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...

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...

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! 

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....

The Jim Divine Invitational is always a good measuring stick for where we are with our early season training, technique and endurance.  In a long season, it is never too late to keep making adjustments and keep looking forward to more fast swims in the future.  With December and January we start to look towards our mid-season Championship meets.  Over the next few weeks, we will be gearing up for these meets – we hope that your swimmers can be at the pool every day to really focus in on...

Congrats to Katie for being awarded the job of Head Coach for the 2014 Missouri Valley All-Star team.  She will lead over 75 swimmers from our LSC against some of the best swimmers from around the region.  We are very fortunate to have such a widely recognized quality coach leading our Age Group program here at AAAA.   Join me in telling her great job when you see her at the pool.  This is a great privilege and honor.   Patrick  

This Thursday November 14th there is a special moment for one of our swimmers- Canaan Campbell.   At 2:30PM Canaan will be signing his National Letter of Intent with Missouri State University. His signing will take place in the Free State High School Library.   If you aren’t busy- We would love to see you all there to support AAAA Swimmer Canaan Campbell.