The following practice changes will take place next week due to a home Water Mocs meet on Thursday, June 20. Tuesday, June 18 - Silver 6:45-8:30 pm (No Thursday practice on 6/20); Gold 4:45-7:00 pm (no Thursday practice on 6/20); Varsity 5:00-7:00 pm (no Thursday practice on 6/20). All other practice groups will be normal for the week.

Mark Daasch from NovaCare will be on the pool deck tomorrow TUESDAY, from 3:45-6 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 NovaCare Rehabilitation 1198 Smiley Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45240 phone: (513)671-6362 fax: (513)671-6368 [email protected]

MEMORIAL DAY PRACTICE SCHEDULE National: 7:00-10:00 am Platinum: 7:00-9:15 am Varsity: 8:45-10:45 am Gold :10-11:45 am Silver: 10-11:45 am Community Center closes at NOON No other practices

With a lot of our swimmers participating in the triathlon this Saturday, we are going to adjust the practice schedule to the following times: National/Platinum/Gold 7-9:15 am Silver/Bronze 9:00-10:45 am Teal/Blue 10:30-11:45 am Green Normal time White/Pups Normal time The times listed include stretching time. Thanks and enjoy the holiday weekend.

The practice schedule will be as follows for this weekend: Friday, May 17 - Pups and White 5:05-6:00 pm; Green Normal time; Blue 7:00-8:30 pm; Varsity Normal time; no practice all other groups Saturday, May 18 - No practices Thanks and good luck to all Manta Rays this weekend!

Mark Daasch from NovaCare will be on the pool deck Wednesday, 5/22, from 3:45-6 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 NovaCare Rehabilitation 1198 Smiley Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45240 phone: (513)671-6362 fax: (513)671-6368 [email protected]

USA Swimming National Open Water Camp From June 4-8, 2013, USA Swimming will sponsor The National Open Water Select Camp in Fort Myers, FL. The National Open Water Camp is viewed as an integral step for athletes to move from the pool to Open Water, then to the international scene. USA Swimming only offers 24 of the country's best distance swimmers this unique motivational and educational experience (12 girls/12 boys). This year USA Swimming selected City of Mason’s Manta Rays Head Coach Ken Heis to be a national open water...

FINAL SR CIRCUIT MEET ENTRIES BELOW: Name USA Swimming ID Event Entry Time Age Group Date Note Decker, Jordan 090697JOREDECK 200 FR 2:17.21 LCM OPEN May 17 Decker, Jordan 090697JOREDECK 50 FR 27.95 LCM OPEN May 18 Decker, Jordan 090697JOREDECK 200 IM 2:32.50 LCM OPEN May 18 Decker, Jordan 090697JOREDECK 100 BR 1:20.53 LCM OPEN May 18 Decker, Jordan 090697JOREDECK 200 BR 2:58.66 LCM OPEN May 19 Decker, Jordan 090697JOREDECK 100 FR 1:02.90 LCM OPEN May 19 Diehl, Alec 072694ALEMDIEH 100 FL 1:04.31 LCM OPEN May 17 Diehl, Alec 072694ALEMDIEH...

USA Swimming selected the Manta Rays as one of 19 clubs (out of approximately 2900 clubs) to have a Master Coach Consultant visit in 2013. USA Swimming Coach Ed Spencer will be visiting the team this upcoming Sunday-Wednesday. Here is a little excerpt from an email he sent us: I am Ed Spencer and I will be coming to visit you, if you like. My background includes Head Coaching positions at Industry Hills (1983-1991), Reno (1991-1998) and Dynamo (1998-2004). I spent about 40 years as a professional coach and feel...

Mark Daasch from NovaCare will be on the pool deck Wednesday, 5/1, from 3:45-6 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 NovaCare Rehabilitation 1198 Smiley Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45240 phone: (513)671-6362 fax: (513)671-6368 [email protected]