GPAC hosted the annual Tom Lalor Invitational June 5-7 at the University of West Florida. Our team had a total 86 athletes that participated in the meet and had 82 of those athletes achieving lifetime best swims. In total, GPAC saw 389 best times out of 558 total swims, coming out to 69.7% of swims earning a lifetime best.

GPAC had three swimmers earn high point winner for their age group:

• Addison Adams (12 & under Girls)
• Alexandru Badila (8 & under Boys)
• AJ Gillespie (12 & under Boys)

Congratulations to the following event winners over the weekend:

Addison Adams- 100 fly, 100 back, 400 free, 100 free, 200 IM; Ethan Anderson- 100 free, 50 free; Alexandru Badila- 50 breast, 100 back, 100 free, 50 fly, 200 free, 50 back, 100 breast, 50 free; Jacob Fischer- 50 breast; AJ Gillespie- 50 breast, 100 back, 400 free, 200 IM, 200 free, 100 breast; Amelia Ilnitskiy- 400 IM; Ava Walker- 100 breast; Justin Washburn- 200 fly

The following swimmers achieved 100% lifetime bests:

Ethan Anderson, Grady Carlson, Emma Chavez, James Chavez, Madison Crisco, Julian Franco Moya, Claire Gibowski, Scarlett Harshman, Brayden Heath, Oliver Johnson, Amelie Kortman, Addyson LaRue, Grace Laughlin, Molly Laughlin, Ellison McLaughlin, Luke Nieto, Noah Odom, Tootsie Phillips, Henry Ramos, Audrey Rowden, Bella Valdez, Benson Whiteman, Grayson Whiteman, Jace Witte

Congratulations to the following swimmers who earned an automatic Southeastern qualifying time:

Ethan Anderson, Theodore Blankschaen, Brandon Carney, Kennedy Carter, Jacob Fischer, Joshua Guello, Hailey Herron, Nicholas Lypko, Noah Odom, Ava Walker, Justin Washburn

Congratulations to the swimmers who earned new motivational time standards:

B- Theodore Blankschaen, Scarlett Harshman, Rory Herron, Grace Laughlin, Berkeley Mefford, Arthur Phillips, Tootise Phillips, Laliyah Roland, Maliyah Roland, Milo Soileau, Ruby Stewart, Clark Thompson, Conor Valdez

BB- James Chavez, Madison Crisco, Carson Cox, Brayden Heath, Amelie Kortman, Emersyn Mason, Maddox McKian, Brady Nguyen, Noah Odom, Galen Schwartz, Bella Valdez, Grace Walen

A- Anatolie Badila, Kennedy Carter, Jacob Fischer, AJ Gillespie, Hailey Herron, Amelia Ilnistkiy, Oliver Johnson, Addyson LaRue, Nicholas Lypko, Henry Ramos

AA- Addison Adams, Ethan Anderson, Ava Walker, Justin Washburn