Jim Devine Recap by the Numbers 26 swimmers participated 159 best times of 207 swims | 77% best times - all swimmers swam at least 1 best time. 1 Iron Man winner for combined 1650, 1000, 500 and 400IM time – Colborn Trout Time Standards Achieved A: 39 AA: 32 AAA: 19 AAAA: 8 Total: 98 standards A Standards — 39 Berklee Adams — 5 Adelaide Andrews — 4 Norah Gardner — 4 Annie Norman — 4 Sebastian Iversen — 7 Lucas Sherwood — 3 Silvia Gammon — 3 Ryan...

38 Ad Astra swimmers raced this weekend in the KCB BB Meet. We had 180 New Best times! 70 more new best times than last year at this meet! Early season meets are great to work on completing the races legally and working on new skills being taught at practice. We are proud of all the swimmers implementing the skills and technique work. Achieving A Cut or Better: Ethan Tran Margot McDonald Silvia Gammon Ryan Workman Top 8 Finishers: Ryan Workman Delaney Walker Nathan Tran Ethan Tran Salem Taha Adam...

Thank you Ad Astra Families for a wonderful weekend at the IMX Kickoff. We did a great job of hosting and teams are excited to come back next year. We appreciate all the help in all areas around the pool deck! As we reflect on the weekend, we are proud of all the swimmers racing a difficult line up and challenging themselves to complete their IMX Score. We are proud of all the swimmers that tried new events they’ve never done before. IMX Complete: Reid Aldridge 1st 10U Banks Anderson...

MV TOP 5 Congratulations to the following athletes for making the Missouri Valley Top 5! A swimmer is in the Top 5 if they posted one of the five best performances following this criteria: 2025 Competition year (Sept 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026) USA Swimming Age Groups (10 & Under, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 17-18) Short Course Yards and Long Course Meters Members will be recognized at the Annual Athlete Awards on September 19, 2026. Please see the event page for more information and to RSVP! Berklee Adams Banks Anderson...

Banks Anderson represented Ad Astra and Lawrence, KS with great swims at Junior Nationals in Irvine, CA this past week. He swam to four lifetime bests and won 3 of the heats he competed in. All his swims were team records and under the Summer Jr. National time standard. On day 1, Banks shaved over 5 seconds off his 1500 time on his way to a top 16 finish. This was his first time under 16 minutes in the event. On day 2, he swam to a lifetime best in...

Ad Astra had 4 athletes travel to Austin, TX for the Futures Championship Meet. All swimmers raced to finals swims and had at least 1 best time during the week. All swimmers won a top 8 medal! Banks Anderson 200 Fly - 11th place Team Record / Best Time 400 IM - 6th place Team Record / Best Time 400 Free - 4th place Team Record / Best Time Anna Bream 100 Breast - 13th 200 Breast - 4th / Best Time Ella Marsh 200 Fly - 5th / Best...

Ad Astra Shines at Summer Sectionals Our group of nine swimmers swam to one the all-time Ad Astra team performances at the Speedo Summer Sectionals - Central Zone South in Columbia, MO this past week. Each swimmer on our roster contributed to the team’s total points in route to a 12th place overall team finish, 9thplace boys finish and 11th place girls finish at the meet. We captured 18 total medals, 5th overall, finishing only behind three college teams and another team three times our size. All swimmers swam to...

Senior Champs Recap Nine Senior swimmers rocked at Champs this past weekend. We accumulated over 30 lifetime bests over 3.5 days and had 27 finals swims. Here’s how our crew did. Berklee Adams 50 fly 3rd PR 100 fly 3rd PR 200 fr 8th PR 100 fr 14th PR 200 br 4th PR Bridget Collins 1500 2nd PR 200 fr 7th PR 400 fr 4th 800 fr 3rd PR Sebastian Iversen 50 fly 22 PR 100 fly 19th PR Ruby Jiang 100 fr 18th PR 200 br 9th PR 200...

We traveled to Iowa for the second consecutive year for our summer travel trip. The pool we competed in had some pretty awesome lighting effects and proved to be a fast tank for Ad Astra swimmers. 28 Ad Astra swimmers competed at the meet. Here are the highlights from this weekend. High Point Winners Nathan Tran – 2nd (11-12) Meet/Pool Records Banks (400IM) Ella (400IM & 200Fly) Top 3 Finishers Ella Marsh, Banks Anderson, Ethan Tran, Nathan Tran, Colborn Trout, Annie Norman, Julia Lawson, Reid Aldridge, Delaney Walker, Siggi Mattes...

Quad A Finishes 2nd as a Team at Little Apple Invite Out of 13 teams, AAAA finished 2nd ��as a team! The girls finished 1st �� in the team standings by over 1000 points! 32 swimmers scored points for Quad A. We are so proud of the team effort. Our squad was filled with new, young, and experienced. Everyone was positive, excited and motivated to try new events. New events like the 400IM, 400 free and 800 free were challenging, but rewarding to see the swimmers compete. We had time...