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Jun 16, 2013 - Practice Schedule 6/17-6/23--A few Changes
May 28, 2013 - Memorial Classic Recap
May 23, 2013 - Senior College Signings
May 21, 2013 - Rose Memorial Recap
May 15, 2013 - Summer Practice Schedule Announced
May 3, 2013 - Voorhees-Maxfield Recap
Apr 29, 2013 - TST Summer Invite Recap
Apr 2, 2013 - NLU All-Metro Selections
Mar 11, 2013 - Sectionals Recap
Mar 9, 2013 - Division I Recap
Mar 8, 2013 - Division II Recap
Feb 17, 2013 - MSHSAA and KSHSAA State Recap
Feb 15, 2013 - 8U MAL Recap
Feb 15, 2013 - MAL West Recap
Feb 11, 2013 - Practice Schedule 2/11-2/17
Feb 5, 2013 - HS Conference Recaps
Jan 31, 2013 - Tentative Long Course Schedule
Jan 27, 2013 - Chicago Recap
Jan 27, 2013 - Last Chance Recap
Jan 26, 2013 - All-Star Recap
Four Hammerheads were selected to participate in the 2013 Midwest All-Star meet. This is a meet that selects the fastest 14U swimmers from the Missouri Valley to compete against some of the fastest ...
Jan 25, 2013 - True Blue Igloo Recap
Jan 10, 2013 - 2013 All-Stars
The Midwest All-Stars (LSC Age Group) Invitational will take place on January 12-13, 2013, in Lawrence, KS. Athletes that have applied to participate in the meet will be selected based on the top five...
Dec 20, 2012 - Junior National Recap
The Hammerheads sent one representative to compete in the 2012 Short Course Junior National meet in Knoxville, TN. This meet draws the fastest swimmers in the US under the age of 18 and is a very d...
Dec 19, 2012 - Level I Recap
Dec 18, 2012 - Level II Recap
Nov 21, 2012 - Jim Devine Recap
Nov 20, 2012 - KCSA Splashdown Recap
Nov 11, 2012 - MSHSAA Boy's State Recap
Nov 10, 2012 - TST Fall Round Up Recap
Nov 4, 2012 - HS Conference Recap and State Preview
Oct 24, 2012 - Hammerheads Excel in the Classroom
Oct 22, 2012 - Websites for Nutrition
Coach Danielle stumbled across a website dealing with Nutrition and teenagers. This seems like a great resource dealing with the idea of fueling your body during the season to maintain optimal resul...
Oct 21, 2012 - FTLL Splash Recap
Oct 16, 2012 - Coach Brian is Missouri Valley Senior Coach of the Year
Missouri Valley Senior Coach of the Year A total of 16 coaches from within Missouri Valley have voted, and the 2012 Missouri Valley LSC Senior Coach of the Year resulted in a tie: · Gardner Howla...
Oct 14, 2012 - BWST October Invite Recap
Oct 8, 2012 - Swim-A-Thon Teams and Information
Sep 23, 2012 - Sprint Decathlon Recap
Sep 12, 2012 - 2013-2016 Time Standards
Every quad, after the Summer Olympics, USA swimming releases their age group time standards. These times are based on the results of USA swimmers in the past 4 years (2009-2012). Many of the stand...
Sep 2, 2012 - SPA Halloween Classic
We received word from SPA that their meet has to be moved a couple of weeks later due to a facility issue. While this has been a meet that we have always attended, the rescheduled date puts it on th...
Aug 28, 2012 - MVS All-Academic Team--Deadline is FRIDAY (8/31)
Below is information pertaining to the Missouri Valley Swimming All-Academic team. This is something that needs to be completed on your own. The deadline for the application process is Friday, August ...
Aug 28, 2012 - Parent Information for the 2012-2013 Season
The season is off to a great start. The coaches have been getting to know the kids over the past week and we will continue to push the kids to their potential. Thanks to all of the parents that...
Aug 2, 2012 - Division I Recap
Aug 1, 2012 - Rose and Gardner Join the Hammerhead Staff
I would like to introduce the two newest members to the Hammerhead coaching staff?Steven Gardner and Ethan Rose. Both young men bring a tremendous amount of experience and talent to our team. Th...
Jul 31, 2012 - London Update 7/31--Maestri
UPDATE 7/31 Former Hammerhead Riccardo Maestri participated in the 800 Free Relay in prelims this morning. He split a blistering 1:47.9 on the 3 rd leg of the relay. Italy finished 11 th ...
Jul 29, 2012 - NLU Team Break
NLU will be taking a break from the pool for the next couple of weeks. Information about when we start practice for our short course season will follow in time. Thanks for a great long course s...
Jul 26, 2012 - Registration for NEW members to NLU--TEAM IS FULL
Jul 25, 2012 - Division II Recap
Jul 22, 2012 - Sectionals Recap
Jul 15, 2012 - Coach David Bids Adieu
Coach David has turned his notice to leave the team. I have known David as a swimmer and coach for the past 10 years. So I have had the chance to really see how much David has grown throughout the ...
Jul 8, 2012 - Wave the Wheat Recap
Jun 30, 2012 - Summer Splash Recap
Jun 30, 2012 - Coach Carol says Goodbye
Coach Carol has turned in her notice to leave the team. I have coached beside Carol for almost 10 years and have appreciated every moment---well, almost every moment with her. She has been a great ...
Jun 23, 2012 - Dad's Day Dunk Recap
Jun 23, 2012 - CSC Summer Invitational Recap
Jun 9, 2012 - Beach Bash Recap
May 28, 2012 - Memorial Classic Recap
May 27, 2012 - Early Bird Recap
May 19, 2012 - 2012 Summer Schedule
May 16, 2012 - Class of 2012 College Signings
May 6, 2012 - Voorhees-Maxfield Recap
Apr 29, 2012 - NLU Achieves Level 3 Club Recognition
I am proud to announce that Northland United Swim has achieved the Level 3 Certification of the USA Swimming Club Recognition Program. This is based upon a number of factors that are listed below. ...
Apr 4, 2012 - More KC All-Metro Selections!!!
The Kansas City Star recently released their 2012 All-Metro Swim Team. The team is comprised with the best swimmers in the Kansas City metro area. Selections are based upon submissions from high...
Apr 2, 2012 - Watch the Olympic Trials Live!!!
Coach Ed from the Kansas City Aquatics Club (KCAC) has offered an opportunity to our families. They are chartering a bus to travel to Omaha on June 29 th to watch the events for the Olympic Trials...
Mar 30, 2012 - 2012 KC All-Metro Team
The Kansas City Star recently released their 2012 All-Metro Swim Team. The team is comprised with the best swimmers in the Kansas City metro area. Selections are based upon submissions from high...
Mar 24, 2012 - Division I Recap
Mar 7, 2012 - Great Article for Families
One of my colleagues sent me this. It is a great article with a number of productive exercises, and has a number of good points. I have included an excerpt from the article, as well as a link to...
Mar 7, 2012 - Sectionals Recap
Mar 5, 2012 - Division II Recap
Feb 18, 2012 - MSHSAA and KSHSAA State Recap
Feb 17, 2012 - HS State Preview
The Northland United coaching staff would like to wish the following young women the best of luck as they compete in the 2012 MSHSAA Girl?s State Championships. They will be representing their scho...
Feb 13, 2012 - MAL West Recap
Feb 13, 2012 - 8U MAL Recap
Feb 10, 2012 - HS Conference Recap
Feb 5, 2012 - Last Chance Recap
Jan 26, 2012 - All-Star Recap
Two of our very own Hammerheads were selected to participate in the 2012 All-Star Meet. Athletes that have applied to participate in the meet were selected based on the top five swimmers for each ...
Jan 26, 2012 - Gabrielle Rose Recap
Jan 8, 2012 - NLU All-Star Selections
The Midwest All-Stars (LSC Age Group) Invitational will take place on January 14-15, 2012, in Lawrence, KS. Athletes that have applied to participate in the meet will be selected based on the top five...
Jan 8, 2012 - 2011 KC Star All-Metro Team
The Kansas City Star recently released their 2011 All-Metro Swim Team. The team is comprised with the best swimmers in the Kansas City metro area. Selections are based upon submissions from high...
Dec 18, 2011 - NLU v WAR Recap
Dec 18, 2011 - Level I Recap
Dec 10, 2011 - Level II Recap
Nov 22, 2011 - Jim Devine Recap
Nov 21, 2011 - Splashdown Recap
Nov 12, 2011 - MSHSAA Boy's State Recap
Nov 12, 2011 - Fall Round-up Recap
Nov 4, 2011 - HS Boy's Conference Recap and State Preview
Nov 3, 2011 - 2011 Swim-A-Thon Winners
Nov 3, 2011 - October Intrasquad Recap
Oct 20, 2011 - Events this Weekend--Swim-A-Thon Information
Oct 20, 2011 - Events This Weekend--Intrasquad Meet
The October Intrasquad meet will take place on Sunday, October 23rd . We will need all swimmers at the pool by 7:45 am for warm-ups . We will try and start the meet by 8:30 am. The timeline for ...
Oct 15, 2011 - Halloween Classic Recap
Oct 1, 2011 - NLU Sprint Decathlon Recap
Oct 1, 2011 - 2011 NLU Swim-A-Thon Teams
Sep 27, 2011 - Hammerheads Excel in the Classroom
Sep 25, 2011 - Noodles and Co Fundraiser
Do you know what is better than Noodles and Company for lunch? Noodles and Company for dinner. As a reminder the team fundraiser is occuring today at the Noodles and Co location in Zona Rosa. It co...
Aug 30, 2011 - Coach Cara's Goodbye
Coach Cara has turned in her notice to leave the team. It has been great having Cara on staff and we will miss her. Cara has written a note to the team and that is included below: Parents, swimmer...
Aug 18, 2011 - Missouri Valley All-Academic Team--Deadline 8/30
Below is information pertaining to the Missouri Valley Swimming All-Academic team. This is something that needs to be completed on your own. The deadline for the application process is Tuesday, Augu...
Aug 11, 2011 - Parent Meeting and Team Information
The 2011-2012 Short Course season will begin on Monday, August 22 nd . I have included some information below: · 2011-2012 Tentative Practice Schedule . (Aug-Oct) I will still send ...
Aug 8, 2011 - Central Zone Recap
Aug 2, 2011 - Senior Zones and Age Group Zones
The Age Group (14U) zone meet is taking place in Topeka, KS this week. NLU is sending three representatives: Annie Bensyl (200 Back) Stephen Heit (50 Free and 50 Breast) Tori Beeler (50 Free and 100 ...
Aug 1, 2011 - Division I Recap
Jul 25, 2011 - Sectionals and Division II Recaps
Jul 16, 2011 - Wave the Wheat Recap
Jul 16, 2011 - Last Chance Recap
The Hammerheads traveled to Emporia to take part in the Last Chance Meet. This meet marks the last meet prior to our Championship season. Although it was a small group that made the trip, we had...
Jun 29, 2011 - Summer Splash Recap
Jun 23, 2011 - Summer Invitational Recap
Jun 23, 2011 - Dad's Day Dunk Recap
Jun 11, 2011 - Beach Bash Recap
May 30, 2011 - Memorial Classic Recap
May 25, 2011 - Donations for Joplin
I have recently recieved an email from the head coach of Northwest Arkansas Aquatics (NWAA), the meet host this weekend. He is organizing an effort to collect supplies for some of the swimming famili...
May 18, 2011 - McIntyre Signs Letter of Intent
Senior Alex McIntyre has signed her national letter of intent to swim for the Florida Southern University in Lakeland, FL. This is a Division II swim program that is going on its third year of compet...
May 17, 2011 - Myer Signs Letter of Intent
Senior Shannon Myer has signed her national letter of intent to swim for the Missouri State University in Springfield, MO. This is a Division I swim program that has had a good history of placing rea...
May 17, 2011 - Early Bird Recap
May 13, 2011 - 2011 Summer Schedule
May 4, 2011 - TSA Voorhees-Maxfield Recap
Mar 31, 2011 - Coach Alison's Goodbye
Coach Alison has turned in her notice to leave the team. It has been great having Alison on staff and we will definitely miss her. Alison wrote a note to the team and that is included below: I'm sor...
Mar 26, 2011 - 2011 KC Star All-Metro Team
The Kansas City Star recently released their 2011 All-Metro Swim Team. The team is comprised with the best swimmers in the Kansas City metro area. Selections are based upon submissions from high sch...
Mar 25, 2011 - Division I Recap
The Hammerheads closed out their championship season by attending the 2011 Division I Championship meet in Wichita, KS. Seventeen swimmers made the trip and competed against the best the Missouri Val...
Mar 20, 2011 - End of Season Banquet
End of Season Banquet Information Location : Platte Woods United Methodist Church, Dining Hall Time : 6-8pm Group Responsibilites : Black and Silver Groups: Chilled soft drinks, setup Bronze and Go...
Mar 9, 2011 - Sectionals Recap
Mar 7, 2011 - Division II Championship Recap--PICS ADDED
Feb 19, 2011 - MAL West Championships Recap
Feb 19, 2011 - 2011 Girl's State Recap
Feb 19, 2011 - MAL 8U Championship Recap
Feb 15, 2011 - HS Conference Recap and State Preview
Jan 31, 2011 - Hammerheads Mourn the Loss of Former Coach
I was informed today of the loss of one of our former coaches. Some of you will remember Julie Kearney as one of the coaches of the Bronze group. Julie worked with the team for about a year, as well...
Jan 25, 2011 - NLU Last Chance Recap
Jan 25, 2011 - NWAA Recap
Jan 24, 2011 - THANKS HAMMERHEADS!!!!!
I would like to say thanks to all of our volunteers this weekend. We ran another great meet and received a number of great compliments from all of the teams in attendance. I thought it was a laid ba...
Jan 7, 2011 - Swimmer of the Month(s)- November/December
Dec 29, 2010 - 2010 KC Star All-Metro Team
The Kansas City Star recently released their 2010 All-Metro Swim Team. The team is comprised with the best swimmers in the Kansas City metro area. Selections are based upon submissions from high...
Dec 18, 2010 - NLU v WAR Dual Recap
Dec 18, 2010 - Junior National Recap
The 2010 Short Course Junior National meet was held in Atlanta, GA on the campus of Georgia Tech University. This was the same pool in which the 1996 Olympic Games were held. The Junior Nationa...
Dec 17, 2010 - Level I Recap
Twelve Hammerheads traveled to the 2010 Level 1 Championships, which were being held at the newly renovated Capitol Federal Natatorium. This is a pretty fast meet that draws teams from all over the...
Dec 10, 2010 - Level II Champs Recap
Dec 5, 2010 - Powers Signs Letter of Intent
Senior Alyssa Powers has signed her national letter of intent to swim for the Missouri State University in Springfield, MO. This is a Division I swim program that has had a good history of placing re...
Nov 27, 2010 - All-Star Information
The Midwest (LSC Age Group) All-Stars Meet will take place on January 15-16, 2011, in Lawrence, KS. Coaches interested in participating on-deck at this meet may apply for a position by completing the ...
Nov 22, 2010 - Jim Devine Invitational Recap
Nov 15, 2010 - SABW Splashdown Recap
Nov 14, 2010 - 2010 Boy's State Recap
The Hammerhead coaching staff would like to congratulate the following boys that competed in the 2010 MSHSAA State High School Championships this weekend in St. Peters, MO. There were a number of o...
Nov 11, 2010 - Hammerheads Excel in the Classroom
This year we had a number of Hammerheads that were selected to the Missouri Valley All-Academic team. To be eligible for the MVS All Academic Team, you must meet the following criteria: must have com...
Nov 8, 2010 - TST Fall Round-Up Recap
Nov 2, 2010 - HS Boys Conference Recap- State Preview
Nov 2, 2010 - Swimmer of the Month- October
Oct 31, 2010 - Swim-A-Thon Winners
Oct 18, 2010 - COOL Spooktacular Recap
Oct 11, 2010 - SPA Halloween Classic Recap
Oct 4, 2010 - Swimmer of the Month- Aug/Sept
Oct 1, 2010 - Sprint Decathlon Recap
Aug 15, 2010 - SC Season Starts 8/23--Calender Included
The 2010-2011 Short Course season will begin on Monday, August 23rd. I have included some information below: 2010-2011 Tentative Practice Schedule . I will still send out the weekly practice schedu...
Aug 13, 2010 - Central Zones Recap
Jul 29, 2010 - STARTS JULY 30th---Online Registration for NEW MEMBERS
Jul 12, 2010 - Information about Nutrition/Recovery
I recently received this information from one of my colleagues. It contains a lot of great information for both parents and swimmers. Please take the time to read through this information as we head...
Jul 11, 2010 - Coach Brian Selected as a Zone Coach
Coach Brian has been selected as one of two coaches to represent the Missouri Valley at the 2010 Senior Zone Championships in Bismark, ND. This is his first selection to a zone coaching staff.
May 25, 2010 - Summer Practice Schedule
May 23, 2010 - Hammerheads Swimming in College
A number of our senior athletes are planning on continuing their swimming careers next year in college. I would like to congratulate these student athletes on their choices and would like to wish them...
Apr 20, 2010 - Interesting Read from Swim Network
I found this article/blog from a writer on the Swim Network website ( www.swimnetwork.com ). There is usually a lot of great content on the website. With the end of the school year coming up, this a...
Feb 21, 2010 - 2010 HS Girl's State Meet Recap
The 2010 MSHSAA State meet was held this past weekend in St. Peters, MO. We had a number of team members representing their respective schools. Below is a list of their accomplishments: All-Sta...
Jan 19, 2010 - Hammerheads Place 7th overall in MN
Forty eight Hammerheads traveled to Minneapolis to compete in the 2010 Foxjet Winter Invitational. There were over 1300 competitors representing 64 different teams from a number of states (MN, SD, IA...
Nov 15, 2009 - 2009 High School State Meet
The 2009 MSHSAA State meet was held this past weekend in St. Peters, MO. We had a number of team members representing their respective schools. Below is a list of their accomplishments: All-...
Nov 12, 2009 - Zieger Signs Letter of Intent
Senior Matt Zieger has signed his national letter of intent to swim for the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, MO. Matt joins former Hammerhead Sean Deegan in Rolla. This is an u...
Aug 15, 2009 - Registration for the 2009-2010 Season
Apr 19, 2009 - Racing Start Certification
To All NLU Parents: USA swimming has modified one of its rules as it pertains to the teaching of a racing start off of a starting block. With the risk of injury being so great, USA swi...
Apr 11, 2009 - Deegan Signs Letter of Intent
Senior Sean Deegan has signed his national letter of intent to swim for the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, MO. This is an up and coming program that placed in the top four ...