Hello Swim Families! The 2023 Frosty Frolic is upon us! Below is the warmup information for each session of the meet this weekend. First, a guide to the facility. West Pool = Shallow End (Red Backstroke Flags) East Pool = Deep End (Diving Boards; Scoreboard; Blue Backstroke Flags) The East Pool is where the racing will take place. We are warming up in the West Pool for every single session. What’s nice about our warmup assignments is that for every single session the Lawrence Aquahawks will be warming up in...

Hello (again) swim families, My first attempt at this does not seem to have worked very well--Team Unify apparently doesn't like the way I format my workouts in Excel. See the attached photos if your swimmer would like to go to the pool and do anything today--this is completely optional! See you on Monday, -Coach Reid

Hello Swim Families! I hope you are enjoying some downtime. Optional swim workouts for anyone who wants to get in the water can be found below. If you feel like doing a workout at home, yoga is recommended. Platinum: Friday, November 24th, 25 Yards Conditioning Focus: Sprint Tolerance + Aerobic Endurance | Difficulty Level (1-5): 4 | Technical Focus: Catch, EVF, Rotation LANE 4 LANE 3 Zone Warm-Up 1 x | 1 x 400 @ 7:00 8:00 EN1 Freestyle Swim | 6 x 100 @ 1:50 2:10 EN1 Choice Kick...

Hello Swim Families! If you have a 12 & Under swimmer, you might have noticed some differences in rules between them and the 13 & Over swimmers. If you haven’t noticed these differences, well… here we go! Firstly, let’s talk about disqualifications in meets. If your swimmer started their competitive swimming journey in a summer league, you might have noticed that some meets, say, the first three of the season are “non-DQ meets,” meaning that no matter how egregious an error in technique a swimmer is not disqualified from a...

Hello Swim Families! Please note next week's practice schedule: Monday, November 20: Normal Tuesday, November 21: Normal Wednesday, November 22: Normal Thursday, November 23 (Thanksgiving): CANCELLED Friday, November 24: CANCELLED Saturday, November 25: CANCELLED I will post workouts for anyone who wants to swim on their own Friday or Saturday. We will resume our normal practice schedule on Monday, November 27. Furthermore, Coach Lucy will be gone from Thursday, November 16, until Monday, November 27, meaning Coach Reid and Coach Myles will be the only coaches on the pool deck...

Hello Swim Families! Congratulations to all swimmers who raced at the 2023 Legends Invitational, hosted by our esteemed friends to the south, the Wichita Swim Club! The meet spanned Friday evening, all day Saturday, and all-day Sunday. On Friday, Maddi Lowrey swam the 200 IM, the only* 8 & Under girl to take on the race for the second meet in a row! *Maddi is not just the only 8 & Under girl on our team to be taking on this challenging event, but the only one so far each...

Hello Swim Families! Below is the warmup schedule for the upcoming Legends Invitational in Wichita. Friday PM: All Ages Warmups: 4:30 - 5:15 pm, Deep End, Lane 1 Meet Starts: 5:30 pm Saturday AM: 12 & Under Warmups: 8:30 - 9:00 am, Shallow End, Lane 3 Meet Starts: 9:15 am Saturday PM: 13 & Over Warmups: 1:50 - 2:20 pm, Deep End, Lanes 8 & 9 Meet Starts: 2:30 pm Sunday AM: 12 & Under Warmups: 8:00 - 8:30 am, Shallow End, Lane 5 Meet Starts: 9:15 am Sunday PM:...

Hello Swim Families! Once your swimmer reaches a certain age, they will start asking you about tech suits. This will probably raise two questions: 1. What is a tech suit? 2. At what age does my swimmer need a tech suit? To answer the first question, a tech suit is a specialized swimsuit that utilizes extremely hydrophobic material and that promotes higher body position, muscular support, and compression. They look cool, and they’re expensive. Of course, there are different tiers of tech suits, and as to be expected, the best...

2023 Spooktacular Recap Friday The Spooktacular 2023 got off to a great start on day one with three individual Marlins victories. Max Steffensmeier captured the Boy’s 15 & Over 200 IM in 2:06.08; Aubrey McLean took the Girl’s 13-14 500 Freestyle in 6:34.43; and Ellie Lund the Girl’s 11-12 500 Free in 7:34.75! Aubrey and Jack Dunn also broke 30 for the first time in the 50 Freestyle, posting times of 29.87 and 28.43, respectively. Jack later placed 2nd in the boy’s 13-14 500 free in 5:47.43, a 46-second time...

Hello Swim Families! Please be aware that there is swim practice at the normal times both today, Friday, October 27th, and tomorrow, Saturday, October 28th. A few quick hits on who should go to which practices: Go to practice on Friday if... if you are not swimming the Friday evening session of the swim meet. Go to practice on Saturday if... if you are not swimming on Saturday at the meet. Go to both practices if... if you are not going to the meet at all. Swimmers do not need...