FORM RECEIVED!
Step 2:

Note for 2021: On Jotform, just change the wording on the final step. Currently says to pay in person. Just change it to a reminder to do the next step, payment!

Pay Registration Fee (PayPal)

2020 PRACTICE TIMES

After School Practice
May 26 – June 10

MS/HS 4:00-5:00pm
Elementary 5:00-5:45pm
5 & Unders 5:00-5:30pm

Summer Practice Time
June 12 – July 24

MS/HS
8:00am-9:30am
Elementary/Pre-K
9:30am-10:30am

City Meet Qualifiers

July 27 – July 31

Practice Time TBD

COSTS

Registration:

$100 first child
$100 second child
$95 each additional child

Shirt Personalization:

$3 (optional)

Other expenses:

Swim suit (solid black suit for girls and boys)
Optional spirit wear, which includes, but is not limited to, a team T-shirt with the name of the team members and sponsors on back; T-shirts for family members, shorts, towels
Swim cap
Concessions donations (food/drink) thru volunteer signups
End of Season Banquet

The cost of registration is used to cover the salaries of the coaches and junior coaches. The Running Man Manta Rays (RMMR) is a non profit organization. Any additional income is generously provided by our sponsors. For your convenience, the swim team board is offering an online registration and payment option.

2021 SEASON IN THE MAKING!

For your convenience, all new/changed details for this season are together below:

Amended Registration Prices

$100 first child

$100 second child

$95 each additional child

Team T-shirts
$10 or $12 for personalized
Will need to be paid at registration

How to Register:

Step 1: Fill out the Registration Form

Step 2: Make payment in person
at the clubhouse on either:

Friday, May 29 | 4-5 p.m.
Saturday, May 30 | 9-11 a.m.*

*Tryouts for those needing to try to swim a full 25 without assistance will be held on this day.
For details, see "inexperienced swimmers" listing below.

Practices will begin June 1:

Only 1 child per lane will be allowed during initial practices. A Signup Genius will be posted at registration dates or online.
Practices will be offered from 9am -12pm and 3-6pm. They will be split up by age group and ability.
More information on these practices will be posted once we have a better idea of the registered children’s ages and abilities.

Meets: The first meet would be during the week of July 6th and would continue every Monday and Thursday afterwards through the end of July. Meets may be in different formats to limit the amount of kids/people on deck. Parent spectators would need to be reduced to only one per family. There are a couple of ideas for running meets. One would be to set up a meet similar to year round swimming. We would break up the age groups into different sessions. Or, we could run virtual meets. Our team would have a meet at our pool and the other team would do the same at their pool. We would then compile the results electronically. Nothing has been decided, but wanted to fill you in on some initial plans.

City Meet update: There will not be a large City Meet as we have done in the past due to the amount of people and access to the base. The thought is to possibly do a separate divisional champs meet in the white, red, and blue divisions… but all that is up in the air for now.

Inexperienced Swimmers: JUST FOR THE 2020 season, we will only be able to open registration to swimmers that are able to swim a full 25 unassisted. Please understand that this is not by our choice. Due to the COVID 19 social distancing requirements, coaches will not be able to have close contact with swimmers as required by swim lesson type practices in the shallow end. I know this is a disappointment and something we as a team have always enjoyed! Our goal is the return to “normal” next year and begin to open regular registrations again. Of course, this could all change if social distancing requirements change.

Parent Duties

Our swim meets are run exclusively by parent volunteers.

AS THE PARENT OF A MANTA RAY, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO FULFILL DUTIES THAT ARE VITAL TO THE OPERATION OF SWIMMING EVENTS.

Some of these duties include:

Concession sales
Time keeping
Score keeping
Referee
Stroke and turn judge
Setup and take down

The opportunity to choose your volunteer jobs and the dates you perform them will be offered through Sign-Up Genius after registration.

GPSA

The Running Man Manta Rays compete in the White Division of the Greater Peninsula Swimming Association (GPSA). Many resources are available on the GPSA website. Some examples that you may find particularly useful are: