Nationals Results Apr 13, 2008
Results from the 2008 SunKissed National Invitational are here.
Riptide Nationals Team Apr 8, 2008
Congratulations to the members of the Riptide Nationals Team for a phenomenal showing at the 2008 SunKissed National Invitational in Charlotte!! The team had an overall 3rd Place finish (out of 15 teams), and both the Girls Team and the Boys Team finished in 3rd place in their respective divisions. Riptide also won the "Parade of Teams" award, given to the most spirited team at the meet! The hardware total of 4 trophies is the most ever brought home by the Nats Team!
As a team, we had more individual medalists than ever before, including gold medals for Omer Hillel in the Junior Girls 100 Fly and Alex Ratajczyk in the Senior Boys 50 and 100 Free. Making Alex's win in the 50 even more exciting was Greg Bellizzi's 2nd place finish in that event, giving Riptide its first 1-2 finish ever at this meet.
As always, many new records were set, in both individual and relay events...full results will be posted soon.
Spring Fling Mar 27, 2008
Spring is in the air, and that must mean that Riptide's Spring Fling program is about to begin! Spring Fling is an 8-week stroke and turn clinic, open to non-Riptide members as well as to team members. Swimmers must be 7 years of age and able to swim two lengths of the pool, without stopping, in order to participate. Please get your application in early, as we will be strictly limiting the number of participants this year. In the past, many Riptiders have waited until the first night of the program to sign up, but we WILL be turning those swimmers away this year, if our limit has been reached, so don't take a chance! Print out this application form, and mail it in with your check (if you are not a Raritan Valley YMCA member, you must also print out this form and include it with a SEPARATE check). Spring Fling is a great way to tune up for your summer swim season. Sign up today!
Sunkissed Nationals Preliminary Psych Sheets Mar 17, 2008
Sunkissed Nationals Preliminary Psych Sheets are here. Please review and be prepared to scratch down to a maximum of 6 events. Scratch sheets will be handed out and due back at Tuesday's (March 18th) practice.
The best way to find your entries in this 60+ page document, is to place the cursor in the document, press the Ctrl F keys on your computer, and then type your last name in the search bar that appears. You can then search up and down the list for all of your individual entries. If you want to look at all of Riptide's entries, type RVYM in the search bar.
Scratches will be due at Tuesday's (3/18) practice. If you are not sure about scratching your events, talk to one of the coaches on Monday or email Mike.
If you have questions about the psych sheets or the scratch process, email Priscilla.
NJSIAA State Meet of Champions Feb 29, 2008
Good Luck to all of our high school swimmers who will be competing at the NJSIAA State Meet of Champions (MOC) this weekend at GCIT. The qualifying times for this meet are extremely challenging (you can check them out here) and the meet is sanctioned by USA swimming. You can view the psych sheets for MOC on http://www.besmarttinc.com (click on Meet Information, then go to March, and click on the link for NJSIAA HS State Championships).
Riptide raves to the following swimmers who qualified for MOC in individual events and/or relays: Gabrielle Alicino, Gess Charniga, Brenna Dean, Ascia Johnson, Brigitte Malivert, Alex Nawrot, Kayleigh Shangle, Abby Weingarten,Tanya Witlen and Jenny Zavoda. Also, Greg Bellizzi, Matt Burke, Travis Catania, Kevin Chibbaro, Alex Ratajczyk, Andy Rose, Will Samtur, Tyler Wardlow and John Wieczorek.
UPDATE (3/2/08): Congratulations to our Riptiders who placed top 16 in the state at MOC this weekend!
- Gess Charniga - 15th 100 Breast
- Kayleigh Shangle - 5th 50 Free
- Jenny Zavoda - 15th 200 Free, 15th 100 Free
- Greg Bellizzi - 11th 50 Free
- Alex Ratajczyk - 2nd 50 Free, 3rd 100 Free
- Andy Rose - 9th 100 Breast
- Tyler Wardlow - 14th 400 Free Relay
GMC Championships Jan 28, 2008
Congratulations to all of the Riptide high school swimmers who competed at the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Championships held at Princeton University on Saturday. Many, many best times were achieved and the following Riptiders won individual conference championship titles: Brigitte Malivert in the 100 breast, Kayleigh Shangle in the 50 free, Jenny Zavoda in the 100 free and the 200 free, Alex Ratajczyk in the 50 free and the 100 free and Andy Rose in the 200 IM. Home News Tribune coverage of the meet is below:
St. Joseph dominates for 30th straight titleBoys GMC Swimming Results
Girls GMC Swimming Results
Riptide Banquet Dec 22, 2007
The date for our annual banquet has been changed to Sunday May 4. Please keep that date open on your 2008 calendar!
Practice Reminder Sep 18, 2007
Reminder: Please do not leave valuable items (wallets, ipods, cell phones) in unlocked lockers at any of our practice facilities. If you are going to bring these items with you to practice, bring a lock for your locker.
Riptide Hotline Jan 19, 2007
The Riptide Hotline is here! 732-297-6163
Messages left on the Hotline will be checked every day and forwarded on to the appropriate person. You may call the Hotline with a question, concern, or emergency notification.
If you know in advance that you will be missing a meet, you should fill out the Meet Absence Form, but no later than the Thursday before the meet that you will miss. If an emergency situation or illness occurs after Thursday, call the Hotline to report your absence. Do not use the online form to report an absence after the Thursday before the meet that you will miss.
If you lose the number, it is always available on the Communications page.
Safety Notice
MCC has told us we cannot park in the lot across from the main entrance to the pool (that's the lot that used to have the gated entrance - by the student center). No parking, and no waiting for swimmers. In other words, don't even think about going in there.
It's OK to stop in front of the pool building to drop off and pick up swimmers, but do not sit there and wait. If your swimmer is not there, do not stop. Also, if a car is stopped in front of the building, do not pass it. Wait until the swimmer gets in or out and moves on. Passing on that road is dangerous, since you can't see people crossing the street. Please take these rules seriously. It may make life a little inconvenient for yourself, but the safety of our children is much more important.
Missing A Meet?
If you will be missing a meet, it is imperative that the coaches know about it as far ahead of time as possible. Use this online form to send a notification to your coach. For future use, I put a link to that form on the navigation bar to your left ("Meet Absence Form"). Remember, if you miss a meet without telling your coach, you will be unable to swim in the next meet.
Private Lessons
The Riptide coaching staff is now offering private swim lessons. For more information, please contact Mike Heidelberg at coachmike@rvyriptide.org.
Emergency Contact List
We have an Emergency Contact List that is used for quick notification of things such as last minute practice and meet changes and cancellations, as well as other important timely items, which may be due to inclement weather or other reasons. Notifications of such events will be sent out to all people on this list. This enables you to find out early enough (usually while you're still in the office) to plan around them. To get on the list, just send me an email, providing your name and email address, and indicate that you'd like to be put on the Emergency Contact List. And, don't forget to tell me if your email ID changes!