AAAA Top 10 Performances of the Season - Revised 01-03-2013

2012 Review World Rankings All Time Top 100 Women By Age Group LCM All Time Top 100 Men By Age Group LCM All Time Top 100 Women By Age Group SCY All Time Top 100 Men By Age Group SCY    

Would you please join me in congratulating the eleven swimmers that will represent AAAA in the Midwest All-Star Meet on January 12-13th.   These swimmers were selected from over 200 athletes from the LSC to be on the Missouri Valley All-Star Team. These athletes’ are the Top 5 in their age group in multiple events and have achieved A, AA, AAA, and AAAA time standards.   It speaks volumes about our club to have 11 swimmers competing for AAAA. It is an honor for these swimmers to be apart of...

  Several of our swimmers competed at Frosty Frolic on December 8th in Lawrence, KS. We finally received the results, so it is time to recognize those that competed.   We had two Ad Astra Swimmers take home the 25 Free Championship Belt. Evan Dusselier won the 11-12 Boys Age Group and Ben Stallbaumer won the 13-14 Boys Age Group. Congrats Boys!   Ad Astra also had two swimmers take home the gold in an individual event. Benjamin Carroll finished first in the Boys 7-8 25 Breaststroke with a best...

Some swimmers are meeting at KU to go sledding at 11.  Hope to see you by the stadium!

  Ad Astra competed two weekends in December at the Midwest Level 1 and Level 2 Championships. We had 27 swimmers compete at Level 1's in Topeka and 46 swimmers compete at Level 2's in Lawrence.   At Level 1's we finished 3rd behind Kansas City Blazers and Columbia Swim Club. We had one swimmer take home the High Point winner of her age group. Claire Campbell won the High Point Award for the 11-12 girls age group. Claire also achieved four AAAA time standards.   Gold Medal Swimmers: Canaan...

  Athletes that wish to participate in this meet are encouraged to submit the online Meet Entry form listed on the MVS Website. The form must be received by the All-Star Team's Head Coach NO LATER THAN 7:00pm on Monday, December 17, 2012. Entry forms received after this date will not be considered. All 14 and under athletes with at least one Short Course 2013-2016 National Motivational "A" time during the current Short Course season (beginning September 1, 2012) are encouraged to apply. Selections will be based on the top...

This Thursday at 7:30PM Buchner's House BOD Meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month.

  With over 40 teams competing and over 1100 athletes in attendance, Ad Astra made a statement loud and clear at the Jim Devine Invitational in Columbia. We had 41 athletes compete and they all helped us finish 3rd as a team overall.  Finishing 3rd as a team is a reflection of the growth that we have experienced in numbers and in quality. This was a team effort as we had relays competing in boys and girls events. We had a great balance of scoring points from our youngest athletes...

Anyone who has questions about the future of USA Swimming needs only to peruse the results from this past weekend. At the Minneapolis Grand Prix, Missy Franklin dominated the meet and swam to a number of lifetime bests – including in-season times that would have won last year’s NCAA Championships (including a jaw-dropping 50.97 in the 100 yard back and 1:50.10 in the 200 back). Also performing well at the Grand Prix was 14-year-old Becca Mann, whom I had picked as the “Can’t Miss Race” in the 400 IM. She...