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Alex Lindstrom

Hello Mantas Parents! This year our club is once again hosting MRC's at the New Prague Fitness & Aquatics Center, February 27th- March 1st. We need your help and donations to make this a successful part of our meet. The hospitality room feeds breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks to our coaches, officials and other volunteers during our swim meet. We will need volunteers to help serve and clean up in the kitchen on all three days. Unlike in years past, I am unable to be in the hospitality room on...

Alex Lindstrom

Hi Mantas Families, There is lots of information in this update. Please make sure to read the whole update for all the info. Mantas swimmers had an awesome weekend of racing. Many swimmers posted lifetime best times. This is great timing as we head into our championship meets. Updated times, from all the fast swimming this weekend, have been sent in with our Bronze Championships entries. The MN Bronze Championships take place this weekend in Northfield. Meet information will come out to participants near mid-week. Swimmers at the Bronze meet...

Alex Lindstrom

Mantas Families, Great job to all who swam in the Block Party Finale on Friday night. We’ve got one final weekend of racing in Lakeville this weekend before our Championship season gets under way. Meet information will come out on Wednesday of this week. Speaking of Championship season, today is the last day to register your swimmer(s) for the Minnesota Bronze Championships. This meet is for swimmers with times that meet the Bronze standard. Times that meet the Silver standard and faster are not eligible for this meet. Please see...

Alex Lindstrom

Mantas Families, Last chance for two meet registrations! Register for the last block party meet of the short course season. This meet is this Friday night at the Rochester Rec Center. Register for the Storm Swim Club Storm Warning Invite. This meet is held at the Century Middle School pool in Lakeville, February 13-15. Watch for new meet registrations this week to kick off our championship season. Registrations for MAC’s and MRC’s will come out this week! MRC volunteer shifts sign-up will also come out very soon following registration. Here...

Alex Lindstrom

Mantas Families, For our swimmers who are counting days, we have 3 weeks (for most) until we REST! Meet Registration is due in one week for two great meets coming up. You can see information for all our competitions by clicking RIGHT HERE. Friday, February 6 is the Block Party Finale at the Rochester Rec Center. Blick Party meets are awesome experiences for young swimmers. Shorter events and quick timelines. The theme for this Block Party meet will be SUPER HEROS! Friday, February 13 – Sunday, February 15 The Storm...

Alex Lindstrom

Mantas Families, I’m excited to say that we’ve added one final Block Party swim meet. In fact, it’s called the Black Party Finale! The meet is held Friday, February 6th at the the Rochester Rec Center. For any swimmers who need times before we head into championship season. Registration is OPEN. You can view the meet here. https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/mnmmsc/page/calendar#/team-events/upcoming/1711095 Let me know if you have any questions. GO MANTAS!

Alex Lindstrom

Mantas Families, There are some changes this week with Martin Luther King Day and High School swim meets. First, NO PRACTICE TODAY all groups and locations. Here is our training schedule for the rest of the week. This week in New Prague BOYS HIGH SCHOOL MEET ON THURSDAY Novice 5:30pm – 6:15pm Tuesday only Age Group 1 6:15pm – 7:15pm Tuesday & Wednesday Age Group 2 6:15pm – 7:30pm Tuesday & Wednesday Senior 1 & 2 5:30pm – 7:30pm Tuesday & Wednesday This week in Mankato (Dakota Meadows Middle School)...

Alex Lindstrom

Mantas Families, Mantas Swim Club racers took advantage of some great opportunities to compete over the weekend. We had two groups competing, on Friday night in Rochester at the block party meet and all weekend at the University of MN in the Foxjet Winter Classic. In both meets we accomplished new events and best times. Meet Registrations Available We currently have two meets open for swimmer registration. I am hoping to also add one more Block Party opportunity before we finish our winter session. All Mantas swimmers will practice through...

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...