Winterfest 2009 Dec 31, 2008

Winterfest will be held this weekend, Jan 3-4. For details, please go to the Extra Meets page. Directions are in the Meet Announcement. Please check the events list and the entries list to locate the days you will be swimming. For the most recent warmup/start times, parent timing assignments, and pool assignments, please check the individual subheadings on the Extra Meets page. For the 1000 and 1650 events, you will need to bring your own timer, watch, and person to lap count. For the 500s please be prepared to provide your own lap counter person. If you have questions, please contact Margie (for timing assignments) or Joan (for warmup/start/pool assignments).

Rule Clarification and Interpretation Dec 18, 2008

Please see the Officials page for important information on recalling false starts, and also a new breaststroke rule interpretation. This information was provided by Ed Miller, Chair, YMCA National Officials' Committee

First Frost Winner Dec 11, 2008

Congratulations to event winner Leilah Mohamed, who won the Girls 6 and under 25 Fly and 25 Breast at First Frost, and to all our other 9 and under swimmers who had personal best times.

Riptide Nationals Team Nov 24, 2008

Congratulations to the newest members of the Riptide Nationals Team, all of whom qualified at recent meets: Annie Bucca, Caroline Coffey, Nick Nolan and Chung Rhee.

YMCA National Top 16 Swimmers Nov 12, 2008

Riptide is proud to announce that we have two swimmers in the YMCA National Top 16 for the 2007-08 season. Gessica Charniga placed 16th in the 13/14 100 Breaststroke. Peter Dufrat placed 13th in the 200 Back, 11th in the 100 Back, 13th in the 50 Free, and 6th in the 50 Backstroke in the 11/12 age group. Congratulations to our National Top 16 finishers!

2008-2009 Riptide Team Captains Oct 20, 2008

Congratulations to the following seniors, elected by their teams on Monday night:

Girls Team: Gabrielle Alicino, Kayleigh Shangle, Jenny Zavoda
Coed Team: Kerry Doris, Sasha Kleinman, Kevin Weiss
Boys Team: Kevin Chibbaro, Alex Ratajczyk, Andy Rose

Banquet Oct 7, 2008

The annual Riptide banquet is scheduled for Sunday Apr 26, 2009, once again at the East Brunswick Chateau. Be sure to note this on your 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!