Carson Foster has Much Different Objectives for 2020 Trials By Mike Watkins//Contributor | Friday, January 24, 2020 Believe it or not Carson Foster went to 2016 Olympic Trials with no expectations of contending for a spot at the Olympics Games. In fact, as one of just two 14-year-olds competing at the meet, his focus was more on gaining experience and “learning the ropes” of a large meet. Rather than the one that chooses the Olympic team every four years, he had another, more local meet on his mind. “Obviously in...

Kathy Fish is an inspiration to all, and we are so proud to have her as the A Matter of 50 Meters Committee Chair. This is great article about her and the goal of A Matter of 50 Meters! https://wjkthd.com/2020/01/16/lizs-thd-reader-feature-2/?fbclid=IwAR0aLD-GHhJvwU2xpaWnM_LYPyrLE9xppN4fC2BLO1uexPkkOiUQUP0iX7w KATHY FISH Kathy Fish is a wife, mom, friend, Chief R&D and Innovation Officer of Procter & Gamble, Michigan State Swim Alum, sports fan (favorite team is Notre Dame!), and Chair of “A Matter of 50 Meters.” Here is Kathy’s story. 1. How did you get on the Thought of...

USA CLUB COACH OF THE YEAR- HM: Congratulations to our head coach! “Ken Heis, Mason Manta Rays – What Ken Heis has done with the Mason Manta Rays, not only the international-caliber Foster Brothers, but the whole club, with 296 swimmers, training exclusively out of a single 8-lane, 25-yard pool for most of the year, is incredible. Especially when stacked up against mega-teams like NCAP. The team finished 4th this year in the USA Swimming Club Excellence standings.” Click link below for more... https://swimswam.com/2019-u-s-club-swimming-coach-of-the-year-ron-aitken-sandpipers-of-nevada/?fbclid=IwAR0yh1SZSO7hPiFMw1ruu5u0IA4AnAd0Nfo_aZlIKcHuAHfgw3ivlH-P_9U

http://www.larosasmvp.com/mvps/winners/pdfs/2019-2020_season/week20_adam_chaney.pdf Adam joins a prestigious group of Manta Ray LaRosa's MVP winners that include Amanda Smith, Danielle Jansen, Margaret Fish, Zoe Thatcher, Alisabeth Marsteller, Sydney Lofquist, Ashley Volpenhein, Cora Dupre and Jake Foster. Jake Foster and Ashley Volpenhein were also named LaRosa's MVP of the Year. NAME: Adam Chaney SCHOOL: Mason High School SPORT(S): Swimming GRADUATING YEAR: 2020

2020 USA SWIMMING CLUB EXCELLENCE GOLD MEDAL CLUB THREE YEARS IN A ROW! Congratulations to our athletes, coaches, and parents on being recognized as the 4th highest performing team in the county! Please support us as we continue to grow the sport of swimming by donating to A Matter of 50 Meters. MANTA RAYS 4th out of 3000 teams - highest ever for a team from Ohio! For more information about the Club Excellence program visit www.usaswimming.org/clubexcellence. The Mason Manta Rays are a City of Mason Parks & Recreation program.

2019 U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS - ATLANTA Great experience swimming against the best in the world and ended up setting a US Open meet record in the process! RAYS' alumni Cora Dupre, Jon Bernard, Gordon Wheeler, Zoe Thatcher and Coach Ardy also represented themselves and their respective teams very well! GO RAYS! 196 Days until Olympic Trials Photos: J. Spitzer

Manta Rays' Carson Foster, Jacob McDonald, Ian Van Gorp, Adam Chaney, and Gibson Holmes highlighted in SwimSwam article! https://swimswam.com/carson-foster-swims-343-in-400-yard-im-at-time-myers-senior-meet-in-ohio/?fbclid=IwAR1FatuDSdWvYtXdpw-QllALykV1vj-gVdN93Y25sAhKYufItbKlyz2O8Es

Special THANK YOU to Jeff Blume and his company Cincinnati Pool Management for sponsoring both the Short Course and Long Course/Olympic Trial City of Mason Manta Ray record boards! The short course board was updated a couple of weeks ago and the long course/Olympic Trial board will be updated very soon!

Congratulations on a great weekend of swimming! We had an amazing amount of lifetime best swims dropping in 1018 swims total as a team! Thanks to all of our wonderful parents who stepped up to volunteer and help run this giganitic meet (5091 swims and 36+ hours of swim meet). We had many parents who worked multiple shifts to help make this meet run very well. Thanks so much to the following people who went over and above this past weekend: Valerie Rivir for organizing the volunteers and working most...

Carl Bloebaum Selected to Participate at 2019 USA Swimming National Select Camp Forty-eight top male athletes invited to train at Olympic Training Center SEVEN YEARS IN A ROW A MANTA RAY HAS BEEN SELECTED Mason, OH– Carl Bloebaum, 15, a City of Mason Manta Ray swimmer has been chosen as one of 48 boys from across the country to participate in USA Swimming’s National Select Camp slated for October 24-27 at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This is the seventh year in a row...