Manta Rays, Here is a reminder about the parties and practice changes for this weekend! FRIDAY TEAM TIE DYE T-SHIRT & PIZZA PARTY (Click for details) 4:45-6:45 p.m. High School Small Commons -- Cannot enter through high school -- Don't forget your pre-washed pre-soaked shirts! No practice due to water polo SATURDAY National: 6:30-9:30 a.m. Platinum: 7-8:30 a.m. Gold: 9:15-11 a.m. Silver: 8:15-10 am Bronze 9:45-11:15 am Blue: 8:15-9:30 am Teal: 10:45-12:00 Green: 11:00-12:00 p.m. White: 8:45-9:30 am (lp) Pups: 10:00-10:45 am (lp) (lp = leisure pool) SUNDAY Pups, Green,...

Mark Daasch from NovaCare will be on the pool deck TODAY Wednesday 10/24 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 today. 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]

AD SALES FOR HEAT SHEETS Do you want to wish your swimmer good luck in the Mason Fall Invitational heat sheet or the Southwest Ohio Regional Championship (in February) heat sheet? Or advertise your business? We are selling tax-deductible ads to be inserted into our heat sheets for the next two major meets we are hosting. All ads and the Ad Sales Sheet are due by November 4 to ensure the ad gets into the Mason Fall Invitational meet program. If possible, please send your ads electronically to Ken Heis...

Dear Fellow Manta Rays, Chris and Donna Lebling are extremely proud to announce they now own FRESH COAT of West Chester and Mason!! FRESH COAT is focused on “raising the bar” on professionalism in the Painting Industry. As a result, FRESH COAT Painting has become the largest and most respected painting company in North America. FRESH COAT is always looking for new opportunities to give something back to our community and we are proud to contribute in this way. It’s quick and easy to raise funds for the Mason Manta...

Below are the adjusted practice times for today. Some groups will practice at normal times. National: 4-7 Plat: 4:45-6:45 Gold 6:30-8:30 p.m. Bronze: 7:30-9:00 p.m. Blue: 6:30-7:45 p.m. Green: 5:45-6:45 p.m. White: 5:00-6:00 p.m. Pups: 4:30-5:15 p.m. Thank you.

The meet will begin no later than 10:00 am and we should finish the 100 IM's no later than 1:40 pm. The 500 Free will begin 5 minutes after the completion of the 100 IM and will finish around 4:00 pm. A detailed timeline is available on the Intra-squad Meet Page.

TEAM SUITS & BAGS ARE HERE, TEAM T-SHIRTS & CAPS COMING SOON If you ordered a team suit, it will be available for pick up tonight in the competition pool stands. We will have them at the meet tomorrow morning as well. The three team t-shirts will be delievered the week of October 22. This will be in time for the upcoming Tie-Dye party that will take place on October 26. More details will be sent out about this event soon! The personalized team caps will not be in for...

Please click here to see the team calendar for October and November. These calendars include quite a few practice time changes due to other events happening at the pool. Please know we try to keep practice times as early as possible, but sometimes a group have to practice later instead of canceling practice. Please email Coach Ken if you have any questions or concerns.

WEDNESDAY 10/10 PRACTICE SCHEDULE National: 3:30-6:30 Platinum: 4-5:30 Dryland Only Gold: 7:15-9:00 Bronze: 6:15-7:30 Blue: 7:45-9:00 Green: 5:30-6:30 White & Pups: 4:45-5:45 The rest of October's practice changes will be published soon!

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE THE MEET PAGE FOR DETAILS! TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL PICTURE ENVELOPES CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE OR FOUND BY THE MAILBOXES AT THE POOL. Please email our photographer, Brian Steege, with any questions. [email protected]