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What a great way to kick our season off! Our athletes that competed at the First Annual Senior Circuit meet raced hard against quality competition. The meet featured 5 of the areas fastest teams, some quick races and a favorable format that everyone enjoyed. I want to give a special thanks to all of the AAAA family members who helped out at the meet. I heard nothing but great things all weekend. We ran a quality meet and it showed. Here are the meet results. A few of...
Swim-A-Thon Schedule OCTOBER 12 th, 2013 What to Bring to the Swim-A-Thon... Have your swimsuit on Caps- Red AAAA Cap Goggles (two just in case your pair breaks during the two hours) Equipment- Swimmers are able to use fins for the two hours. Water bottle/Sports Drink Swim-A-Thon Donations that have not been turned in- Please have money labeled in envelope. If you signed up online to bring an item for the team brunch- please bring Saturday morning. We will be setting up on Friday night at 7:00PM in the...
1) Show up Some of the best athletes I’ve known were good simply because they made swimming a priority. If there was practice, they were there – it was that simple. Practice is practice for a reason – to practice the skills that will make you better. Whether that’s training your body to maintain dolphin kicks off every wall in a race, learning to hold your breath for a whole 50, or building up the endurance to finish the mile. Some people can get away with not showing up...
Canaan Campbell recently made a verbal commitment to Missouri State for his college choice. We are proud of Canaan and know that Missouri State will be a perfect fit for his next chapter in life. We will cherish Canaan's Senior year and his leadership role. Canaan was featured on Swim Swam- a popular website for swim news across the country- about his commitment. Read about it Here!
Congrats to our Elite Athletes: Cierra Campbell was recognized last Friday at the Free State home game for her First Team All State Award and being 2nd Team All Metro. In addition, their relay was recognized for their State record setting 200 free relay and achieving the All-American status in that relay. Sydney Sirimongkhon-Dyck and Lucy Sirimongkhon-Dyck were recognized for being 2nd Team All State and for their relay contributions. Canaan Campbell was recognized as a Scholastic All-American. A great achievement from USA Swimming. His academics and performances in the water...
The top squad on our team is named Elite. It was named Elite for a reason... The following are some of the characteristics displayed by Elite level swimmers - qualities we look for in our top athletes as well. Can you call yourself Elite? Do you aspire to be the best you can be? See how many of the 20 items below you adhere to day in and day out. 1. They Don’t Allow Others to Dictate What They Are Capable Of. There really isn’t much more discouraging than someone...
THIS WEEKS CHALLENGE is aTEAM CHALLENGE... If Ad Astra has $5000 raised online as a team we will have a pizza party for all those swimmers that have contributed to that team total. The pizza party will be next week. (Swimmer must have donations in order to participate in the pizza party) Good luck and Go AAAA!
Congrats to Chris Berry- Our Week 2 Swim-A-Thon Winner! Chris had 12 different donations for his total collection in the Swim-A-Thon last week. Chris will be awarded an Autographed memorabilia from an Olympic Swimmer. We are proud of you Chris for going out and collecting 12 different donations for last week's challenge! There were also honorable mention swimmers that had 6 different donations thus far: Evan Dusselier Payton Krug Ainlsey Krug Ima Rodenbeek Parker Rodenbeek Anna Hayden THIS WEEKS CHALLENGE is a TEAM CHALLENGE... If Ad Astra has...
Congratulations to Maddie Dean! Maddie Dean won the Week One Swim-A-Thon Challenge. She received the largest flat donation with the amount of $1310.00. Way to Go Maddie! There were also other Ad Astra swimmers that have already received donations online: Payton Krug, Ainsley Krug, Chris Berry, Evan Dusselier, Parker Rodenbeek, Ima Rodenbeek, David Christie, Danny Christie, Cierra Campbell, Canaan Campbell, Claire Campbell, Janet Stefanov, Nicholas Stefanov, Anna Hayden, Halle McCollough, Kayla Brown Congrats Swimmers and thanks for your effort in the Swim-A-Thon thus far! ...
