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Ga⚡Ga Sixth at Age Group State Champs!
Jones Wins Two, 15 Team Records Fall7/21 - Gwinnett Aquatics took sixth overall this weekend at the Georgia Age Group State Champs, second in the Medium Teams division (also beating all but one of the teams from the Large Teams Division). It almost like we were walking on water! (see pic)
Like last year, scoring was shared by a large group of swimmers. We had fifteen swimmers score, eight in the top ten, matching our best performance from three years ago. They were led by 2x state champ Cameron Jones followed by Emery Wells, Vincent Tuck, Aliana McCann, Kate Breiding, Emily Hardy, CJ Gast, and Jude El-Alam. Also scoring were Lucas Babcock, Reynolds Bowers, Jacob Matthew, Jude Stanton, Andrian Strokan, Ella Wells, and Yuchelle Wong.
But the real catalyst for our high finish were our great relays with over 35 swimmers getting in on the scoring action. That included ten relays that broke team records: all 8 of the 13-14 boys and girls relays and one each for the 11-12 girls and 10U girls. Breiding, Hardy, Ella Wells, Sophia Quinn, and Bri Exil swam on the 13-14 girls relays; Jones, Tuck, Nic Ramdeo, and Ernesto Santiesteban Pizzarro on the 13-14 boys; McCann, Gast, Wong, and Lucy Bower; and for the 10U it was Wells, Bowers, Zoe Jinadu and Arina Kovalenkov. 
On top of all that Emery Wells and Kate Breiding combined to break five team records. Reynolds Bowers and Ella Wells earned their first AAA (All-Star) times, while Babcock, Exil, Matthew, Stanton, and Alex Matveev picked up their first ever AA's and Grant McGee and Zoe Jinadu got their first ever A times.
Now it will be the Senior swimmer's turn as most of them start their State Champs this weekend followed by Junior Nationals the next week. Everyone else now has a break and we look forward to seeing them back for preseason August 11.
Registration Now Open, Only a Few Spots Left
7/21 - Registration in now open for new swimmers. Most groups are officially on a waiting list but we should still be taking some new swimmers, especially in our elementary school groups. Getting your veal done and registering early will give you the best chance of getting a spot.
Evaluations are currently underway. You can sign up for a slot on Mondays and Wednesdays at 530pm through Aug 6. Beginning Aug 12 they will move to Tuesdays and Thursdays at 530pm.
Evals are free and take about 10 minutes but sometimes we have quite a few swimmers in attendance so it takes a little longer. Just use the link below to register. High school aged swimmers should email coach Hugh Convery for a pre-registration meeting rather than an evaluation.
Our pre-season will start August 11 with the full schedule starting September 8. The first meet will be October 4. We are looking forward to a very exciting year with one of our strongest teams ever!
GaGa Swimmers Kick Off Championship Season @ Coda Meet
7/15 - About 80 GaGa swimmers got the end-of-season Championship meets started with a bang at the Coda Invite at Dynamo this weekend. For some it was the last meet of the long course season while others were trying to tune up for the State Champs coming up the next two weekends.
Overall GaGa swimmers achieved over 40 new time standards, and over 30 new state cuts, and B cuts. That's down compared to last year but for the best reason - we have more than ever before already qualified for state!
Even without those state swimmers we still had 30 swimmers with top-3 finishes including Lucy Bower, Jacob Matthew, Aliana McCann, Grant McGee, Nik Ramdeo, Ernesto Santiesteban-Pizarro, Jude Stanton, and Emery Wells, who all won events. Other top-3 finishers were Lucas Babcock, Nate Beeney, Reynolds Bowers, Eddie El Osta, Ben El-Alam, Emma Gonzalez, Kendall Granberry, Morgan Henry, Zoe Jinadu, Arina Kovalenkov, Josh Liu, Alex Matveev, Aaron Passman, Brooks and Riley Pynn, Lillie Robinson, Eva Saldana, Addi Shaffer, Collier Stanton, Andrian Strokan, Victoria Tannure, and Abby Wong.
Bower picked up her first AA times of the season, Shaffer her first A times, and El Osta, Liu, and Nyziah Barnaby their first BBs. Henry, Liu and McGee picked up their first state cuts (Liu's first ever!)
Meanwhile many of our swimmers participated in the Gwinnett County Summer League Champs with Baylor Stanton, Hannah-Claire Jowers, Cameron Jones, Emily Hardy, Emery Wells, Amaya McCann all won High Point for their age groups while Kate Breiding, CJ Gast, Arina Kovalenkov all finished in the top-3. Additionally Jowers and Hardy broke team records, Hardy got her first ever AAAA, Jinadu and Kovalenkov earned their first ever A times and Kaylin Lee got her first BB of the season.
Now all that remains are the State, Regional and National Championship meets over the next two weekends, starting with the Age Group State Champs next weekend. For swimmers not in those meets practice is now over but we we do have fun day practices next week for the age groupers.
And pre-season 2024-25 starts August 11!