Announcements (Updated: 7/21/2008)

                                             Fall 2008 Season

GTAC's swim program has developed our community athletes into Championship caliber swimmers. However, we have not lost sight of one of our main missions: Continue to help our children enjoy their swimming experience and understand the life-long lessons that swimming offers. We understand that each swimmer develops at different rates. Some are fast now while others take time to grow and develop a little later. Early on in a swimmer's development, we not so much concerned about how fast they swim but how they swim. We monitor this very closely through our hands-on coaching methods. As they gets older and their bodies mature, we can begin to focus on training and speed. 

Our other goal is that our swimmers swim in high school, college and beyond. For the past 2 years, one of our District swim teams, GBS, has placed in the top 3 in Illinois. We would like to keep that tradition going. Additionally, swimming has many lessons to offer...in and out of the pool.

Our coaching staff lives in Glenview and some were born and raised in our schools. We have experience many years of swimming experience that we want to pass to your swimmers. GTAC continues to be proud to serve our community residents.

So, come be a part of GTAC. 

It's simple. If your swimmer can complete 25 yards freestyle and 25 yards of backstroke, come to evaluations that will be held Splash Landings at the Park Center. We're excited that come December (hopefully), we will be using the new 8 lane pool at GBS. 

Here's the evaluation schedule:

Location: Splash Landings at the Park Center

Time: 4:30 - 6:00

Dates: 

Aug, 25 for those last names beginning with A - H

Aug. 26 for those last names beginning with I - O

Aug. 27 for those last names beginning with P - Z

**If you can not make these dates, please email swimgtac@comcast.net**

                                            No Practice Updates

                                             Upcoming Meets

                            No more meets 

                           (Except for those swimmers that qualified for championship meets)

                                         Recent Meet Results

                     Nice job at Conference meet!! (Results coming soon)

                     Arlington Alligator Summer Splash

                     Tops: Father's Day Classic

                     BR Ryall: Weather or Not 

                                                Results: Spring Summer 2008

                                           Archived Results: Meets 

                                         We've got pictures

                                               Want to see some pictures? 

                                               Click here  Reflections

                                             Recent News (7/14/08)

                        Yet Another GTAC Swimmer Achieves First Age Group State and  "Senior" Cut!

Justin Pasquesi qualified for the 100 free for this weekend's Senior meet. He'll join Anne, Olivia and Katie at this weekend's championships. Justin will be a sophomore at Loyola and has been with GTAC "pre and post braces". He is well deserving of this accomplishment. Nice job!

                        Another GTAC Swimmer Achieves First Age Group State and  "Senior" Cut!

Over the weekend, Olivia Smoliga (a.k.a. Tiny...all 5'10" @ 13 yrs of age), not only did she qualified for for the first time for Age Group State (50 Free, 100 Back and 200 Back) but she won the 50 Free event and at the same time qualified for the Senior Championships on July 24 -27. She's joining "veterans" Anne Edwards and Katie Iida at Seniors. (All three of them are 13 years old.) Great job! 

                        Preliminary 2007/2008 Short Course Results

Each year Illinois swimming recognizes the top ten fastest times between September and March. Top ten swimmers are invited to an annual banquet sponsored by Illinois Swimming to receive special recognition. 

All swimmers who swam in Illinois are eligible. So if someone ages up during this time frame, their times still count. For example, a fast 11-12 year old swimmer has a top ten time but in December he/she turns 13, his/her time still counts. In short, more people are eligible to record a top ten time than for the Age Group State meet. There are literally thousands of swimmers that participate in each event.

As a result, making top 50 means you are very, very fast. Top 30 in State is a outstanding.  Top 20 is insane! Top 10, as Callan puts it, is "sick".   Special note: Katie Iida (11-12 yr old) had the fastest time in Illinois for the 200 yard backstroke! Very cool! 

Nice job, Niki and Katie Wells, Sam Salganik, Anne Edwards, Justin Pasquesi and Katie Iida. 

You all worked very hard for these accomplishments. You've been and continue to be role models for all our swimmers. 

Niki Wells (11-12):

#47 500 Free

Katie Wells (9-10): 

#11 100 Breast 

#17 100 Back 

#29 50 Back 

#30 100 Free 

#26 50 Free 

Sam Salganik (9-10):

#43 100 Fly

Anne Edwards (13-14): 

#15 1000 Free 

#27 1650 Free 

Justin Pasquesi (13-14): 

#15 50 Free 

#17 100 Free 

#21 200 Free 

Katie Iida (11-12): 

#1 200 Back (#70 in country!!)

#11 100 Back 

#21 100 Breast 

#12 200 Breast 

#17 100 IM 

#11 200 IM 

#14 500 Free

"We've only just begun!"

                             Special Acknowledgements