Sunny weather and fast swimming were the highlights of the weekend for 16 GPAC swimmers who attended the PCST Paradise Short Course Invitational held in Panama City Beach, FL.  The Henderson trifecta of James, 12, William, 10 and sister Renee, 10 along with Noah Scoggins, 8, won high point awards for their age group.

“It was a really fun meet,” said Head Age Group Coach Greg Johnson.  “Swimming outdoors in nice weather was a change of pace for the swimmers, and they really had a good time.”

James Hendersonplaced fifth overall in the 11-12 age group in points, scoring 42 points.  He took second place in 100-yd breaststroke and third in 100-yd backstroke, 100-yd free and 100-yd fly.  James also swam life-best times in four of his eight events.

Swim twins Renee and William Henderson, mirrored each others’ performances in the breaststroke events.  Each claimed a pair of individual titles in the breaststroke events, both the 50 and 100-yd races and both scored new ‘AAA’ times in the 100 breast!  They both swam 4-out-of-8 best times and they both landed in third place overall in points.

Noah Scoggins, 8, claimed his first high-point award, finishing fourth overall in the 8-and-under age group.  He won the 50-yd butterfly, dropping over four seconds and posting a new ‘BB’ time!  He nabbed second place in the 25-yd fly and a third place in the 25-yd freestyle.  He dropped time in seven out his nine events.

Other top-8 finishers for GPAC were Coulson Barfield, Sophia Diagne, Grace Matthews, and Grace Sill.

GPAC place 7^th overall in the team standings.