Thank you all for your patience with us, your parent reps Kelly and Leslie! We enjoyed the season and look forward to continuing to serve our Glen Abbey Gators. Our team of 184 swimmers had an undefeated 5-0 season thanks to Head Coach Carter McKenzie and Assistant Head Coach Madison Hamblen. Special thanks also to our amazing assistant coaches :

Volunteers

Our swim team also leaned heavily on our wonderful swim committee of 14 parent volunteers, including:

We also want to thank our event talent:

• Photographers Michael Carvell, Jamie Jones, and Natasha Carbonella
• Vocalist Bella Hansen

And special thanks to our  Volunteer of the Year Award Winner Laura Armistead.

Swimmers

Most Improved Award Winners

• Hatchlings: Nyra Shah & Caden Tranter
• 6 & Under: Maya Patel & Ishaan Medhi
• 7 & 8: Charlotte Gibson & Ezra Anderson
• 9 & 10: Adrianna Holton & Arnav Kulkarni
• 11 & 12: Maya Patel & Carter Good

High Points Award Winners

• 6 & Under: Blake Martin, Sloane Herceg & Michael Carvell
• 7 & 8: Cailin Gerdes & Austen Yang
• 9 & 10: Beckett Martin & Alex Abraham
• 11 & 12: Avery Blum & Luke Gerdes
• 13 & 14: Isha Jayakumar & Ryan Gerdes
• 15 & 18: Caroline Langford & Logan Modglin

Leadership Award Winners: Adele Christenson & Sawyer Smith

Coaches Award Winners: Ansley Robb & Ryan Gerdes

5-year Swimmers:

10-year Swimmers:

• Victoria Gerdes
• Logan Modglin
• Thomas Xiao

2023 Record-Breakers:

• Luke Gerdes broke 2 records in the Boys 11-12 group: 
  • 50 Butterfly in 28.00
  • 100 Freestyle in 54.70 
• Lauren Hinton broke 6 records in the Women 15-18 group:
  • 50 Breaststroke in 32.70
  • 50 Backstroke in 28.57
  • 50 Freestyle in 24.17
  • 50 Butterfly in 27.66
  • 100 IM in 1:01.80
  • 100 Freestyle in 52.57
• Johnson Xiao broke the Boys 13-14 group 50 Backstroke record with a time of 26.72.
• Thomas Xiao broke the Men 15-18 group 50 Breaststroke record with a time of 26.97

Special thanks to you all - every swimmer, parent, volunteer and coach made this happen. We truly could not have done it without each of you, and we hope to see you all back on the team next May! Until then, please enjoy the photo gallery put together by our talented Gator photographers. (use pin 5540 to download) 

Go Gators! 

~Kelly & Leslie