About
What is the Aquarelles Synchro Club?
Who Can Join?
What Can I Expect?
Coaches will group swimmers in similar age and ability groups. Groups will practice 2 to 4 times a week to work on specific skills. The team will put together a routine consisting of artistic and technical elements, dynamic transitions and hybrids. Coaches expect swimmers to come to practice ready to work hard, work as a member of a team, and maintain a positive attitude.
Swimmers train throughout the session improving flexibility, strength, technical figures and coordination. There are three kinds of routines: team routines, duets, and solos. Duets and solos are optional and require individualized training. The training culminates at the end of the season with a fun and entertaining water show open to the public, and competitive performance for our competing teams.
Coaches
Gabrielle Zabriskie, Head Coach
Gabrielle has been a synchronized swimmer for the past 17 years. She grew up in Quebec City, Canada, where she swam for Synchro Elite of Quebec Inc., one of the most successful Synchro Clubs in the country. She has been competing at the national level since 2002 and representing Canada in international championships since 2005. She moved to South Texas in 2011 to work as a professional synchronized swimmer and perform in “AZUL,” the white whale and dolphin show at SeaWorld.
While pursuing her athletic career, Gabrielle started coaching in 2005. She knew back then that coaching was going to be a very important part of her life. She loves to share her passion and to teach this amazing, complicated, and challenging sport. She received many honors at her home club and on the provincial scene, such as coach of the year 2008 and 2009, and Development Level-Team also in 2009. She really enjoys the position of head coach because it requires high levels of organizational skills and because she love to multitask.
Her coaching philosophy is that there’s no such thing as losing or winning. It’s all about self-accomplishment and self-growth. Hard work always brings good development, pride, and well-deserved rewards.
After 4 years of getting to know San Antonio, she took on the challenge to promote and make synchronized swimming a bigger and better community in this city. San Antonio has a great potential to become a leader in cities for synchronized swimming because of its multiple pool facilities, passion for swimming, and an existing synchro community. In September 2014, Gabrielle founded The Aquarelles Synchro Club, a new, growing, and hungry for success synchronized swimming club! She looks forward to many years of success and a great Aquarelles family where passion and team spirit shine.
Tina Greenlee, Coach
Tina began synchronized swimming back in her hometown of Rockford, IL. She attended clinics and camps as a child and joined her high school team, the Guilford Valkyries, in 2000. As a member of the Valkyries for all four years, she participated in 5-7 performances every spring during Show Week. These performances involved floor to ceiling murals, lighting, videography, emcees and skits, and ~10 routines. Her experience with the Guilford Valkyries is one of the most enjoyable and memorable experiences of her childhood and really solidified her passion for the sport.
At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Tina was a four-year member of the Illini Synchro club team (2004-2008). Here she experienced her first competitions and continued performance shows each spring for Mom’s Weekend. In college, Tina was also a 4-year member of the Illinettes Dance Team. Her other past experiences in coaching youth athletes have involved middle school spirit squad, high school track & field, youth hockey dry-land conditioning, and youth diving and synchronized swimming. Tina has a passion for choreographing, loves the water, and enjoys showing others how much fun you can have while exercising!
She moved to San Antonio in the spring of 2016 and was extremely happy to find the Aquarelles and join their synchro family! Her proudest moment as a coach so far has been watching her beginner synchronized swimmers do an amazing job of performing in 3 routines at their Winter Wonderland showcase after only 10 weeks (only 1 d/wk) of synchronized swimming practice EVER, and watching the novice and intermediate swimmers step up and help lead by example all fall season.
She moved to San Antonio in the spring of 2016 and was extremely happy to find the Aquarelles and join their synchro family! Her proudest moment as a coach so far has been watching her beginner synchronized swimmers do an amazing job of performing in 3 routines at their Winter Wonderland showcase after only 10 weeks (only 1 d/wk) of synchronized swimming practice EVER, and watching the novice and intermediate swimmers step up and help lead by example all fall season.
Claire Elliott, Coach
Claire spent >8 years in the pool as a water dancer. She started in her hometown, Savannah, GA, at age 9 for a local club team, The Savannah Synchro Sonics. She spent half of her childhood traveling and competing in nearly every state in the southeast and has a closet full of gold medals from every competitive category.
Her favorite element of the sport lies particularly in dance routine, as Claire’s high highest points were always earned in the “Artistic Impression” category…(you know, that dramatic face when someone pops out of the water!). Claire is excited to “get back in the water” by competing at the Masters level beginning in March of 2017. She is also experiencing her first year coaching with the Aquarelles in hopes to make the same lasting impact that her synchro coach did for her.
Laura Meitin, Coach
Braley San Miguel, Coach
Alexandra Cox, Coach
Zofi Kudak, Coach
Current Events
SUMMER SESSION
GEORGE BLOCK AQUATIC CENTER
Saturday: 2:00-3:00pm
7001 Culebra, SA, TX, 78238
PALO ALTO AQUATIC CENTER
Monday: 6:00-7:00pm
1400 W. Villaret Blvd, SA, TX, 78224
NORTHSIDE SWIM CENTER
Sunday: 2:00-3:00pm
8400 N Loop 1604 W, SA, TX, 78249
Current Aquarelles swimmers OR experienced swimmers interested in joining a competitive team for next season 17-18
We invite you to take part in our USA Synchro Grade Level Passing weekly class.
Testing will be scheduled at the beginning of the season.
Palo Alto Aquatic Center
Monday: 7:00-8:00pm
All Classes runs from June 5th-August 27th
$55/Month OR $17 Drop In. Must Registered 48hours prior to class.
YOUTH CUP 2017
Order your Lunch Box here!
Don’t forget to fill out and submit your order form by Wednesday the 17th at theaquarelles@hotmail.com.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
We need all hands on deck!
What’s your strength?
- Fundraising Coordinator
- Organize fundraising activities
- In charge of specialty raffles, events, etc.
- Communication Coordinator
- Monthly parent newsletters
- Email schedule communications
- Organize and update contact list
- Parent liaison
- Apparel Coordinator
- Place and distribute clothing and equipment order
- Contact local distributors
- Volunteers on deck during meets
- Team leader
- Snack bar coordinator
- Result tabulator
- More opportunities to follow
As our club grows, we will need to fill our board of directors. Some of these positions include treasurer, secretary and coordinators. Please let us know if you are interested in any of these positions. Thank you for your continued support.
Calendar
Join Our Team
All groups practice one to four times a week, from Monday through Sunday. A synchro session is normally 10 to 12 weeks. A competitive season goes from December through June. Click below to join our team!
Sponsors
Special thanks to our sponsors!! Your support is much appreciated and related 100% to our success!
Frank Morill
Aquarelle's friend:
Dippco-Lone Star Gun & Supply-David Pruitt
Aquarelle's Sunshine
Viper Immunition
Aquarelle's Super Star
Frank Morill
Aquarelle's friend:Dippco-Lone Star Gun & Supply-David Pruitt
Aquarelle's SunshineViper Immunition
Aquarelle's Super Star
Want to sponsor our team? Let us know at theaquarelles@hotmail.com
Elegance, Strength, and Fun!
