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.

ATTENDANCE PIZZA PARTY ON MONDAY, JANUARY 17 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 1/17 at the Mason LaRosa’s on Route 42 from 11:15 am-12:15 pm. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING SWIMMERS Pups: #1 Cameron Jones and Madeline Wolfe (24 practices), #2 Ishana Galgali (23 practices) White: #1 Bella Beck and Karson Walker (35 practices), #2 Olivia Potter and Will Froass (33 practices) Green: #1 Mia Thatcher (34 practices) #2 Carl Bloebaum (32...

INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY IF WE HAVE TO CANCEL OR CHANGE PRACTICE TODAY, WE WILL EMAIL AND POST THE CANCELLATION ON THE WEB SITE.

MASON MANTA RAY DECALS FUNDRAISER Personalized Manta Ray swimmer window decals are available for $10 per decal. An order form with an example will be posted online and in your mailboxes this week. Or click this link for the order form: http://www.teamunify.com/ohmmr/__doc__/Manta%20Ray%20Swimmer%20Window%20Decal%20Order%20Form%20Winter%2011%20%282%29.pdf Please make your payment with your order and place in the Folta folder. Checks made payable to Jewell Folta. The deadline for orders is February 12. Questions? Contact Jewell Folta at [email protected] or 513-234-6193. All proceeds go toward Open Water Championships.

Give it a TRI Indoor Triathlon Ever wanted to try a Triathlon? Or would you like some earn some extra volunteer hours to go toward your Manta Ray volunteer commitment and/or community service for school? We need both volunteers and participants. See below for details! Start: Sunday, February 06, 2011 @ 7:00 AM Mason Community Center 6050 Mason-Montgomery Rd. Mason, OH Additional Date Information First wave begins at 7:00am Address Mason Community Center 6050 Mason-Montgomery Rd. Fees MCC members $0 PRE/$6 BAS Non-Members $20 Brief Description Take the challenge and...

National, Platinum and Gold Groups Spend your afternoon with a few games of Lazer Tag at Lazer Kraze on Monday, January 17th, 1:30-3:30pm. 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). Please e-mail Chris Carter at [email protected] if you are planning on coming so we can let them know how many swimmers to expect.

Normal practice Friday 1/14 NO PRACTICE ALL GROUPS ON SATURDAY MLK DAY (MONDAY) ATTENDANCE PIZZA PARTY(WINNERS TBA BY WEDNESDAY!) Nat: 9:15-11:00 a.m. Platinum: 8-10 a.m. Gold: 3:30-5:15 p.m. Nat, 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.

The Senior Committee for Ohio Swimming voted in October to add Senior Circuit Meets to the long course schedule. The meets will have qualifying times standards in order to participate in them. The meets will be added to our long course meet schedule. The entire long course meet schedule along with the qualifying times for the Senior Circuit meets will be available next week. The Senior Circuit Meets that we will be attending are: April 29-30 at Ohio State University; format will be 1 session on Friday, then 2 sessions...

The Positive Attitude Written by Forbes Carlile, Head Coach of the Carlile School of Swimming and Head Coach of numerous Australian Olympic Teams. Just as it is of utmost importance that coaches must be continually positive and optimistic, so too must parents. It has been said that 95% of us are predominantly negative in our approach to life—so most of us have a problem! These notes are equally applicable to parents, and if not understood and acted upon by the whole swimming family, swimmers will be greatly handicapped, and not...

INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY To check to see if the Mason Community Center is open and if we are going to have practice, please call the Community Center Hotline at 229-8502 Option #5. If possible, we will also e-mail and post on the web site any practice or meet changes or cancellations. We will update our swim team hotline 229-8502 Option #7 if a swim meet has been cancelled or changed.