Ad Astra Meet Weekend Recap
Ad Astra conquered two meets over this past weekend, the Frosty Frolic in Topeka and the Winter Classic in Lenexa. Some athletes even swam at both meets – talk about representing! Topeka offered some important racing opportunities for our 14 and under swimmers while the Classic served as our mid-season championship opportunity for our top groups.
At the Frosty Frolic we had 14 point-scoring athletes:
Reid Aldridge
Lena Barnett
Rosa Barnett
Claudia Bohne
Bear Chapman
Addie Lisher
Emma Lisher
Asher Morgan
Bella Setili
Amelia Storey
Adam Taha
Salem Taha
Chauncey Walker
Delaney Walker
At the Winter Classic, our team took 3rd place overall. The following swimmers placed in the top 8 and/or 16, scoring points for Ad Astra:
Berklee Adams
Reid Aldridge
Addy Andrews
Sam Bauch
Bridget Collins
Brianna Daniels
Norah Gardner
Chandler Herda
Sebastian Iverson
Ruby Jiang
Wyatt Johnson
Michael Liu
Ella Marsh
Helena Mattes
Siggi Mattes
Annie Norman
Larkin Oertel
Mateo Sherwood
Adam Taha
Ethan Tran
Nathan Tran
Colborn Trout
Michaiah Vail
Josh Victoriano
New Qualifiers for the Season:
Chandler Herda - MVS Age Group Champs
Amelia Storey - MVS Districts
Salem Taha - MVS Districts
Wyatt Johnson - MVS Districts
Ashlyn Johnson - MVS Senior Champs
High Point Top 3 Winners:
Michael Liu - 1st 13-14 boys
Nathan Tran - 1st 11-12 Boys
Siggi Mattes- 2nd 13-14 Girls
New Team Records:
| Tran, Ethan |
31.71 |
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| Tran, Ethan |
35.60 |
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| Bauch, Samuel |
27.01 |
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| Liu, Michael |
1:04.60 |
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| Tran, Ethan |
1:10.04 |
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| Tran, Ethan |
1:19.71 |
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| Tran, Ethan |
1:19.94 |
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| Tran, Ethan |
2:51.49 |
| Norman, Annie |
1:49.89 |
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| Norman, Annie |
48.42 |
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| Norman, Annie |
42.11 |
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| Norman, Annie |
1:35.66 |
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| Norman, Annie |
3:08.00 |
Banks Anderson will compete at USA Swimming Junior Nationals WEST this week. Event start times are listed.
Please consider cheering him on virtually!
Event Line-up:
Wednesday – 1000 Free at 1:15pm
Thursday – 500 Free at 9:00am
Friday – 400 IM at 9:00am
Saturday – 1650 Free at 1:40pm
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