GREATER PENSACOLA AQUATIC CLUB

Wishing all our swimmers a Happy Birthday! 04/01: Elena Striepeck & Kyson Varble 04/04: Zein Elgoweini 04/10: Via Purdy 04/14: Molly Laughlin 04/16: Chris McGrath 04/19: Bill Caves & Noah Odom 04/20: Leeya Soileau

GPAC traveled to Atlanta, Georgia March 6th-8th for the 2026 Swim Atlanta Best of the South Meet. GPAC had a total of 10 swimmers represent the team, and all of them achieved at least one new best time. In total, GPAC accumulated 37 best times out of 56 total swims, coming out to 66%. Congratulations to the following GPAC swimmers who competed at BOTS over the weekend; Addison Adams, Brandon Carney, AJ Gillespie, Nicholas Lypko, Arthur Phillips, Lane Robinson, Mason Shiueh, Ava Walker, Jordana Wright and Nathan Yoon. Congratulations to...

Ian Malone commits to IU-Indy GPAC senior Ian Malone committed to swim for Indiana University-Indianapolis next year, he announced last week. “I am super excited and grateful to announce my commitment to IU-Indy,” he said. “I am thankful for this opportunity to continue my academic and athletic career at such a great school. I appreciate my family and coaches who have supported me every step of the way. I am proud to be a Jaguar, and can’t wait to represent IU-Indy in the pool and the classroom.” Ian is a...

GPAC traveled to Huntsville, Alabama for the 2026 Short Course Southeastern Championships from February 27th to March 1st. GPAC had a total of 31 swimmers participate in our SES Championship meet with 28 of them achieving at least one new best time. GPAC accumulated 77 best times out of 140 total swims: coming out to 55% best times across the team. GPAC finished the Short Course Championship weekend by placing 8th overall with 606.50 points. Congratulations to the 2026 Southeastern Winter Short Course Champs Taylor Clements (17) and Ian Malone...

The following swimmers achieved at least 80% attendance for the month of February! Oliver Winkler Ruby Stewart Noah Odom Jace McLaughlin Amelia Ilnitskiy Callie Harris Amelia Han Annabelle Godwin AJ Gillespie Jaxson Coleman Michael Brazwell Galilee Bourne Ben Stewart Rowan Schwartz Brady Nguyen Ian Malone Adilay Giltinan Isla Fox Jace Witte Avery Weekley Alicia Han Jaxson Braddock Piper Peterson Claire Gibowski Giulia Piovesana Evan Nguyen Ellison McLaughlin Brody Kirk Dorothy Giltinan Marcela Dos Santos Ana Alviaris Ava Walker Ayalani Vargas Frances LeBeau Molly Laughlin Grace Laughlin Zein Elgoweini Grady Carlson...

Wishing all our Swimmers a Happy Birthday! 3/8-Caroline Smith 3/11-Dillion Cook 3/12-Charlotte Foust 3/19-Brayden Heath 3/20-Ben Stewart 3/23-Liam Finch & Nathan Jin 3/25-James Chavez 3/26-Brody Kirk 3/27-Maddison Valdez & William Terrell 3/28-Oliver Johnson & Jace McLaughlin 3/29-Maylin Biedebach & Christopher Zuniga 3/31-Lincoln Brabner

GPAC hosted the 2026 Short Course SES Region 4 Championships February 13th-15th. The team had a total of 105 swimmers participate in the meet with 100 of them achieving at least one new best time. In all, GPAC achieved 425 best times out of 640 total swims: coming out to 66% best times across the team. GPAC had sixteen swimmers win individual events at the meet: Addison Adams ( 12), Lauren Armstrong (18), Anatolie Badila (12), Marcela Dos Santos (14), Isla Fox (14), AJ Gillespie (12), Callie Harris (16), Amelia...

GPAC traveled to Tallahassee, Florida January 30th-February 1st for the 2026 Mac Crutchfield Invitational. GPAC had a total of 33 swimmers attend the meet, totaling 180 swims and achieving 95 best times- 53 % total best times for GPAC! GPAC had several swimmers win individual events at the meet. Lauren Armstrong (18) claimed 1 st place in the 200 IM and 200 Fly. Marcela Dos Santos (14) placed 1 st in the 100 Fly and 100 BR. Isla Fox (14) placed 1 st in the 200 BR. Amelia IIlnitsky (6)...

Congratulations to our January Attendance All-Stars! The following swimmers achieved at least 80% attendance for the month. Oliver Winkler Avery Weekley Ben Stewart Rowan Schwartz Piper Peterson Thien My Nguyen Maddox McKian Alicia Han AJ Gillespie Claire Gibowski Abigail Fischer Laiken Dinger Galilee Bourne Alex Badila Nathan Yoon Justin Washburn Callie Harris Ian Malone Nicholas Lypko Amelia Ilnitskiy Isla Fox Kennedy Carter Jace Witte Amelia Han Annabelle Godwin Bailey Yoon Brady Nguyen Ashtyn Johnson Rory Herron Hailey Herron Ayalani Vargas Molly Laughlin Grace Laughlin Ella Karasek Emma Joachim Zein Elgoweini...

Wishing all our swimmers a Happy Birthday! 2/4:Galilee Bourne 2/11: Hailey Herron & Hagen Howard 2/18: Ashtyn Johnson, Anatolie Badila & Gregory Klein 2/19: Adilay Giltinan 2/21: Milo Soileau 2/25: Galen Schwartz & Kennedy Carter 2/28: Josh Guello