GREATER PENSACOLA AQUATIC CLUB

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...

Santa’s BEST Meet Recap Nearly 40 GPAC swimmers rounded out the 2023 competitive year by heading over to Biloxi to race in the Santa’s BEST swim meet December 2-3. Despite some less-than-favorable weather that delayed the meet on Saturday, the team accumulated 38% life-best times over the weekend, and 32 swimmers swam at least one personal best. Anatollie Badila, 10, won high-point for his age group. Anatole swam four new personal best times and won five of his individual events. He also set a new ‘A’ time in the 50-yd...

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...

GPAC named Bronze Medal Club for 2024 GPAC earned USA Swimming’s Club Excellence Bronze Medal club designation for 2024 announced by the national governing body this week. This is the first award for the club since USA Swimming initiated the program in 2000 to identify swim clubs throughout the country that are producing national-caliber athletes. “This is truly a great honor to have our club recognized by USA Swimming as a high-performing program,” said GPAC head coach Greg Johnson, who has been with the club since 2010. “This has been...

Braedan Jacobs commits to William Carey GPAC senior Braedan Jacobs has been offered and has accepted a roster spot on the inaugural William Carey University swim team for the 2024-25 season. Jacobs becomes the third senior in the class of 2024 to make plans to swim collegiately next season. “I am super excited to announce my commitment to swim for William Carey University in Biloxi,” Jacobs said. “My long-term goal is to be a High School math Teacher and swim coach. This scholarship affords me the opportunity to make those...

Senior Jack Hebert Verbals to Carson Newman GPAC Senior group member and West Florida High School senior Jack Hebert became the second swimmer in the class of 2024 to give a verbal commitment to swim collegiately, as he accepted an offer to attend Carson-Newman University next fall. “I am extremely excited to announce my commitment to be a student-athlete at Carson-Newman,” Jack stated. “I would like to thanks my friends and family, and everyone who has supported me throughout my life. Talons up!” Jack is an eight-time Southeastern qualifier for...

CMSA Vance Rose Invitational GPAC traveled to Mobile, AL the weekend of October 6-7 to compete in the CMSA Vance Rose Invitational. GPAC had 39 swimmers attend the meet, and 38 of the swimmers achieved at least one new best time. Overall, GPAC had 57% best times, with a total of 134 improvements out of 236 total swims. Swimmers who achieved ALL Best Times: Cecilia Chapman (13), Carson Cox (13), Aubrey Fox (9), Emma Joachim (12), Brady Nguyen (8), Zachary Wright (10) Congratulations to Anderson Saksa (11) on winning the...