GMA Team Captains Championships 2011

Our GMA Team Captains share their championship wisdom as we head into the long course championship season. GO GMA!

Hey GMA!

The GMA crew back in Burlington is having a great weekend and working hard! All the practices have been completed and have been done with quality and positive attitudes. We've been motivated to do this hard work by the great meet results coming back from New England Senior Championships at Boston University. While the National Group is missed, we've also been feeding off each other's energy.

Today, the Senior Group added 600 yards to their workout because they took the initiative and rolled through the sets with little rest. The Sectional Group completed their workout with five minutes to spare since they stayed on schedule throughout the workout. Everyone took turns with leadership today; Alexy and Galen did a great job per usual, Morgan was super training in her new lane, Molly moved up as well (and trained fabulously). GMA alumni, David Wood, trained with us on Friday. He enjoyed his active rest set and was impressed by Alexy's effort.

Great job team, and good luck at New England Seniors! Go GMA!

Sincerely,
Your GMA Captains,
Maya and Galen

GMA Captain's Video Blog November 2010

Our GMA Captains explain IMX racing and why it's important for our TEAM that GMA swimmers embrace ALL of the events. Enjoy the video footage from our November meets throughout this video as well!

GMA Captains Review Key Team Policies

In their first ever video-blog, our new GMA team captains review some of the team policies that they think are most important for our success as a TEAM.

PLEASE NOTE: In the second segment of the video, the team captains do review our team drug and alcohol policy and briefly discuss the pressures one may face as a high school student.

GMA Captains Candidate Speeches 2010

Attention GMA Senior, Sectional and National swimmers! Now is the time to choose our team captains for the year. We want EVERYONE to have a voice in the voting process, so here are the speeches delivered by your teammates interested in serving YOU!





Voting ballots will be available on Wednesday and every Senior, Sectional and National swimmer will be allowed to vote for a team captain. Happy 2010-2011 short course season!

Captain Taylor recaps the Quebec Cup

While the majority of GMA swimmers were in the States training hard and enjoying the July 4th weekend, a group of GMA’s most elite athletes were in Montreal swimming at the highly competitive Quebec Cup. This was GMA’s second and most successful appearance. This year’s most elite athletes at the meet included Olympians Elizabeth Beisel, Cullen Jones, Garret Weber-Gale, Darien Townsen, and Victoria Poon.

The meet started out with a splash on Thursday night as Tasija Karosas and Taylor Grey swam the 200 IM in season and personal best times, respectively. This set the standard for the rest of the weekend as GMA athletes including Merritt Boardman, Michael Ubert, Haley Booher, Tasija Karosas, and Taylor Grey achieved nearly 90% season best times. Breakout swims included Karosas’ 100 back (1.06.29) which qualified her for USA Swimming Short Course Junior Nationals and put her within one second of qualifying for USA Swimming Long Course Junior Nationals. Grey also missed qualifying for Summer Nationals in the 100 breast, but had a breakout swim with a time of 1.05.98. Other great swims included Boardman’s 200 free and Ubert’s 800 free.

Overall, this meet served as a slingshot to Junior and Senior Nationals, which is less than four weeks away. Athletes will continue their rigid training regimen for the following weeks as they prepare to swim their fastest in either California or Boston. LET’S GO GMA!!!

- Taylor Grey

GMA Team Connections

The GMA Coaches and Captains invite ALL of our GMA team members to take the following survey to tell us more about the strengths of our team.



Click HERE to link to the confidential survey. Answers collected and reviewed by Laura Matuszak.