Dear AAAA Families,      After meeting with the city and Lawrence Indoor Aquatic director, the following is the schedule that we will use for the first two week of practices for all AAAA groups. The first week (Aug 20-23) is for asteroids, eclipse, and elite only. We are also running our new swimmer clinic that week. All AAAA Squads start back on August 27th. The evening practices during the week of August 27th-August 31st resembles how the fall and winter practice schedule will look.This schedule is prepared by considering...

It was such a great pleasure to come back to my home pool in my home town and see such fast swimming by AAAA swimmers in a setting where I used to train and compete myself.   In short, we rocked at this meet and truly capped off the Summer season in prime form.  The following swimmers helped Missouri Valley to a 4th place finish out of 8 LSCs.  Way to go AAAA! Claire Campbell 50 Free - 28.48 2nd 100 Free - 1:03.39 10th 200 Free - 2:22.92 18th...

  Dear AAAA Families,   As the end of summer is around the corner and school is about to get started, we want to take this time to send out important information in regards to AAAA. Our team accomplished so much during this past season and we are going to continue working hard to build on what we have started. This fall will be similar to the last, with just a few small changes. The first four months of the fall will be a pivotal time for the swimmers to...

We welcome you to come join Lawrence's only Athlete centered, Coach directed, Parent supported swim team.  Our third season as a team aims to be better than ever!  There are three days to come tryout -- August 20th, 21st, or 22nd.  Bring a suit, towel, goggles and the Registration Form Here.  Bring a buddy or bring your brother -- we want to watch you swim!  Get to the Indoor Aquatic Center early and we will start the tryout at 6pm each evening.  We cannot wait to meet you! Call Patrick...

  Ad Astra Area Aquatics made history at DI's this weekend - establishing a milestone for our club which will now go down in the record books. For the first time, AAAA finished 3rd in overall combined points, just behind Kansas City Blazers and the Columbia Swim Club.  Both of these teams had many more swimmers competing and more individual entries to work with, yet we secured 3rd place by over 200 points. This accomplishment is a testament to AAAA having some of the highest quality athletes in Missouri Valley Swimming....

  It is time to get pumped up for D1 Championships here in Lawrence, KS starting Friday morning at the Indoor Aquatic Center! With 37 athletes competing for AAAA, we are ready to take it to the next level. Every swimmer competing is very deserving and has contributed to our championship team by attending practices and pushing their teammates to be better swimmers.   The following list names the athletes that will be representing AAAA at D1’s: Faith Baxter Canaan Campbell Cierra Campbell Claire Campbell Danny Christie David Christie Heather...

  The D2 results from our AAAA athletes have set the bar high for our next championship meet this upcoming weekend. The 22 athletes that competed in D2’s were positive, swam personal best times, qualified for D1's, and achieved AAA time standards. As a coach, it was so rewarding to watch our athletes support one another and come together as a team for every race for every athlete. The D2 team for Ad Astra this past weekend was a great reflection of our team. I can't think of one race...

Sectional Update Summer 2012 We had a very productive meet in Columbia this past week and had fun time swimming well.  It is arguably the best sectional meet we have had as a group at AAAA.  We had a ton of best times and good swims.    Heather Cistola 100 Free – 1:01.64 season best (55th) 800 Free – 9:34.52 personal best (24th) 200 Free – 2:12.78 personal best (37th) 100 Fly – 1:07.90 season best (61st) 400 Free – 4:40.08 season best (43rd) 50 Free – 28.57 season best...

 The high temperatures brought impressive results for AAAA swimmer’s that participated in Wave The Wheat over the past weekend. It was our highest attended meet of the summer and we did a great job representing in our home pool.   Congratulations to Danny Christie as he was the Highpoint Winner for the 11-12 Boys. He had five 1st place finishes, two 2nd place finishes, and one 3rd place. He also achieved an AAAA time in his 50 free.   Congrats to those that competed in their First Long Course Meet!...

  AAAA Takes Home Small Team Champion Title in Lincoln   AAAA made a statement in Lincoln at the Capitol City Classic on June 21-24. The 20 swimmers that attended help AAAA take home 1st place for Small Team Division. We finished 4th overall with all teams combined. This achievement is a reflection of the quality swimming that took place in Lincoln. The meet was run as a prelim and finals format, and AAAA took advantage of the opportunity for second swims in finals.   We had several swimmers take...