We are so proud of our AAAA swimmers who represented Team Mo-Val this past weekend. The team took 2nd overall to Team Colorado at the meet. Each of the 9 swimmers, Banks Anderson, Michael Liu, Ella Marsh, Helena Mattes, Siggi Mattes, Evan Neuman, Lucy Velte, Karsyn Ward and Melinda Zhang, swam to at least one best time at the meet. Swimmers also participated and scored on team relays throughout the weekend. Congrats to these athletes for finishing Top 8 and scoring individually for Team MVS: Michael - 100 Fly (8th)...

Nine AAAA Swimmers Named to the MVS All-Star Team The listed AAAA swimmers were selected to the 2023 Missouri Valley Swimming All-Star team. They will compete against other All-Star teams from Colorado, Midwestern (Nebraska), South Dakota, North Dakota and Iowa at the All-Star Meet in Des Moines, Iowa January 13-15. Lucy Velte, Banks Anderson, Ella Marsh, Siggi Mattes, Helena Mattes, Karsyn Ward and Melinda Zhang all made the All-Star team in 2022. Swimmer Lucy Velte makes her reappearance at the meet as a 4-time meet record holder in the 11-12...

CONGRATS to the AAAA Athletes Who Earned Their IMX Score This LCM Season 9 & Under Melinda Zhang Evan Neuman 10 Year Olds Berklee Adams Sigrid Mattes Karsyn Ward Melinda Zhang Mathew Parra 11 Year Olds Berklee Adams Ella Marsh Michael Liu Owen Metz Mateo Sherwood 12 Year Olds Helena Mattes Noah Neuman Joshua Victoriano 13 Year Olds Lucy Velte Lucas Sherwood Joshua Victoriano 15 Year Olds Rebecca Pickert Jocelyn Wilson Grayson Hurley 16 Year Olds Avery Walz Tauren Walz Athlete Scores Here

ASCA and Fitter and Faster are pleased to announce the TOP 50 AGE GROUP COACHES OF THE YEAR FOR 2022! The national winner of the ASCA/Fitter and Faster Coach of the Year for 2022 will be revealed on September 8 at the ASCA World Clinic awards banquet at the Las Vegas Westgate Resort and Casino. The Top 10 Finalists, to be announced next week, will be honored at this event. For more information on the banquet and the ASCA World Clinic go to www.ascaworldclinic.com. The Top 50 coaches were selected...

UPDATE This is an update from our previous news story. After a review of some of the times used to calculate the National Top 100 Age Group Teams, some errors were found. We were notified of these changes today. Turns out Ad Astra Area Aquatics is the 23rd ranked Age Group Team in the country! We remain the only team in the Missouri Valley with this accolade. Impressive stuff - way to go AAAA!

Ad Astra is a top 100 Age Group Team once again! AAAA is #56 in the country. We are the only top 100 team in Missouri Valley Swimming & 1 of only 3 teams in the Region VIII (MV, OK, OZ, AR, MW). Way to go Ad Astra! Below is the letter from the committee. I have nominated Coach Katie for National Age Group Coach of the Year. Dear Coach Patrick, It’s my pleasure to inform you that your age group team is ranked 56th in the USA! Considering that...

IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (Monday, August 1, 2018) Team Contact: Patrick Norman ([email protected]/785-331-6940)   Ad Astra Area Aquatics Hosts Regional Championships; Team Takes First Place  [Lawrence, KS] – Ad Astra Area Aquatics hosted the Missouri Valley Swimming Championships this past weekend. The meet featured the best swimmers from Kansas and Missouri.   Ad Astra is no stranger to success at this meet.  They have placed in the top 5 each if the past 6 years. This year was no different. Ad Astra Area Aquatics placed 4th in the overall team point standings and 1st for...

Courtney Caldwell will sign with NC State on November 12th at 3:00pm at the Lawrence Freetstate Library.  Please join her in celebrate this wondrous accomplishment.

This is a great article for all to read.  You can download the PDF here. and this...  SwimSwam

  Karsyn Robertson was our Week 3 & 4 Winner for the Swim-A-Thon. The challenge was the Highest number of pledges and donations thus far (Not dependent on amount of money- just number of pledges and donations). Karsyn set a new team record of over 100 donations. The previous record was from 2011 with 60 donations. We are so proud of you Karsyn!  Karsyn will get an Autographed memorabilia from Olympic Swimmer of her choice!   Onto Week 5& 6...We have reached the half way point. This two week challenge is special:...