Voting is now open for Missouri Valley's Annual Athlete Awards. Voting is open to registered and valid athletes only, and you must have your member ID. Voting ends on Sunday, August 31 and winners will be announced at the Athlete Awards on Saturday, September 20. Congratulations to all of the AAAA nominees (highlighted)! Female Athlete of the Year Abby Stidham-Ebberts Amber Stringer Lucy Velte Karsyn Ward Melinda Zhang Male Athlete of the Year Banks Anderson Jan Karlisle Beltran Deacon Gutshall Zach Mendez Colborn Trout 12 & Under Female Performance of...

Zone Recap Michael Liu and Mateo Sherwood participated in the Central Zones Swimming Championships this past week in Holland, MI. To attend the Zone Meet, swimmers must achieve a USA Swimming AAA time standard. This is a tremendous achievement for our 14-under swimmers. They represented our team with great swims. Mateo swam to an 18 second drop in the 1500 on the last day and made his first Sectional Cut. Michael 100 Fly – 23rd 50 Fly – 55th 200 Fly – 19th 200 Med Relay – 12th 400 Med...

Our AAAA Athletes were on fire this past weekend at Age Group Champs. Our 13 athletes scored more points than any other team that had 13 or less swimmers. We scored 6th overall (All Top 5 teams had more swimmers than us). Congratulations! This is a true reflection of their hard work over the past year. Championship Results by Swimmer: Mateo Sherwood: 4th Place High Point Award for 13-14 Boys Mile 2nd- BT Zone Cut 200 Fly -5th- BT 800 Free- 2nd BT Zone Time 3rd -200 Free- BT zone...

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Congrats to our Summer Meet Particpation Kickboard Winners! 26 in Total! The newest swimmers to complete 5 meets are highlighted. Way to go! Berklee Adams Banks Anderson Samuel Bauch Charlotte Bohne Claudia Bohne Anna Bream Bridget Collins Brianna Daniels Hadley Duncan Norah Gardner Chandler Herda Sebastian Iversen Michael Liu Owen Metz Levi Monroe Asher Morgan Annie Norman Matthew Parra Mateo Sherwood Lucas Sherwood Michaiah Vail Joshua Victoriano Delaney Walker Chauncey Walker Lena Barnett Ella Marsh

Irvine, CA - Anna Bream swam three races at the USA Swimming Junior Nationals this past week. This competition is the premier swim meet for the nation’s fastest 18-U swimmers. Only 2% of USA Swimmers age 18 and under achieve the times to attend this meet each year. Anna went 3 for 3 best times in the Breaststroke races: 50 – 34.45 100 – 1:13.86 200 – 2:37.98 Way to go Anna! Ad Astra is proud of your amazing racing and representation in Irvine, CA!

Districts Way to go District Team! You did a great job representing our club with your awesome attitudes and fast swimming this past weekend. District Team (Top 8 Finishes Listed) Claudia Bohne Bridget Collins 200 Fr 2 50 Fr 8 100 Fr 3 200 Bk 4 400 IM 1 Tatum Collins Brianna Daniels Hadley Duncan Norah Gardner 200 Fr 1 50 Bk 2 100 Bk 3 50 Fr 3 50 Fly 4 100 Fr 2 200 Bk 3 Chandler Herda 50 Fly 7 Julia Lawson 200 IM 7 100 Bk...

Congrats to Lucas Sherwood, Sebastian Iversen, Paul Morris, Josh Victoriano and Helena Mattes on their Champs Meet this past weekend in Wichita! Each swimmer had at least one best time and our boys medley relay took 11th place overall. Sebastian scored 14 pts and had 3 best times. He took 11th in the 100 Fly and 18th in his 200IM in his scoring races. Lucas score 65 points and had 8 best times. He took 5th in the 400IM, 3rd in the 200 Fly, 13th in the 200 Breast, 13th...

Our Sectional Squad started the Championship Season off with smashing results in Columbia, MO! Helena Mattes, Anna Bream and Banks Anderson all had second swims throughout the weekend. Banks scored 106 points and had 5 best times. His finals swims were in: 1500 Fr 7th (BT) Team Record! 200 Fr 22nd (BT) 400 IM 10th (BT) Team Record! 400 Free 11th (BT) Team Record! 200 Fly 6th (BT) 800 Fr 7th Anna scored 103 points and had 4 best times. Her finals swims were in: 200 Br 4th 400 IM...