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Alex Lindstrom

Good Morning Mantas! I am thankful for being able to lead such a great group of young athletes. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. We have meet information out there and commitments due for upcoming competitions. Our next Block Party meet will be this Friday, January 9 in Rochester MN. Today is the last day to register for this meet. Block party meets are great meets for younger swimmers who are learning to race. All Novice and Age Group swimmers are encouraged to compete. This block party meet includes...

Alex Lindstrom

Mantas Families, Below is important information regarding 3 upcoming meets on our schedule. 1. Our next Block Party meet will be Friday, January 9 in Rochester MN. Registration is now open for this meet. Block party meets are great meets for younger swimmers who are learning to race. All Novice and Age Group swimmers are encouraged to compete. This block party meet includes events with distances of 100 yards and 200 yards for swimmers who may want to try those distances. The deadline for registration will be at the end...

Alex Lindstrom

Mantas Families, Congrats to all our Mantas racers who competed at the December Block Party in Rochester on Friday night! Every time you race you learn, and it’s in the learning that we improve. Here is the practice schedule for this week. Read Carefully as there are changes from what was announced last week. This week in New Prague Novice – No practice until Monday, January 5 Age Group 1 5:30pm – 6:30pm, Monday & Tuesday Age Group 2 5:30pm – 6:45pm, Monday & Tuesday Senior 1 & 2 5:30pm...

Alex Lindstrom

Mantas Families, This email contains practice schedules for the next three weeks. Changes may take place to this schedule, especially as we look after Christmas. Meet Information: BLOCK PARTY in Rochester this Friday! We have a big group racing at the block party meet this Friday evening. Meet information will come out on Wednesday this week. Training Schedule this Week, and the next, and the next… A quick reminder about our practice calendar vs our weekly updates. The weekly update email ALWAYS takes precedence over the general practice calendar. Sometimes...

Alex Lindstrom

Mantas Families, We have schedule changes that happen this week due to high school boys home swim meets at our home pools. Take a closer look at the schedule below to see our adjustments. Meet Registrations – Today is the final day to register for the December 19 block party swim meet in Rochester. We have 17 of our newest and youngest swimmers signed up. This is our largest group ever to swim at a block party. We’ll make sure the atmosphere is fun and energetic for our swimmers to...

Alex Lindstrom

Mantas Families, I hope all were able to have a great long weekend. We’re ready to kick off our winter season! Meet registrations Today is the final day to register for the SEMS Frosty Fins Invite, Sunday December 14 th at the UofM. We have LOTS of interest in the December 19 th Block Party meet in Rochester and we’d love to see more! All novice and age-group swimmers should participate in the meets as a chance to improve. See all of our team events here: https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/mnmmsc/page/events#/team-events/upcoming Training Schedule this...

Alex Lindstrom

Mantas Families, Mantas swimmers had a great weekend at the Movember Invite in Lakeville. Swimmers raced to new PR’s and our high school boys had a great last dash before they start their school seasons today. Meet Registrations We have lots going on that you need to be aware of. Today is the last day to register your swimmer for the Foxjet Winter Classic at the UofM. This is an early deadline. Swimmers need “SILVER” and “GOLD” times to race. We’ve added a meet to our schedule. Sunday, December 14th...

Alex Lindstrom

Mantas Families, Congrats to all who raced over the weekend at the Thanksgiving Classic in Farmington. New events for many of our swimmers mean they are willing to expand their comfort zones! That shows growth in our swimmers. This week is a normal week as we prepare to race at the Movember Invite in Lakeville, Friday – Sunday. Meet information will come out on Wednesday of this week. Meet registrations are coming due for meets with early deadlines. More information will come out this week about added meets. Parents, this...

Alex Lindstrom

Mantas Families, Congratulations to all our girls high school swimmers who competed in high school sections this past weekend! Good Luck to those who qualified for the high school state meet taking place this weekend! Swim Fast! Meet Registrations. TODAY is the final day that your swimmers may register to participate in the STORM Movember Meet. For swimmers 13 years and older there is a Friday night distance session, Saturday prelims/finals, and a “normal” Sunday afternoon. Our 12 & under swimmers race on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Important, the...

Alex Lindstrom

Mantas Families, Congrats to all families who had racers this past weekend. This includes our newest swimmers who participated in the Rochester Block Party meet on Thursday and those that raced in the Northfield Championship Belt High Point meet over the weekend. We had lots of new swims at both meets, and we had two swimmers win their age-groups. Congrats to Zara Maleche and Adam Schmiesing for taking home Championship Belts! Meet Registration We have one meet registration due. Today is the final day to register for the Thanksgiving Classic...