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Thank you to all those that emailed their current total donations. There were 40 Swimmers that helped achieve the $2500 Week 3 Challenge. All 40 of you will be enjoying a Pizza Party this week. More details to come later. Congrats to the following Ad Astra Swimmers that helped achieve Week 3 Challenge of $2500. The following swimmers will also be treated to a Pizza Party this week! Evan Dusselier Ava Cormaney Lauren Mitchell Maddie Dean Emily Venters Jillian Breyne Evan Eskilson Kathryn Bach Brittany Archer Maleena Hatfield...
This week's challenge is the hardest of all Swim-A-Thon Challenges. WEEK 4 SWIM-A-THON CHALLENGE: This week's award will go to the swimmer(s) who acquire $1 per lap/length. Email Coach Katie if your swimmer completes the Challenge. Good Luck!
Quad A had 39 athletes compete in the first meet of the season at the NLU Sprint Decathlon. We had several firsts for the team and several small successes for each athlete. Overall we had over 74% best times. There were 102 new best times. Competing at the first meet is just as important for the coaches as it is for the swimmers. We are able to see what we need to work on as coaches. The swimmers that competed at this meet did a great job of representing...
Quote of the Week: “Your future depends on many things, but mostly yourself.” ~Frank Tyger, Philosopher
Congratulations to Brittany, Maddie, and Trent There were three winners for Week 2 Swim-A-Thon: Brittany Archer had the highest number of pledges for week two with 9 different pledges/donations. Maddie Dean had 8 different pledges/donations. Trent Hartman had 5 different pledges/donations. Thank you for getting out there and collecting pledges for AAAA!! With only three weeks remaining, we are getting close to Oct 20th for our 3rd Annual Swim-A-Thon. Go AAAA! Check out Week 3 Challenge- It's a Team Challenge this week.
Week 3 Swim-A-Thon Challenge: TEAM CHALLENGE Can WE reach a team total of $2500 of flat donations by Friday? We will combine the total amount of swimmer's flat donation pledges. If we reach $2500 we will have a Pizza Party at practice for all of those signed up for the Swim-A-Thon. (Please Email Coach Katie with the total amount for your swimmer by Friday) Deadline: Friday October 5th- Email Katie – kjprice6@yahoo.com LETS GO AAAA!!!! The Pizza Party will be the following week.
I believe too many athletes, parents, and coaches feel that in order to be successful, you have to have a strong, like-minded group with which to train -- or at least one or two solid "training partners". The reasoning behind this thinking has to do with "workout intensity". It's common to believe that a strong group helps raise the workout intensity, to the benefit of an individual in that group. Certainly it is extremely valuable as a growing athlete to have those who are more experienced to watch, learn from,...
This past weekend, our LSC had our Coaches and House of Delegates Meeting. These meetings take place in the Fall and Spring. For those of you who do not know, I sit on the Executive Board for Missouri Valley as the Age Group Chair. Jolisa does as well, as the LSC Treasurer. The evening before this meeting, I met with our Senior Chair and Coach Representative to talk about the state of our LSC. We had some great discussion about how we are making improvements in conducting better Championship Meets...
