This is your River Falls Swim News for February 27th! Action items are highlighted in yellow. ANNOUNCEMENTS This past weekend, we attended the RIPT Bronze Classic! We had 10 swimmers participate in 38 races. There were 28 new PRs, and 9 swimmers met new achievement time standards. This week’s Swimmer of the Week is Matteo Fontanesi. Matteo netted five new PRs over five events, in addition to earning one “B” National Time Standard and three Silver MNSI Achievement Time standards. He also dropped 17.14 seconds during the 200 backstroke event,...

This is your River Falls Swim News for February 20th! Action items are highlighted in yellow. ANNOUNCEMENTS Yesterday, we hosted the RFSC Snowflake Splash! Thanks to all that volunteered! We had 43 swimmers participate in 159 races. There were 86 new PRs, and 22 swimmers met new achievement time standards. This week’s Swimmer of the Week is Henry Matzek. Henry scooped up three new PRs over four events, in addition to earning three “BB” National Time Standards and three Gold MNSI Achievement Time standards. He also ditched 6.70 seconds during...

This is your River Falls Swim News for February 13th! Action items are highlighted in yellow. ANNOUNCEMENTS As a reminder, parents/legal guardians are discouraged from entering the locker rooms and changing areas. If your swimmer requires assistance changing, please notify a coach. Also, if you would like to stay and watch practice/lessons, please use the pool’s observation deck. Parents are not allowed to remain on deck during practice/lessons. There is a gymnastics meet tonight, February 13th, and girls basketball games on February 14th. Bring your RFSC bag tag to access...

This is your River Falls Swim News for February 6th! Action items are highlighted in yellow. ANNOUNCEMENTS Even though Developmental report cards were handed out this past Thursday and Friday, please note that the current developmental session ends this Friday. See you at the pool! This past weekend, we attended the RWSC Valentine’s Mini-Meet. Official results have not been posted yet, so those meet results will be sent in a separate email and posted to Facebook and Instagram. There are boys basketball games on February 10th. Bring your RFSC bag...

This is your River Falls Swim News for January 30th! Action items are highlighted in yellow. ANNOUNCEMENTS This past weekend, we attended the OMNI Winter Classic. Official results have not been posted yet, so those meet results will be sent in a separate email and posted to Facebook and Instagram. There are girls basketball games on January 31st, and a wrestling meet on February 2nd. Bring your RFSC bag tag to access the pool’s observation deck for free. During these events, the south door (normal entrance) may be locked. Please...

This is your River Falls Swim News for January 23rd! Action items are highlighted in yellow. ANNOUNCEMENTS Yesterday, we hosted the RFSC Winter Blast! Thanks to all that volunteered! We had 42 swimmers participate in 151 races. There were 77 new PRs, and 19 swimmers met new achievement time standards. This week’s Swimmer of the Week is Jenna Juetten. Jenna pocketed four new PRs over four events, in addition to earning two Bronze MNSI Achievement Time standards. She also dropped 29.79 seconds during the 100 freestyle event, which was a...

This is your River Falls Swim News for January 16th! Action items are highlighted in yellow. ANNOUNCEMENTS Tonight is the annual club meeting. It will be held at 6:30pm in the RFHS media center and on Zoom. This meeting will include a vote for a board member position. If you did not receive the previous email announcing the annual meeting, and would like the Zoom link, please drop me an email. Our first home meet of the Winter session is this Sunday. All Competitive families must complete two blocks of...

This is your River Falls Swim News for January 9th! Action items are highlighted in yellow. ANNOUNCEMENTS This past weekend, we attended the AQJT Winter Invite in Eden Prairie, MN. Official results have not posted yet. I will send them out in a separate email. As a reminder, parents/legal guardians are discouraged from entering the locker rooms and changing areas. If your swimmer requires assistance changing, please notify a coach. Also, if you would like to stay and watch practice/lessons, please use the pool’s observation deck. Parents are not allowed...

This is your River Falls Swim News for January 2nd! Action items are highlighted in yellow. ANNOUNCEMENTS Welcome to 2023! Competitive practices resume today. Our first Winter Developmental lessons begin tonight! The Winter Competitive Session is in full swing! If your competitive swimmer is not registered with USA Swimming for the 2023 swim year, that swimmer will be unable to participate in swim practice until registration is accomplished. This is due to liability issues. With the changes to USA Swimming registration, there appears to be some growing pains. USA Swimming...

This is your River Falls Swim News for December 27th! Action items are highlighted in yellow. ANNOUNCEMENTS The Winter Competitive Session is in full swing! If you have not registered your swimmer with USA Swimming for the 2023 swim year, that needs to be accomplished prior to December 31, 2022. Failure to register with USA Swimming will result in your swimmer being unable to participate in swim practice due to liability issues. With the changes to USA Swimming registration, there appears to be some growing pains. USA Swimming is only...