On April 20, 2024 Midwestern held elections for positions to the Board of Directors. The following will take office beginning September 1, 2024. General Chair: Stefanie Martinez Administrative Vice Chair: Steve Kidder Senior Chair: David Nelson Finance Chair: Betsy Purcell Delegate at Large: Jack French Elected by Coaches: Coach Representative: Sam Bach Elected by Athletes: Senior Athlete Representative: Addisyn Storms Junior Athlete Representative: Arnav Gupta Several items with financial impact were added to the MW Policies and Procedures. Fines for Athletes 18 and over participating in a Midwestern sanctioned swim...

The Passing of Lisa J Ellis Services: Friday, January 12, 2024, Visitation 5-7 p.m. Methodist Church, 7020 Cass Street, Omaha Saturday, January 13, 2024. Memorial Service 10:30 a.m. Methodist Church, 7020 Cass Street, Omaha Sadly, Midwestern Swimming and friends announce the passing of Lisa J Ellis on December 13, 2023. Lisa had been a fixture with Midwestern Swimming, Omaha Westside High School, and Swim Omaha for more than 40 years. She dedicated her life to being the best swim coach, mentor, and friend that she could possibly be. Her focus...

Midwestern's Scholastic All America Swimmers are the following: Germonprez Nate Male Southern ST TEX University of Texas 4 Krings Lucia Female Central MW ACE Aquatic Club of Elkhorn 3 Kolb Aidin Male Central MW LSS Lincoln Select Swimming 1

Congratulations to the Aquatic Club of Elkhorn (ACE) on their successful renewal of the Safe Sport Recognition Program (SSRP) in September! ACE has been a Safe Sport Recognized Club since 2019 and have renewed their commitment to athlete safety since. Thank you to the administrators, board members, swimmers, parents and coaches who all play an important role in Safe Sport! Learn more about SSRP and how your club can become Safe Sport recognized at usaswimming.org/ssrp

The reports for the Top 10 have now become available through SWIMS. Below are the lists of the Midwestern Swimmers who achieved a Top 10 time for both 2021/2022 and 2022/2023. USA Swimming Top 10 Awards – 2022-2023 Short Course 2022-2023 Place Age Event Swimmer – Club 5th 8 50 Butterfly Clayton Bargstadt - NYA 8th 10 50 Backstroke Charlotte Kinsel - ACE 8th 17 200 Breaststroke Kalvin Hahn - GOAL 10th 17 400 Ind Medley Kalvin Hahn - GOAL 8th 18 50 Freestyle Nate Germonprez - UN 9th 18...

Midwestern will hold its annual Awards Presentation on Sunday, September 17, 2023. Time: 1:30 p.m. Location: Papillion LaVista High School Auditorium 402 E Centennial Rd, Papillion NE 68046 The following awards will be presented. Awards will be grouped together by club with the exception of the Record Breakers and Swimmer of the Year awards. Certificates and bag tags are given to Top 8 and Top 3 IMX awards. Certificates are given to the Academic awardees. Record Breakers receive T-shirts. Swimmer of the Year athletes receive an acrylic award. Coach Awards:...

Midwestern Records Set - 2022-2023 Short Course 10 & U Charlotte Kinsel 50 Back 30.50 ACE 3/18/2023 17-18 Nate Germonprez 100 Free 43.17 UN 2/24/2023 17-18/Sr Nate Germonprez 200 Free 1:33.96 UN 2/24/2023 17-18/Sr Nate Germonprez 200 Back 1:42.49 ISWM 12/7/2022 17-18/Sr Nate Germonprez 200 IM 1:42.82 ISWM 12/7/2022 17-18/Sr Kalvin Hahn 400 IM 3:48.24 GOAL 10/28/2022 17-18/Sr GOAL 800 Fr Relay 6:45.33 GOAL 3/9/2023 Kalvin Hahn, John Watson, Jaden Pospishil, Nate Finnegan 17-18 GOAL 200 M Relay 1:29.61 GOAL 3/9/2023 John Watson, Kalvin Hahn, Henry Dvorak, Jaden Pospishil 17-18...

Congratulations to the Sioux Center Seahawks on becoming a Safe Sport Recognized team! �� Learn more about SSRP at usaswimming.org/ssrp

On Monday, September 19, Kalvin Hahn of Greater Omaha Aquatics was selected for the 2022 USA Swimming National Select Camp in October at the Olympic/Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Numerous current National Team members and 2020 Tokyo Olympians have previously attended the National Select Camps, including Katie Ledecky, Michael Andrew, Lilly King, Hali Flickinger, Kieran Smith and Bobby Finke. Selection categories for these camps: 1. The top three athletes in each event were selected based on Long Course Meters (LCM) competition ranking from September 1, 2021 – August 31,...

On Monday, September 19, USA Swimming announced the 2022-2023 USA Swimming National Junior Team. The roster of 72 18 & Under Swimmers, included Nate Germonprez from iNspire Swim Team who was selected in the 200 IM. Congratulations to Nate, his family and his team! https://swimswam.com/usa-swimming-unveils-roster-for-2022-23-u-s-national-junior-team/ Follow @MidwesternSwimming on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for LSC updates!