GREATER PENSACOLA AQUATIC CLUB

GPAC hosted the annual Flip Flop Invitational on May 4 th and 5th. GPAC had a total of 93 swimmers participate in the meet with 86 GPAC swimmers achieving at least one life-time best. In total, GPAC had 349 best times out of 505 swims, coming out to 69% best times for GPAC as a whole. GPAC had 5 High Point recipients: Ansel Ramos (7) scored 16 points for GPAC and won the 50 Back, Lane Robinson (11) scored 52 points, winning the 50 Fly, 200 IM, 100 Fly, 50...

GPAC kicked off the start of the Long Course season in Mobile, AL for the CMSA Spirit of Mobile meet April 20-21 st . GPAC had a total of 30 swimmers participate in the meet with 27 GPAC swimmers achieving at least one life-time best. In total, GPAC had 118 best times out of 182 swims, coming out to 65% best times for GPAC as a whole. Congratulations to our event winners: Addison Adams (10), 100 Fly and 100 Free. Marcela Dos Santos (12), 200 Free, 50 Free, 100 Fly,...

Six GPAC swimmers competed in Orlando, Florida March 19 th - 23 rd for NCSA Spring Swimming Championships. All Six swimmers achieved at least one new best time and placed 19 th overall. Logan Robinson, 17, won High Point after placing in the top 8 in seven of his eight events scoring a total of 198 points for GPAC. Logan set seven new Team Records in the 100-yd & meter Freestyle, 400-yd and meter Individual Medley, 200 -yd Butterfly, 100 meter Butterfly and 200-yd Individual Medley. The boys 800 Freestyle...

GPAC traveled to Atlanta, Georgia for the 2024 Best of the South Meet from March 15 th -17 th . GPAC had a total of 14 swimmers attend with 13 of them achieving at least one new best time. GPAC accumulated 37 best times out of 92 total swims, coming out to 40% best times overall. The following athletes placed in the top 8 in at least one of their events: Addison Adams, Marcela Dos Santos, Graeson Garcia, Arthur Phillips, and Nathan Yoon. This was a great meet to end...

GPAC hosted the 2024 Short Course SES Region 4 Championships February 23rd-25th , and it was a great meet to end the year on for GPAC. The team had a total of 119 swimmers participate in the meet with 118 of them achieving at least one new best time. In all, GPAC achieved 570 best times out of 821 total swims: coming out to 69% best times across the team. GPAC had twenty swimmers win individual events at the meet: Marcela Dos Santos (12) with 6 events, Lane Robinson (11)...

GPAC traveled to Huntsville, Alabama for the 2024 Short Course Southeastern Championships from February 15 th -18th. GPAC had a total of 32 swimmers participate in our SES Championship meet with 30 of GPAC swimmers achieving at least one new best time. GPAC accumulated 126 best times out of 194 total swims: coming out to 65% best times across the team. GPAC finished the Short Course Championship weekend by placing 7 th overall with over 1200 points. Anatolie Badila , 10, won Best Overall for 10&Under boys scoring 138 points...

GPAC traveled to Tallahassee, Florida January 26-28 to compete in their last meet before the 2024 Southeastern Championships. GPAC had a total of 57 swimmers attend the meet, totaling 472 swims and achieving 211 best times- 45 % total best times for GPAC! 100% of the athletes who attended the meet achieved at least one personal best time. Aliza Gardner, 10, won high point for her age group. Aliza swam nine personal best times and won 5 of her events. Aliza qualified for SES in three events and three bonus...

GPAC kicked off the new year with its annual Winter Invitational held at UWF aquatic center January 12-14. Out of the 128 swimmers that competed, 121 of those swimmers achieved at least one personal best time, amassing over 57% best times for the team. Anatolie Badila, 10, won the high-point award for his age group for the third consecutive meet this season. Anatolie swam seven new personal best times and won 7 of his individual events. GPAC had twelve other swimmers win individual events at the meet: Addison Adams, 9,...

Harris hands verbal to Carson-Newman Senior Josephine “Jojo” Harris verbally committed to swim for Carson-Newman University next year. Jojo is the second graduating senior that will head to Jefferson City, TN next year, joining fellow classmate Jack Hebert on the Eagles’ swim team. “Several things stand out to me when making my decision to attend Carson-Newman,” said Harris. “The top reasons I chose this university are the Christian atmosphere displayed by the staff, the academic offerings, positive atmosphere of the swim team, and the beautiful campus. I'm excited for the...

Gravy Bowl Recap 2023 GPAC hosted the annual GPAC Gravy Bowl Invitational on the weekend of November 17-19. GPAC had a total of 148 swimmers attend our invitational and 144 GPAC swimmers achieving at least 1 New Best Time! Overall, GPAC had a total of 698 Best Times out of 934 Total Swims, coming out to 75% Best Times for GPAC as a whole! GPAC had four swimmers win the high point award for their age group. Anatolie Badila, 10, and AJ Gillespie, 10, tied for the award in the...