Mason Manta Rays ventured South to Clearwater, Florida to participate in the Dolfin Junior National Championship Cup March 15 -19, 2016. Twenty-seven Mason Manta Ray team members took part in the five day meet. The team utilized a bevy of impressive swims to score 611 combined team points, to finish 2nd place overall out of 102 teams. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0OkSxm3ATv1VlhZNENfbWpidmM&usp=sharing Please see above for some pictures (some great!) of the national meet from Mrs. Hagemeister. Cooper Hodge led the team with 5 individual 1st place finishes, a third place finish and won...

Manta Rays Excel at Ohio High School State Championships – Canton Ohio March 26 & 27, 2016 The Division 1 Ohio High School state championships got off to a rousing start Saturday night as sophomore Kylie Decker propelled her Ursuline teammates to a second place finish in the 200 medley relay. The Mason Comets, .01 behind were third and consisted of Caroline Wolf (Jr), Jordan Decker (Sr), Ashley Volpenhein (Jr) and Lauren Thomas (So). Sophomore Hannah Foster anchored her St. Ursula squad to a 5th place finish. Springboro senior, Hannah...

MASON MANTA RAYS | 2016 Southwest District Swim Meet Summary - February 19 & 20 Division 1 Girls Championship The 2016 Southwest Ohio District Championships at Miami University in Oxford got off to a blazing start as the Mason Comets swam to a victory in the 200 Medley Relay. The relay consisted of four Manta Rays, Caroline Wolf (Jr), Jordan Decker (Sr), Ashley Volpenhein (Jr) and Lauren Thomas (So). Hannah Whitely (Sr) and Cayla Bodner (Jr) led Springboro to a fourth place finish. Senior Mary Fry anchored Sycamore’s relay to...

Manta Ray Coach/Mom & Flying Pig winner takes shot at the Olympics She runs to compete. She runs for her kids. She runs for herself. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/1TeADb1

Congratulations on a great weekend of swimming! We had an amazing amount of lifetime best swims dropping in over 800 swims total as a team! Thanks to all of our wonderful parents who stepped up to volunteer and help run this gigantic meet (4630 swims and 36+ hours of swim meet). We had many parents who worked multiple shifts to help make this meet run very well. Thanks so much to the following people who went over and above this past weekend: Jennie Patterson for her many many hours coordinating...

Mason Manta Ray College Success Mason Community Center Congratulations to seven Mason Manta Ray seniors who signed National Letters of Intent this past Wednesday to swim in college! Joel Thatcher - Savannah School of Art & Design Jordan Decker - Seton Hall University Mary Margaret Fry - University of Illinois Cooper Hodge - University of Wisconsin Hannah Whiteley - University of Louisville Abbey Esler - Miami University Gabriella Marinelli - Cleveland State University

More than 260 Mason Manta Ray swimmers kicked off the 2015-2016 swimming season with the 13th Annual Manta Rays Intrasquad Swim Meet, but for one particular swimmer, it was much more than the first meet of the year. In front of a packed natatorium at the Mason Community Center, The Mason Manta Rays in Southwest Ohio welcomed home US Navy Chief Paul Swezey! After seven months in Afghanistan, Swezey came home two weeks early to surprise his family, and to be a surprise lane timer for his 10 year-old son...

Congratulations to our Ashley Volpenhein for placing 7th at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in the 50m free! Way to represent! Her efforts, combined with her teammates, coaches, and thousands of supporters led Team USA to win the overall world championship team title in Singapore! Full Results

CONGRATULATIONS, SYDNEY! Malia Berkely Badin High School Soccer • Soccer All-American • USA National U-18 Team • Gatorade Ohio Soccer Player of the Year • Ms. Ohio Soccer • Women's Sports Assn. Sportswoman of the Year • Florida State University Lauren Cannatelli Lakota West High School Basketball • Led Team to 1st Ever State Title • 1,426 Career Points, 2nd in School History • School Record 254 career 3-Pointers • Ohio Div. I Co-Player of the Year • Cincinnati Div. I Player of the Year • University of Dayton Annie...

MASON MANTA RAYS SENIORS We are proud to celebrate the our 2015 graduating seniors! We celebrate these seniors not only for their achievements as Manta Rays, but for helping all of us -- coaches, teammates, friends, and parents alike -- be better at what we do! These seniors have enriched the Manta Ray experience for us all and make us all so proud to be Manta Rays! Elise Brandwein Mason Ole Miss Anna Cicero Mason Xavier University Peter He Mason Ohio Northern University Justin Hove Mason Ohio State Keith Jessee...