Great Weekend of Swimming
AAAA had a great weekend of swim meets. We had six swimmers (Molly Albrecht, Rachel Buchner, Canaan Campbell, Heather Clark, Kayla Hedges, and Emma Reaney) travel to Columbia for Region VIII Sectionals. Molly placed first in the 200 backstroke and we had many other top 16 individual and relay swims. Our team placed 16th overall with 132 points, which is an outstanding accomplishment during our first season as a club team. Here are some of our highlights:
Day 1: 1st place- Molly Albrecht- 200 Back
14th place- Emma Reaney- 200 Breast
8th place- Molly Albrecht- 800 Free
Day 2: 14th place- 400 Free Relay- Hedges, Reaney, Clark, Albrecht
7th place- Emma Reaney- 400 IM
8th place- Emma Reaney- 100 Fly
16th place- Molly Albrecht- 200 Free
Day 3: 14th place- 800 Free Relay- Hedges, Reaney, Clark, Albrecht
5th place- Molly Albrecth- 400 Free
6th place- Molly Albrecht- 100 Back
9th place- Emma Reaney- 100 Breast
Day 4: 12th place- 400 Medley Relay- Albrecht, Reaney, Clark, Hedges
8th place- Emma Reaney- 200 IM
12th place- Molly Albrecht- 1500 Free
We also had seven swimmers (John Eakes, Grace McCalla, Maggie McCalla, Mary Reed-Weston, Miranda Rohn, Carter Stacey, and Janet Stefanov) compete at Division II’s in Emporia. We had some exceptional swims including swimmers going best times and qualifying for Division I’s.
Great job Ad Astra Area Aquatics!