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2025-26 SCY 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.

Sep 8 - Regular Season Starts!

Sep 11 - Deadline for Custom (name) Cap Orders

Sep 15-18 - Mandatory Parent Meetings (more info below)

Sep 20-21 - Sr1/2/3 Campout & Whitewater

Sep 21 - Prep/Jr Whitewater

Sep 27 - Fall Workday

Oct 4 - Pentathlon @ 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.

August Payments Past Due

August payments are now past due. Most families are done with training fees, but have will have activity fees from the July meets. 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.

Science Says the Most Successful Kids Have Parents Who Do These 3 Things
The topic of parenting is widely studied by researchers, so there's plenty of advice for those who want to do the best job raising children that they can.
  "Raising kids to thrive in the world isn’t easy, especially considering you’ll dedicate at least 18 years of your life to the task. But the topic of parenting is widely studied by researchers, so there’s plenty of advice for those who want to do the best job raising children that they can. Here are three simple things the parents of the most successful kids do, according to science.
  They mandate that their kids exercise
  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that kids aged 6 to 17 need 60 minutes or more of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity every day. In addition to health benefits including less body fat and lower risk of type 2 diabetes, moving their bodies is good for children’s brains. Kids who are active have improved cognition, academic performance and memory.
  They get their kids to practice hard things" Click Here to read the full article

2024-25 SCY 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.

2024-25 SCY Standard Breakers
2024-25 SCY IMX Report
2024-25 SCY Fast 5
All-Time SCY Top-10
GwinAq SCY Records
Fall/Winter Attendance Awards
Winter Attendance Awards

2024 LCM Season Recap

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

Welcome to the 2025-26 Season!!!

  This is the first Newsletter of the season. We will not send another one this month, but they will come out every Wednesday starting September 10th. Always read through these, as they will have all the info you need to stay up with what's going on with the program, in and out of the pool! Pay special attention to the calendar column on the left, as it has the most updated info on dates, locations, and any last-minute changes (including schedule changes).

  As in every year, we started with a lighter schedule for what we call the pre-season during August. The schedule for this month, as well as more info on how we run it, is in the Pre-season article below. Below you can also find some info and the schedule for our mandatory parent meetings - as stated in that article, those are really helpful to continue aligning our program's goals and expectations with our families, so please put those on you calendar - and, if possible, plan on attending in person (we really appreciate the opportunity for in person interaction).

  There are also a few upcoming events for which we will need replies before the regular season even starts: the Senior groups campout, as well as the Jr/Prep Whitewater. That is because we need to give the outfitter our final numbers prior to our first regular practice. Therefore, for everyone with swimmers in those groups, please got ahead and RSVPs to those events - and remember, we'd like everyone to always RSVP to every event and meet available to their groups, even it's a 'no' (and in that case appreciate a note).

  We'll have a full season recap (including Season Top 5, All-Time top 10, etc) in the next Newsletter - which again, at this point will come out only after we start the regular season in September. But one thing we can say for sure: our swimmers absolutely rocked the 2025 LCM Season, and now we're ready to make 2025-26 even better!!!

Junior World Championships Aug 19-24

  While most of the team is just starting the Pre-Season, Baylor Stanton is ready to represent Team USA at the Junior World Championships in Romania! The team leaves tomorrow, and the meet starts on Tuesday, August 19th, and runs through Sunday, August 24th.

  There is not a lot of information out for the meet yet (even though it takes place next week), and we're posting the USA-Swimming landing page for it below in the off chance they do eventually post Psych Sheet and other documents to it. Honestly, with how these meets are run that is unlikely, and the best way to find out meet info (including Live Stream) will be to check out SwimSwam (www.swimswam.com) - they will likely create a page they call 'Meet Central' with links to Psych Sheet, Heat Sheet, Live Stream, and Live Results; they usually also post a session by session live commentary.

  We do know Baylor swims on Wednesday, August 20th, and is ready to make us proud as he represents the Stars and Stripes for the first time in his career!

Team Fitting August 26 & 27

  On the last week of August, our team vendor (Reddiset) will be at our pool on both Tuesday and Wednesday (note date change) for our team fitting. As we have included a team suit with this year's registration, we strongly recommend every swimmer gets fitted to make sure they get the correct suit size and model! Team suits will be required at most meets, and so we want to make sure all swimmers have a suit they are comfortable racing in. On at least one of those dates, please schedule to arrive early for practice in order to get fitted.

  In addition, they should have all the required equipment for sale on those dates as well (we'll post the equipment requirements for each group when we send our first newsletter of the season). Swimmers must make sure they have all the equipment required for the group they will be in next season, as we'll start using equipment right away when the official season starts!

2025-26 Equipment List

• Senior, Senior2 & Senior3:
  • Required: Team Suit, Snorkel, Pull Buoy, Paddles, TYR Hydroblade Fins, Kickboard, Mesh Bag, Parachute (Sr1 only);
  • Recommended: Team Sweats/Parka, Tempo Trainer, Noseclip;
• Prep:
  • Required: Team Suit, Snorkel, Pull Buoy, Paddles, TYR Hydroblade Fins, Kickboard, Mesh Bag;
  • Optional: Team Sweats/Parka, Kickboard;
• Gold & Junior Team:
  • Required: Team Suit, Snorkel, Long Blade Flexible Fins;
  • Optional: Team Sweats/Parka, Kickboard, Mesh Bag;
• Blue & Pre-Team:
  • Required: Team Suit;
  • Optional: Team Sweats/Parka, Long Blade Flexible Fins, Kickboard, Mesh Bag.

Mandatory Parent Meetings Sep 15-18

  Every year, in an effort to make sure all families on the club understand and are on board with our program's goals and expectations, we hold mandatory parent meetings in September. These are a great way for new families to get a better grasp of our program, and an important reminder for returning families as well.

  ALL families must attend the meeting for the group in which their child is in (families with children in multiple groups should preferably attend the meeting for their oldest swimmer, and should then contact a coach to go over the difference in expectations for the other groups).

  We'll again hold every one of these as a hybrid with the option of either virtual or in-person (Zoom links will be posted to each meeting's event page on TU when we get closer), but we strongly encourage those who can to attend in person. Here's this year's meeting schedule:

• Pre Team: Monday, Aug 25th, 5:30pm
• Blue: Tuesday, Sep 16th, 6:00pm
• Gold: Monday, Sep 15th, 6:00pm
• Jr/Prep: Thursday, Sep 18th, 6:30pm
• Sr2/Sr3: Wednesday, Sep 17th, 7:00pm
• Senior1:Wednesday, Sep 17th, 6:00pm

  In addition, as there's some info for new families that we think we need to share before September, families who are new to the club (or who joined mid-season last year) will also have a more general orientation on Tuesday, August 19th, 6:00pm at the Clubhouse. This meeting will be in person only, and it will be pretty short, but cover all of the questions new families always have when joining our club.

Help Ga-Ga Renew its SafeSport Club Recognition

  Gwinnett Aquatics has been a SafeSport recognized club for 4 years (since shortly after the introduction of the program), and it's time for us to renew that status. In order to do so, we need the help of our parents and swimmers! We have already taken care of all the requirements we have as a club, but the last one is to have a percentage of both of parents and athletes over 13 to take a SafeSport course through USA-Swimming.

  With all groups on a break this week, and then starting on a light schedule next week, this is a perfect time for our swimmers to knock off this requirement (and we hope the parents can find some time to do so as well). Here's how to go about taking the course:

• For 13-17yr old athletes, the course is called "SafeSport for Youth Athletes"; athletes need to log on to their account at www.usaswimming.org (this is important, or them/the club will no be credited with them completing the course) and then head over to the USA-Swimming University (you can either click on the 'Education' link at the top right corner, or go to www.usaswimming.org/learn);
• In addition, USA-Swimming hosts some regular Zoom trainings that also serve to satisfy this requirement. The next one for Athletes is scheduled for September 4th - these do require pre-registration, though (you can find the link to register on that link).
• For Parents, the course is called "Parent’s Guide to Misconduct in Sport"; just like the athletes, you need to log on to your account at www.usaswimming.org and then head over to the USA-Swimming University (you can either click on the 'Education' link at the top right corner, or go to www.usaswimming.org/learn);
• Same as for athletes, USA-Swimming hosts some regular Zoom trainings that also serve to satisfy this requirement. The next one for Parents is scheduled for September 3rd - these do require pre-registration, though (you can find the link to register on that link)

  In order to get our certification renewed, we need at least 10% of our families, AND at least 10% of our athletes aged 13-17, to take their respective course. Again, please help us renew those! If you have any questions or run into any issues while trying to do so, please just reply to this newsletter.

Pre-season Kicked Off!

  Our 2025-26 pre-season training kicked off earlier this week, and will run through September 4th, with all groups being off on Labor day and having a special schedule the rest of that week (TBA). Here's the pre-season schedule:

• Senior (starts August 18th): Mon/Wed 3:00pm-5:30pm, Tue/Thu 3:00pm-5:45pm
• Sr2 & Sr3: Mon/Wed 2:45pm-5:00pm, Tue/Thu 2:45pm-5:15pm
• Prep & Jr: Mon-Thu, 5:45pm-7:45pm
• Gold: Mon/Wed, 5:00pm-6:30pm
• Blue: Tue/Thu, 5:15pm-6:30pm

  All groups will have a mix of play for dryland, some introduction to swimming skills (and some training for the older groups), and plenty of water polo! As mentioned above, there will be no practices on Labor Day (September 1st). The regular season will then officially start on Monday, September 8th.

Senior Campout Sep 20-21 / Prep Whitewater Sep 21

  Our annual Senior (for all Senior groups) camping trip will be September 20th and 21st. Swimmers will drive up to the campground in Ocoee, TN, after practice, and go whitewater rafting Sunday. Cost is $70.00 and includes rafting, dinner sat and breakfast Sunday (the cost will be billed to your account). Swimmers will need $ for lunch Saturday and Sunday. The swimmers are expected to organize transportation and tent arrangements. They will not need a lot of food/snack items.

  On Sunday, Prep swimmers and parents are welcome join the high-schoolers for some Whitewater rafting on the Ocoee river! That group should leave Snellville around 7:30am with a group of parents to arrive at the outfitters by 10:30am - coaches will already be up at the rafting site camping with the older swimmers so we will need at least 1 parent to drive for every 4-5 swimmers going. In the past the parents have worked this out between them and we did not have to organize the transportation. Cost for that is $47.00 (also billed to your account).

  As mentioned in the opening article, we'll need replies for these before we even start the regular season - RSVPs for both events are due Thursday, August 28th! Deadline for Youth (17&U) Whitewater Waivers and the Camping Trip Code of Conduct is September 16th! You can find both documents at each of the event pages (links below).

Masters Group Growing (and Going) Strong!

  Our Masters group continues to have both a great time and great workouts! At this point they are meeting Mon/Wed 6:00am-7:00am, 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 group has also attended a few meets by now, and we not only had coaches at those as well, but Coach Hugh has even joined in for a relay and a few swims! The cost is $75/month, and if you would like to join please contact coach Hugh (hugh@gwinnettaquatics.com).

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!

2025-26 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-9:00am
• Senior3: Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri 2:45pm-5:15pm; Wed 2:45pm-4:05pm; Sat 7:00am-9:00am
• Prep: Mon/Wed 6:15pm-8:30pm/8:45pm(P1); Thu 5:45-8pm; Fri 6-8:15pm; Sat 10:45am-1:00pm
  • P1 only Tue 5:45pm-8:00pm
• 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: Mon 5:30pm-7:00pm; Tue/Thu 5:45pm-7:00pm; Sat 10:00am-11:30am