Mayhem Recap We 52 best times at the Mayhem Meet this past weekend. 4 swimmers set new Team Records. 9 AAAA swimmers swam their first LCM meet! On top of all of this – our Championship Meet rosters are starting to grow! Nice job AAAA – onto the KCB Cup meet. New Team Records Evan Neuman – 400IM Mateo Sherwood – 800 Free Lucas Sherwood – 50 Breast Ella Marsh – 200 Fly First LCM Swims Adam Taha Ethan Lynch Ying Ning Li Madeleine Jackson Chandler Herda Beau Bloom Ximena...

We had 134 best times this past weekend at the Voorhees Maxfield swim meet. Talk about quality improvement! It was great to see such a big group at our first Long Course Meet. Congrats to Lily Turner, Theo Neuman, Jack Solomon, Wyatt Sands and Dorothy Boyack for competing in their first Long Course swim meet! Way to be brave and race hard. AAAA accumulated 28 first places over the weekend. Those swimmers taking first were: Banks Anderson (13-14 Boys) Michael Liu (11-12 Boys) Giuliano Lule-Paredes (15-Over Boys) Ella Marsh (11-12...

Our Golden Goggles Awards Banquet took place at the Jayhawk club this year as we hosted over 150 guests. We had an awesome time celebrating our yearly successes in the pool and the classroom. It was also an emotional event as we said goodbye to our 8 Seniors, six who are going on to compete collegiately in swimming. All swimmers were recognized and everyone received a team award medal. Our team videos were great as always - thanks for submitting photos! Below is a recap of our awards and recognitions....

NCSA Recap - March 13-25 Rebecca and Bradie & Lucy and Ella represented AAAA at the NCSA Junior Nationals and NCSA Age Group Nationals, respectively. Rebecca competed in: 1650 Freestyle 50, 100, 200 Butterfly 50, 100 Backstroke Her highest finish was 35th in the 1650 Bradie competed in: 100, 200 Freestyle 100, 200 Backstroke Her highest finish was 35th in the 200 Backstroke These two ladies did a great job and we had fun in the sun all week long. The following week, Lucy and Ella threw down monster swim...

Sectionals - March 9-12, 2023 Our Spring Sectionals was one of the best we’ve ever had as a team. We placed 10th overall of the 46 scoring teams and we took 4th on the girls side. Nice showing Ad Astra! Here’s a day by day breakdown of how we swam. Day 1 AAAA raced to an emphatic 2nd place finish, team record and Winter Jr National time in the 4x200 Free Relay. Lucy, Avery, Rebecca and Bradie swam lights out to end the session. The new record shaved nearly 7...

Ad Astra’s Age Group Team Best in the Area Again Ad Astra Area Aquatics placed 4th out of 24 scoring teams at the Missouri Valley Swimming Championships over the weekend. Ad Astra, with 18 swimmers, was a third of the size of the top 3 scoring teams who had 83, 72 and 54 swimmers on their rosters. Other area teams finished 17th (Topeka Swim Association) and 22nd (Lawrence Aquahawks). The concentration of performance and power from our team was unmatched as Ad Astra scored more points per athlete on average...

Our Senior group had a fantastic performance at the MVS Senior Championships this past weekend. Our team placed 4th overall and 1st on the girls side. That shows some real strength and depth! AAAA won all the girl’s relays, setting a new Team Record in the 400 Medley Relay. All the AAAA relays scored team points and each girl competed on at least one relay or more. Lucy Velte also had a 13-14 Team Record in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 55.90. Rebecca Pickert won 2nd overall highpoint...

Swimmers Throw Down at District Champs What a weekend of great swimming! Ad Astra’s seventeen swimmers who competed at the Central Districts meet each recorded at least one best time. This was our largest Districts team ever and our performances did not disappoint. Those swimmers who swam to a Top 2 finish or swam a new MVS Championship Cut now move onto the MVS 14-U Championships on March 3-5 in Lenexa. Below is a list of the swimmers who had Top 8 finishes, Top 2 finishes and new Champs times...

First off, we are so proud of how everyone showed up to compete as a team. Health, wellness, fun, team bonding and fellowship are at the very core of the youth team sports experience. Our swimmers shined and our volunteers stepped up. Way to go! We kicked the weekend with our 8-Under Meet. 13 of our budding stars competed and learned about their first meet. We had a blast coaching and the kids had fun racing. Remember, this is a learning meet and DQs are part of the process. It’s...

Twenty-three AAAA swimmers competed at the University of Missouri this past weekend at the Annual Tiger Invite. This marked the last meet before Championship season and our group was on point in their races. We had numerous event winners throughout the weekend. Ella Marsh took first overall in three races, 11-12 Girls 200 Breast, 100 Breast and 100 Fly. She took top 3 in all her races during the weekend. Karsyn Ward took top place in the 11-12 Girls 200 Back. Senior Halle McCullough placed first in the Open 100...