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GPAC Team Banquet May 23rd 2008 6:00pm at "The Wright Place" " Invitation" Banquet Reservations Due by Friday May 9th GPAC Partners with "AQUA CHEM" Pool Products during plus equal more tour May 14-25 Tom Lalor Meet Information June 13-15 pdf / TM Meet Info Zip File GPAC puts the squeeze on the Auburn
Orange and Blue Classic
GPAC TAKES FOURTH AT SOUTHEASTERN SOUTHERN DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS Led by Anna Lundgren, who earned "High Point Runner-up Honors" and a Southeastern Champion Title in the 50 Breaststroke, GPAC 8 and unders age group took fourth place overall and finished with 25 "Top Eight Finishes". Districts is also a last chance qualifying meet for GPAC swimmers to get their 2008 Short Course Southeastern Championship Meet qualifying times. Five new GPAC swimmers (Morgan Pearson, Kelly Donahue, Olivia Weekley, Monet Mendez, and David McCaskill) made their first 2008 Southeastern qualifying times. Six other GPAC swimmers (Laurel Rush, Matthew Young, Cody Keenan, Luke Vest, Jacquie Kinman, and Brittney Foster) expanded on the events they can swim at Southeasterns in Nashville. more GPAC Swimmers Receive National Recognition
Zoe Macfarlane has been selected to attend the 2008 Southern Zone Select Camp held on the campus of the University of North Carolina in May of this year. Zoe was 1 of 28 girls chose from the Southern Zone which encompasses swimmers from Texas, Florida, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina and West Virginia. more! Greater Pensacola Aquatic Club Hot During Winter Invitational While GPAC did not lead either the boys (Crawfish Aquatics - LA) or the girls (Area Tallahassee Aquatic Club) scoring their combined score was more than enough to win their own invitational. GPAC won by 208.5 points over their nearest competitor City of Mobile Swim Association (CMSA). Another local swim team, The Club, finished in 8th place. MORE
GPAC Makes Big Waves at BSL Holiday Splash The Greater Pensacola Aquatic Club competed at the Birmingham Swim League's Holiday Splash over the weekend of December 15th. GPAC sent 47 area swimmers to the meet which concluded their competition schedule for 2007. Of the 47 swimmers, 37 were among the top eight finishers in their events, while 16 finished first in at least one event. MORE
Greater Pensacola Aquatic Club had several athletes represent their high schools at the 2007 Florida High School State Championships. GPAC congratulates these swimmers as well as their schools on a great finish to the high school season. Click for complete list of names and results! GPAC WINS FALL INVITATIONAL 570 athletes from fourteen teams and four states competed in the three day event. GPAC athletes swam in 782 races over the three day period. The swimmers not only attempted 227 events in which they had never competed but they also succeed in improving their previous best times in 461 races for an 83% improvement rate. Additionally, GPAC swimmers had 53 first place finishes and 131 top three finishes. MORE GPAC Fall Invitational Meet Results / Top Three Places and Team Scores
GPAC 11
-12 GIRLS TAKE FIRST AT SOUTHEASTERN Led by Zoe MacFarlane and Caroline Page, the 11-12 girl’s age group title went to GPAC. With fourteen top 8 finishes and two top eight relay finishes, MacFarlane, Page, Brittney Foster, and Baylen Maynard brought home the first place title. Zoe also won "High Point Swimmer" honors for her 11-12 age group. MacFarlane and Page qualified for the Zone Championship Meet held August 1-4 at the University of Houston. more
GPAC TAKES FIRST AT
"SANBORN INVITATIONAL"
After three day's of fun in
the sun at Gulf Breeze,
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GPAC
swimmers squeezed the orange out of the
Orange and Blue Classic and were led by six event winners. Alex
Hernandez- 1, Brian Jockers- 1, Garret Neel- 7, Haley Nicholson- 1, Caroline
Page- 8, and Jack Tona- 6 all finished with first place titles for a total
of 24. GPAC
swimmers tallied up a grand total of 109 "Top Eight Finishes".
Caroline and Jack both finished with the 11-12 age group "High Point
Swimmer" honors.
GPAC
TAKES 19TH AT CHARLOTTE
GPAC swimmers, Alex Hernandez, Caroline Page, Jack Tona, Logan Gurtowsky,
Raymond Burch, Ryan Funk, and Ethan Stone swam to finish in 19th place out of
over 80 Eastern Sectional Teams at the 2008 Eastern Sectional Championship Meet
at Mecklenburg Aquatic Center in Charlotte, NC March 13-16th.
GPAC
MAKES A SPLASH AT SES CHAMPIONSHIPS
32 Swimmers competed for GPAC over 4 days at the Southeastern Swimming
Championships held in Nashville, Tennessee. GPAC finished in 8th
place out of 40 teams. GPAC scored 684.5 points which is more points per
competitor than 3 teams who finished higher in total score. 
GPAC
Wins Big at Paradise Invite
During the second weekend in November, 70 swimmers from the Greater
Pensacola Aquatic Club swam at the Panama City Paradise Invitational and
brought home the first place trophy! The invitational featured over
630 swimmers from 18 teams. During this 3 day outdoor event GPAC
swimmers swam as many as 12 events, braving the chilly weather, and many
captured top 8 placings in their age groups. 
GPAC
took home first place honors out of over a dozen local teams. Fast
swimming led to six GPAC'ers getting first time and additional Southeastern
cuts. Joshua McLamb and Sarah Worthylake earned their first time long
course cuts in the free, breast, and IM events. While Cody Keenan,
Rachel Martin, Brittney Foster, and Adam Danley added a total of seven
additional events between them to their existing events. Peyton Parra
was a standout earning the 8 and under girls "High Point Trophy". It
was a great meet thanks to all from the "Club Makos". 