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Monty Hopkins

Hello MAST Families, REGISTRATION: MAST winter registration is now open. Please register for winter swimming as soon as possible. TRYOUTS: We will schedule new swimmer tryouts for Milford High School as soon as we can begin use of the high school pool. In the meantime if anyone would like to do a team tryout please contact Coach Monty to arrange a time at Oasis. We have openings 9:30 – 10:00 am next week Monday through Friday (August 17 – 21). LAST OASIS PRACTICE AUGUST 21: Next week will be our...

Monty Hopkins

Hello MAST Families, We will continue with practices for two more weeks at Oasis. Practices have been going well at Oasis and I am encouraged by the progress the swimmers are making. We will continue swimming at Oasis until Friday, August 21 and then all groups will take a break until the Tuesday after Labor Day. We expect to be back at Milford High School at that time. The fall practice schedule should be coming out soon. We have a few details to work through at Milford High School. Meet...

Monty Hopkins

Hello MAST Families, Status of Milford HS Pool: The contractors are finishing with the pool HVAC renovation and we will soon start setting up for the Fall season at Milford High School. Oasis has been great to us but it will be great to get back into our home pool soon. Barring any new state mandated Covid directives or school district changes we are planning to begin the day after Labor Day. Now that we know that we are returning to practice at Milford High School a Fall-Winter practice schedule...

Monty Hopkins

Hello MAST Families, Very short report this week. Practices have been getting a little more challenging but all groups seem to be responding well. Reminder – All Red Groups can attend all practices. Red 1 & Red 2 combined Monday through Friday. Have a safe evening and let’s have a great week, Monty

Monty Hopkins

Hello MAST Families, Covid update – MAST Swimming Good news – those concerned with possible covid contact. No positive tests Please continue emphasizing wearing a mask when not exercising and employing proper physical distancing – especially prior to starting in the water and during dryland sessions. We are planning to continue training at OASIS until August 14 (?) then take a break until after Labor day. We will return to Milford High School after Labor day Attendance seemed to drop off a little this week. We know that families are...

Monty Hopkins

Hello MAST families, Two weeks into training and the trend is very positive. Swimmers are paying attention, learning to cope with no lines on the bottom and the attitudes are very good during both swimming and dryland sessions. Attendance – "If you miss a day, you miss a lot." Here are the top attendance groups so far: 75% Group - Here is a list of the swimmers who have attended 75% or more of the practices: Lexi Sedgwick, Ellie Schiffer, Dylan Chapman, Jacob Eminger, Lyra Grammel, Ellyanne Grammel, August Menker,...

Monty Hopkins

Good Afternoon MAST Families, Thanks for all your hard work! First Week of Swimming: The first week of swimming at Oasis went very well. All the swimmers did an outstanding job cooperating with the different rules and practice structure required by proper physical spacing. Thanks to all the parents and coaches who stepped up and did extra to help get the team in the water and already making progress. Learning to swim without lines on the bottom of the pool is a bigger challenge than most expect but after a...

Monty Hopkins

Good Afternoon MAST Families, Please accept my apology for the length of this message. I hope that you find it useful. It is expected that many of you are eager to know when we are going to resume swimming. I am just as eager to get started and to meet all of you. Thanks to the hard work of our Board of Directors, Coach Emma and Coach Corey – along with the cooperation and support of so many others - we are getting close to the time we can begin...

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