Ad Astra Area Aquatics Hosts Regional Championships; Team Takes First Place
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (Monday, August 1, 2018)
Team Contact: Patrick Norman (patrick@adastraareaaquatics.org/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 medium teams. Other local team, the Lawrence Aquahawks, placed 10th .
"We have placed a high value on excellence since starting AAAA," stated Coach Norman. "Our swimmers take pride in our success. We swam lights out over the course of 4 days. Our kids had some huge time drops."
Ad Astra had 6 top finishers in individual events and scored 7 relays on the top 3. We also had 4 individuals place as high point winners.
First place finishers
Liza Engelbrecht 200 fly
Stephen Johnson 100 free
Morgan Jones 1500 free, 800 free
Christian Koehn 50 free, 50 fly, 100 free
Ainsley Krug 200 back
Payton Krug 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke
Top 3 relays
Senior Boys
800 free relay (1st, team record)
400 free relay (1st)
200 free relay (3rd)
Senior Girls
800 free relay (1st)
400 free relay (1st)
200 free relay (2nd)
400 medley relay (1st)
High Points
Morgan Jones (1st)
Emily Guo (2nd)
Ella Blake (3rd)
Christian Koehn (2nd)
AAAA coach Patrick Norman is proud of these local swimmers.
“Ad Astra has created history of high achievers in just a short 8 years of existence as a program. This championship group was fun to watch,” said Norman. “Competing at this level is what swimmers worked hard for all season."
Team tryouts will be August 13-31 at the Haskell University pool at 6:30pm. All interested swimmers are welcome.
Ad Astra Area Aquatics
Ad Astra Area Aquatics was founded in 2010 as an Age Group program and developed into a regional contender. They are the only Level 3 recognized team in Lawrence. Over the past eight years, coach Norman and his wife Katie have coached numerous young swimmers to regional, junior national and national level success. You can see all of their successes online at https://www.teamunify.com/SubTabGeneric.jsp?team=mvaaa&_stabid_=145443
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Full Results
High Points
Morgan Jones (1st)
Emily Guo (2nd)
Ella Blake (3rd)
Christian Koehn (2nd)
Individual Race Winners
Liza Engelbrecht 200 fly
Stephen Johnson 100 free
Morgan Jones 1500 free, 800 free
Christian Koehn 50 free, 50 fly, 100 free
Ainsley Krug 200 back
Payton Krug 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke
Top 8
Chad Anderson
200 free (8th)
Ella Blake
1500 free (2nd), 200 fr (4th), 400 free (4th), 50 free (6th), 100 free (3rd), 800 free (2nd)
Ellis Crisci
50 breast (8th), 50 fly (4th), 100 Back (8th), 50 free (4th), 50 Back (8th), 100 fly (7th)
Maddie Dean
400IM (7th), 200 Back (7th)
Kasey Dunn
100 free (8th), 200IM (6th), 800 free (6th)
Liza Engelbrecht
100 fly (2nd), 200IM (7th), 50 fly (4th), 100 free (8th)
Evan Eskilson
200 free (2nd), 100 fly (8th), 200 Back (4th), 800 free (7th)
Emily Guo
100 breaststroke (3rd), 100 fly (8th), 400IM (3rd), 50 free (7th), 200 breaststroke (3rd), 100 free (4th), 200IM (2nd)
Stephen Johnson
50 free (6th)
Morgan Jones
200 free (5th), 400IM (4th), 200 fly (2nd), 400 free (3rd)
Christian Koehn
200 free (2nd), 50 breaststroke (5th), 50 Back (5th), 100 Back (4th)
Ainsley Krug
400IM (6th), 100 Back (4th)
Payton Krug
200 back (4th), 200IM (4th)
Halle McCullough
400IM (8th)
Reilley Moore
200 free (3rd), 100 fly (2nd), 200 fly (2nd)
Iris Sherron
200 back (6th)
Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck
200 breaststroke (7th)
Ashlyn Tell
400 free (5th), 50 breaststroke (2nd), 100 free (5th), 200IM (6th), 100 breaststroke (2nd), 200 free (6th), 100 fly (5th)
Bradie Ward
100 back (3rd), 200 back (3rd), 200IM (7th)
Jillian Wilson
1500 free (6th)
Relay Top 3
Senior Boys
800 free relay (1st, team record)
400 free relay (1st)
200 free relay (3rd)
Senior Girls
800 free relay (1st)
400 free relay (1st)
200 free relay (2nd)
400 medley relay (1st)
