This year's Intrasquad Meet was a great start to the swim seson. 249 Manta Rays competed in the meet. There were 1188 splashes and 864 best times earned over the course of the meet. There were 10 meet records broken: 6 & U Girls - Taylor Bacher 25 backstroke, 25 breaststroke, 25 freestyle 7-8 Girls - Peyton Flynn 25 breaststroke 9-10 Boys - Carl Bloebaum 50 butterfly Alex Zhang 100 IM 11-12 Girls - Raegan Willis 50 butterfly, 50 backstroke 15 & O Girls - Hannah Whiteley 50 backstroke Alisabeth...

Wedensday Practice Time Changes (SAME AS LAST WEDNESDAY): National: 3:40-6:40 pm Plat: 4:00-6:40 pm Gold: 6:15-8:30 pm Bronze: 7:00-8:45 pm Blue: 6:00-7:30 pm Green: 5:45-6:45 pm White: 5:00-6:00 pm Pups: 4:30-5:15 pm

The team calendars have been posted for the 2013-2014 season. They include many of the known practice changes and team events over the swim year. They will be updated often; however, can be useful for planning purposes. The calendars can be found by clicking "TEAM CALENDAR" under the Calendar tab on the web page (OR click here).

The 2013 Intrasquad Meet is rapidly approaching. Saturday's timeline and psych sheet is now available under the meet page on the website. All events except the 500 free should be finished around 1:30 pm. The 500 free should conclude around 3:40 pm. It should be a fun and exciting day of racing. GO RAYS!

Wedensday Practice Time Changes: National: 3:40-6:40 pm Plat: 4:00-6:40 pm Gold: 6:15-8:30 pm Bronze: 7:00-8:45 pm Blue: 6:00-7:30 pm Green: 5:45-6:45 pm White: 5:00-6:00 pm Pups: 4:30-5:15 pm Mark Daasch from NovaCare will be on the pool deck Wednesday, 10/09, from 3:30-6 p.m. If your swimmer has any aches or pains that you want him to evaluate, please see him on deck this Wednesday. There is no cost for the evaluation. If you have any questions for Mark, please feel free to contact him directly. Mark Daasch, PT Center Manager...

Manta Ray swimmer Liz Monnin has organized a shoe and coat drive to assist with a neighboring community in providing those items to kids in kindergarten through 12th grade. Donations will be accepted until October 20 and can be placed in a marked bin underneath the family folders. Please see the flyer for more information.

Practice changes for Wednesday, October 2 are as follows: National: 4-7 pm Platinum: 2:30-5:00 pm Gold: Dryland only (Coach Katie will email out time) Bronze: 7:45-9:00 pm Blue: 7:15-8:30 pm Green: 6:30-7:30 pm White/Pups: 5:45-6:45 pm In addition, there will be a starts and turns clinic for kids in Pups, White, Green, and Blue on Saturday, October 5 from 1:30-3:00 pm.

Even though the Reds lost 4-2 to the New York Mets it did not stop 27 swimmers, 9 parents, Coach Katie and Coach Lauren from enjoying a Gold Group outing to Great American Ballpark last night.

3rd Annual José Cerdá Swim Clinic WHEN: Sunday October 27, 2013 WHERE: Mason Community Center Pool (Mason High School) WHO: Open to ALL swimmers, independent of their affiliation, gender or location. OLYMPIANS ATTENDING: Simon Burnett, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympian Whitney Myers, 2007 NCAA Champion and Woman of the Year, four-time NCAA champion Dan Ketchum, 2004 Olympian Scott Usher, 2004 Olympian David Mosko, finalist at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic trials Emily Brunemann, four-time FINA World Cup 10K Open Water Champion COST: $40. Advanced sign-up is required. Space is limited...

ATTENTION MANTA RAY PARENTS: Swimming World Magazine has sent us 100 FREE copies of their latest issue! Please feel free to take a copy home. The magazines are located by the family files in the competition pool bleachers. A subscription would make a great holiday/birthday gift for any Manta Ray! Click here for more information: http://swimshop.swimmingworldmagazine.com/p/1277 Swimming World’s EXCLUSIVE TEAM Offer and FREE T-Shirt! Your team qualifies for a $29.95, 1-Yr. Total Access Subscription, Plus a FREE Swimming World T-Shirt! That’s a $59.90 value!! YOUR TOTAL ACCESS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:...