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Good luck to all of our swimmers competing in the All-American meet on Saturday at Sycamore High School. The kids enter the water at 7:20 am for warm-ups and the meet begins at 8:15 am.
Due to the high school sectional meet, we will use the following practice schedule for Friday and Saturday. Friday, February 10: National & Platinum 3:30-5:00 pm, Blue 4:15-5:00 pm, Green 5:10-6:00 pm, White 4:30-5:10 pm, No practice for Pups and 11&O SwimFit. Saturday, February 11: Platinum&Gold 6-8 am, Silver 6:45-8:00 am, National 1-2 pm, Blue 1-2 pm, Bronze 12:30-2:00 pm, Pups, White, and Green no practice. Sunday, February 12: Normal SwimFit schedule Monday, February 13: Team Championship Dinner night - practice schedule as follows: National 3:30-6:30 pm, Platinum 4-5:30 pm,...
PLEASE SEE THE UPDATED TEAM CALENDARS FOR PRACTICE CHANGES & MORE: February - Updated 2-9-12 March Updated 2-1-12
Due to conflicts in the competition pool with the high school GMC Championships, we will follow this schedule for Friday, February 3 and Saturday, February 4. Friday, February 3: National 3:30-5:30 pm, Platinum 4:00-6:00 pm, Pups normal time, White normal time, Green 5:30-6:30 in comp pool, Blue 6:30-7:30 pm, SwimFit 11&O 7:30-8:30 pm. Saturday, February 4: National & Platinum 6:00-8:00 am, Silver 8:00-9:30 am, Blue 8:15-9:15 am, Gold 9:15-11:00 am, Bronze 9:30-10:45 am, Green 10:45-11:45 am, White 11:00-11:45 am, Pups 11:15-noon. Please have the kids show up 15 minutes prior...
The Manta Rays took first place this past weekend at the 2012 Groundhog Invitational scoring 3311 total team points edging out the host team WTSC with 3199.5 points. Manta Ray swimmers combined for 136 lifetime best swims. Great job to everyone who participated.
MANTA RAY TRAINING "DRAG" SUIT ORDER UPDATE: DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ORDERS. WILL TRY AGAIN IN THE SPRING AND/OR FALL. Want a simple way to get stronger each day at practice? Order a Manta Ray Drag Suit! We did not have the minimum size order during the fall suit sale and want to open the ordering up to the entire team again for a week. The drag suit will have the Manta Ray logo on the back. Anyone (guys or gals) can order these suits although the smallest size is...
Manta Ray swimmers have broken 35 team records so far this season. The updated records can be found under the Team Records Tab. Congratulations to our new record holders: Kara Alexander (9-10 1650 free), Raegan Willis (9-10 50 Fly), 3 way tie between Gabriella Marinelli, Hannah Whiteley, and Ashley Volpenhein (13-14 50 Free), Gabriella Marinelli (13-14 100 free), Hannah Whiteley (13-14 100 and 200 back), Katie Hulbert (13-14 100 & 200 Fly), Zoe Thatcher (15-16 1000 & 1650 free, 200 back), Hannah Whiteley (Open 100 back), Amanda Smith (Open 50...
Congratulations to all of the Manta Rays who competed this past weekend at the Mid-Winter Classic in Northern Kentucky. Carl Bloebaum broke a meet record in the 8&U 25 yard butterfly with a time of 15.86. Hannah Whiteley also set a new meet record in the 13-14 100 yard backstroke with a time of :55.32. Manta Ray swimmers combined for 379 lifetime best swims this past weekend. Congratulations!
By: Christian Hauser CINCINNATI - We're heading north for this week's student of the week. That's where you'll find one of the most driven and giving students at Lakota East High School. Senior, Ian West, does more than his share at the high school. He's an athlete, an accomplished musician, a volunteer and an employee. That has some wondering just how he does it. "[West] crams more into a 24-hour day than anyone I've ever met," said Lakota East guidance counselor, Lauri MacNeel. West loves to help others, includes helping...
