deeb, Aiden Finch, Alyce Gaffke, William Jiang, Marian Kalweit, Wes Knapp, Anh-na Le, Vivian Lenzen, Chandler Offerman, Elaina Pontrelli, Mackenzie Schroeder, and Paige Turnbow. Good luck to our Riptide swimmers!!!

2024-2025 SHORT COURSE SEASON: Riptide will be back in action for the short course season the week of September 9th. Stay tuned for more details on registration and practice schedules.

QUESTIONS REGARDING BILLING AND REGISTRATION: If you have questions regarding billing and registration, please reach out to Cara Pavek. Our contact information is listed below.

REGULAR REMINDERS

  • Adult Swim Training & Private Lessons: Group Training for Triathletes & Masters; Beginner Adult Swim Classes; Individual and Small Group Lessons going on now! For more information –contact [email protected].
  • Private Lessons: Riptide Coaches offer 30 and 60 minute private lessons. If your swimmer is interested, contact your lead coach directly and they can help you out or recommend another coach on our staff.
  • Stroke and Turn Officials - Anyone interested in learning to become a USA Swimming Stroke and Turn Official - please contact Wendy Peterson at [email protected].  

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