It’s never too late to celebrate success….So here is the recap for the Capital City Classic in Lincoln, NE.    Our first bus trip was a fantastic success!  We took 36 great young swimmers on the trip.  Lincoln served as a great host for Ad Astra and the meet also served as a great opportunity to race in a prelims/ finals format.  This will surely be a trip AAAA swimmers will never forget.  At the meet, our team was loud and cheered on all of our swimmers.  Our chaperones (Lyne...

A d Astra had 30 swimmers participate in the first outdoor meet for the summer in Topeka at the Beach Bash Meet. This meet was full of new Division I times, first place finishes, best times and fun relays. 86% of Ad Astra swimmers went best times over the weekend. Swimmers achieving D1 times at the meet: Cierra Campbell Claire Campbell Danny Christie David Christie Jr. Ava Cormaney Maddie Dean Elijah Florence Noah Florence Josh Florence  Gretchen Frick Marian Frick Payton Krug Morgan Jones Devon Lyle  Mary Reed Weston Riley...

  Over 30 athletes competed at the Rose Memorial swim meet in Lee's Summit on May 17-19th. This was our second long course meet of the season without training long course meters. Our team did exceptionally well and several swimmers went above and beyond.    There was huge improve from Voorhees Maxfield. The improvements were seen in overall endurance, better finishes, and racing strategy. Coach Patrick said he thoroughly enjoyed coaching all swimmers and it brought him back to his Age group coaching years. He specifically commented on the connections...

 Ad Astra competed in it’s first long course meet of the year last weekend in Topeka. This was the first time we had seen long course meters as a team. There were over 660 swimmers in attendance at the meet from the Missouri Valley.   We had 41 athletes compete and I would like to recognize those swimmers that competed for the first time in a long course pool:   Chad Anderson Karsyn Robertson Devon Lyle Cadence Cheng Darby Mance Bryce Wheeler   The following swimmers swam the mile for...

 The 3rd Annual Golden Goggle Awards were presented last night. We recognized the hard work and dedication of the athletes and parents. AAAA had a lot to celebrate! The nominees and award winners are listed below.  Congrats to all on a GREAT Year.   Accomplishments 2012-2013  ·  Top Medium Team D1 (both seasons) ·  Top 3 all sizes (both seasons 3rd then 2nd) ·  8-Under Meet top 3 performances, Relays Records ·  20+ Zone and All-Star Qualifiers ·  3 NCSA Junior Qualifiers ·  3 Olympic Trial Qualifiers ·  2 top...

3/12/2013 By Jill Castle, MS, RD Parents and coaches want their swimmers to feel good, eat well and perform to their best ability. But that’s not always easy to accomplish when you have growing bodies, different food preferences and developmental influences to consider. At a recent swim meet, I heard a variety of food complaints from parents: “Sarah didn’t eat at all during the meet!” “Every time I saw Sam, he was at the concession stand eating fruit snacks. He had at least 3 bags this afternoon!” “Emily had a...

By Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RD, CSSD A young swimmer asked me about after-practice recovery snacks, specifically if she needed a special product marketed as an “after” workout recovery drink. She didn’t really like the taste of the commercial product and wondered if there were good alternatives. I admired her “food first” approach and suggested she try some of the recovery snacks listed below. A good recovery snack provides carbohydrate to replenish muscle glycogen and a small amount of protein to aid in repairing and strengthening muscles. Recovery nutrition is most...

  D2 Results:   D2’s was a success for Ad Astra. We had seven swimmers achieve new D1 Time Standards: Ava Cormaney, Lanie Whitehill, Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck, Maddie Dean, Evan Dussiler, Abigail Frye, and Brandon Bunting. This is the highest number in all of Ad Astra history. It was special seeing the positivity, the camaraderie, and the fast swimming by all AAAA swimmers. This was a first time for many swimmers to swim a prelim/final format. I loved seeing the smiles when each athlete had their name called out competing in...

  The following is our meet schedule for the summer. I will also post it in the news section on the website so you can look there for reference. We have chosen the meets that we think are best for the athletes. There are two meets listed on the schedule that we will need to know in advance if your child is participating. These meets are considered our travel meets.   The first travel meet we must have 10 athletes commit in order to attend. This meet is located in...

  MAL Championships   With 60 swimmers competing for Ad Astra, we had a strong showing in Lawrence.   For some swimmers this was their last meet of the season- all the hard work they put in over the 6 months paid off! One interesting fact for the weekend was that all 14 and under swimmers went at least a best time and several swimmers swam all personal best times!   The relays were a highlight of the weekend for AAAA. It was great to see Ad Astra having multiple...