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GwinAq Defends Title at Lanier Winter Invite
12/16/19 - Gwinnett Aquatics won the Lanier Winter Invite in Gainesville this weekend, defending its title from last year. It was an especially strong showing given that most of our Senior team wasn't there this year and we had lower participation than usual from our Blue, Gold and Junior teams. On the plus side we had a great contribution from our 8Us in Blue and Pre team who finished second for that age group!
Led by multi event winners Nolan Patterson, Isaac Saenz and Baylor Stanton the team was able to hold off Host Lanier Aquatics with a big Sunday night finals. Saenz and Stanton combined to break 11 team records, some of them repeatedly (and some they both broke!)
Over the three-day meet we had eleven swimmers win events and 16 more medal! In addition 11 swimmers picked up new time standards and three got their first state cuts. 
- Event Winners:Caitlyn Diehl, Jack Dunbar, Max Inlow, Reagan Miller, Darnell Mitchell, Patterson (8x) Saenz (5x) and Baylor (6x), Collier AND Jude Stanton and Blake Wilson.
- Additional Medalists: Hanna Burke, David Duong, Russell Hart, Jaden Henry, Lucas Johnson, Hannah Claire Jowers, Cate Joyce, Danielle Mitchell, Sophia Papania, Cate Rovie, Brandon Shepard, Ella Smith, Blake and Zoe Wilson Thomas Wooldridge and Jeffrey Xu.
- Standard Breakers: AAA - Patterson; AA - Diehl, Henry, Shepard; A - Henry Breiding, Condi Britton, Kayla Deckers, Kate Johnson, Zoe Wilson; BB - Sarah Burton, Ellie Patterson
- State Qualifiers: Diehl, Papania, Shepard
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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Next Wave of Senior Swimmers Get Twelfth at State!
12/9 - It was supposed to be a rebuilding year. Six of the seven swimmers who scored at last years meet have since moved on. Over half the group had never been to SC State and only 4 or 5 swimmers who were seeded in the top 32 (the number that make finals in each event).
I guess no one told the senior swimmers. Led by Maggie Nguyen's record breaking swim in the 50 free and 6th place finish in the 100 as well as four record breaking relays, GaGa took 12th place in the meet and, despite having only a dozen swims seeded in the top 32, had 10 swimmers make it back in 25 events! This was also the largest group we've had go the championship meet. The list of accomplishments is long so here goes.
5 new team records: Nguyen in 50 free as well as Girls 200 and 400 Free and 200 Medley relays and Boys 400 Medley.
9 scoring finishes: Trevor Harbin, Ryan Haskins, Darnell Mitchell (2), Maggie Nguyen, Rachel Peden, Graham Simmon (3)
First AAA (All-Star) times of the year: Lauren Diehl, Tyler Wooldridge, Andy Zhu
First AA of the year: Harbin, Ryan Haskins, Kaylee McLester, Rachel Peden, Blake Wilson.
First Sr Sectional Cuts: Lauren Diehl,
Harbin,
Nguyen,
Sofie Rees, Thomas Wooldridge,
Tyler Wooldridge
First Futures Cuts: Graham Simmon
Now the remaining swimmers will hope to be equally impressive at the Lanier meet this weekend, then it's on to Holiday Training!
Results | GwinAq Results
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GwinAq Wraps Up First Invite With Many New Records, Standards
11/18 - Gwinnett Aquatics competed in their first prelims/finals meet of the season at Dynamo Swim Center this weekend. The Woodie B Malone Invite was a great early season showing with a bundle of net team records, time standards and qualifying times. Three swimmers won multiple events with four more placing and 26 more earning top-10 finishes.
Baylor Stanton led the way winning seven events and breaking five records including a 25 year old record in the 50 breast. Isaac Saenz and Collier Stanton all also won events while Lindsey Diehl, Jack Dunbar, Hannah Claire Jowers and Tanner Manson all placed. Saenz also broke a team record.
Diehl, Darnell Mitchell, Maggie Nguyen, Graham Simmon, and Dylan Yin picked up their first AAA (All-Star) times of the season while Lauren Diehl, Collier Stanton and Thomas Wooldridge got their first AA's. Trevor Harbin, Paige Johnson, Sean LIn and Reagan Miller swam to their first A times of the year and Owen Breiding, Sarah Heppe and Jaidyn Joiner got their first B times.
Mitchell, Simmon, Yin and Andy Zhu got their first Sectional cuts of the season while Miller, Henry Breiding, Cate Joyce and Nolan Patterson made their first state cut.
The next big event for the whole team is the Swim-A-Thon this week. Be sure to know which day you're swimming and any practice changes this week. After that we have the big December Invites (Sr State and the Lanier Winter Invite) for ALL swimmers. BE sure you've completed your commitments for the appropriate meet.
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GaGa Wins Fall Series
Stanton, Jowers win High Point, Stanton breaks club record
11/3 - Gwinnett Aquatics won the third and final meet of the GA Fall Series yesterday at the GAC pool. The meet included the first distance events of the year making it a two-session day for many swimmers. Nonetheless sixteen swimmers won events including multi-event winners Lauren and Lindsey Diehl, Hannah Claire Jowers, Kaylee McLester, Marlowe Misner, Isaac Saenz and and Baylor and Collier Stanton. Lindsey Diehl, Jowers and both Stantons won towels for being top-3 high point with Baylor Stanton also breaking the team record in the 11-12 400 IM.
Stanton and Saenz picked up their first AAAA (Silver Cap) times of the season while Jowers, Misner, Nolan Patterson and Graham Simmon got their first AAs. McLester, Caitlyn Diehl, Ryan Haskins, Jaden Henry, Lucas Johnson, Danielle Mitchell, Rachel Peden and Cate Rovie earned their first A times while Adam Dockstader, Janelle Mitchell, Dakota Richie, Ella Smith and Sydney Spruiell got their first BBs and Sarah Burton her B time. Paige Johnson got her first State cut of the season.
With the win GwinAq also won the series. Next up is the first Invitational (and first prelim/final meet for 11 and Over) at the Woodie B Malone Invite at Dynamo November 15-17. Entries are posted on line (check the newsletter).
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Fall Series Web Page
GaGa Extends Lead in Fall Racing Series #2 Meet
10/20 - Gwinnett Aquatics extended their slim lead in the Fall Series this weekend at the second meet in the series. GaGa was led by 3-event winner Hannah Claire Jowers and 2-event winners Isaac Saenz, and Baylor Stanton. Sofie Rees, Maggie Nguyen, Dylan Yin and all three Diehls - Lauren, Lindsey and Caitlin also won events. Jowers, Saenz, Stanton, Rees and Lindsey Diehl as well as Collier Stanton and Nolan Patterson are all in the running for high point awards at the end of the series in two weeks!
Rees, Hanna Burke and Darnell Mitchell got their first AAs of the season and Max Inlow, Blake Wilson and Thomas Wooldridge their first A times. SteveMichael Bennett, Haley Burke, Carter Dehnke, Emily Morgan and Sophia Papania earned their first BBs while Kayden Clinansmith and Vivian Moulder got their first B times. Inlow and Lucas Johnson got their first State cuts of the season.
Next up is the final meet of the series, Fall Series #3 that will include the first distance swims of the year. We will also be having a fun meet for the younger swimmers and then the first invitationals of the season. Be sure you have replied to all meet invites to be included.
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Fall Series Web Page
Gwinnett Aquatics Wins First Meet of Fall Series in a Squeaker
10/6 - Gwinnett Aquatics got the 2019 season off with a win, barely. Afternoon swimmers charged back to overcome a 100-point lead by LIFE from the morning to just eek out Spartan who also made an afternoon charge. GaGa will take just a 2.5 point lead into meet two toward their goal of winning the three meet series. The team was lead by age group winners Collier and Baylor Stanton and Hannah-Claire Jowers and Lindsey Diehl.
Additionally 70 swimmers achieved their first time standards of the season, and 18 their first state cuts, including some for the first time. Jack Dunbar got his first AA times, Cate Joyce and Collin Severtson their first BB's and Sophie Arscott, Kadar Felder, Lauren Jones-McCalla, Maddie Joseph and Haley Lindsay their first B times. Dunbar and Severtson also got their first state cuts. See all the standard breakers using the link below.
The next meet in October 19, back at Freeman Aquatic Center at the Greater Atlanta Christian School, with some new longer events and the first relays of the season!
Pentathlon Results | Pentathlon Scores
GwinAq Results | Standard Breakers
Fall Series Web Page
Senior Swimmers Tenth at Senior State Champs
Harbin, Relays Break Six Team Records
7/29 - The rest of the Gwinnett Aquatics senior group finished out the season this weekend at the Senior State Champs at UGA. While some of the swimmers had their big meet at Sectionals and other earlier meets and one is still headed to Zones the meet proved a great exclamation point on a fantastic season.
Trevor Harbin broke the Team Record in the 100 and 200 breast and also picked up his first Futures cut. He, Drew Grier, Charlie Fountain, Josh Fountain, Alex Norcini, Dylan Yin and Griffin Hammett broke three relay records(both Medleys and the 800 free) while Sarah Jahns, Sofie Rees, Kaylee McLester and Lauren Diehl broke the 400 medley relay record. Grier, both Fountains, Harbin and Jahns all had scoring swims in one of the faster state meets in the last ten years.
Additionally Diehl and Yin picked up their first AAA times of the season. Yin and Rees as well as Andy Zhu got their first Sectional cuts (first ever for Zhu and Rees). Grier got his first Jr standard and he and Norcini got their first Futures times of the season.
This week Graham Simmon and Isaac Saenz will be competing in Cary NC with the GA Zone team. The rest of the team is on break until August 12 when we start our pre-season schedule.
Meet Results | GwinAq Results
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Updated Team Records
Registration for 2019-20 Swim Team, Lessons, Clinics Now Open!
7/9 - Registration is now open to the public for our 2019-20 Swim Team as well as our Fall swim lessons and stroke clinics. This also includes our new Junior Team (middle-school swimmers) and Pre-Team (ages 5-8) which have now been added to our team structure. All new swimmers must have an evaluation. Those are held every Mondays and Wednesdays at 5:30.
Those registering for 2019-20 will be able to start during our pre-season mini-camp that starts August 12. The regular season will start September 9. Lessons start August 19. We will also have two clinics this Fall: our 13 and Over Training camp in August and our Homeschool Stroke Clinic starting in September.
PLEASE NOTE: Some groups are near 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.
- 2019-20 Swim Team - 2019-20 Season Flyer
- Clinics: 13 and Over Training Clinic (open now), Homeschool Clinic (coming soon)
- Fall Swim Lessons
Ga⚡Ga Fifth at Age Group State Champs!
Wins the Medium teams Division 
Gwinnett Aquatics had its highest finish ever this weekend at the Georgia Age Group State Champs, taking fifth overall and winning the Medium Teams division (and beating all but one of the teams from the Large Teams Division).
The team was led by High Point winner Isaac Saenz who won four events and broke three team records. Baylor Stanton also won an event and Graham Simmon had seven top-10 swims and broke three team records as well. Saenz and Simmon both qualified for the Georgia Zone Team that will be competing in Cary NC next week.
Hanna Burke, Caitlyn Diehl, Sarah Heppe, Hannah-Claire Jowers, Collier Stanton and McKenna Thacker all had top-10 finishes as well. Baylor Stanton also picked up his first ever AAAA (Silver Cap) time, Jowers her first AAA (All-Star) time and Heppe and Lucas Johnson their first A times. Additionally the 12U and 14U boys also combined to break three relay team records.
It was also a great effort by all our volunteer families who helped this last one we will be hosting one of the best ever. THANK YOU to all the parents for the support of your swimmers and the team.
GA 14U State Champs Results | GwinAq Results
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Georgia 2019 14U Long Course State Championships Results Now Available
7/22 - The 2019 Age Group State Champs is now in the books. Over 700 athletes from over 50 swim clubs competed at the Georgia Tech pool last weekend for the title of State Champ.
SwimAtlanta won the overall title while Athens Bulldog, Gwinnett Aquatics and US Aquatics won Divisions 2,3 and 4 respectively. Complete info can be found on the meet's web page using the link below.
Championship Meets Week Two!
7/16 - While most of our team was competing at the summer league champs two group of Senor swimmers were competing at Championship meets at Greensboro and Dynamo. Between the two we had another team record, our first Scholastic All-American cut and some huge drops.
At the Senior Sectional Champs in Greensboro Charlie Fountain made the podium and Sarah Jahns scored against an elite field of mostly college swimmers. Sarah picked up her first ever Scholastic All-American time as well s her first AAAA while Charlie got the team record in the 200 breast as well as a Futures cut in the 400 IM. Griffin Hammett added five new PRs including some new AAAs.
At the Dynamo meet Maggie Nguyen, Kaylee McLester, Rachel Peden and Caitlyn Petmecky combined to win nine events. McLester picked up her first ever Sectional time while Haley Burke got her first A time. Nguyen and Blake and Zoe Wilson all had 100% best times.
Meanwhile at Gwinnett County Champs we had a lot of swimmers doing great things including numerous event winners. If the summer league coach entered them with the correct ID this meet's time count for USAS and should be viewable on the swimmers DeckPass.
EOS @ DYNA Results | GwinAq Results
Sr Sectionals Results | GwinAq Results
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Championship Meets Begin with a Bang
7/9 - The big last meets of the season kicked off at the GA Open at Ga Tech. About 50 swimmers attended (fewer than last year) with this being a taper meet for many and a last chance qualifier for others. Trevor Harbin and Hanna Burke got it going in a big way as each broke a team record and Harbin got his first ever AAA and Sectional cuts.
In addition Caitlyn Diehl, Marlowe Misner, Desymber Richie and Thomas Wooldridge picked up their first AA times and Grace Fleming, Reagan Miller, Cate Rovie and Brandon Shepard got their first A times. Ellie Patterson got her first BB and Dakota Richie get her first B time. Diehl and Tanner Manson got their first State cuts (his first ever!).
GA Open Results | GwinAq Results
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GwinAq Attack on Florida, Marietta
Simmon, Saenz Break 4,1 Team Records.
6/25 - Gwinnett Aquatics once again had two squads in competition this weekend but this time in two different states. 35 swimmers competed at the SYS Shark Open in Florida while 35 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 twenty finalists, five new team records, eight new AA or higher swimmers and numerous new state qualifying swims. In Sarasota Graham Simmon broke four team records and won the High Point Award. Isaac Saenz broke the 800 Free record. Between them they won nine events ad Baylor Stanton won another two. Eleven other swimmers had top 10 finishes. In Marietta David Duong, Collier Stanton and McKenna Thacker all won events and Sofie Rees medaled while ten other swimmers scored.
Time Standard Achievers at the two meets were:
- First AAAA, AAA Times - Simmon and Saenz, Juliana Carey
- First AA Times - Lindsey Diehl, Ryan Haskins, Kaylee McLester, Caitlyn Petmecky, Rees
- First A Times - Rachel Peden
- First BB Times - Carter Dehnke First B Times - Madison Bradberry
- New State Qualifiers - Lucas Johnson, Sophia Papania
SYS Open Results | Hixon Results
GwinAq SYS Results | GwinAq Hixon Results
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Small Group Takes It Up a Notch at Ohio Valley Champs
6/10/19 - A small group of Gwinnett Aquatics senior swimmers competed at the Ohio Valley Champs (OVC) at the beautiful "Lakeside Club" in Louisville, Ky, a 50m course set inside an old granite rock quarry. It was the 91st year of this meet going back to 1928!
Despite some weather challenges and a wicked current in the pool, the group took great advantage of the extra opportunity to race long course. the small group actually placed 7th in 13 and Over scoring against teams like Ohio State, the University of Kentucky and USAS powerhouse Carmel Swim Club out of Indianapolis. Graham Simmon led the way, scoring in 9 events including two 3rd place finishes. Hanna Burke, Lauren Diehl, Griffin Hammett and Sarah Jahns all scored as well.
Simmon also broke two team records and he and Burke and Maggie Nguyen all got their first AAA (All-Star) times of the year while Diehl got her first AA. Hammett, Nguyen and Simmon all got their first Senior Sectional cuts of the season.
OVC Results | GwinAq OVC Results
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Swimmers Get Real at Dixie Classic, Dunbar Invites
6/4/19 - The rigors of mid-season training were evident this weekend at both the Dixie Classic at Dynamo and the Betsy Dunbar Invite at GaTech. Most of the 70-80 swimmers in attendance are deep into some hard training and it showed. Nonetheless we has some solid swims and some younger swimmers were still able to put up some best times.
For the first time in over 40 years Dixie was timed finals instead of prelims/finals so it was even harder for some of our top swimmers to match previous years' efforts. Even so David Duong, Baylor and Collier Stanton and Isaac Saenz all won events and Hanna Burke Caitlyn Diehl, Lindsey Diehl, and Graham Simmon placed all had top three swims! Henry Breiding also won an event at the Dunbar meet.
Between the two meets ten swimmers picked up a new time standard level. Collier Stanton got his first AA and Max Inlow, Marlow Misner and Jeffrey Xu got their first A times. Justin Bennett, Steve Michael Bennett, Olivia Carey and Tanner Manson earned their first BB times while Cate Joyce and Sijia She got their first B times.
Next weekend we have a group going to a big meet in Louisville (Ohio Valley Champs) and another going to the Death Valley Open Water swim in Clemson.
Dixie Classic Results | GwinAq Results
Betsy Dunbar Results | GwinAq Results
Long Course Round Two at Spring Splash
5/20/19 - Gwinnett Aquatics continued the long course season this weekend with most swimmers at the Spring Splash at Dynamo. This was the first meet of the long course season for many swimmers so, 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.
And we did some racing too! Charlie Fountain and Isaac Saenz both won events while Henry Brieding, Lauren Diehl, Nolan Patterson and Baylor Stanton all placed top three.
Fountain, Saenz, Stanton and Griffin Hammett picked up their first AAA times. Patterson and David Duong both got their first AA times while Trevor Harbin, Jaden Henry (his first ever!), Ella Moulder, Caitlyn Petmecky, Blake Wilson and Thomas Wooldridge got their first A's. Adam Dockstader, Andrew Guo, Dakota Richie and Addison Shaffer picked up their first BB times. Additionally Duong, Harbin, Max Inlow, Cate Rovie and Jeffrey Xu picked up their first state cuts.
Next up is the Dixie Classic for Sr, Sr3 and Prep swimmers and Betsy Dunbar for Blue and Gold swimmers. Sign-up is past due so if you missed it and still wish to go email your coach right away.
Spring Splash Results | GaGa Results
Here We Go! First Long Course Meet Kicks Off Season
4/28/19 - 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. Twelve swimmers had a top three finish with Henry Breiding, Lauren Diehl, Sarah Jahns, Isaac Saenz, and Baylor Stanton all getting wins.
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. 68 swimmers have already gotten a USAS time standard including fifteen who have achieved AA times, and eleven more getting As. Hannah Claire Jowers and Tyler Wooldridge got their first AAs of the year, Collier Stanton picked up his first ever A time. Trevor Harbins and Thomas Wooldridge got their first BB time and Caroline Bold her first (ever) B time.
In addition eighteen swimmers made state cuts, including first timer Sarah Heppe. Many more swimmers already have qualifying times from last year but it is always good when you can make the cut in the current season.
Results | GaGa Results
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Registration Now Open for Summer Daytime and Evening Swim Lessons (Some are already nearly full)
4/13 - Registration is now open for some of our most popular programs of the year. The Summer Daytime and Evening Swim Lessons usually fill early and have long waiting lists so now is the time to act if you want to participate.
Daytime lessons run 4x/wk for two weeks and are our best lessons of the year. Classes after 11:30 will have both pools to themselves and be allowed to stay up to 30 mins after for to practice or just have some fun.
Our lessons program has evening classes on Mon/Wed in March and on Tues/Thurs and are our most popular lessons of the year so sign up early!
Gwinnett Aquatics Third at Divisionals
Simmon, 12U Boys break team records
4/1 - Gwinnett Aquatics finished 3rd at this weekend's Divisional Champs in Athens. We were 2nd in the 11 and older age groups but just didn't have the numbers in 10Us to stay ahead of 2nd place ASL. We were also missing over 800 points in the older swimmers but that just made room for some newer names to make the A-list with many medaling or making new standards for the first time ever.
Seven swimmers combined to win eighteen events: Hanna Burke, Ryan Haskins, Paige Johnson, Marlowe Misner, Brielle Mitchell Isaac Saenz (5x), and Graham Simmon (6x) who also broke his own team records in 100 and 200 breast (and almost the meet records!) The 12U boys broke the team record in the free relay.
63 other swimmers scored, 42 in the top 8, which, despite the absences of some older swimmers, almost matches last years number of top 8 finishers. And we were three-for-three in swim-offs!
The team also, once again, showed great team spirit. 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 AAAA (Sliver Cap) - Graham Simmon (first ever!)
- First AAA (All Star) Times - Hannah Burke (first ever!)
- First AA Times - Ethan McKinsey, Nolan Patterson, Blake Wilson (first ever!), Andy Zhu
- First A Times - Paige Johnson, Zoe Wilson (both first ever!)
- First BB Times - Abby Bold, Jack Byrne, Adam Dockstader
- First B Times - Grant Haskins
- First State Cuts - Hanna Burke, Ryan Haskins, Andy Zhu and first ever qualifiers Owen Breiding, Ruthie DeLong and Max Inlow
Results | GwinAq Results
Standard Breakers | Final IMX Report
GwinAq Seniors 19th at ESSZ Senior Sectional Champs
3/12 - Gwinnett Aquatics' Senior swimmers kicked off the Championship season in grand style at the Senior Sectional Champs in Cary, NC this weekend. Despite some health issues and only swimming one relay, the squad managed a 19th place finish and numerous new cuts.
Sarah Jahns led all scorers taking 4th in the mile and the 1000 while picking up 2 new Futures cuts and her first AAAAs of the season. Griffin Hammett and Charlie Fountain also scored. Fountain also picked up some new Futures cuts while Lauren Diehl got some new Sectional standards.
Meanwhile over 30 GaGa swimmers competed in this Saturday's fun meet. It was a great chance to see these swimmers compete and get them some feedback as they prepare for the upcoming Championships in two weeks. Sophie Arscott, Abby Bold and Haley Lindsay all had 100% best times. View results using the link below. Please note the "Improv" column is using a very difficult conversion off the swimmer's best yard times so if they added a little it was a good swim and if they dropped it was a big improvement.
Results | GwinAq Results
Fun Meet Results | Standard Breakers
GaGa Age Group Swimmers Earn Highest Finish Ever at State
2/18 - With ten team records, and four swimmers combining for 24 top-10 swims, Gwinnett Aquatics had its best Age Group State Champs ever, finishing 6th overall and 2nd in the medium teams division at Ga Tech this weekend.
Isaac Saenz led all scorers with eight top-10 swims, including a silver in the 500 free and four bronze medal finishes. Marlowe Misner, Graham Simmon and Baylor Stanton also all had top-10 finishes. Henry Breiding, Paige Johnson, Sean Lin and Sofie Rees all added scoring swims in consolation finals. Additionally Rees picked up her first AAA (All-star) time ever, while Breiding and Lin got their first AAs and Freddy Xu earned his first A time.
Misner also broke three team records in the 50 back, 50 fly and 100 fly while Saenz and Simmon broke records in the 200 fly and 100 breast respectively. The 11-12 boys relay team of Saenz, Stanton, David Duong, and Henry Breiding broke two team records and the 13-14 girls (Rees, Lindsay Diehl, Danielle Mitchell and Hannah Burke) broke three more.
AG State Champs Results | GwinAq Results
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Over 100 New State Cuts at GA Winter Qualifier
2/11 - The Gwinnett Aquatics GA Winter Qualifier was this weekend at Greater Atlanta Christian school in Norcross. Nearly 400 swimmers competed with over 100 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 seven swimmers getting their first State Qualifying times and another seven adding new cuts. The new state qualifiers were Sean Lin, Reagan Miller, Brielle Mitchell, Ella Moulder, Cate Rovie, Sarah Wang, and Freddy Xu. .
In addition Lin and Desymber Richie got their first A time. Miller, Wang, Steve Michael Bennett, Owen Breiding, and Kayla Deckers got their first BBs and Madison Bradberry and Emily Li got their first ever B times!
Up next we will take a large team to Age Group State Champs and Senior Sectionals and then the ENTIRE team will finish out the season at Divisional Champs March 29-31 at UGA.
As always, thank you to all our parent volunteers for making this meet possible. We had fewer volunteers than in the past but some families stepped up covering WAY more than their required two sessions. It's that kind of support that makes our program so strong.
Meanwhile most of our Senior swimmers were tearing it up at the Georgia High School State Champs. With six swimmers getting top-10 finishes and ten swimmers in Saturday's finals heats it was our most successful State Meet in the last decade. Griffin Hammett medaled in the 5A meet while Julianna Carey, Lauren Diehl, Charlie Fountain, Sarah Jahns and Dylan Yin all finished in the top ten at the 7A meet.
GwinAq Winter Qualifier Results | GwinAq High School State Results
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GaGa Fun Meet, Gwinnett HS County
1/28 - Nearly 30 GaGa swimmers competed in this Saturday's fun meet. It was a great chance to see these swimmers compete and get them some feedback as they prepare for the upcoming GA Winter Qualifier next week. Sophie Arscott, Steve Michael Bennett, Christian Lattimer, Haley Lindsay, George Matthew and Brandon Noble all had 100% best times. View results using the link below. Please note the "Improv" column is using a very difficult conversion off the swimmer's best yard times so if they added a little it was a good swim.
Meanwhile the Senior and HSTG swimmers were competing at the Gwinnett County High School Champs. With 10 swimmers getting a top-10 finish in 16 different events it was our best showing in recent years. Wesley Carter, Sarah Jahns and Charlie Fountain all medaled and 17 others scored in the meet. Congrats to Brookwood for winning both the boys and girls meet.
Fun Meet Results
Gwinnett County High School Champs Results
Gwinnett Aquatics Seventh at Eastern Classic, Strong at Coaches Invite
Misner Sets New Team Record in 50 Back
1/21 - 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 our squad took seventh matching our highest finish and scoring the most points ever. This was despite not having 10U relays for the first time ever! Event winners Marlowe Misner and Isaac Saenz led the way as well as Juliana Carey, Sarah Jahns, Charlie Fountain, and Graham Simmon who all contributed over 100 points each. Fourteen other swimmers had top-10 finishes while 23 others contributed individual scoring swims. Marlow Misner picked up her first AAAA (silver cap) and team record of the season. Dylan Yin got his first AAA (All-Star) time while Lindsey Diehl and Ryan Haskins got their first AAs. Caitlyn Diehl, Ethan McKinsey and Ella Moulder got their first A times and Sean Lin got his first BB. Lindsey Diehl, Russell Hart and McKenna Thacker got their first State cuts. Dylan Yin picked up his first Senior Sectional cut.
Meanwhile at the Coaches Invite we also had numerous event winners and scorers including Anishka Trehan who won multiple events and got her first State cut. Hannah and Rachel DeLong, Sarah Heppe and Addison Shaffer got their first BB times of the year and Lannon Clinansmith got his first B time.
Eastern Classic Results | GwinAq Results
Coaches Invite Results | GwinAq Results
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