The Rivercrest Swim Team was formed in May 2007 as a family oriented, developmental, competitive swim team. Our goal is to provide a safe and healthy environment for the children in our community; to enjoy a competitive recreation sport; learn valuable life lessons of sportsmanship and teamwork; enhance personal improvement and team spirit; to have fun and develop a love of swimming.

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THE RIPTIDE IS SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS:

CIT'S and JR. COACHES. Please submit a 75-100 word essay on why you want to be a CIT and your qualifications. Candidates must be a rising high-school freshman or older. Job requirements: attending all three practices from 7:00 am (prep for lane lines) -10 am M-F and meets on Sat. CIT's will assist coaches as needed (lane line set-up and take-down) in addition to practicing themselves. Please email your essay to Denise Longo at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

We are also seeking resumes for Assistant Coaching positions. Please email your resumes to Denise Longo at : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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2010 KICK-OFF MEETING ON SUNDAY, APRIL 25TH AT 3:30 PM AT THE CASCADES LIBRARY. REGISTRATION WILL ALSO BE HELD ON SAT., MAY 1ST AND SAT., MAY 8TH FROM 10-12 AT THE RIVERCREST POOL. Please bring your registration forms, which can be downloaded at the top of this page.

DUE TO A HIGH NUMBER OF SWIMMERS, PRIORITY REGISTRATION IS GIVEN TO RIVERCREST RESIDENTS. ANY OUTSIDE MEMBERS WILL BE PUT ON A WAITING LIST AFTER MAY 10TH. THERE ARE 10 FAMILY SLOTS AVAILABLE for Outside Membership AND THEY ARE  ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST SERVED BASIS. LINK TO FORM. REGISTRATIONS FORMS, WITH FULL PAYMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP AND SWIMMER FEE, CAN BE DROPPED OFF to Denise Longo at 47354 McCarthy's Island Court begining Monday, May 10th at 8 am.

Note: IF YOU DO NOT REGISTER BY MAY 9TH AND YOU ARE A RIVERCREST RESIDENT, WE CAN NOT GUARANTEE YOUR SPOT ON THE TEAM. For any registratrions received between May 10 - June 1st, there will be a $25 per swimmer late fee. No registrations will be accepted for the 2010 Swim Season after May 31, 2010. There are no refunds on registation fees.

Evening practices begin June 1 - June 17th (There is NO PRACTICE ON Friday, June 18th -- the last day of school :)  For Ages 8 and Under will practice from 7:30 - 8:00 and Ages 9 and Up will practice from 8:00 - 8:30. (Subject to change due to # of swimmers in each age group.)

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A special invitation from Coach Flor: 

 Hello Riptide!

I hope everyone is in the middle of a great school year. Over at Dominion, we are finishing up our regular season with swimming, and I would like to invite all of the Riptide families out to our meet on January 23. You'll see some familiar faces like Matt Noonan, Derek Wolsky, and Brandon Jakab who have already qualified for the Virginia State Swim Meet in their 200 free relay. There will be free (youth sized) t-shirts for our Future Titans, and a few other surprises. This is a FREE, fun family event. See details below and in the attached Word Document. Please feel free to share the invite with other Future Titan Swimmers. I hope to see you there!

Go 'Tide! Go Titans!
~Coach Flor

Dominion High School vs. Briar Woods High School
Saturday, January 23 at 3:45 p.m.
Claude Moore Recreation Center
First 50 FUTURE TITANS on deck will receive a free Dominion Swim t-shirt!
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GAME DAY: We will have GAME DAY on Thursdays for ALL Riptide swimmers at 9:00 am.   

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 According to the ODSL League Web Site:

Post-Season Meet Criteria and Qualifications are as follows:

Any Swimmer that competes in at least two (2) League-sanctioned meets during the current regular season will be eligible to compete in one (1) of the two (2) Post-Season meets.

A swimmer may only swim in one (1) Post-Season meet, either Divisionals or All-Stars, but not both.

A swimmer without an official league time (NT) in an event cannot swim that event in the Divisional Meets or the All-Star Meet.

The League will establish an initial cut-time for each event equivalent to the 16th fastest time from the previous year’s All-Star Meet.  

The League Board will establish a committee to re-evaluate the initial cut times after the 2nd meet of the season.  The goal of the new cut-time will be to establish a benchmark where the swimmers with the top 24 fastest times will go to All-Stars.

Any swimmer to achieve a time better than the final cut-time will qualify for All-Stars.  There may be ultimately more than 24 swimmers in an event in the All-Star Meet.

If a swimmer qualifies for 1 event for All-Stars, the swimmer may choose to go to All-Stars in the qualified event OR go to his/her Divisional Meet in any other event except the one qualified for in All-Stars.

If the swimmer chooses to swim at his/her divisional Meet, the swimmer forfeits the currently qualified for spot in All-Stars.

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Mark Your Calendars! Lot's of fun events coming up.

• Your “swimming age” depends on your age by June 15, 2010. For example if your birthday is July 11, 1997, you will be swimming in the 11/12-year-old bracket, even though you will be 13 during the summer.  

For further information, contact Riptide Team Manager, Denise Longo at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Sharon Brandt, Team Representative at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it