Our team spritwear orders *(with on item exception see below) placed online with Cincinnati Team Apparel are here and will be available for pick up at the Mason Community Center in conjunction with our TEAM GEAR and PERSONALIZED CAP pickup times. TONIGHT - WEDNESDAY 10/19/2011 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM TOMORROW - THURSDAY 10/20/2011 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM After thursday evening all remaining orders will need to be pick up at CTA at their retail location on Snider Road in Mason during regular business hours. **Tackle Twill Sweat Shirts...

SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE PARTNERS WITH MANTA RAYS When you pick up your team t-shirts today and tomorrow you will find a free issue of Swimming World Magazine. The coaches highly recommend every family to subscribe! Many of us still remember flipping through and reading every page as when they were swimmers. This magazine would be a gift for any swimmer! If you do subscribe, please use the following link so that our team gets credit: http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/swimshop/shop_detail.asp?iPid=1405&iRefId=457

We are happy to announce that our personalized team caps and the remainder of our team t-shirts and team latex caps will be available for pick up during the following times...and just in time for our first meets! PICK UP SCHEDULE: WEDNESDAY October 19th 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM THURSDAY October 20th 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Pickup will be in the meeting room just past the main desk in of the community center (this was the old game room before the renovations). All shirts and caps will need to...

Ohio Swimming is holding the Elite High Altitude Training Camp this weekend at the Olympic Training Center. Three Manta Ray swimmers were selected to attend: Autumn Carter, John Raker, and Steve Russo. Coach Ken Heis was also selected to be a coach for the 3.5 day camp in Colorado Springs.

This is a reminder that the Friday and Saturday practice schedule will be altered due to a High School water polo tournament. Friday, October 14 will be as follows: National 3-5:40 pm, Platinum 4-6 pm, Pups 4:25-5:05 pm, White 5:05-5:45 pm, Green 5:45-6:30 pm, Blue 6:15-7:15 pm, Bronze 7-8:30 pm, SwimFit 11&overs no practice (will be rescheduled at a different date). Saturday, October 15 will be as follows: National 6-9 am, Platinum 6-8 am, Silver 8-10 am, Gold 10:45am-12:30 pm, Bronze 9:45-11 am, Blue 9-10 am, Green 12:15-1:15 pm, White...

Congratulations to all Manta Ray swimmers on a fast Intrasquad meet. This was our largest meet to date with over 260 swimmers competing. Nineteen Intrasquad meet records were broken on Saturday as well. Swimmers setting new meet records were Ashley Reed (4), Carl Bloebaum (4), Mpoki Mwalupindi (3), Kara Alexander (1), John Galvin (1), Hannah Whiteley (1), Panos Skoufalos (1), Justin Kolwyck (1), Dillon Froass (1), Rena Arora (1), and Cole Cronk (1). Complete meet results can be found in the archived meet section of the website. Thank you to...

We are so happy to report that as promised by Kastaway, the team suits ordered at our spiritwear sale and suit fitting are in and ready for distribution. The Spiritwear Team has wonderful parent volunteers that will be at the pool from 3:30 PM - 8:00 PM TONIGHT - FRIDAY OCTOBER 7th for suit pickup SPRIT TABLE LOCATED at the POOL in the Stands area !!! This table will also be set up tomorrow from 10/8/2001 - 8:00 AM until before our team pictures for anyone that can't make it...

8TH ANNUAL INTRASQUAD MEET (CONCESSIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN HIGH SCHOOL HALLWAY) On Saturday, October 8, the Mason Manta Rays will host the 8th Annual Pentathlon at the Mason Community Center. IMPORTANT NOTES: The high school commons will not be available for the meet due to a rental. Please use the high school aquatic locker rooms or the Community Center locker rooms during the meet. We will have access to the lawn outside. Feel free to bring gear to sit outside! This Intrasquad meet is where all Manta Ray swimmers...

GOOD NEWS FROM KASTAWAY SWIMWEAR A delay from our suit manufacturer SPEEDO USA left some uncertainty as to weather or not our team suits would be ready for our intersquad meet and team pictures this Saturday. The spiritwear team has been working closely with Kastaway and they were aware of our situation. As of yesterday, GOOD NEWS. Our suits (those ordered at the Sept. Sale) HAVE ARRIVED !!! They were RUSHED out to embroidery yesterday and are currently in production. Kastaway is working very hard to have everything ready for...

Tie-Dye Instructions & Pick-up If you were not at the tie-dye party, please pick up your shirts on Wednesday at practice. Parents, if you have time, please sign-up online to volunteer to help distribute the t-shirts on Wednesday. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP TO VOLUNTEER (CLICK JOB SIGN-UP)! SwimFit parents, please see your coaches to pick up your shirts on Friday, at the swim meet on Saturday, or on Sunday. What we did: 1. Pre-wash all fabric being dyed. 2. Soak fabric for about 2-3 minutes in a soda ash...