Midwest Qualifier Recap

Not only did Ad Astra do a phenomenal job of hosting the Midwest Qualifier- we did just as well in the water. We had 44 athletes compete in the meet with many swimmers achieving new time standards. There were 514 total swimmers in the meet. We had seven swimmers achieve the ‘A’ Time Standard in an event qualifying them for the Midwest Classic this upcoming weekend.

Midwest Classic (A Time)

Evan Dusselier

Kathryn Bach

Maddie Dean

Ava Cormaney

Justin Lee

Marian Frick

Mary Reed-Weston

Swimmers were rewarded over the weekend with Ad Astra Bucks for best times, qualifying time standards and for competing in the races. Let’s just say- we had over 150 best times as a team and several new qualifiers for Championship meets in February. The improvements in stroke technique, endurance, and finishing races was easy to notice as Ad Astra Swimmers were winning heats right and left. Our presence was seen in the water and on deck.

Below are swimmers that qualified for Championship meets in events they competed in over the weekend:

2014 District Qualifier:

Bailey Wheeler

Alexander Moore

Aiden Basore

Giovanni Lule-Paredes

Nora Agah

Lauren Amrein

Chad Anderson

Ben Carroll

Cadence Cheng

Ryan Christian

Megan Dailey

Kasey Dunn

Evan Dusselier

Adin Florence

Marian Frick

Marisa Kearns

Devon Lyle

Halle McCollugh

Sophie McEntee

Karsyn Robertson

Iris Sherron

Riley Sirimongkhon- Dyck

Isaac Springe

Ben Stallbaumer

Janet Stefanov

Nicholas Stefanov

2014 LSC Championships:

Tyler Jones

Kathryn Bach

Chris Berry

Noah Florence

Mary Reed Weston

Justin Lee

Ava Cormaney

Maddie Dean

Ad Astra will send 25 athletes to the Midwest Classic this weekend with teams from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota. The qualifying standard for this meet is a USA Swimming National ‘A’ Time Standard. Good Luck to all participating!