Congrats to Emma Reaney for setting the American Record in the 200 Breaststroke with a time of 2:04.34.  We are so proud of you.   For some pictures and a video of the race, click here. 

The official results are in for the 2013 Swim-A-Thon and boy did AAAA rock!  Our team was 8th place in the 75-150-swimmer team division.  This is our highest national finish ever and one we should be very proud of.  A big congrats to all who contributed and participated.  We could not have done this without you.  Also, thank you to Katie for organizing such a successful campaign.  We do not take your efforts for granted.  We will celebrate the individual awards winners for our team at the Annual Golden Goggle...

Whenever a team goes to a meet that is scored as a team competition and your team does well – it is a big deal.  It’s an even bigger deal when over 88% of those athletes who contributed to the total point count at the meet were 14 and under.  It’s an even bigger deal when the second place team is 430 points behind you.  We are headed in the right direction Ad Astra… and our future continues to be bright.    1  Ad Astra Area Aquatics      ...

This past weekend featured great performances by 7 AAAA swimmers at the Annual Midwest All-Stars Meet here in Lawrence.  The competition traveled from near and far as our LSC, Missouri Valley Swimming, took second to Colorado.  Midwestern, Iowa and South Dakota rounded out the top 5 teams. The following swimmers participated in the meet.  Here is how they did: Payton Krug Payton had an outstanding meet, finishing second in the highpoint standings by 1 point!  She posted a ton of best times and was part of a first place relay...

AAAA Puts 7 Swimmers on All-Star Team    The following AAAA swimmers were selected to the 2014 Missouri Valley Swimming All-Star team. They will compete against other teams from Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Iowa at the January All-Star meet in Lawrence, KS. This is a real honor -- congrats!   Payton Krug Ainsley Krug Marian Frick Morgan Jones Claire Campbell Daniel Christie Evan Eskilson

We had a very successful December and capped it off with a great trip to the Oklahoma City Pro-Am Swim Meet.  AAAA swimmers were able to mingle with professional athletes at a meet that saw 10 new records fall.  Highlights included a stunning 1:41.79 in the 200 IM by Darian Townsend (9th fastest time ever) and a rare 18.9 by Josh Schneider in the 50 Freestyle Shoot-Out.  AAAA swimmers set 16 new team records in OKC.  It was by far and away the best meet we ever had there as...

Lauren Amrein will be attending William Jewell College in Liberty, MO. She has earned the Presidential Scholarship for academics and will be swimming for the Cardinals. We have enjoyed Lauren on Ad Astra as she is a great leader, always shows positive sportsmanship, and gives 100 percent when racing. We will really miss her, but look forward to watching her compete at the next level.  Please join us in congratulating Lauren Amrein! 

Not only did Ad Astra do a phenomenal job of hosting the Midwest Qualifier- we did just as well in the water. We had 44 athletes compete in the meet with many swimmers achieving new time standards. There were 514 total swimmers in the meet. We had seven swimmers achieve the ‘A’ Time Standard in an event qualifying them for the Midwest Classic this upcoming weekend.     Midwest Classic (A Time) Evan Dusselier Kathryn Bach Maddie Dean Ava Cormaney Justin Lee Marian Frick Mary Reed-Weston   Swimmers were rewarded...

Congrats to Lucy Sirimongkhon-Dyck on her commitment to swim at the University of Nebraska Omaha!  We look forward to seeing great things from her at the next level after she graduates this spring.  The AAAA family is so proud of you.

  What a great turnout for our make-up Trunk or Treat on Wednesday! We had 61 swimmers participate with several competing in their first sanctioned meet. This is a huge step in our program. Meet participation is important to our team and our coaches. Watching the swimmers race is helpful for us as we can now spend time on the details of what we saw when they swam.   You could feel the Quad A presence on the pool deck on Wednesday! Thank you parents that timed during the meet....