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The Southwest Ohio Classic Swim Meet concluded following last Sunday night Finals at Keating Natatorium at St Xavier High School. This year's largest High School meet in the country featured more than 3,200 athletes representing 110 schools across southwest Ohio at seven (7) preliminary sites. Manta Ray Zoe Thatcher (Soph-Mason HS) fought her way through their local preliminary sites in the morning, and headed to St. X HS for finals at night, winning three gold in this fast mid-season and unrested meet. The Classic is unique in that it features...

NO SATURDAY OR SUNDAY PRACTICE DUE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL MEET MONDAY MLK DAY 1/16 ATTENDANCE PIZZA PARTY Nat: 9:00-11:00 a.m. (YOGA 10-11:00 AM) Platinum: 8-10 a.m. Gold: 3:30-5:15p.m. Platinum & Gold LAZER KRAZE 1:30-3:30 p.m. Silver: 2:00-3:30 p.m. Bronze: 2:15-3:30 p.m. Blue: 1:00-2:15 p.m. Green: 6:00-7:15 p.m. White: 5:00-6:00 p.m. No Pups Practice SWIMFIT MAKE UP FROM SUNDAY SwmFit: 1:30-2:00 8 & U SwmFit: 1:30-2:15 9-10’s SwimFit: 12-1:30 11& Over

Mark Daasch from NovaCare will be on the pool deck Wednesday 1/18 from 4-6 p.m. If your swimmer has any aches or pains that you want him to evaluate, please see him on deck tomorrow. 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] .

HIGH SCHOOL SOUTHWEST CLASSIC This weekend our high school swimmers compete in the largest high school meet in the country with over 2700 swimmers representing 99 high schools. This is a great meet as it gives our swimmers a good look at the competition for the upcoming district and state championship meets. Results can be found at www.swimmeet.com.

Platinum and Gold Groups Spend your afternoon with a few games of Lazer Tag at Lazer Kraze on Monday, January 16th, 2:00-3:40pm. Gold swimmers will play first to ensure they make practice at 3:30 p.m. It's only $10 for two games (you pay when you go).

ATTENDANCE PIZZA PARTY ON MONDAY, JANUARY 16 There will be an attendance party for swimmers with the top two highest percentage of attendance in each group. The party will be held Monday 1/16at the Mason LaRosa’s on Route 42 from 11:15 am-12:15 pm. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING SWIMMERS Pups Tyler Houpt, Sahan Kansakar, Nicholas Wolfe, Kevin Wu, Michael Zuo Holland Shaw White Bella Beck, Allison Fries, Eric Sun Diego Fortson, Ishana Galgali Green Joey Kelley Cameron Jones, Ruchi Kudalkar, Rhea Mehta Blue Group: Emily Yu Mia Thatcher Scott Leathers Carl...

Due to a high school swim meet, practices on Friday, January 6 will be as follows: National and Platinum 3-5 pm; Blue 4:45-5:30 pm; Green 4:00-4:45 pm (comp pool); White normal time; Pups normal time; 11&Over SwimFit moved to Saturday 12:45-2:15 pm. Thanks

Just a reminder that we go back to our normal practice schedule beginning on Tuesday, January 3. There will be a make-up practice for the 11 & over SwimFit group on Tuesday from 1:15-2:45 pm for anyone who can attend. Thanks.

Mark Daasch from NovaCare will be on the pool deck tomorrow 12/21 from 2:30-5:30 p.m. If your swimmer has any aches or pains that you want him to evaluate, please see him on deck tomorrow. 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]

Please see the attached links for the team calendar with the holiday practice schedule and practice changes over the next few months. Good luck to everyone swimming this weekend! Go Rays! December -Updated 12-16-11 January-Updated 12-16-11 (UPDATED PRACTICE ON 1/3/12) February March