GPAC Swimming

Official Twitter feed for the Greater Philadelphia Aquatic Club and Swim School.

[Ryan Sprang @JWCoachRyan]

BIG congratulations goes out to Isabela Valle who has committed to continue her swimming and academic career at Rutgers University! Way to go Izzy!! #GPACpride

[Ryan Sprang @JWCoachRyan]

BIG congrats goes to Kylie McMurray who won the annual Fran Crippen Award for the girls for the highest combined FINA power point total in the 400 free, 800 free, 1500 free and 400 IM!! A GPAC swimmer has won this award at 4 of the past 5 MA LC Senior Championships! #GPACpride

[Ryan Sprang @JWCoachRyan]

10 years from now, you may not remember your times, but you’ll remember the people you were with. #GPACpride

[Ryan Sprang @JWCoachRyan]

That’s a wrap! Your GPAC Girls are the 2023 MA Long Course Senior Championships Team Scoring Champions with 855 points!! 1st time for our program. What a total TEAM effort! So proud of this crew! #GPACpride

[Ryan Sprang @JWCoachRyan]

After 3 days at MA Sr Champs, GPAC boys are in 4th place in team scoring with 270 points and GPAC girls are in 1st with 621 points!! 1 more day to go! Let’s GO GPAC!! #GPACpride

[Ryan Sprang @JWCoachRyan]

A few highlights last night at MA Sr Champs:

-Girls 200 medley relay takes 3rd and breaks the GPAC record!
-15 individual finals’ swims
-Madelyn Cassidy breaks 15-16 G 50 free team record
-Gavin Danze makes 1st Futures cut
-Scarlett McGlinchey wins gold in the girls 200 breast

[Ryan Sprang @JWCoachRyan]

This crew is ready to crush it AGAIN today at MA Sr Champs!! Let’s GO GPAC! #GPACpride

[GPAC Swimming @GPACSwimming]

GPAC parents, we need 4 timers tonight for finals.

[GPAC Swimming @GPACSwimming]

Awesome job so far with our Swim-a-thon fundraising, GPAC! We are more than a third of the way toward our goal with still plenty of time. BIG shout out to the 3 swimmers who raised over $1k each! Keep up the GREAT work everyone!

Link to support our cause: https://t.co/zhOTc6w8B8

[Ryan Sprang @JWCoachRyan]

GPAC is putting in some work in the long pool this week and I’m loving every minute of it! #GPACpride

[Ryan Sprang @JWCoachRyan]

Congrats to Kylie McMurray and Michael McCarthy who were selected for and currently at the Middle Atlantic Elite Select Camp in Ocala, Florida!

Congrats to Scarlett McGlinchey who was selected for the Tri State Coalition Olympic Select Camp in Colorado Springs April 27-30!

[Ryan Sprang @JWCoachRyan]

Get this: At Silver Champs this past weekend, GPAC swimmers earned 64 new Middle Atlantic Jr Championship qualifying times!! SIXTY FREAKIN FOUR!! Unreal. #GPACpride

[SwimSwam @swimswamnews]

Greater Philadelphia Aquatic Club Tops Team Scores At 2023 Middle Atlantic JR Champs https://t.co/SLO58hbG1E

[GPAC Swimming @GPACSwimming]

Looking good GPAC! #GPACpride

[GPAC Swimming @GPACSwimming]

BIG congrats to Luke Bickett who was the 11-12 boys High Point Award winner at the MA Jr Championships this past weekend!! Way to go Luke!! #GPACpride

[GPAC Swimming @GPACSwimming]

GPAC is your 2023 Middle Atlantic Short Course Jr Championships Team Scoring Champions!! This was the 1st time in program history for the short course meet. Congratulations to all GPAC swimmers, coaches and parents who helped us achieve this milestone!! #GPACpride

[GPAC Swimming @GPACSwimming]

And in the final heat of the mile, Kylie McMurray dropped 18 seconds to take 4th in 16:26.40!! That’s a new 15-16 & Open GPAC Girls’ record!!

[GPAC Swimming @GPACSwimming]

Michael McCarthy dropped another 4 seconds in his 1000 free to take 9th in 9:14.0!!

[GPAC Swimming @GPACSwimming]

Izzy Valle dropped 13 seconds in her 1650 to take 13th in 16:52.3!!

[GPAC Swimming @GPACSwimming]

Danielle McCarthy followed with a LTB in the mile going 17:07.8!!