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Donald Spellman

Hello: Due to the Armbruster 13 & Over Invitational (and a lack of avaialble coaching staff) we will not hold Kohawk Aquatics PM workouts on Friday (5/17) and AM workouts on Saturday (5/18). There will be AM workouts on Thursday & Friday for Senior & Pre-Senior swimmers from 5:50 to 7:20AM. Any AG 1, AG 2, or Pre-Senior athletes NOT racing in the meet that would like workout sets to do on their own time over the weekend can send Coach Don an email by 8PM on Friday!

Donald Spellman

We will hold our Parent & Swimmer Meetings for this season on Tuesday, April 30th for AG 1, AG 2, and Novice at (7:40PM) and the meeting for Senior & Pre-Senior groups on May 1st (7PM). These will be in shallow end pool deck at Coe College pool. These will take around 30 min. each. They will include time for both swimmers and athletes to ask questions about the club, our training plans, and upcoming swim meets. Swimmers and at least one parent should plan to attend.

Donald Spellman

Connor Schaffel and Lilly Adams represented Kohawk Aquatics at The Spring Speedo Central Zone Sectionals Championship Series recently in Iowa City (from March 7th to 10th). The meet was conducted in a 50 LCM format since 2024 is an Olympic Trials year. Teams from across the Central Zone, Texas, Arizona, and the New England LSC attended the event. Lilly raced in the 200m FR (54th place), the 200m BK (74th), and the 100m BK (50th). Connor competed in the 200m FR (99th), the 400m FR (46th), and the 200m IM...

Donald Spellman

Optional Kohawk Aquatics Practices for March 18th to March 29th These workouts will be focused on maintaining technical aspects and general overall fitness between our seasons. We will not be holding Wednesday nights, Saturday mornings, or any AM workouts until our spring / long course preseason practices officially start up in April. These practices are also designed to work around the Coe College swimming lessons schedules and the Coe College team diving practice schedule as they head into the NCAA Div. 3 Championships. Mondays (3/18 & 3/25) and Fridays (3/22...

Donald Spellman

Our Kohawk Aquatics Senior & Pre-Senior level athletes posted some FAST times and a slew of new Personal Records this past weekend at the Wellmark YMCA pool in Des Moines at our LSC Short Course Championships. Connor Schaffel raced to scoring swims in the 500 FR (13th place) and the 1000 FR (8th place). Connor also posted some solid efforts in the 100 FL, 200 FR, and 200 IM preliminaries. Brody Lamos and Mattie Piersall had excellent outings as rookies at this level of meet. Brody posted a PR in...

Donald Spellman

Kohawk Aquatics enjoyed three days of FAST competition in Iowa City from 2/16/24 to 2/18/24 with a few of our Age-Group 1 and Pre-Senior athletes. Here are some of the highlights! 13-14 Girls Shea Wilson raced to new PR's in the 100 FR (47th with a 3.5 seconds drop) and 100 BR (24th). Shea also posted a solid swim in the 50 FR prelims (45th) in her first time racing at a post season championship club swimming event. 13-14 Boys Patrick Houlihan posted Top 16 (scoring) swims and PR's in...