GULF SHORES, AL - The Gulf Shores Swim Team welcomed more than 300 swimmers as they hosted the Gulf Coast Area Aquatic League Championship at the Bodenhamer Recreation Center on July 25 and 26. Swimmers representing nine area teams competed in 136 events during the course of the meet.

The home standing Dolphins sent 45 swimmers into competition and wasted no time making waves on the Second Division leaderboard as the 8U Boys relay team of Asher Pampel, Will Langston, and Graham and Miles Uter claimed the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard medley titles.

Pampel continued his dominating performance in the individual side of the competition with victories in the 25-yard freestyle, 25-yard breast stroke, 50-yard freestyle and 25-yard fly.

In the end Gulf Shores stood atop the Second Division standings earning their first division title in three years.

“I am so excited and so proud of our team,” Coach Brook Hopkins said. “This team has worked so hard this summer and it is so gratifying to see it all pay off with our first division title in three years.”

In all, nine Gulf Shores swimmers took home High Point achievements in their age groups including; Jack Biggs in 6U Boys, Catie Sanders in 7U Girls, Joseph Zarzaur and Miles Uter in 7U Boys, Pampel and Graham Uter in 8U Boys, Palmer Waechter in 11U Girls, Anna Langston in 12U Girls, and Holly Blair in 18U Girls.

The Gulf Shores Swim Team will begin their fall “swimester” on Sept. 2. Registration is open to ages 4 – 18 and is available at the Bodenhamer Recreation Center.

For more information about the Gulf Shores Swim Team, contact Head Coach and Aquatics Coordinator for the City of Gulf Shores, Brook Hopkins, at 251-968-1427.