Visit the GSA tent at City Meet this year. Chat with GSA coaches, parents, and swimmers about our flexible, proven programs for swimmers at all levels. New season program and pricing information is available. Good luck to all our GSA swimmers and their CSA teams!
GSA offers a variety of swim programs for athletes at all levels from beginners to nationally ranked competitors. Training provided by GSA’s experienced, ASCA certified coaches. Pick your own practices on a daily basis. Take advantage of GSA’s flexible monthly Drop In/Drop Out option. No annual contracts are required. No secondary facility memberships are necessary. Click here to learn more about GSA’s programs and here for pricing. The new season starts August 17th for Seniors and August 24th for Age Group. Questions? Email Age Group Coach Chrissy Olson or Senior Coach Kevin Thornton.
GSA’s 54th Easterns Invitational will be held at Lindley, June 26-28. This is GSA’s biggest meet of the year. GSA Parents, please click here to select your volunteer position. Look in the right column for meet information and other useful links.
GSA will host free stroke clinics at Lindley pool on Monday nights in June. Invite your CSA teammates! Want GSA to host a custom clinic at your summer league pool? Contact Coach Christina to schedule. Click here for Lindley Clinic poster and CSA Clinic poster to post at your summer league pool.
GSA is one of ten North Carolina teams named by USAS as a Club of Excellence. GSA earned the award based on our sound business management practices, our outstanding coaches, and the success of our swimmers. The other nine NC teams were MAC, RSA, MOR, NCAC, WSY, Duke, YOTA, WOW and New Wave. This is GSA’s third year in the Club.
April 20-May 14, Monday-Thursday, 4:00-4:30 at Grimsley High School Pool. Cost is $5 per swimmer per practice. No obligation and pay as you swim. For info contact the GSA Office at GSAswimBiz@GSAswim.org or Coach Chrissy at GSAswimCO@GSAswim.org.
ALL GSA SWIMMERS and their families are invited to GSA’s Spring Celebration, April 24, 7:00 pm at BurMill Park Clubhouse. See you at the party!
GSA’s 14 and under swimmers competed against swimmers from across the Southeast at the Sectional meet. Click here for the full report.
Join Head Coach Kevin Thornton during practice at Grimsley and learn more about long course training and the long-lasting benefits for your swimmer. Saturday, March 28, 10:00 at Grimsley practice.
GSA’s senior team competed in the Speedo Champions Series Southern Zone Eastern Section Senior Championships in Cary, NC this past weekend. Teams from 9 states (NC, GA, KY, MS, SC, WV, TN, and parts of FL and AL) met to race for sectional bragging rights. Three Olympians Cullen Jones, Amanda Weir, and Mark Gangloff, also competed in the meet. Once again, GSA seniors made their mark! Click here for the full report. And good luck to the GSA swimmers heading to the Age Group sectional meet this weekend!
GSA’s 14 and under swimmers participated in the 2009 North Carolina Age Group State Championships held in Huntersville, February 19-22. Our swimmers earned personal best times, qualified to swim at the Age Group Sectional Meet, and had some fun together, too! Click here for full report.
New swimsuit rules for 12&U. Effective 5/15/09, swimsuits worn for all 12 & under age group defined competition shall not cover the neck, extend past the shoulder, nor past the knee. Any exceptions for medical or religious reasons need to be approved by USA Swimming before each competition. Any questions? Ask a GSA coach or a GSA parent official.
Nineteen of GSA’s senior team traveled to Cary with Coach Kevin to compete in the North Carolina Senior State Championships. Our swimmers reaped the benefits of their excellent training and hard work, posting many Top 24 finishes and personal best times including achieving cuts for upcoming Sectional and National competitions. Click here for the full report.
In the next GSA Bleacher Talk session, Coach Kevin Thornton will discuss with parents the latest scientific thinking on the importance of warm up and cool down. Join Coach Kevin during practice at Grimsley on January 17 at 10:00 in the bleachers.
If you haven’t discovered GSA’s professional meet photo gallery on Smug Mug, check it out at http://gsaswim.smugmug.com/. Various print sizes and photo gifts are available. All proceeds benefit GSA. The site is secured so check your email for messages from Kevin and Chrissy with the team password or email Kate at GSAswimbiz@GSAswim.org.
The meet will be held at John Gordon Dewey Pool at Grimsley High School this weekend.
John Gordon Dewey was a GSA swimmer and Grimsley High School Swimmer who was stricken
with cancer early in life. GSA holds this meet in his honor. If your swimmer (12+) is
interested in participating now that it’s local, contact your coach.
All GSA volunteers are invited to sign up at the GSA Volunteer Space.
Psych Sheet and Meet Information, Results
OK, GSA parents, it’ time to dive in and pull together the activities that make GSA such a great team. Click here to find out your committee assignment. Don’t see your name? Be sure to fill out and return your orange committee form from your registration packet or let us pick a committee for you. All committee assignments will be finalized by October 15.
Thank you to everyone who assisted with GSA’s summer marketing programs with the Community Swimming Association teams this year. Our tent was filled with parents who were very interested in our team’s swimming programs. Thanks to parents who coordinated and contributed to the GSA breakfasts each morning, to our CSA summer team liaisons, and to the swimmers who helped with GSA’s summer team clinics.
Also congratulations to the GSA swimmers who participated in City Meet this year. GSA claims many Golden Swimmers and City Champions this year, not to mention new City Meet records for Natalie Labonge and Myles Oliver!
Read more about GSA’s 2008 Golden Swimmers and City Champions
GSA’s Swim For Cancer Raffle held during the three days of City Meet raised $350. Thank you to everyone who helped support the raffle. The American Cancer Society representatives were very appreciative of our team’s contribution. The raffle winner was Eric Kaylor. Congratulations, Eric!
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