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2024-25 Season Calendar
Click on this link to view all the important dates for next season!

TU Event Page
Use this link for more info on each event and to sign-up for them.

Jan 17 - Practice Schedule Changes:
      - NO Sr1/2/3 Practices
      - Gold 5:30pm-7:00pm
      - Prep/Jr 6:15pm-8:15pm

Jan 18 - Practice Schedule Changes:
       - NO Sr1 Practice
       - Sr2/3/Prep 8:15am-10:00am
       - Bl/Gld/Jr 9:30-11:00am

Jan 17-19 - Eastern Classic @ Dynamo

Jan 18-20 - Novant LCM Invite @ Charlotte, NC

Jan 25 - Intersquad @ QR (more info below)

Jan 31-Feb 2 - GA/SPAC Qualifier @ GAC
    - Replies due tomorrow!!!

Feb 15-16 - Peach State Champs @ Tech
    - Replies due!

Feb 21-23 - Age Group State Champs @ Savannah, Ga

Mar 1-2 - Raffle Meet @ GAC

GwinAq's Reddiset Shop

Use the link below to access our swimshop with Reddiset - the only place you can order team suites, and you can also order all the equipment and much more. You can also access our shop by going to their main site and on clicking on 'Team Login' on the far right and entering 'gaga' (all lowercase).

GwinAq's Affiliate SwimOutlet.com

Gwinnett Aquatics is an affiliate of SwimOutlet.com. Use the link below to search SwimOutlet for some of the best prices on swim equipment. Be sure to use this link and your purchase will also support our program.

January Payments Past Due

January payments are now past due. Invoices went out around the 20th. Payments are due on the 1st and are considered late after the 5th. Please note that if a payment is not received by the 10th, a $25 late fee is added. Most families are done with swim team dues, but still have activity account balances - those are items the club already paid on your behalf, so please pay your balance on time.

You can pay on-line, at the pool or Mail payments to:
Gwinnett Aquatics
1436 Benning Place NE
Atlanta GA 303077
(Or put in coach Hugh’s mailbox at the pool).

Monthly Fees
On-line Account

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Education Column

We come across a few great articles on a variety of topics - parenting, nutrition, mental training, sports parenting, drills, etc. In this column we'll share the best one every week.

And it bends toward justice  

"Superman could bend steel with his bare hands.
  Along the way, we’ve been sold on the idea that difficult tasks ought to be left to heroes, often from somewhere far away or from long ago. That it’s up to them, whoever ‘them’ is.
  The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. quoted Theodore Parker: 'The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.'
  But it’s not bending itself. And it’s not waiting for someone from away to bend it either.
  It’s on us. Even when it doesn’t work (yet). Even when it’s difficult. Even when it’s inconvenient.
  Our culture is the result of a trillion tiny acts, taken by billions of people, every day. Each of them can seem insignificant, but all of them add up, one way or the other, to the change we each live through.
  Sometimes it takes a hero like Dr. King to wake us up and remind us of how much power we actually have.
  And now it’s our turn. It always has been." Click Here to read the full article

2024 LCM Season Recap

Team Records, IMX Team Records, and many new entries into our All-Time Top 10 LCM performances! That's just a snipped of the many highlights our swimmers had last season! You can check out more of those using the links below.

2024 LCM Standard Breakers
2024 LCM VCC Scores
2024 LCM IMX Scores
2024 LCM Season Fast-5
LCM All-Time Top 10
GwinAq LCM Records
GwinAq IMX Records
2024 Spring/Summer Attendance Awards

2023-24 SCY Season Recap

2023-24 SCY Standard Breakers
2023-24 SCY IMX Report
2023-24 SCY Fast 5
All-Time SCY Top 10
GwinAq SCY Records
GwinAq IMX Records
Fall/Winter Attendance Awards
Winter Attendance Awards

Back to Racing This Week!!!

  Here we go! After five weeks of training, including some of the best workouts ever for many of our swimmers, the competitive season starts to pick up steam again this weekend. We'll have nearly 60 swimmers attend Dynamo's Eastern Classic, and a few more heading up to a LCM Invite in Charlotte, NC.

  And before we go over the upcoming weekend (and the rest of the season), we got to give all our families and swimmers a shout out for making the most they could out of last weekend! While we had to completely cancel practices on Friday, it was great to follow everyone's adventures in the snow (even if we wouldn't recommend the great dives and swim suits). On Saturday, we were happy to be able to offer workouts, and amazed at how many were able to attend those. Just another great show of how we are, in fact, wired different - and proud of it!

  Now, we are looking forward to seeing our swimmers show how much they improved over the break! As usual, the complete info on both meets taking place over is available in the articles below. Also, as usual when our staff is split between practices and meets, please note the schedule changes through the weekend listed on the left column - and yes, even with our coaches split between two meets we are still offering workouts both Friday and Saturday for those swimmers who are not attending either meet.

  After this weekend, the season really picks-up: for our HS-aged swimmers, HS County Champs is next weekend while everyone not at a meet this weekend should be at the intersquad (more info on that one below); after that, our own qualifier Qualifier is the very next week (and RSVPs for that one are due!), and then just another week before HS State, followed by Peach State and then Age Group Champs! As we mentioned last week, that's SIX (6!!!) straight weeks in which we'll have at least a group of swimmers gearing up to go very fast - and we know they are ready for it!

  With such a busy upcoming schedule, it's good to remind everyone to please make sure you stay up to date on RSVPs (including for help with the Qualifier, which will also be up soon). We want to make sure our coaches can focus more on helping our swimmer prepare and less on tracking down replies. With that, please remember to also decline for meets/events your swimmer will not attend - and we also appreciate knowing why (you can always use the 'notes' section for that).

  On top of a busy racing schedule, we typically make January our Nutrition Month, with talks for all the groups as well as frequent reminders. While this year we'll skip the parents' talk (we're likely moving a few of those to every other year), we'll still share some great resources via this newsletter, including the slides from last year's presentation. So be sure to look out for that next week - and if your swimmer starts asking about fruits and veggies, you know where that's coming from!

  And last, but certainly not least, with this coming Monday being Martin Luther Kink Jr day, every year we like to think of this as a great time to reflect on our roles in making the world a better place to live in and standing up for what is right, while seeking conflict resolution and treating all people like equals. Below there's a link to the transcript and the audio of his "I Have a Dream" speech, which we make a habit of listening to again every year.

Eastern Classic This Weekend Jan 17-19

  The Dynamo Eastern Classic is this weekend, January 17-19, at Dynamo Chamblee (3119 Shallowford Rd, Chamblee, GA 30341). Here are the warm-up times for each session - please note this are the times when we will START moving, so please plan on being there 15min before those:

• Friday:
• All Ages: 4:00pm
• Saturday:
• 13&O Prelims: 7:45am
• 13&O Relays at the end of AM Prelims
• 11-12 Prelims, 10&U Timed Finals: 11:45am
• 12&U Relays at the end of PM Prelims
• Finals: 4:30pm
• Sunday:
• 13&O Prelims: 7:45am
• 13&O Relays at the end of AM Prelims
• 11-12 Prelims, 10&U Timed Finals: 12:30pm
• 12&U Relays at the end of PM Prelims
• Finals: 4:30pm

  Please note the relays as listed above at the end of Prelims for every age group, and double check with a coach whether or not you are in a relay (relay entries are included in our entries, but as usual there might be changes to those at the meet). As we mentioned before, on Saturday and Sunday this is a Prelims/Finals for 11&O swimmers, and we do expect all of those swimmers to be available to swim Finals on both days! Swimmers should check for scratches before leaving each Prelim session (if you are not sure how to do that, check with your coach). Swimmers should then double check with their coach what time to be back for Finals.

  Swimmers are expected to wear last year's team shirt (white) on Friday, this year's team shirt (teal) on Saturday, and any other team shirt (Winter Training for those who got it, or last year's Divisionals, purple) on Sunday. If you don't have one of those shirts, please wear another team shirt or a shirt the same color.

  Final team entries are posted below and an updated Psych Sheet are posted below. You can also find relay entries below - and as always, please note the coaches might make changes to relay lines at the meet. Below there's also a link to the estimated timeline (and BIG emphasis on 'estimated' there, as meets frequently run ahead of behind the timeline). We'll update the links with Heat Sheets as soon as we have them.

  Finally, we also must remind everyone that, although indoors, Dynamo's pool area is usually cold for swimmers between events, especially in the morning. Being cold tightens muscles and makes swimming fast a much more difficult task, so be sure to bring (and wear) parkas and shoes (preferably with dry socks), and at least one extra towel. Hats and gloves are encouraged, too, as well as long sleeve shirts, hoodies, etc!

Novant LCM Invite This Weekend Jan 18-20

  The Novant Invitational will be this weekend, January 18-20, at the SwiMAC Swim Center (9850 Providence Rd, Charlotte, NC 28277, United States). This is a Prelims/Finals LCM, and since all swimmers attending this meet are doing team travel, rather than list warm-up times here swimmers should just look up the itinerary posted below.

  Team entries, Psych Sheet, and as estimated timeline are all both posted below. Heat sheets are also already posted to the links below. Below you can also find links to Itinerary and Code of Conduct - Please note the signed Code of Conducts are now PAST DUE to coach Lucas!

  This being a team trip the expectation for us to dress and look like a team is even higher than in other meets! Swimmers are expected to wear this year's team shirt (teal) on Saturday, last year's Divisionals shirt (purple) on Sunday, and any other team shirt (preference for a Winter Training shirt) on Monday. If you don't have one of those shirts, please wear another team shirt or a shirt the same color.

Up Next: Intersquad Fun Meet Jan 25th

  ALL swimmers from Pre Team, Blue, Gold, Jr and Prep who will not be able to attend Eastern Classic should plan on attending our Intersquad meet the following week! We will have a modified practice schedule for the swimmers not in the Intersquad meet on that day, and will combine groups so that we can start the meet earlier. Warm-ups will start at 10:45am, and we expect we'll be done racing around 1:30pm.

Coming Up: GA/SPAC Winter Qualifier Jan 31-Feb 2

  The GA/SPAC Qualifier will once again be hosted at the GAC pool  (1575 Indian Trail Rd, Norcross, GA 30093), January 31st - February 2nd. This is the last chance for 14&U swimmers to pick up Peach State (or just straight to State) Cuts! ALL swimmers not attending HS State are expected to attend this meet fully; swimmers attending HS State the following weekend should work out their attendance with their coach.

 Complete meet info is now available on the event page (link below), and here's the general schedule for the meet (please note there were a few changes from the schedule we had originally published):

• Friday:
• Session 1 (11&O): 4:00pm warm-ups
• Saturday
• Session 2 (all 11-12s): 7:30am warm-ups
• Session 3 (all 13&Os): 11:15am warm-ups
• Session 4 (all 10&Us): 3:15pm warm-ups
• Sunday:
• Session 5 (11-12 Girls, all 10&U): 12noon warm-ups
• Session 6 (11-12 Boys, all 13&O): 4:00pm warm-ups

  Replies for this meet are due tomorrow, Thursday, January 16th! You can use the link below to RSVP - complete meet will be available in that page within the next couple weeks. As always, when replying for meets, please use the 'notes' section to let us know if you anticipate any scheduling conflict.

  Also, please note this is a team hosted meet, so all families will be expected to volunteer at least 2 sessions (the volunteer signup will be sent by email and posted within the next couple weeks).

Fall 2024 Recap

  Below you can find links to our Fall Fast 5, our swimmer's IMX Scores up to this point, and our current list of Standard Breakers for the season. There's also a link for the Fall/Winter Attendance Awards. As you can tell by looking at those, our swimmers have already put together a great season, with tons of accomplishments to celebrate - and now we are working hard to make sure our best swimming is still ahead of us!

Last Call for Scholars: Ga-Ga Honor Roll!

  With the school semester coming to a close, we'd like to recognize our swimmers for their work in the classroom as well. If you had all As and Bs for this semester, please reply to this email so that you can be added to our Honor Roll which will be published below for the next couple weeks - last week will be the last one so be sure to get your name in before that!

Masters Group Growing Strong!

  Our Masters group continues to go (and grow) strong and have both a great time and great workouts! At this point they are meeting Mon/Wed/Fri 12noon-1:00pm and Tue/Thu 6:00pm-7:00pm - about 15 min of on deck dryland warmup and 45 min swim each day. It is being coached by Coach Andrea in the midday and Coach Hugh in the evenings, and there are always different levels of workouts each day so anyone should be able to find a level they are comfortable with.

  The cost will be $75/month, and we are also considering offering some lunchtime on Mondays and Fridays as well. If you would like to join please contact coach Hugh (hugh@gwinnettaquatics.com).

  At this point, we do not plan on helping with coaching at meets - so those interested in competing will be doing so on their own. Depending on the level of interest in competitions, we may add coaching at meets in the future.

Ga-Ga Online Spirit Wear Shop!

  We'd like to remind everyone we have a great online Spirit Shop with a great variety of items - pink and purple shirts, sweatshirts, and more! We love the looks of it, and have gotten great feedback on the material as well.

  So, if you'd like to sport some awesome new team schwag this summer, now's the time to put an order! With this shop, there is no order deadline, no minimum, and a LOT to choose from! More options, more colors, and hopefully something for everyone. You can use the link below to access the store online. If you don’t see something you wish we had, please reach out to Amy Stanton (awstanton@gmail.com) - we'd love to see if we can make it happen!

2024-25 School Year Practice Schedule:

• Senior: Mon, Wed, Fri 3:00pm-6:00pm; Tue, Thu 3:00pm-6:15pm; Sat 8:00am-10:30am
• Senior2: Mon-Fri 2:45pm-5:15pm; Sat 7:00am-9:15am
• Senior3: Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri 2:45pm-5:15pm; Wed 2:45pm-4:05pm; Sat 7:00am-9:15am
• Prep: Mon, Wed, Thu 6:15pm-8:30pm/8:45pm(P1); Fri 6-8:15pm; Sat 11:00am-1:00pm
• P1 only Tue 6:15pm-8:30pm
• Jr Team: Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri 6:15pm-8:15pm; Sat 11:00am-1:00pm
• Gold: Mon/Wed/Fri 5:30pm-7:00pm; Sat 10:00am-11:30am
• Blue: Tue/Thu 5:45pm-7:00pm; Sat 10:00am-11:30am