Aug 2, 2010 Congratulations to all those who participated in the Summer Junior Olympics this past weekend. The 15-18 Girls took home the team age group title and Katie Kurtz won high point in the same age group....  Jul 28, 2010 USA Swimming Nationals will be boradcast LIVE online at www.swimnetwork.com. The meet is being held in Irvine, CA (outdoors!) August 3-7. Team members Hayley Edwards, Brendan McHugh, and Mike Joyce ... Jul 27, 2010 Below is a message from Big Cat Aquatics regarding Junior Olympics: I am looking forward to seeing you all at PSU in a few days. This email should be the final update before the meet. Below is the ... Jun 7, 2010 First I wanted to give everyone a quick overview of the practice times: Practice times (June 7-June 18): National/Senior 2: 4 to 7 pm (M,W,F) 4-6 pm (tu-Th); 7-8:30 am (M,W,F); 7-10 am (Sat) Senior 1:... May 26, 2010 Information on the Independence 1 Mile Bay Swim has been posted in the Events section of the website. This information is posted because many swimmers and parents have indicated a desire that take p... May 18, 2010 This Thursday will mark our final short course (25 yard pool) practice of the season. Starting Friday the pool will be long course (50 meters) full time. Please see the table before for practice t... May 4, 2010 In order to get the bulk of 12 & Under swimmers out of the meet earlier on Mother's Day we are moving the 12 & Under 400 Free to the END of the 12 & Under session on Sunday. Please see the adjusted... Apr 25, 2010 The registration form for the 2010 end of the year banquet is now available. The banquet will take place on Sunday May 16 at Adelphia's. All payment must be received by Saturday May 8 along with reg... Apr 21, 2010 The GPAC Breaststroke Clinic will take place this Saturday at GCIT from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm. The guest coach for this clinic will be Charlie Kennedy, Head Coach of the Suburban Seahawk Club (SSC). ... Mar 23, 2010 Today is the last chance to order GPAC logo wear!!! There will not be logo wear orders through the summer, so this is it until the fall. The deadline for the logo wear order was extended to accomodat... Mar 18, 2010 Greater Philadelphia Aquatic Club would like to congratulate all swimmers who competed in the Middle Atlantic Junior Olympic Championships this past weekend. We placed 7 th overall out of over 50 ... Feb 26, 2010 Meet notes from Jersey Wahoos for their Last Chance Meet this weekend for those attending: Our Last Chance Meet is running as scheduled. We have seeded the following events at the start of each sess... Feb 26, 2010 GCIT IS CLOSED TODAY, FRIDAY, FEB. 26TH. THERE WILL BE NO PRACTICES OR SWIM LESSONS TONIGHT. REGISTRATION FOR SESSION 3 OF SWIM LESSONS WILL NOT BE TAKEN TONIGHT. WE WILL AGAIN TAKE REGISTRATIONS BE... Feb 25, 2010 GCIT IS CLOSED AS OF NOON TODAY. ALL PRACTICES AND SWIM LESSONS ARE CANCELED FOR THIS EVENING. REGISTRATIONS FOR SESSION 3 OF SWIM LESSONS WILL NOT BE TAKEN THIS EVENING. Feb 10, 2010 GCIT will be closed on Thursday, February 11th and we will not have practices or swim lessons. When the school is closed we cannot have practice or swim lessons. As of now we will have an earlier sch... Feb 8, 2010 All practices are being conducted at normal times this evening. Rather than wait for GCIT to make a decision on tomorrow night with this next storm approaching tomorrow night ("This week is "immobiliz... Feb 5, 2010 ALL PRACTICES TOMORROW (SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH) ARE CANCELED. AS OF RIGHT NOW TONIGHT... 1) We are still having practices but the start and finish times for all groups are changed. 2) The building i... Jan 11, 2010 Elite Meet entries as of 10:59 am are now posted on the Meet landing page for the Elite Meet: 1) Click on "Events" on the top menu bar 2) Click on the Elite Meet 3) Scroll down to "Forms/Documents" I ...  Nov 17, 2009 Parents Association Update Logo Wear Order : All orders placed in October are in! You can pick them up from Felicia Seigel on Tuesday, November 17th from 6-7 p.m. or on Wednesday, November 18th fr... Oct 28, 2009 GPAC Weekly Update (It is a big one...please read through everything fully!) Practice This Saturday, October 31 st Online Calendar Upcoming Meet Information Posted Veterans Memorial Meet Help Swimmer ... Oct 20, 2009 GPAC Weekly Update October 20, 2009 Who else was up at midnight and realized there was no way they were going to bed for a little while, at least until their adrenaline level went down?? I think my h... Oct 20, 2009 CoCo Key Water Park Event Sunday November 15th 3pm-8pm This is a family event, tickets must be purchased for each family member attending. Normally a ticket would cost $32.00, we are offering tickets... Oct 15, 2009 The first version of the Fall Classic psych sheets are now available on the meet's event landing page under "Forms/Documents". Oct 13, 2009 This will be a combination update from the GPAC team and from the Parents Association. Please take the time to read through this email fully and carefully as it contains important information for y...  Oct 7, 2009 All orders must be turned in today Friday October 16th!!!! Introducing the first logo wear order for the 2009-2010 season. To see all items click here . All orders must be in by Friday October 16th... Oct 5, 2009 The pool temperature at Wedgewood is currently too cold for practices. We are going to hold practices today at Wedgewood as dryland only (no suits are needed, come ready to work out and RUN). Please... Oct 5, 2009 We are back at GCIT as of Tuesday, October 11th. Unfortuantely we won't be in the water on Tuesday but the coaches feel it would be best to get back on a regular practice schedule ASAP. I will know ... Sep 29, 2009 GCIT Pool Update Oktoberfest Meet Information Fall Classic Meet Entry Swim-A-Thon Information GCIT POOL UPDATE The construction at GCIT is just about finished. I was over there on Saturday and it loo... Sep 20, 2009 Dear GPAC Parents, This email is a notification that this week (9/21-9/25) is GPAC spirit week. Every day your swimmers will be asked to participate in order to bring the team closer together. The s... Sep 14, 2009 My wife and I are in the process of moving and, unfortunately, I do not have consistent access to the internet this week. So, unfortunately, I will only be able to check my email once per day (usuall... Sep 10, 2009 With the team practicing outdoors for September I have received the question about weather and cancelations several times in the last couple of days. This gives me a good opportunity to talk about th... Sep 8, 2009 PRACTICE BEGINS TODAY!!! Just a reminder that practice begins today for National, Senior 2, Senior 1, Gold 1, Gold 2, Silver, and Mini. Bronze practice begins tomorrow. While the construction at GCIT... Sep 1, 2009 The meet schedule for this season has been updated. To view, please go to "Events" on the top menu bar and select "Meet Schedule" from the drop down menu that appears. This would be a great time fo... Aug 30, 2009 August 31, 2009 To: GPAC Team Families From: Matt Sprang; GPAC CEO & Head Coach Re: 2009-2010 Season Start I hope that everyone had a great August and were able to get some much needed re... Aug 29, 2009 GPAC will open practice at Wedgewood Swim Club (635 Center Street; Haddonfield, NJ 08033) and we will practice there until GCIT reopens (no later than October 1st is what we have been told). Wedgewoo...  Aug 28, 2009 GPAC has again been featured in a Swimming World Magainze article. The article currently appears online at swimmingworldmagazine.com. You can also access the article here . Jul 28, 2009 You can read FINA's ruling on technical suits HERE . Also through that link you can read a press release from Speedo discussing the FINA ruling. It is important for everyone to keep in mind the f... Jul 26, 2009 First (for summer swimmers), practices on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (July 29-31) will be held at Whitman Swim Club (156 Whitman Drive; Turnersville, NJ 08012). All groups will swim together sta... May 20, 2009 The qualifying times for the 2009 Long Course Zone Meet (August 12-15 @ Penn State University) are now posted in the Time Standards section under "Events". While this meet is after the official ending... May 19, 2009 This is not another attempt to coerce you into training with GPAC this summer as the title may indicate. It is, however, an attempt to help you understand the differences between Long Course Meters (L... Apr 25, 2009 Summer long course training is the key to continued development in this sport. Some people may say "We do train in the summer, with our summer club." I have always been an advocate of summer swimming.... Apr 15, 2009 The meet schedule has been updated to include most of the summer schedule. All on the schedule are our three events for the Fall of 2009: team time trials, Oktoberfest A/BB/C, and the expanded Autumn... Apr 6, 2009 Banquet Registration Form Please print this registration form and place form and payment in the Banquet folder in the GPAC Family Folders. Deadline is May 4th! For more information or questions cont... Mar 5, 2009 Don't worry, this is not a proposal along the lines of Jonathan Swift's 1729 essay of the same title... We are 1 week away from our first Championship meet, Junior Olympics at GCIT, and I feel there i... Mar 1, 2009 The swim team would like to put together a slide show that will be presented at the GPAC end of the year banquet. We are in need of your HELP! If you have any DIGITAL pictures of your swimmer and/or... Feb 24, 2009 The registration forms for both the Spring Warm-up program and the Spring Clinics are now available. Information on these programs can be found under "Team Info" on the main menu bar. Registration f... Feb 23, 2009 Congratulations to the following team members who have established new team records since the New Year: Individual Team Records: Jordan Washart - 8 & Under Girls 50 Butterfly Matt Mills - 9-10 Boys 16... Feb 11, 2009 The current list of qualifiers for both JOs and Senior Champs is available in the meet information section for each event. JUST BECAUSE A NAME APPEARS ON THE LIST DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE QUALIFIED. F... Feb 10, 2009 Senior Champs will be held this year at the York (PA) YMCA March 20-22. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hampton Inn in York. Each room is non-smoking with a microwave and fridge. There is... Jan 27, 2009 We are happy to announce our first team sponsor: Conova Academic Services, LLC. CAS specializes in academic tutoring and evaluations as well as standardized test prep. You can learn more about Conov... Jan 18, 2009 There is now an active link the the GPAC team blog in the link section of our home page, towards the bottom left of the page. Please take advantage of this valuable resource. Dec 22, 2008 Swimming World Magazine's online site has written an article about the team and our change from GCIT to GPAC. You can see tthe full article by clicking here . This is the not the first time our team... Dec 4, 2008 The website has been updated with the following: Information for New Families (Under Team Info Tab), Various Time Standards (Under Events Tab), and all Team Records. Nov 24, 2008 Our next meets are "focus" meets for our team: meets that we will be using as a gauge of swimmers? progress over the first three months of the season. In the week or so prior to these meets you will ... Nov 14, 2008 Lots of updates to the website have been made. Please take the time to check them all out: The calendar has been updated to include all meets and meet entry deadlines The Documents section has been u... Oct 29, 2008 Enjoy this. Please take the time to enjoy this. 31 years and, while this is technically the second championship in my lifetime, this is the first I can remember. There will be no practice for any gr... Oct 20, 2008 For the next two weeks Metro Swim Shop has set up a special online store just for our team. You can access the store here: www.metroswimshop.com/gpac . Anyone wishing to place an order through this... Oct 18, 2008 Dr. Alan Goldberg's website is http://www.competitivedge.com. Oct 16, 2008 Here is the schedule (by group) for tomorrow's sessions with Dr. Goldberg: ALL GROUPS MEET ON THE POOL DECK IN STREET CLOTHES. National/Senior 2/Senior 1: Meet @ 4:20 pm. Session 4:30 to 6 pm. Prac... Oct 15, 2008 This Friday we will have a special presentation from Dr. Alan Goldberg. Dr. Goldberg is one of the most well-known sports psychologists in the country and works exclusively with many USA Swimming N... Oct 14, 2008 CONGRATULATIONS WILL MANION!! Will broke two team records at the meet this past weekend: 13-14 Boys 100 Backstroke , 55.08 Old Record: Eric Brumberg, 56.18 December, 2008 13-14 Boys 200 Backstroke... |
