ATTENTION ALL SWIMMERS SWIMMING AT JO'S: SPIRITWEAR This year we are excited to offer a great spiritwear package that will make quite and impact on deck! We encourage families to purchase these great t-shirts for their families and wear them in the stands to show our support of our kids !!!! Other teams will take notice!!! Good Luck Manta Rays!!! and Congratulations !!!!! DESIGN: JO TEAM JO TEAM APPAREL (for JO Team Only / T Shirts are for families as well) (chairperson: Kim Hulbert email: [email protected] ) JO HOODIE $28.00...

The Manta Rays will be represented with twenty-one athletes at this weekend's exciting Ohio HS State Championships. Many of our athletes are seeded very well after a very good District meet this past weekend. Follow the results on swimmeet.com. If you are interesting in watching some of the action from this past weekend's meet, visit the masonmantarays channel on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/user/masonmantarays#g/u Results from all four Ohio Districts Southwest District (Manta Raysrepresenting their HS teams are in this district) Central District Northeast District Northwest District

OHIO SWIMMING REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS REPORT Our swimmers lit up the water at Regionals! We had an amazing amount of lifetime best swims & “JO” qualifiers! WE HAD 25 SWIMMERS ACHIEVE OVER 56 INDIVIDUAL NEW OHIO STATE “JO” TIMES! Despite the faster JO time standards, we now have more swimmers with qualifying times than last year! Thanks to all of our wonderful parents who stepped up to volunteer and help us run this meet! We had many parents and older swimmers who worked multiple shifts to help make this meet run...

OHIOJUNIOR OLYMPIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: INDIVIDUAL AND RELAY QUALIFIERS Congratulations to all of the Manta Rays who qualified for the Ohio State JO Championships to be held in Bowling Green, Ohio. Qualifying for this meet is a very big honor as the fastest 14 & under swimmers in Ohio will be attending. Coach Todd will send out a list of all of the potential state team relays soon. Please look for this list in your e-mail because we will need to know if your swimmer can attend the state championships if selected...

The Mason Manta Rays have earned Silver Medal status in the 2011 USA Swimming Club Excellence program. The 2011 program results are based on performances in the 2010 calendar year. Clubs have been selected as Gold, Silver or Bronze Medal clubs according to the following parameters: Gold Level: The top 16 point-scoring clubs eligible for the Gold level. Silver Level: The remaining clubs ranked through #100 and/or not achieving Gold status. Bronze Level: Clubs ranked #101 through #200 and/or not achieving Gold or Silver status. The program recognizes USA Swimming...

Congratulations to all of the Manta Rays who swam this past weekend in the high school Sectional Meet. Thirty six Manta Rays (representing eight different high schools) advanced to the high school Southwest Ohio District Championships to be held this Friday (boys) and Saturday (girls) at Miami University . This is the second step on the way to the Ohio High School State Championships. The following girls will be participating this Saturday: Abbie Allen (Mason) 100 back/200 IM, Sarah Austin (Seven Hills) 200 IM/500 free, Dani Barbiea (Springboro) 50 free/100...

Congratulations to all of the Manta Rays who competed at the Trophy Meet this past Saturday at Sycamore High School. Manta Rays posted many best times. The following swimmers placed first in their respective events: Avani Deshmukh 8&U 50 Back, Lauren Fries 8&U 25 BR & 25 Fly, Nikki Tripurana 8&U 50 Free, Carl Bloebaum 8&U 25 Fly, and Adam Chaney 8&U 100 IM, 25 Back, and 25 Free.

Practice Schedule: February-May Practices are 5 days a week!* Attend as many or as few as you like. Monday though Friday: 6:00-7:30 a.m. *The practice schedule is subject to change based on demand and availability. Cost This program will offer 12 monthly sessions of Masters Swimming each year. Monthly Fees $26 Premier pass holders $30 Basic Pass holders $38 Residents $45 Non Residents Your first two practices are free! Come join the fun! Each swimmer is only required to be a member of United States Masters Swimming to be eligible...

Congratulations to all of our Manta Rays this past weekend. The Manta Rays had four high point winners in Indy; Preston Bailey (11-12 boys), Katie Hulbert (13-14 girls), Mpoki Mwalupindi (13-14 boys), and Cesar Carrillo (15-18 boys).

Swim Fit Swimmer Ria Parikh, her mom, Swati, and her brother were involved in a serious car accident. GOOD NEWS: Ria is doing better, slowly, and is expected to eventually make a full recovery over the months ahead. The family thanks everyone for the good wishes. Please keep this family in your thoughts and prayers. Address to send cards for Ria: Cincinnati Children's A4CL Rehab, ML 4005 3333 Burnet Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039