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Our two Olympic hopefuls had fun checking out the Trials pool this past weekend.  Both Katie and Molly turned in great performances and we had a blast seeing the great facility.  Molly was top 8 in the 200 back while Katie was top 16 in her 100 breast.  Way to go ladies -- the trials are just around the corner.   <Complete Results>   Competition Pool - 10 lanes   Scoreboard   Competition Pool During Warmup   Warm-Up Pool

Early Bird Recap AAAA continued to swim personal best times, qualify for D2’s and D1’s, and qualify for Zones and Speedo Sectionals as we competed at the Early Bird Meet on Mother’s Day Weekend. 21 AAAA athletes participated in the meet with 600 other athletes from around the area.   A team highlight of the weekend was swimming 80% personal best times overall as a team. It is great to see such a great group of athletes continue to improve and participate in swim meets.   Faith Baxter, Rachel Nikolov,...

Schedule   *Catch-All Group: LIAC Monday-Thursday – 6-7pm *This is a simple workout on paper used for make-up purposes only   MEETS June 1-3 Beach Bash Topeka, KS All Should Attend! June 9-11 Iron Man Volunteer Lawrence, KS We need your help! June 22-24 Capitol City Classic Lincoln, NB Travel Letter here (Finals Sunday TBD) June 25-July 2 Trials in Omaha, NB Go Katie, Molly and Emma! July 6-8 KCB LCM Invite Lee Summit, MO All Should Attend July 11 Intrasquad Lawrence, KS Tentative All Should Attend  July 17-21 Region...

Successful Meet at Vorhees Maxfield On April 28 and 29th, twenty-three AAAA swimmers competed in our first meet of the season in Topeka. There were over 600 swimmers around the area that competed in the meet. This meet was very special for several AAAA swimmers, as it was their first time competing in a long course pool (50 Meters). Congrats to those swimmers that swam their first long course meet. The first meet of the season was a success as there were AAAA times achieved, Zone cuts, Sectional Cuts and...

Published by The American Swimming Coaches Association 5101 NW 21 Ave., Suite 200 Fort Lauderdale FL 33309   What’s We Do In Age Group and Stroke School Practice Written by the ASCA Staff (Who actually do coach senior, age group, and novice swimmers every day.)   Parents, you are always welcome to observe practice and if you do you might see two or three different ability levels doing different things depending on the objectives for that day for each group.  Above all else, their safety and well being is our...

Thanks to everyone that attended tonight’s celebration. The 2nd Annual Golden Goggle Awards were a success, and we were happy that we could take time to celebrate a successful 2011-2012 season.   For those that missed it, the following is a recap of the awards given out tonight.   Relay of the Year Open Girls LCM D1 2011- Gretchen, Heather, Lucy, Miranda   Female Race of the Year Marian Frick 50 Breast SCY D1 2012   Male Race of the Year Canaan Campbell 1500 Sectionals   Newcomer of the Year...

Hello AAAA Families: Many of you know people wanting to get started in swimming and with AAAA.  The first step in a swimming career is getting enrolled into a proper lesson program.  AAAA is affiliated with the Lawrence Swim School, LLC and we wanted to let you know that online enrollment is open!  The session dates are as follows:   Session I - June 4-14 (Monday-Thursday Each Week) Session II

 - June 18-28 (Monday-Thursday Each Week) Session III - July 2-12 (Monday -Tuesday, Thursday - Friday week 1, Monday -...

Emma Competes at NCAAs - Congrats to Emma Reaney for her performances at the NCAA Championships this past weekend.  She earned All-American honors in three events 200 IM (9th, 1:55.67), 100 Breast (11th, 59.81) and 200 Breast (14th, 2:09.73).  This is an amazing accomplishment! Full Article Canaan to Zone Select Camp - Canaan Campbell was selected to attend the Central Zone Select Camp at Miami University (Ohio) in Oxford, OH from May 24-27, 2012.  This is a great honor for Canaan -- great job on all of your hard work. ...

 AAAA Domination at D1's AAAA went above and beyond the expectations at Division 1’s in Topeka this past weekend. Competing against 32 other teams in the LSC, AAAA finished 4th behind KCB, CSC, and TST. All three of these teams had more swimmers compete during the meet. AAAA had 33 swimmers compete in the meet and overall had 95% best times as a team. Throughout the weekend there were several Sectional Cuts, AAAA time standards, AAA time standards, best times, and most importantly team sportsmanship.  We are so proud of...