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GwinAq Second at Lanier Winter Invite
12/19/17 - Gwinnett Aquatics was unable to defend its title at the Lanier Winter Invite in Gainesville this weekend despite a charge on Sunday to get within 100 points of Enfinity Aquatics from North Carolina. It was still a strong showing given that most of our Senior team wasn't there this year. Led by 5 time champ Bria Carter and 8x champ Isaac Saenz we were very strong in the 10Us and 8Us and improved in 11-12 and 13-14s over last year.
Over the three-day meet we had six swimmers win events and nine more medal! Twelve swimmers picked up new time standards and two got their first state cut! Additionally Isaac Saenz broke the team record in the 50 fly.
- Event Winners: Carter (5), Grant Deckers (2), Caitlyn Diehl, Marlowe Misner, Maggie Nguyen (2) and Isaac Saenz (8).
- Additional Medalists: Lauren Diehl, Lindsey Diehl, Ryan Haskins, Emily Li, Elle Patterson, Nolan Patterson, Dakota Richie, Graham Simmon and Andy Zhu.
- Standard Breakers:AA - Caitlyn Diehl, Lindsey Diehl, Ava Gawronski, Rachel Peden; A - Kate Johnson, Ethan McKinsey, Sijia She and Blake Wilson; BB - Jaden Henry and Brandon Shepard; B - Henry Breiding, Bennett Culbertson and Sarah Heppe.
- New State Qualifiers: Lindsey Diehl and Addison Shaffer.
Now we have a great opportunity for even more improvement during the holidays to get ready for the Rays Invite and Eastern Classic and the bigger championship meets in February and March!
Results | GwinAq Results
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Seniors Strong at State In Rebuilding Year
12/11 - Despite graduating over half the group last year and having almost 50% new swimmers this year, the Senior group was able to nearly match last years performance at Senior State, holding at about 14th and having 2 swimmers final and 3 score. Drew Grier and Sarah Jahns both had two scoring swims including top-10 swims in the 100 fly and 1000 free respectively. Charlie Fountain also scored in the 1000.
The meet was converted to a timed final meet on Saturday and Sunday due to weather. Our Seniors took advantage of the late starts and extra sleep to record an unusually high number of best times for a mid-season meet and to nearly triple our number of AAA swimmers.
Grier, Fountain, Wesley Carter, Griffin Hammett and Maggie Nguyen all recorded their first AAA's (All-Star times) of the season. Additionally Fountain, Hammett, Grier and Carter picked up new sectional cuts. We even had some swimmers (Jahns, Hammett) pick up new state cuts when they were pressed into swimming off strokes to lead off relays!
Results | GwinAq Results
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Swim-A-Thon 2017 Almost a Wrap
12/8 - All the groups have now finished their swims for the 2017 Swim-A-Thon and now all that's left is to finish collecting the money and for the last couple swimmers to make up their swims.
The swimming was fierce with returning Blue teamers dropping 48 seconds per 100 on their timed swim and Prep in 2nd dropping 12 seconds per 100! Isaac Saenz broke the team record in the 10U timed 800 by almost 40 seconds!. Results available using the link below.
Currently we have raised just over $17,000 toward our goal of $25,000*. But only about 70% of the team has participated. All money is due in by this Thursday so we hope the remaining families will join in by then.
*not all funds will be reflected in the on-line total. Facebook, check and cash donations will only be added if they bring the swimmer over one of the national Swim-a-Thon prize thresholds.
GwinAq Swimmers Pass Early Season Test
11/20 - Gwinnett Aquatics swimmers wrapped up a very successful early season meet at Dynamo Swim Center last night. Each year, the Woodie B Malone Invite is the first real test of the year for many of our swimmers and this year we had one of our best meets in a while with nine swimmers winning events and over a dozen more placing.
Isaac Saenz led the way winning four events, breaking two team records (50 and 100 fly) and recording the 1st AAAA (silver cap!) time for the team this season. Juliana Carey, Ruthie Delong, Caitlyn Diehl, Lindsey Diehl, Hailey Dopson, Charlie Fountain, Sarah Jahns, and Maggie Nguyen all also won events.
Carey and Jahns picked up the first AAA (All-Star) times of the season while Grant Deckers, Lauren Diehl, Caitlyn Petmecky and Desymber Richie got their first AA's. Sofie Rees swam to her first A time of the year and Abby Bold, Emily Morgan, Addison Shaffer and Zoe Wilson earned their first BB times, and Kayla Deckers and Paige Johnson their first B times. Fountain, Richie, Lauren Diehl, Andrew Guo, and Graham Simmon went their first in-season state cuts.
Results | GwinAq Results
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GaGa Swimmers Hit First Invite at IMX
11/13 - Gwinnett Aquatics swimmers swam their first invitational of the season at the IMX Invite in Marietta this weekend. It was the first chance for our 13 and Over swimmers to complete their IMX events though most still lack at least one event until next weekend's meet. Once the results are uploaded to the USA Swimming database (SWIMS) swimmers who have done all 5-6 events in the IMX category will have an IMX score you can see on your Deck Pass!
Hannah Claire Jowers won multiple events while Kate Johnson and Maggie Nguyen won the100 and 400 IMs respectively. Juliana Carey, Grace Fleming, Drew Grier, Caitlyn Petmecky, Brandon Shepard and Alex Zhong all placed.
We've already had so many swimmers pick up USAS standards that there were relatively few new ones this weekend. Adam Dockstader and David Duong got their first B times. And Kate Johnson picked up her first state cut! Hopefully a lot of our swimmers will move up a level at next weekend's Woodie B Malone Invite, our first prelims/finals meet of the season.
Results | GwinAq Results
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GwinAq Concludes Fall Series
10/28/17 - Gwinnett Aquatics wrapped up the Fall Racing Series on Saturday GAC's Freeman pool. This meet offered a morning session for distance events (400 IM, 500 and 1000 free) and an afternoon session with a variety of other events including some for the first time this year.
The first chance to swim the distance events and the 50 free brought 10 new standard breakers. Charlie Fountain, Darnell Mitchell, and Maggie Nguyen picked up their first AA swims of the year; Ryan Haskins and Danielle Mitchell their first A times. Sahil Khatri earned his first BB, while Ruthie DeLong, Max Inlow, Lucas Johnson and Jillian Rovie got their first B times! Nguyen, Sarah Jahns and Wesley Carter got their first in-season State cuts.
Meet Results | GwinAq Individual Results
Swimmers Stretch in Fall Racing Series #2 Meet
10/16/17 - Gwinnett Aquatics had their second meet of the 2017-18 season at GAC this Saturday. GaGa and three other teams tested how their training was coming along by extending their race distances in free, back and IM from the last meet.. Things look to be moving along well as over a dozen swimmers picked up new standards and Cate Rovie added her first ever state cut!
Sarah Jahns picked up her first AA of the season while Ava Gawronski, Kaylee McLester, Rachel Peden and Caitlyn Petmecky got their first A times (Girl Power!). Condi Britton, Haley and Hanna Burke, Andrew Guo, Janelle Mitchell and Riley Spruiell earned their first BBs (Go Guo!). Elena Kaiser and Reagan Miller got their first B times while numerous others had their first meet of the year and got back on the Standards list.
Meet Results | GwinAq Individual Results
Season Kicks Off With Pentathlon
10/2/17 - Gwinnett Aquatics kicked off the 2017-18 season with a Pentathlon meet at GAC today. GaGa and Spartan Aquatic swimmers competed in five events each. Being the first meet of the season it was a great chance for a lot of swimmers to show off how much they've improved since the last time we swam short course last March. Swimmers were scored based on the cumulative total of their swims in 5 events. Age group winners were:Ruthie DeLong, Owen Musser (SPAC), Paige Johnson, Andrew Guo, Grace Fleming, Isaac Saenz, Marlowe Misner, Jeffrey Xu, Lindsey Diehl, Nolan Patterson, Sofie Rees, Andy Zhu, Lauren Diehl, Ryan Haskins, Juliana Carey and Griffin Hammett. It was Jeffrey and Andy's first meet with GaGa!
Additionally 59 swimmers achieved their first time standards, and 13 got state cuts, including some new swimmers. Steven Li, Andy Xu and Jeffrey Zhu got their first BB's and McKenna Thacker and Carly Miller got B times while Andy and Jeffrey also got their first state cuts. See all the standard breakers using the link below.
Meet Results | GwinAq Individual Results
Individual Scores
GwinAq Swimmers Excel in Post-season Meets
8/7 - While most of their teammates were enjoying the last week of vacation, three GaGa swimmers were competing in some big postseason meets and tearing it up this past weekend.
Juliana Carey was competing with the Georgia Zone team at the Zone Champs in Tupelo. She was selected as a captain of the team and scored in five different events while picking up some new Futures times.
Meanwhile Alex Norcini and Drew Grier were competing in Nashville at r the Futures Champs. Alex scored some hardware, taking home a 5th place medal in 400 IM. He reclaimed his team record in that event after Josh Fountain broke it the previous week. He also re-broke his own record in the 200 IM. Drew Grier picked up his first ever Junior National time and Scholastic All-American time in the 100 fly.
GwinAq Futures Results | GwinAq Zones Results
Standard Breakers | IMX Report | Team Records
GaGa 14th at Senior State Champs
7/25 - Most of the Gwinnett Aquatics senior group finished out the season this weekend at the Senior State Champs at UGA. While most of the swimmers had their big meet at Sectionals and three swimmers still headed to Zones and Futures, the meet was still a good one for a group of swimmers
Josh Fountain broke Alex Norcini's 400 IM record en route to a 4th place finish and the boys re-broke the 400 Medley Relay record while missing two 200 relays records by less than .1 seconds. Drew Grier scored three events with a 4th in the 50 fly and Charlie Fountain scored for the first time ever taking 12th in the 1500.
This week Juliana Carey will be competing in Tupelo with the GA Zone team while Alex Norcini and Drew Grier will travel to Nashville for the Futures Champs.
Sr State Results | GwinAq Results
Ga-Ga 2nd in Medium Team Division at Age Group State!
Following our best-ever finish at the SCY Age Group State Champs back in February, our 14&U swimmers topped that one in the LCM meet held last week at Ga Tech, finishing 9th overall and 2nd amongst the Medium Teams Division. This is our highest ever finish at a State Champs! Individually the team was led in scoring by Issac Saenz, who won 2 events and medaled in 6 others! Marlowe Misner, our next top-scorer, also had a top-3 finish and multiple scoring swims; Graham Simmon and Lauren Diehl also had multiple scoring swims each, and Lindsey Diehl rounded up our individual scorers.
And while our swimmers had plenty of individual highlights, it was our Ga-Ga Relays that really made a difference in the team scoring, and provided some of our best swims of the weekend, including a whooping 8 New Club Records! The 12&U foursome of Lindsey Diehl, Desymber Richie, Marlowe Misner and Hanna Burke broke a record in all 4 of their swims! Not to be outdone, the 10&U quartet of Hannah-Claire Jowers, Grace Fleming, Caitlyn Diehl and Cate Rovie also broke a record both times they were combined! Finally, the 14&U Girls (Haley Burke, Maggie Nguyen, Lauren Diehl, Ava Gawronski) and the 12&U Boys (Nolan Patterson, Graham Simmon, Isaac Saenz) both broke the 400 Medley Record for their age group!
Saenz picked up his first AAAA(s) of the season and also broke the team record in the 10&U 100 Fly! Simmon picked up his first-ever AAA, and Rachel DeLong picked up her first-ever A time. Simmon, as well as Caitlyn Diehl, Ryan Haskins and Dylan Yin were all 100% best times! For our Age Groupers, this was a great way to cap off a season in which we kept getting better and better, and especially on those older age groups it showed how much of a difference it makes to have a consistent attendance through the season, and especially the commitment to train and follow the plan for the summer season.
And of course, we couldn't mention Age Group State without a HUGE THANK YOU to all our parents (and swimmers) who helped us run the meet! While we struggled a little more this year than in the past to fill-up our volunteer slots, there were quite a few families who gave up so much of their time to make this meet a success: in the hospitality room, as officials, or on deck as times, runners, and a variety of other jobs! Once again we heard tons of positive feedback from other teams, and have maintained our great reputation as an organization that does things right - and deservedly so!
Meet Results | Team Scores | GwinAq Results
Georgia 2017 14 and Under Long Course State Championships
7/24 - The 2017 Georgia Long Course Age Group State Championship hosted by Gwinnett Aquatics wrapped up Sunday night with the announcement of team scores, high point individuals, and the Georgia Zone Team roster. SwimAtlanta, Marietta Marlins, and Tiftarea Tidal Wave took home first place trophies in their respective division. High Point winners were: Elyssa Maust (GCAT), Gaby VanBrunt (GCAT), Rye Ulett (DYNA) Samantha Mobley (LINS), Daniel Bao (DYNA), Caleb Paek (SA), Thomas Xiao (DYNA), and: Nicklas Bohn (DYNA).
Congratulations to all of the swimmers, coaches, parents, and fans for a successful championship meet weekend. And thank you to the officials, volunteers, and Gwinnett Aquatics family for hosting this year’s meet.
| Division I |
Division II |
Division III |
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| SwimAtlanta 4739 Dynamo Swim Club 4080.5 Chattahoochee Gold 1799 |
Marietta Marlins 1267 Gwinnett Aquatics 444 Summit Swimming 417.5 |
Tiftarea Tidal Wave 342 Carpet Capital 252.5 HLHK Seals 186 |
Meet Page | Meet Results | Team Scores
Registration Now Open for 2017-18 Swim Team, Lessons, Clinics
8/6 - Registration is now open to the public for our 2017-18 Swim Team as well as our Fall swim lessons and stroke clinics. Those registering for 2017-18 will be able to start during our pre-season mini-camp that starts August 14. The regular season will start September 5. Lessons start August 15. We will also have three clinics this Fall: our 13 and Over Training camp in August, our Homeschool Stroke Clinic starting in September and our 14U Stroke Clinic starting in October! Registration is now open for all three.
PLEASE NOTE: Some groups are now at their registration limit. If you are evaluated for one of the groups that are full, sign up on the waiting list. We will update from that list weekly until we are at capacity.
- 2017-18 Swim Team - Blue, Gold now on waitlist.
- Clinics: 13 and Over Training Clinic, Homeschool Clinic, 14U Stroke Clinic
- Fall Swim Lessons
Championship Meets, Round Two
Norcini, Fountain, Sr Boys Break Six Team Records7/17 - GaGa swimmers continued their run of championship meets this weekend at the Columbus EOS Invite and the Senior Sectional Champs in Athens. Over 25 swimmers competed in Columbus. Hanna Burke, Jarod Disher, Wesley Carter and Nolan Patterson all won events and Patterson and Desymber Richie picked up new state cuts. Olivia Yeiser got her first ever B times.
Meanwhile at Senior Sectionals a group of eight senior swimmers were putting together the best Senior Long Course Champs Meet we've ever had. WE usually don't take a lot to this meet as it is dominated by college swimmers. But this year we had eight swimmers go and had multiple finalists every night. Alex Norcini and Josh Fountain both picked up their first AAAA times as well as three team records. They, together with Griffin Hammett, Daniel Johnson and Drew Grier also broke all three Senior Relay records. Alex's new times also moved him back into the top 20 in the country in the IMX rankings. Fountain and Sarah Jahns also scored individually in the distance events with Jahns missing a top-8 finish by .05! And it was against the girl right next to her as they raced furiously on the last 50.
CAC Team Results | Sr Sect Team Results
Championship Meets Kick Off at Dynamo End of Season Meet
7/10 - The big last meets of the season kicked off this weekend at Dynamo at the End of Season Invite. Over 50 swimmers took to their last long course meet with mostly great success as reflected by the number of wins and the new standards achieved. Grant Deckers and Isaac Saenz both won events and numerous others scored even though the meet was more competitive this year than ever before.
Hannah and Rachel DeLong, Grace Fleming, Ryan Haskins, Maggie Nguyen and Dylan Yin all picked up new state cuts. Haskins also got his first AA, while Sahil Khatri, Sofie Rees and Blake Wilson got their first A times and Zoe Wilson her first BB times. Tanner Manson earned his first ever B time!
DYNA EOS Results | GwinAq Results
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GwinAq Attack on Twin Meets! 
6/28 - Gwinnett Aquatics once again had two squads in competition this weekend but this time in two different states. 30 swimmers competed at the SYS Open in Florida while 40 more were in Marietta for the Hixon Invite. Between the two meets there was, like last year, some of the fastest mid-season swimming we have done.
Between the two meets we had over a dozen finalists, six new AAA swimmers and numerous new state qualifying swims. Andrew Guo made his first ever State time! At a very competitive meet in Sarasota we had more swimmers in finals including Juliana Carey (5), Grant Deckers, Lauren and Lindsey Diehl, Drew Grier, Alex Norcini (7), and Graham (swimmin') Simon. In Marietta Isaac Saenz was the high point swimmer.
Time Standard Achievers at the two meets were:
- First AAA Times - Charlie Fountain, Griffin Hammett, Sarah Jahns, Daniel Johnson, Grant Deckers (1st ever!), Maggie Nguyen (1st ever!)
- First AA Times - Ava Gawronski, Rachel Peden
- First A Times - Haley Burke, Caitlyn Diehl, Grace Fleming, Nia Fraser, Ethan McKinsey, Emily Morgan
- First B Times - Gryffin Moore, Brandon Shepard
- First State Cuts - Andrew Guo
SYS Open Results | Hixon Results
GwinAq SYS Results | GwinAq Hixon Results
Travel Meet Photos
Team Splits for Open Water, Swim with Dad 
6/11 - Gwinnett Aquatics had two different squads in competition this weekend. Saturday about 20 swimmers competed at the Death Valley Open Water swim in Clemson while another 40 were at the Swim With Dad Invite at Georgia Tech Sunday.
At Death Valley Josh Fountain swept all four races, a feat that's only been done by one other GaGa swimmer ever. Overall GaGa swimmers took 4 of the top 20 spots in the men's open 5k and Griffin Hammett, Charlie Fountain, Maggie Nguyen all had top 3 finishes in some of the shorter races while Grant Deckers and Graham Simmons each won a shorter race in the 12U division. Both Fountains, Hammett, Deckers, Jarod Disher, Wesley Carter, Sahil Khatri, Blake Wilson Haley Burke and Caitlyn Petmecky did all 4 races (for a total of 9.5k)! We also had a good group of first timers: Simmons, Carter, Nguyen, Blake and Zoe Wilson, Olivia Yeiser and Ella Moulder.
Meanwhile the group at Tech were taking great advantage of the extra opportunity to race long course. Bria Carter, Caitlyn, Lauren and Lindsey Diehl, Drew Grier, Ryan Haskins, Sarah Jahns, Hannah-Claire Jowers, Kaylee McLester, Marlowe Misner, Gavin Moore, Isaac Saenz and Dylan Yin all won events.
Open Water Results | Swim w/ Dad Meet Results
Open Water Pics | GwinAq Swim w/ Dad Meet Results
Great Racing and Standard Breaking at Dixie Classic
Diehl, Carter break team records
6/5 - About half the team competed in the Dixie Classic meet this weekend at Dynamo. It was the first prelims/finals meet of the season so there were some pretty good time drops and quite a few new standards made. We also did some great racing with six different swimmers winning events and another nine placing top three! Juliana Carey, Wesley Carter, Lauren Diehl, Josh Fountain, Sarah Jahns (pictured post-swim) and Alex Norcini all won events. Carter and Diehl also each broke a club record in the 50 free and 100 fly respectively.
Carter also picked up the club's first AAAA of the season while Carey got her first AAA. A whopping ten swimmer got their first AA's: Hanna Burke, Grant Deckers, Lindsey Diehl, Charlie Fountain, Hannah Claire Jowers, Marlowe Misner, Danielle and Darnell Mitchell, Caitlyn Petmecky and Graham (swimmin') Simmon. Marilyn Coughlin, Ava Gawronski, Ryan Haskins, Nolan Patterson, and Sijia She all got their first A times.
It was also a good meet for new State cuts. Burke, Lauren and Lindsey Diehl, Ryan Haskins, Daniel Johnson, Patterson and Simmon all got their first cuts of the season.
Meanwhile Anna Jahns was representing GaGa with the Georgia Open Water Zone Team at the Open Water Champs in NC.. She took 4th in the Open race, 2nd in team pursuit and was Georgia's top scorer.
Long Course Action Continues at Spring Splash
5/22/17 - Gwinnett Aquatics continued the long course season this weekend at the Spring Splash at Dynamo. This was the first meet for many younger swimmers and a one-day tune-up before the others head to the first prelims-finals meet in two weeks. Just like at the kickoff there were lots of swimmers getting to see how much they've improved since last summer with some big drops.
Lauren Diehl, Griffin Hammett, Daniel Johnson and Desymber Richie all got their first AA times; Kaylee McLester, Marlowe Misner, and Darnell Mitchell their first A's, Sahil Khatri his first BB and Addie Shaffer and Freddy Xu their first B times. And a whole bunch of swimmers did some events they had never done long course before!
Next up is the Dixie Classic for swimmers with qualifying times followed by Swim With Dad for everyone.
Long Course Begins!
4/30/17 - Gwinnett Aquatics started the long course season this weekend at the LC Kickoff at Ga Tech. The coaches thought we might get off to a quick start because the work at practice has been so good and they were right. The first meet of every year is always a lot of fun with lots of swimmers getting to see how much they've improved since last summer with some big drops. This year the percentage of best times was even higher than usual. 22 swimmers already have achieved A times, with 9 getting at least AAs and Wes Carter and Issac Saenz already got their All-Star (AAA) times. Ten swimmers had a top three finish with Saenz and Sarah Jahns getting wins. Ruth DeLong got her first B time.
In addition 20 swimmers made state cuts including Hannah and Rachel DeLong who got their first State cut.
Gwinnett Aquatics Second at Divisionals
First time higher than third in eight years. Norcini, Carey, 10U Girls break seven team records
3/26/17 - Gwinnett Aquatics finished 2nd at this weekend's Divisional Champs in Augusta posting our highest score in over ten years and breaking out of third for the first in eight years. Eight swimmers combined to win 30 events: Isaac Saenz (9), Marlowe Misner (9), Brielle Mitchell (3), Alex Norcini (4), Josh Fountain (2), Drew Grier Lauren Diehl, and Sarah Jahns. A whopping 77 other swimmers scored, 46 in the top 8! Alex Norcini (4) and Juliana Carey also broke five team records while the 10U Girls broke team records in both relays.
The team also, once again, showed great team spirit. winning the spirit year again. Thanx to all the parents who helped organize the posters, shirts, theme-ware and the catered meals too. It really helped make this a special weekend for the swimmers. Standard breakers for the meet were:
First AAA (All Star) Times - Lauren Diehl, Charlie Fountain (first ever!)- First AA Times - Hailey Dopson, Kaylee McLester, Danielle Mitchell, Hayley Shepard, Brad Wyzykowski
- First A Times - Caitlyn Diehl, Russell Hart, Ryan Haskins, Ethan McKinsey, Ian O'Hara, Graham Simmon
- First BB Times - Addison Shaffer
- First B Times - Koralee Pierre
- First Sectional Cuts - Charlie Fountain. Jarod Disher
- First State Cuts - Disher, Lindsay Garrison, Ryan Haskins, Danielle Mitchell, Caitlyn Petmecky, Desymber Richie, Sijia She, Michael Thompson
Results | GaGa Results
Standard Breakers | Team Records
GwinAq Seniors 12th at ESSZ Senior Sectional Champs
3/13/17 - Gwinnett Aquatics' Senior swimmers had one of their best meets ever at the Senior Sectional Champs this weekend in Greensboro. The seven swimmers combined for 5 team records, had more swimmers medal, score and swim at night than ever before and managed a 12th place finish at a pretty competitive meet.
Alex Norcini and Josh Fountain both medaled in two events, picking up their first AAAAs, Winter Junior National Cuts and Scholastic All-American cuts. Norcini also broke three team records in 200 breast and both IMs. They combined with Drew Grier and Griffin Hammett to break the team record in the 400 Medley relay and Hammett and Daniel Johnson in the 800 free relay.
Sarah Jahns and Daniel Johnson also scored in two events, with Jahns picking up a medal for 5th in the 1650. Johnson and Hammett picked up their first AAA times of the season. Juliana Carey added some AAAs and had a night swim in the 200 back picking up 18th.
It was a great start to the last short course meets for this particular senior group. Next up we get to see the whole group (and team!) in action at Divisionals.
Results | GwinAq Results
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GaGa Third in Medium Team Division at 14U State Champs
2/21/17 - Gwinnett Aquatics' Age Group state team had one of their best meets ever at the 14U Champs this weekend at Ga Tech. Grant Deckers, Marlowe Misner and Isaac Saenz led our largest group ever with 27 scoring swims between them including 9 top-3 finishes. Lindsey Diehl and Darnell Mitchell also scored and our relays all scored, breaking seven team records in the process. With all those scoring swims, GwinAq moved up five places from last year for our highest finish at eighth overall, third in the medium sized teams division.
Misner broke three team records and Saenz one while Misner also picked up her first AAAA time. Additionally Wesley Carter and Darnell Mitchell got their first AAA times, and Deckers, Diehl and Sophie Rees got their first AA times.
Up next we will take eight Senior swimmers to Senior Sectionals and then the ENTIRE team will finish out the season at Divisional Champs March 24-26 at UGA.
Results | Scores | GwinAq Results
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Over 150 New State Cuts at GA Winter Qualifier
2/13/17 - The Gwinnett Aquatics GA Winter Qualifier was this weekend at Greater Atlanta Christian school in Norcross. Nearly 500 swimmers competed with over 150 new state cuts achieved. The meet featured all events for age groupers, single year age groups for awards and special tattoos for new state champs qualifiers.
The GaGa swimmers made the most of the opportunity with Marlowe Misner breaking the team record in the 10U Girls 100 IM and a whopping eight swimmers getting their first State Qualifying times and another dozen adding new cuts. The eight new state qualifiers were Henry Breiding, Hanna Burke, Nia Fraser, Russell Hart, Victor Jemison, Nolan Patterson, Graham Simmon, and Kylie West. Jemison and Daniel Johnson got new Sectional cuts as well.
In addition Grace Fleming got her first ever A time and Sijiia She her first BB and Owen Heimel his first B time. Up next we will take our largest team ever to Age Group State Champs and Senior Sectionals and then the ENTIRE team will finish out the season at Divisional Champs March 24-26 at UGA.
This weekend also marked one of the best meets we have hosted. The energy level was great and the team made some money as well. Thank you to all our parent volunteers for doing such a great job!
GwinAq Results | Standard Breakers
GaGa Seniors Roll at High School State Champs
2/6 - While it was a quiet weekend for most of our swimmers, our Senior swimmers were tearing up the lanes at Georgia Tech at the Georgia High School State Champs. 21 swimmers qualified for the meets (large school and small schools run two separate meets). Alex Norcini, Drew Grier and Juliana Carey all made finals while Josh Fountain and Griffin Hammett made Consols. Carey, Fountain, Grier and Norcini all picked up their first Futures cuts of the year (1st ever for Norcini and Grier) and Abby Culbertson got her first AA of the year. Congrats to all, especially the members of the Brookwood Boys team who won the meet.
GaGa Age Groupers Race at Fun Meet, Srs at HS County Champs
1/22 - Gwinnett Aquatics swimmers did a little racing at our home pool yesterday at the fun meet at Quinn Ridge. It was a nice quick competition and after a good month of training there were lots of new best times. Anthony Benitez, Owen Heimel and Rielle Mitchell had 100% best times.
Meanwhile most of the Senior and High School Group swimmers were competing in the Gwinnett County Champs with great success. All 28 swimmers had a top 30 swim, most in the top 20. Eleven swimmers competed in 16 events in the championship finals, our best ever. Drew Grier and Juliana Carey medaled. Haley Burke, Marilyn Coughlin, Caitlyn Petmecky and Brad Wyzykowski got their first AA times and Austin Bynum, Sahil Khatri and Devin Petmecky got their first A times.
GwinAq Results | Standard Breakers
Gwinnett Aquatics Kicks Off 2017 at Eastern Classic, Coaches Invite
1/18/16 - Gwinnett Aquatics started the new year with squads at two different meets: the Eastern Classic at Dynamo and the Coaches Invite at Mountain View. At Eastern Classic Marlow Misner led all scorers winning seven events while Hailey Dopson, Sarah Jahns, Daniel Johnson, Alex Norcini and Isaac Saenz all had top-10 swims and 15 others contributed individual scoring swims. Saenz recorded a new team record and the first AAAA time for the team this year in the 100 fly while Juliana Carey picked up her first AAA of the season. Ava Gawronski and Maggie Nguyen got their first AAs, Condi Britton, Grant Deckers and Kaylee McLester got their first A times.
Meanwhile at the Coaches Invite Grace Fleming and Ella Moulder got their first State cuts while Kylie West got her first ever BB times.
Eastern Classic Results | GwinAq Results
Coaches Invite Results | GwinAq Results
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