Hello MAST Families, WEATHER UPDATE At the present time we are anticipating a major winter weather event. As you know, with any significant weather event, the school has, in the past, been quick to cancel all outside group events. If this storm develops as predicted, there is a good chance there will be a change in our pool availability. Please check back if we get the anticipated winter storm. MAST coaches are sometimes not updated as quickly as Milford School District residents. Further, those not in Milford Schools may not...

Hello MAST Families, The meet information for the Regional meet indicates that spectators are not guaranteed to be permitted at the meet. There is a volunteer sign up for each site. Ohio Swimming officials have further suggested that spectators might not be permitted at Mason. In that light we are sharing the volunteer sign-up - see below. Keep in mind that the Covid rules seem to change on a daily basis so proceed as you feel is best. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f44a4a723a2f4c16-rays Be well, Monty

Hello MAST Families, 1) CAC FEBRUARY INVITATIONAL - FEBRUARY 5 & 6: The final deadline to commit to this meet has been extended until Sunday, January 30 at 2:00 pm. We strongly encourage your swimmer to compete on at least one day of this meet. 2) OHIO LSC REGIONALS - FEBRUARY 19 - 21 AT MASON. All 14 & Under (non-high school) swimmers should enter this meet. This will be the end of season championship meet for any MAST swimmer who does not qualify for the Age-Group J.O. CHampionship meet....

Hello MAST Families, Fitter and Faster Clinics offer swim clinics at various sites around the country and they are advertising a clinic at Northern Kentucky University the weekend of February 26 & 27. The featured swimmer is Australian Olympian Josh Watson - his Wikipedia bio is at the end of this message. https://fitterandfaster.com/swim-clinics/2021-high-performance-swim-camp-series-highland-heights-ky/ I am neither recommending nor not recommending this so anyone interested can look into the details. Fitter and Faster clinics are somewhat expensive, but can be a positive experience for swom swimmers. If you have any questions...

Hello MAST Families, Like maybe a few of you I got wrapped up in the exciting Bengals game and am getting this information out later than I should have. It is hoped that this information reaches you in time to assist with your planning. 1) CAC Sprint Meet Information: Meet entries, warm-up schedule and time lines are posted under the events tab on our web site. Session 1 - 11 & Older: Please arrive by 8:00 am for Dryland. Warm-up at 8:30 am (lanes 1-3). Meet begins at 9:15 am...

Hello MAST Families, The craziness of Covid and the unpredictable responses to it will continue to be with us for the forseeable future. It is hoped that all of you who have tested positive with Covid are well on your way to a full recovery. Unfortunately I have two Covid related updates to share with everyone tonight. 1) MAST practice on Tuesday, January 18 is cancelled. John Speiser, Superintendent of Milford Schools, has closed all buildings on Tuesday, January 18 for cleaning and disinfecting the building due to COVID cases....

Hello MAST Families, Two important updates. 1) Mask are now required at Milford High School: Per the message from Mr. Spieser this afternoon, all staff and students are required to be masked starting Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, running through Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Masks will be required in school and at all school and district-sponsored activities. Students will not be required to wear a mask when actively eating, participating in athletics, and other activities where mask-wearing will affect performance. This means a mask should be worn over the nose and...

Hello MAST Families, Thanks to all the parents who took time from their busy lives to help out this past weekend at the Marlins "Holiday Wrap-Up" meet. As is typical of mid-season swim meet we had mixed results. Competition is the most specific form of training and every race is a learning opportunity. This past weekend there were some swimmers recording a number of best times, which is always exciting. There were others who had huge drops back in December and were not as fast this week, but they still...

Hello MAST Families, The following information needs to get to everyone and cannot wait until Sunday. 1) Changes to Friday, January 7 practice schedule * Due to the meet this weekend we need to change the practice schedule for tomorrow night (Friday, Jan. 7) Black 1, 2 & 3 will practice together: 4:00 Dryland 4:30 SWIM 6:30 Practice ends Red 1, 2 & 3 - Practice cancelled. No practice for any Red swimmers this Friday 2) Updates to Holiday Wrap Up meet - See Events page for Meet Time Lines,...

Thank you MAST parents for stepping up and filling our quota for volunteer positions. See below for live boxcast of meet in Balcony pool. Note, the meet will be in both pools so the swims in the scoreboard end do not appear, at this time, to have streaming. See meet information for swimmer pool assignments (Balcony & Scoreboard) January 6, Update from meet host Cincinnati Marlins VISITING TEAMS ONLY: Here's the link for Volunteer signups for Sat AM AND SUNDAY AM timing and Sat & Sun PM team 'clerk' positions...