Gwinnett Aquatics Sixth At Eastern Classic, Also Competes at SCAT Invite
1/22 - Gwinnett Aquatics
finished sixth at the Eastern Classic at Dynamo Swim Center this weekend. It was a rough weekend for the senior swimmer, many of whom were preoccupied with end-of-season high school events, but a great weekend for our 14 and Unders. Toriah Coffey, Bradley Downs and Jacob Rees all won events. Coffey also get her first ever AAA time while Jacob Finco and Sarah Jahns got their first AAs and George Bujoreanu, Juliana Carey and Hayley Shepard their first A times. Ava Gawronski, and Sydney Reynolds picked up their first state cuts.
There was also some fast swimming at Georgia Tech at the SCAT Winter Invite. At that meet Jacy MacConvery and Jacob Callis got their first BB times of the season. Dean Yusuf and Sydney Spruiell got their first B times while Lauren Diehl got her first ever state cuts!
Eastern Classic Results | GwinAq Results
SCAT Invite Results | GwinAq Results
Gwinnett Aquatics Ninth At Senior State
12/10 - Gwinnett Aquatics finished ninth at the Senior State Champs this weekend, third amongst mid-size teams (of which we were the smallest). This matched our highest finish since we organized, achieved in 2007. This was a great result for us as we were swimming unrested while many of the other teams were rested and shaved. By training through this meet we will have bigger swims at the end of the season. Anna Jahns led the way with four scoring swims including a 4th in the 1000, 6th in 500 and 7th in 400 IM and her first AAAA time of the season. Rory Martin was close behind also with 4 scoring swims including a 6th in the 100 back. He, Dillon Kasson and Nick Leavenworth got their first AA times of the season while Kayla Harrison and Peter Meadows got their first AA times.
Senior State Results | GwinAq Results
Team Scores
Gwinnett Aquatics Swimmers Rock Two Meets 
12/3 - GaGa swimmers took their act to two different venues this weekend. Most 11 and overs were at the Lanier Winter Invite in Gainesville where we were fourth despite only having half our team. We had the highest point total for 11 and over. Bradley Downs led the way, winning six times. Jacob Rees, Jacy MacConvery, Kristen Marsh, Marianna Markley, Emily Trettel also won events. Markley, Marsh, Trettel, Stepney Lewis and Keegan Walsh all picked up their first A times of the season.
At the Marlins Meet in Marietta another group of 12 and Unders had some great swims as well. Six swimmers won individual highpoint trophies: Toria Coffey, Josh Pingel, George Bujoreanu, Harry Duncan, Lindsay Diehl and Sydney Spruiell. Coffey earned her first ever AA time, Pingel and Duncan their first A times and Haley Burke and Cameron Huggins got their first B times.
Lanier Invite Results | GwinAq Results | Pix
Marlins Invite Results | GwinAq Results
Woodie B Malone Invite
11/18/12 - Gwinnett Aquatics swam their first prelims finals meet of the season this weekend at the Woodie B Malone Invite. Clearly it is a format that agrees with a number of our swimmers. Lindsay Diehl (4x), Bradley Downs and Rory Martin all won events. Conor Gamble and Blake Reynolds earned their first AA times of the season Brooke Braziunas, Lauren Diehl and Ava Gawrosnski got their first BB times, Madison Jennings and Kaylee McLester got their first ever B times. Griffin Hammett picked up his first state cut as an 11 yr old. Also the IMX scores from last weekend's meet have now been processed. See who scored what using the link below.
Swimmers Stretch at IMX
11/11/12 - Gwinnett Aquatics swimmers did a lot of new events this weekend at the IMX meet in Marietta. With the 10Us doing lots of 100s and 11 and overs doing 200s, there were a ton of first time swims. Bradley Downs, Jacob Rees, George Bujoreanu, and Rory Martin all won events. Nearly 20 swimmers picked up new state qualifying times. Additionally Downs earned his first AAA (All-Star) time of the season. Jacob Finco, Sarah Jahns and Clarke Swain got their first A times, Samantha Lewis and Riley Spruiell their first BB, and Noah Barskiy, Taylor Bowling, Imani Noel and Sofie Rees their first ever B times!
Swimmers who rounded out their list of IMX events (100s of all strokes, 200 IM and 200 or 500 free for 12Us and 200s stroke, 400 IM and 500 free for 13 and Over) will have IMX scores on the USAS website once the results are submitted. Check you DeckPass account (which everyone should have set up by now on usaswimming.org) in a week or so to see how high you scored!
GwinAq Falls to ABSC
10/19/12 - Gwinnett Aquatics posted a much better performance than a year ago but the result was the same - a loss to the Bulldogs in Athens. Despite winning the majority of the individual races (16 of 26) GaGa could not make up the Bulldog's depth. ABSC won a tight race for the boys (9 pts!) and handily won for the girls. Anna Jahns and Rory Martin led the way with three wins each. Toriah Coffey, Clarke Swain, Nyota Edjidjimo, and Megan Yang also won events for the girls. Kyle Yang, Dorian Rosenburg, Conor Gamble, Jacob Rees, Nick Leavenworth and Clement Rowe all won on the boys' side.
Blue Gobies Win Close Intersquad
9/28/12 - With three swimmers out of the lineup the Yellow Gobies were unable to defend their title at the Gwinnett Aquatics Intersquad meet at Mountain Park pool tonight. Led by five-event winner Sydney Reynolds, the Blue Gobies prevailed 800-794. The yellow Gobies were led by 4 time winner Bradley Downs.
Meet Results | Results by Athlete
2012-13 Season Kicks Off
9/7/12 - The 2012-13 Season officially kicks off Monday September 10 with the first swim team practices.
We will have more swimmers than ever on the first day. As a result the Gold and Prep teams are on a waiting list. But this should not deter you if you are interested in participating. If you are evaluated and then placed in one of those programs we hope to be able to accommodate a few more right away. Meanwhile we can still accept new 8U's.
Besides our team program, we have a number of clinics avialble and, as always, swim lessons. A 13 and Over training clinic is already underway. A 12U clinic, high school stroke clinic and and homeschool clinic will all start soon and all have openings. If you are interested in any of these, or know someone who might be, check out the links below.
Team Info | Clinic Info | Homeschool Info
Jahns Wins 800 at Zones, Gets First Junior Cut
7/31/12 - Anna Jahns won the 800 free at the Southern Zone Championships today in Dallas. Her time of 9:02.10 is also a Junior National qualifying time, her first ever. There are apparently no live results being posted but you can follow it on Meet Mobile and it is being televised live on line. Use the link below to follow Anna and the Georgia Team.
GaGa Senior Swimmers Eighth at State Champs
7/29/12 - The Senior swimmers took eighth at the Senior State Champs this weekend at UGA. It was our highest finish since moving to Quinn Ridge seven years ago. Leading the way were medalists Anna Jahns, who took second in the 800, and Rory Martin who was third in the 50 back. Jahns and Ben Taylor broke team records in the 800 and 100 Breast respectively. All three, together with Elizabeth Garreau, had top-8 finishes. Megan Yang, Peter Meadows, Nick Leavenworth and Clement Rowe (in his first ever state meet) also scored.
Martin and Taylor picked up their first AAAA's of the season while Leavenworth, Yang, Meadows, and Dillon Kasson earned their first AAA's of the season. Kasson and Kayla Harrison both missed a AAAA and AAA respectively by less than a tenth of a second. Just shows that you never trim your nails before a swim meet!
Meet Results | GwinAq Results | USAS Standard Breakers | Team Records
GwinAq Ninth at Age Group States - Downs, Reynolds Win
7/21/12 - At the Age Group State Champs this weekend Gwinnett Aquatics raced to a ninth-place finish (4th amongst medium-sized teams), our highest finish since moving to Snellville. Leading the charge at the Georgia Tech pool were event champions Blake Reynolds (2x) and Bradley Downs. Jacob Rees also scored. All three broke team records: Downs in the 50 and 100 free, Reynolds in the 100 fly (Rees also went under the record in the 100 free but Downs was faster). The team of Reynolds, Griffin Hammett, Harry Duncan and George Bujoreanu also medaled, taking third in the 200 meter medley relay. In addition Rees picked up his first AAAA of the season and Josh Fountain his first AA.
State Results | GwinAq Results
Four Records Fall at Awesome Age Group State Champs
7/22 - The 2012 Age Group State Champs wrapped up this weekend at Georgia Tech with Swim Atlanta, Marietta Marlins and Americus Albany winning the Large, Medium and Small Team divisions respectively. Four records were broken over the course of the four day meet. Tan Dunn (200 free), Knox Aurbach (100 free), Andy Yap (200 IM) and the 10U Girls 200 Medley Relay form SwimAtlanta each accounted for one. High Point Winners were Tristen Ulett, Evan McInerney, Brianna Bender, Zach Franklin, Jaclyn Hill, Tan Dunn, Nicole Fye, Brennan Pastorek, Jackie Jeschke and Alex Taylor.
GA Swimming 14U State Champs Page
Seven swimmers Add State Cuts at Sr Circuit, Finale
7/16 - We had some fantastic performances at two different meets last weekend. At the Sr Circuit meet Alandas McGraw and Clement Rowe earned their first AA times and Jacy MacConvery and Steven Lewis their first A times, Jacy's first ever! All four made new state cuts, also Jacy's first. Ada Ghali got her first BB time. At the Finale Juliana Carey, Harry Duncan, Sarah Jahns, Jerrick Neu, Josh Pingel and Kyle Yang picked up 11 new state cuts, including Jerrick's first ever! Sarah Jahns picked up her first ever A times.
Sr Circuit Results | GwinAq Results
Finale Results | GwinAq Results
GwinAq Competing in Greensboro, Marietta
6/24 - Gwinnett Aquatics is again competing in two states with 18 senior and prep swimmers in Greensboro for the Eastern Invite and another 30 swimmers at the Hixon Invite in Marietta. Last night Anna Jahns and Nick Leavenworth won the women's and men's 1500 freestyles respectively in Greensboro. Competition continues through Sunday at both venues. Follow results live using the links below.
Greensboro Results | GwinAq Results
Hixon Invite Live Results
GaGa Swimmers Shine at Death Valley, Dixie Classic
6/11 - Gwinnett Aquatics had a busy weekend at two locations. In Clemson nine swimmers,competed at various distances at the Death Valley Open Water Swim, including our first open water swim by a masters swimmer! Anna Jahns won three races, the two, one and half k. Josh Fountain won the guys 2k, Peter Meadows won the 1k, setting a new course record, and Nick Leavenworth won the half k. Griffin Hammett was third in the 10U boys 1k.
At the Dixie Classic at Dynamo Rory Martin won two events, Ben Taylor, Elizabeth Garreau, Nick Leavenworth and Griffin Hammett each won one. Clarke Swain picked up her first ever 11 yr old state cut and her first A time.
Dixie Classic Results | GwinAq Results | Death Valley Results
USAS Time Standard Achievers
Betsy Dunbar Meet Kicks Off Summer
6/4 - Gwinnett Aquatics wrapped up the Betsy Dunbar Invite yesterday at the Georgia Tech pool. With such a great facility and almost 70 swimmers in attendance there were tons of best times. Blake Reynolds won the 50 free and just missed a team record in the 50 fly. Lauren Diehl, Sam Mauldin, and McKenna Sauers got their first ever BB, Kara Robinett her first B time. Our 10U boys continued to add to their list of state cuts. The next meets is the Dixie Classic for just about half of these swimmers and then everyone should be going to the Hixon or Greensboro meets.
Results | GwinAq Results | USAS Time Standard Achievers
Gwinnett Aquatics Jessica Rosenburg Spring Invite May 19-20
5/20 - The Gwinnett Aquatics Jessica Rosenburg Spring Invite wrapped up today after a beautiful weekend for outdoor swimming at the Bransby Outdoor YMCA. This is a super fun meet where the kids can win a chance to do some fun post-swim activities like a moon bounce, paddle boats and wall climb. 300 swimmers from eight different teams posted some great early season times before taking on the various activities. Results are available using the links below.
GwinAq Swimmers Meet the Navy Seal Challenge
4/23/12 - Almost 30 GaGa swimmers took the navy Seal Challenge Saturday at Mountain View Aquatic Center. Nick Leavenworth took 3rd overall with a score that will put him in the the top 20 nationally. Rory Martin and Ben Taylor were 5th and 6th and should also be top 20. Brad Wyzykowski and Josh Fountain posted some to the best scores for 13-14 to date. Jacy MacConvery should also be in the top 20 for that age group. Megan Yang was the top girl.
Meanwhile at our pool some of the 12Us tried their hand at the same event. Conor Gamble posted the top score. Julianna Carey was the top girl.
GwinAq Takes 2nd at Divisionals
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3/26/12 - Gwinnett Aquatics took home the runner-up trophy at the Northeast Divisional Champs this weekend in Athens. It was the highest finish in 4 years for GaGa. ABSC won the meet, ASL, who was ahead of GwinAq after Saturday's finals, finished third. Nick Leavenworth, Ben Taylor, Rory Martin (2x), Ryan Haskins, Elizabeth Garreau, Anna Tait, Ian Ohara, Blake Reynolds (2x), Josh Fountain (1x officially and 1x unofficially) and Anna Jahns (3x) all won events. Martin and Taylor broke the team record in the 200 back and 100 breast respectively.
Tait and Martin earned their first AAAAs. Nyota Edjijimo, Conor Gamble, and Alandas McGraw got their first AA, Marianna Markely and Haley Shepard their first A, Sydney Reynolds and Riley Spruiell BB, and Michael Thompson his first B time.
In addition Harry Duncan, Alandas McGraw, Ian O'Hara and Josh Pingel got their first ever state cuts.
Live Results | GwinAq Results | Pix
USAS Time Standard Achievers | Fast Five
Jahns 6th in 1500 at Senior Sectionals
3/11/12 - Anna Jahns finished 6th in the 1500 today, the last day of the Senior Sectional Champs in Greensboro NC in today's only event. Her time was a new team record 17:35. Jahns was 11th in the 800 also in a team record time - 9:13. Ben Taylor also had a good meet going 5 of 6 best times.
GwinAq Strong at Pentathlon
3/10/12 - Gwinnett Aquatics swimmers showed their strength at the Lanier Pentathlon today. Most swimmers competed in five events, one of each stroke and the IM. Swimmers were scored by their combined times. GwinAq swimmers won five of the 10 age groups and eight others medaled. Peter Meadows, Elizabeth Garreau, Bradley Downs, Josh Fountain and Blake Reynolds all won their age groups. Check out results using the links below.
Meet Results
GwinAq Results
Pics
GA 13th at Age Group State, 35 Attend Fun Meet
2/25/12 - Gwinnett Aquatics swimmers finished 13th this weekend at the Age Group State Championship Meet at Georgia Tech. With the number of swimmers partially absent, coming off injury and at the bottom of their age group, this was a solid finish for our age group swimmers. Anna Jahns had four top 10 swims, Blake Reynolds four and Josh Fountain two.
Jahns broke the team record en route to a second place finish in the 1000 free, and took third in the 500. She also broke the team record in the 200 fly but scratched finals in order to resume training for Senior Sectionals. Reynolds was third in the 100 fly also with a team-record performance and was top 10 in the 100 IM, 50 fly and 50 free. Fountain was 7th in the 1000 free and 6th in the 200 fly. Bailee Hammett also scored individually in the 200 fly. Fountain and Jacob Rees picked up their first AAA swims of the season and Dorian Rosenburg got his first A time.
Meanwhile at the Fun Meet nearly 40 swimmers, including some clinic swimmers and masters swimmers, participated at the Quinn Ridge pool. Results can be viewed using the links below.
AG State Results | GwinAq Results
Fun Meet Results | USAS Time Standard Achievers
Team Records
130 New State Cuts at GA Winter Qualifier
2/12/12 - Swimmers at this weekend's GA Winter Qualifier at the Freeman Aquatic Center at Greater Atlanta Christian School achieved over 130 new state qualifying times. The meet, hosted by Gwinnett Aquatics, featured tatoos for swimmers achieving new state cuts, awards based on single-year age groups, and a great facility. Over 380 swimmers participated from about a dozen teams. Gwinnett Aquatics swimmers Abby Culbertson, Haley Shepard and Kyle Yang picked up their first ever state cuts. Toriah Coffey got her first A time, George Bujoreanu, Alice Koschella and Jerrick Neu their first BB and Matthew Buckley, Ashley Pingel, Eric Weese their first B times. Complete results, as well as team results and pictures, are available using the link below.
GA Winter Invite Meet Results (pdf)
GwinAq Results | Pix
January Fun Meet
1/21/12 - About 25 swimmers participated in the January Fun meet today. After all the hard work over winter break there were a lot of best times and a few new time standards. Check our results using the link below.
Swimmers Get 2012 Off to Fast Start
1/16/12 - Our swimmers got the year started off right with a great showing at the Rays' Coaches Invite. Twenty-five different swimmers scored, more than in the past three years, and 14 had 100% best times while numerous swimmers picked up new State cuts. Anna Jahns and Elizabeth Garreau both won events. Juliana Carey, Rory Martin, Jacob Rees, Blake Reynolds, Ben Taylor and Megan Yang all medaled. Reynolds earned his first ever AAA (All-Star) times. Bailee Hammett and Brad Wyzykowski got their first AAs, Alandas McGraw his first A, Ian O'Hara his first BB, and Sydney Reynolds her first B times.
This year's meet was a great start after some really good winter training. This year we had a much higher percentage of best times because so many swimmers did such a good job training over the break. If we can keep our attendance up (and those who didn't do so well over the break can increase their attendance) we will have a big finish to the season.
Coaches Invite Results | GwinAq Results
USAS Standard Breakers | Pix
Senior Swimmers 11th at Senior State
12/12/11 - The GwinAq Senior swimmers had their best showing ever at the Georgia Senior State Champs. They finished 11th, 6th amongst medium-sized teams, at the meet at UGA held last weekend. While it wasn't our highest finish, it was the best meet top to bottom we've ever had in mid-season. Anna Jahns earned the first AAAAs of the season in three events, breaking the 13-14 girls team record in two - the 500 free and 1650. In both she just missed the senior team record and in the mile she was 6th. Elizabeth Garreau was 15th in the 100 breast. The boys 200 free relay of Rory Martin, Dillon Kasson, Peter Meadows and Ben Taylor broke the team record as well. All of the other relays were either the fastest of 2nd fastest relays ever swum in season! Meanwhile Meadows, Garreau, Anna Tait, and Megan Yang all picked up their first AAA's of the season.
Senior State Results | GwinAq Results
USAS Standard Breakers
Gwinnett Aquatics 2nd at Lanier Winter Invite
12/5/11 - Gwinnett Aquatics finished 2nd at this weekend's Lanier Winter Invite in Gainesville. Led by multiple event winners Bailee Hammett, Ryan Haskins and Emily Trettel the team scored over 4000 points, compared to SwimAtlanta's 6000 and Summit Chase's 2000. George Bujoreanu, Josh Fountain and Ian O'Hara all won events as well. In add ti on Trettel and Amelia Campbell picked up their first AA times while Juliana Carey, Nyota Edjijimo, Griffin Hammett, and Ashley Williamson got their first A times. Ava Callis, Bryce Peden and Kyle Yang earned their BB times.
Lanier Winter Invite Results | GwinAq Results | Pix
Senior Swimmers 11th at Senior State
12/12 - The GwinAq Senior swimmers had their best showing ever at the Georgia Senior State Champs. They finished 11th, 6th amongst medium-sized teams, at the meet at UGA held last weekend. While it wasn't our highest finish, it was the best meet top to bottom we've ever had in mid-season. Anna Jahns earned the first AAAAs of the season in three events, breaking the 13-14 girls team record in two - the 500 free and 1650. In both she just missed the senior team record and in the mile she was 6th. Elizabeth Garreau was 15th in the 100 breast. The boys 200 free relay of Rory Martin, Dillon Kasson, Peter Meadows and Ben Taylor broke the team record as well. All of the other relays were either the fastest of 2nd fastest relays ever swum in season! Meanwhile Meadows, Garreau, Anna Tait, and Megan Yang all picked up their first AAA's of the season.
Senior State Results | GwinAq Results
Gwinnett Aquatics 2nd at Lanier Winter Invite
12/5/11 - Gwinnett Aquatics finished 2nd at this weekend's Lanier Winter Invite in Gainesville. Led by multiple event winners Bailee Hammett, Ryan Haskins and Emily Trettel the team scored over 4000 points, compared to SwimAtlanta's 6000 and Summit Chase's 2000. George Bujoreanu, Josh Fountain and Ian O'Hara all won events as well. In add ti on Trettel and Amelia Campbell picked up their first AA times while Juliana Carey, Nyota Edjijimo, Griffin Hammett, and Ashley Williamson got their first A times. Ava Callis, Bryce Peden and Kyle Yang earned their BB times.
Lanier Winter Invite Results | GwinAq Results | Pix
Multi-meet Weekend for Most Swimmers
11/21/11 - About 70 Gwinnett Aquatics swimmers competed in the dual meet with ABSC Friday night at the UGA natatorium. Absent most of our Senior team (who were are High School meets), it was not as competitive a meet as years past with ABSC winning most of the events. However George Bujoreanu, Griffin Hammett, Blake Reynolds, Elizabeth Garreau and Anna Jahns accounted for five wins and there were tons of best times. Toria Coffey picked up her first ever state cut!
At the Woodie B Malone Invite we had a little more competitive success with a number of swimmers medalling and lots of new time standards. Anna Jahns won the mile and Megan Yang the 200 IM, while George Bujoreanu, Elizabeth Garreau, Rory Martin, Blake Reynolds and Ben Taylor all had top-3 finishes. Martin, Taylor and Dillon Kasson all picked up their first AAA (All-Star) times of the season, while Garreau and Peter Meadows got their first AA's. Abby Culbertson and Bradford Wyzykowski moved on to the A ties list and Georgia Aguirre and Harry Duncan got their fist BBs.
ABSC Dual Results | GwinAq Results
Woodie B Invite Results | GwinAq Results | Pix
Two Records Fall at Swim-A-Thon
11/12/11 Nearly 100 swimmers completed their Swim-A-Thon over the last three days at Gwinnett Aquatics pool. Swimmers completed up to 200 lengths, including a timed swim of 400 to 2400. Anna Jahns competed her 2400 for time in team record time of 29:07 and George Bujoreanu completed his timed swim of 800 in record time as well. Check out all the results using the link below.
Swimmers Look to Establish IMX Scores at Rays' Meet
11/6/11 About seventy GwinAq swimmers competed in the IMX Invite in Marietta this weekend, most looking to complete the five IMX events (in addition to others) in order to establish their first IMX scores of the season. there were plenty of standard breakers and a few 100 best time achievers. Charlie Fountain, Josh Fountain, Anna Jahns, and Rory Martin all had top-three finishes. IMX scores should be tabulated later this week so be sure to check back to see how we did. On Saturday we also held a fun meet at the Quinn Ridge pool. Results for that meet can be viewed using the link below.
Meet Results | GwinAq Results | Fun Meet Results
Elizabeth Garreau Named Scholastic All-American
10/18/11 - Last weekend USA Swimming released the list of 2010-11 Scholastic All-Americans with our own Elizabeth Garreau's name on it. To qualify Elizabeth had to achieve a Junior National Bonus time (1:05 in 100 breast) and maintain a 3.5 or higher for the academic year. She is a Senior at Brookwood High School and was one of 74 Georgia swimmers in grades 10-12 earning this honor. The Georgia LSC had the 4th highest number of Scholastic All-Americans in the US. This year's qualifying times are now posted on the USAS website.
USAS Scholastic All-American List
GwinAq Swimmers Compete at Tidal Wave Quad Meet
10/22/11 -Seventy-five Gwinnett Aquatics swimmers competed at the Tidal Wave Quad Meet at Cobb Aquatic Center today. It was a chance for most to try some new distances after the intersquad meet three weeks ago. The results were impressive. Josh Fountain, Elizabeth Garreau, Anna Jahns, Dillon Kasson, Nick Leavenworth, Rory Martin, Ian O'Hara, Sydney Reynolds, Anna Tait and Christopher Thompson all combined to win eighteen different events. Fifteen swimmers had 100% best times. We also had more swimmers earn their first USAS standards. The list of those achieving standards is now posted and it is the most swimmers we've ever had this early in the season. In two weeks we'll expand our repertoire even more at the IMX meet.
Meet Results | GwinAq Results
Meet Pix (by Ada Ghali)
Blue Gobies Win Intersquad
10/7/11 - Led by 5-event winners Jacob Rees and Abby Culbertson, the Blue Gobies beat the Yellow Gobies 885-823. This despite three Yellow Gobies sweeping their age groups - Rory Martin, Bradley Downs and Anna Jahns. There were plenty of new time standards being achieved including Downs' and Martin's AAAs, Jahns, Megan Yang, Anna Tait, Elizabeth Garreau. Dillon Kasson and Peter Meadows' AAs, and new swimmer Blake Reynolds A time, just to name a few. There were also quite a few swimmers who got 100% best times. Look for the newsletter this week for that list. And check back later for some great meet pix.
Senior Swimmers 10th at State Champs
7/26/11 - Gwinnett Aquatics was 10th this weekend at the Senior State Champs at Ga Tech, just missing a ninth-place finish by 2 points! Nine swimmers scored compared to just four last year. Brandon Leavenworth (3x), Elizabeth Garreau, Anna Tait (2x), and Anna Jahns all had top-10 finishes while Rory Martin, Nick Leavenworth, Peter Meadows, Ben Taylor and Megan Yang all scored in consolation finals. Jahns rebroke her new 400 ad 1500 records. Tait, Yang ad Dillon Kasson picked up their first AAAs of the season. It was a great meet for the group with many of the swimmers who scored qualifying top 20 out of 50th or 60th place!
Senior State Results | GwinAq Results
GwinAq 11th at Age Group State Champs
7/18/11 - Gwinnett Aquatics had one of its highest finishes in a long time at Age Group State. Led by Jacob Rees’ and Bradley Downs’ multiple 2nd place finishes, the team took 11th overall, 4th in medium sized teams. Rees and Downs scored enough points to qualify for the Georgia Zone team and, with our own Elizabeth Garreau and 45 other Georgia swimmers, will compete against the best swimmers in the south next week in North Carolina. Both swimmers also broke a team record. Rees in the 400 IM and Downs in the 100 Breast. Meanwhile Anna Jahns broke three team records in one swim – the 400, 800 and 1500 free all while taking 2nd in the state in 1500. She also broke the 100 fly record. She is the first girl in five years to break a team record, hopefully the first of many. Josh Fountain also got in the act, scoring 15th in the 400 IM. Conor Gamble and Dorian Rosenburg also contributed as part of our top-8 scoring 11-12 relays.
Also this weekend Anna Tait, Elizabeth Garreau and Brandon Leavenworth competed in the Senior Sectional meet at UGA as a tune-up for this week’s Sr State Champs. All three competed well with Garreau and Leavenworth having some top-40 swims against a fast mostly college aged field. Tait had 100% best times.
Age Group State Results | GwinAq Results
Senior Sectional Results | GwinAq Results
Championship Meets Start With Finale, Sr Circuit
7/11/11 - Swimmers at both the Finale and the Sr Circuit meet did a great job kicking off the championship season this weekend. Eight swimmers – Brandon Leavenworth, Rory Martin, Dillon Kasson, Ben Taylor, Jacob Rees, Bradley Downs, Josh Fountain - all won events. Rees' win came in a team-record breaking effort in the 400 free. Kayla Harrison, Nick Leavenworth, Alandas McGraw, Peter Meadows, Megan Yang, Abby Culbertson, Conor Gamble, Griffin Hammett, Sarah Jahns, Jerrick Neu, Dorian Rosenburg, Haley Shepard, and Michael Thompson all had top-8 finishes.
Kasson, Hammett, Jahns, Nick Leavenworth, Heana Park, Greg Paulukaitis and Bailee Hammett all made new state cuts (Hammett's first!) Harrison, Paulukaitis, Amelia Campbell earned their first AA times of the season, Ada Ghali and Nathan Grose their first BBs, and Ali Barskiy and Sam Mauldin got their first ever B times.
Sr Circuit Results | GwinAq Results | Pix
Finale Results | GwinAq Results
GwinAq Swimmers Compete in Sarasota, Marietta
6/23/11 - At the Sarasota Sharks Open 19 of our 13 and Over swimmers took some Georgia to the Florida scene. Elizabeth Garreau won the 100 breast, while Anna Jahns got 2nd and Rory Martin 3rd in the 800 free and 100 back respectively. Ben Taylor, Megan Yang, and Anna Tait also finaled. Garreau, Martin, Taylor, and Brandon Leavenworth all picked up their first AAAs this season. Tait and Peter Meadows earned their first AAs and Alandas McGraw his first A time. Brad Wyzykowski picked up some new state cuts.
At the Hixon Invite here in town, Jacob Rees and Bradley Downs combined to win eight events, some in meet record time! Josh Fountain picked up his first AA and Toriah Coffey, Tylah Keys and Michael Thompson their first BBs. Fountain, Greg Paulukaitis, Conor Gamble and Dorian Rosenburg picked up new state cuts.
Meet Results | GwinAq
Results | Pix
Making Waves in Two States
6/12/11 - GwinAq athletes were at work in two different venues this this weekend. In Clemson 19 swimmers competed in the Death Valley Open Water Swim, winning 8 of the 10 races. Anna Jahns won every race except the 5k, where she was 3rd in the 13-14 age group. Nick Leavenworth won the guys 3k, Ben Taylor the 2k, and Brandon Leavenworth the 1k and ½ k. Josh Fountain was 5th in the 11-12 3k and Harry Duncan was 8th in the 10U 1k. Nick, Ben, Anna and Peter Meadows won special awards for competing in all 5 races (11.5k). Meanwhile at Georgia Tech 30 swimmers computed in the SCAT Invite. Jacob Rees won 3 events and Elizabeth Garreau one. Greg Paulukaitis got his first state cut, He and Clarke Swain got their first A times, Ava Callis her first BB and Matthew Buckley his first B time.
Death Valley Results | SCAT Invite Results
Death Valley Pix
GwinAq Swimmers Compete at Dunbar Invite
6/6/11 - Gwinnett Aquatics swimmers competed in their second long course meet of the season at the Dunbar Invite at Georgia Tech. In a fast meet our swimmers showed they are ready for a great season with many swimmers hitting some big milestones early. Bradley Downs and Jacob Rees picked up their AAAA;s (Down's first ever) while many others picked up next time standards and state cuts.
Long Course Season Kicks Off With GA Invite May 14-15
5/10/11 - The GA Invite this weekend May 14-15, hosted by Gwinnett Aquatics at the Bransby Outdoor YMCA was the first meet of the season and a great way to start the summer. Despite the cold temperatures the kids posted some fast times and enjoyed the meet format. At this very special meet, swimmers had the chance to win tickets for some of the Y's outdoor attractions like the moon bounce, paddle boats and climbing wall. Our parents did a great job too running a fun meet in sometimes trying conditions. Results can be viewed using the link below.
We're Baaack!
3/28/11 - Gwinnett Aquatics finished fourth at the Divisional Champs this weekend in a close battle with ABSC and DAQ for a place on the podium that saw DAQ move ahead of our guys in the fifth and final session to win by a mere 100 points 3300 to 3180. This despite the GaGa swimmers being outnumbered more than 2 to 1! Despite not bringing home any hardware it was a successful return to our most competitive form in every way. The 3100 points we scored was a 1200-point increase from last year and equal to the points we scored when we took 2nd in 2009. We won the 8U, 10U and 12U boys age groups and the combined 10U boys and girls. We had more swimmers win (6), place top 3 (9), or final top 8 (14) then the previous three years. And we had some great rock-n-roll spirit to top it all off.
Individually there were more achievements than can be listed here. There is a partial list below. There will be more in the weekly newsletter that will come out later this week. We'll also have our picture album up later this week. Congratulations to all our swimmers.
Event Winners: Bradley Downs (2), Conor Gamble (2), Elizabeth Garreau, Anna Jahns, Jacob Rees (5), and Megan Yang (3)
Medallists: Issam Bradley, George Bujoreanu (2), Morgan Duncan, Toriah Coffey, Josh Fountain, Brandon Leavenworth (2), Dorian Rosenburg, Anna Tait, Brad Wyzykowski (7)
New Team Records: Mark Atuan, Rees and Yang
News Time Standard Achievers: AAAA - Yang; AAA - Nick Leavenworth, Peter Meadows, Heana Park, Ben Taylor; AA - Kayla Harrison, Rosenburg; A - Tylah Keys, Greg Paulukaitis, Emily Trettel; BB - Nathan Grose, Andrew Nickerson, Julie Seals, Michael Thompson; B - Aatiq Bradley, Ava Callis, Harry Duncan, Ally Murray, Casey Schuermann
New State and Sectional Cuts: Sr Sectionals: - Meadows and Taylor; State - Alandas McGraw, Campbell, Park
Meet Results | GwinAq Results | Pix