Before we get to the re-cap of the Tsunami Round-Up, we want to bring attention to a few things regarding time standards. The Decathlon results were processed before the new time standards for Age Groups (10&Under, 11-12 and 13-14) were pushed to the teams by Missouri Valley. Therefore, there were kids who had district or champs cuts according to the old standards but no longer have those cuts. The bulletin board in the aquatic center lobby now has the most up to date qualifications of each swimmer. When a swimmer...

Before we get to the re-cap of the BWST October Invitational, we want to bring attention to a few things regarding time standards. The Decathlon results were processed before the new time standards for Age Groups (10&Under, 11-12 and 13-14) were pushed to the teams by Missouri Valley. Therefore, there were kids who had district or champs cuts according to the old standards but no longer have those cuts. The bulletin board in the aquatic center lobby now has the most up to date qualifications of each swimmer. When a...

It was a great first meet to kick off the 2022-2023 season! Thanks to all of our families who volunteered to help out at the NLU Sprint Decathlon! We had 100 swimmers earn 554 best times, 74 new District cuts, 17 new Champs cuts, 1 personal record and 1 relay record. It was also great to see 28 new Hammerheads compete in their first meet with NLU. 80% Best Times or Better {athletes listed here dropped time in 80% or more of their legally swam events} (improved events/total events) -Tristan...

I wanted to share that the NLU record board has been updated! Over the summer, we scraped the old one off, cleaned the board, re-measured, re-taped and added over 36 new events! A special thanks to Hannah and Tricia Peterson for their engineering minds (a lot more math was involved than I originally thought) and thanks to my son Roman for his spectacular cleaning skills (those swimming muscles came in handy – we needed a lot of elbow grease to get the old adhesive off!) We added 36+ events because...

Missouri Valley Championships were held in Lenexa, KS July 28-31. NLU had 24 swimmers earn 91 best times, 54 swims at finals (11 & Overs), 14 Top 16 finishes by our 10&Unders, 3 new Champs cuts and 6 new records! (Please note that with the conversions with long course & short course the reports and Meet Mobile appear with major adds or drops in time that aren’t accurate. Notable swims will not reflect shaves of over 8 seconds like recaps normally do.) 80% Best Times or Better -Zach Mendez (5/6)...

28 Hammerheads participated in the Missouri Valley District Championships meet July 22-24 in Topeka. There were 65 best times, 13 new Districts cuts, 9 new Champs-Bonus cuts and 5 new Champs cuts. (Please note that with the conversions with long course & short course the reports and Meet Mobile appear with major adds or drops in time that aren’t accurate. Notable swims will not reflect shaves of over 8 seconds like recaps normally do.) 80% Best Times or Better -Alex Foot (4/4) 100% -David Keightley (5/5) 100% -Piper Kobs (3/3)...

Thirty-Four Hammerheads competed in the EKC Last Chance meet in Lenexa July 9 & 10. There were 120 best times, 13 new District cuts, 10 new Champs-Bonus cuts, 10 new Champs cuts and 3 new Sectionals-Bonus cuts. 80% Best Times or Better -Avery Ball (5/5) 100% -Alex Briggs (4/4) 100% -Zelik Carpenter (7/7) 100% -Claire Dierker (6/6) 100% -Alex Foot (3/3) 100% -Henry Johnson (6/6) 100% -David Keightley (5/6) 83% -Zach Mendez (6/6) 100% -Sean Nguyen (5/6) 83% -Brooke Nichols (6/6) 100% -Kemper Roberts (6/6) 100% -Ethan Zheng (6/6) 100%...

Fifteen Hammerheads competed at the Air Capital Invitational in Wichita, KS June 24th-26th. There were 83 best times and 1 Champs-Bonus, 5 Champs, 1 Sectionals-Bonus, 2 Sectionals cuts and 4 new team records! 80% Best Times or Better -Nick Bracken (4/5) 80% -Piper Kobs (12/14) 86 -Zach Mendez (5/5) 100% -Kennedy Roberts (9/10) 90% Notable Swims -Nick Bracken dropped almost 15 seconds in his 400 IM and returned to Finals in 200 Fly -MaryBeth Clark returned to Finals in the 100 Fly where she was not only victorious, but set...

Twenty-six Hammerheads competed at the CSC Summer Invite in Columbia, MO June 10th-12th. There were 131 best times and 6 new Districts, 10 Champs-Bonus, 13 Champs, 6 Sectionals-Bonus and 3 Sectionals cuts. 80% Best Times or Better -Elisa DeCaro (5/6) 83% -Isaac Dierker (4/4) 100% -Gracie Hayes (5/5) 100% -Arielle Janssens (6/6) 100% -Katie Jones (3/3) 100% -David Keightley (2/2) 100% -Jakeb Kobs (8/9) 89% -Piper Kobs (10/10) 100% -Roman Lewis (6/6) 100% -Zach Mendez (9/9) 100% -Sarah Miner (7/8) 88% -Sean Nguyen (8/8) 100% -Raphael Realina (8/9) 89% -Kemper...

Forty-five Hammerheads braved 20 degree temperature fluctuations and 2 seasons over the course of 3 days at the Topeka Swim Association’s Beach Bash June 3-5. As always, it was a weekend full of fun team-bonding time, hanging out between swims in tents, winning mystery heat prizes and using the pool’s diving boards and slides at the bash. There were 144 Best times, 31 new Districts times, 8 new Bonus times and 10 new Champs times. 80% Best Times or Better -Tyler Briggs (11/11) 100% -Collin Burton (5/5) 100% -Ashton Canovi...