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SwimMAC Wins First-Ever Club Excellence Title

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Club Excellence Medal

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – SwimMAC Carolina is the decisive team champion in the 2012 Club Excellence rankings. Scoring 59,856 points, Coach David Marsh’s club took top honors for the first time. The Dynamo Swim Club finished in 2nd place with 50,882 points followed by the Mission Viejo Nadadores in 3rd position with 47,588.

The following clubs achieved the coveted Gold Medal level for 2012:

1. SwimMAC Carolina, 59,856
2. Dynamo Swim Club, 50,882
3. Mission Viejo Nadadores, 47,588
4. Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics, 46,072
5. North Baltimore Aquatic Club, 44,005
6. Swim Atlanta, 38,388
7. Sarasota YMCA Sharks, 33,104
8. First Colony Swim Team, 32,765
9. Bolles School Sharks, 32,554
10. Lakeside Swim Team, 31,970
11. Curl Burke Swim Club, 31,928
12. Germantown Academy A.C., 31,508
13. Carmel Swim Club, 29,897
14. Y Spartaquatics Swim Club, 29,141
15. North Coast Aquatics, 28,856
16. Rockville-Montgomery S.C., 25,951
17. NOVA of Virginia Aquatics, 24,383
18. Nashville Aquatic Club, 23,808
19. Santa Clara Swim Club, 22,874
20. Crimson Aquatics, 22,462

Three clubs have achieved the Gold Medal level for the first time this year: First Colony Swim Team, Y Spartaquatics Swim Club and Crimson Aquatics. Of the 306 teams that submitted applications for this year’s program, a record 88 clubs achieved the criteria for Gold Medal eligibility.

There were several key changes to this year’s program. The most notable being:

  • Only 18 & Under athletes are eligible to participate
  • The number of Gold Medal teams has increased from 16 to 20 teams
  • Scoring was added in the Women’s 1500 Free and the Men’s 800 Free
  • Scoring was added for participants in USA Swimming’s Open Water Nationals, and
  • The dates for eligible performances are based on the 2010-2011 swim year, not the calendar year as in the past.

Clubs have been selected as Gold, Silver or Bronze Medal clubs according to the following parameters:

Gold Level: The top 20 point-scoring clubs eligible for the Gold level.
Silver Level: The remaining clubs ranked through #100 and not achieving Gold status.
Bronze Level: Clubs ranked #101 through #200 and not achieving Gold or Silver status.

Silver Medal winners from NCS: Marlins of Raleigh, YMCA of the Triangle Area Swim Team, Raleigh Swimming Association and STAR Aquatics

Bronze Medal winners from NCS: North Carolina Aquatic Club, Duke Aquatics, New Wave Swim Team, YMCA Seahorse Swim Team, Greensboro Swimming Association and Northwest NC YMCA Riptyde

The program recognizes USA Swimming clubs for their commitment to excellence in performance. In addition to recognizing the top club teams, the program provides grant funding for resources that enable clubs to expand and/or enhance the services they already provide to athletes. A total of $330,000 in grant dollars will be distributed to the 100 Gold and Silver-level clubs. Final grant awards will be announced by April 20.

Click here to view the complete 2012 Club Excellence Program results.

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2012 IMX Camp information

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Hello IMX CAMP Attendees, Parents and Interested Parties:

This is the first correspondence from us since you applied to the IMX Camp and first, let me welcome all 115 of you who have submitted your application and payment.  I have received your check and information and you are now formally a part of our 2012 IMX Camp which will take place in Greensboro on the weekend of January 21-22, 2012.  Checks were forwarded to the NCS Treasurer this past Monday, so they should be clearing your bank accounts in the very near future.
The Camp Director for the 2012 IMX Camp is Coach Jay Dodson, Head Coach of STAR Aquatics.  He is finalizing the exciting plans and all the logistics for this year’s Camp and we will post the information soon.
Here are a few items that we wish to communicate at this time:
LODGING
Originally, we were planning to have the swimmers out at the Airport Marriott.  Those plans have changed as we realized the logistics of moving 115 athletes between that hotel and the Aquatic Center were likely to be problematic.  Coach Dodson has re-booked the camp at a much closer hotel and will announce its location in his information.  We are trying to be sure that each swimmer has their own bed or a pull-out couch for their overnight stay.
GREENSBORO AQUATIC CENTER
With the IMX Camp at the new Greensboro Aquatic Center, the swimmers will be training in a beautiful new facility when they come to the camp this year.  As part of the camp, we are working on a tour of the ACC Hall of Fame Museum housed at the adjacent Coliseum, a yoga session, as well as three workouts over the course of the weekend.  This and some fun surprises will really allow the North Carolina athletes to interact and make new friends from across the state.
COACHING STAFF
With 115 athletes (58 girls/57 boys) we were sure to need a big staff this year.  We have called on many of the best and brightest from the LSC and the following coaches responded to our call:
Camp Director         Jay Dodson (STAR)
Head Coach             Nathan Durrell (STAR)
Asst. Coach             Russ Kasl (MAC)
Asst. Coach             Raz Cuparencu (RSA)
Asst. Coach             Patrick Curran (YOTA)
Asst. Coach             Kiki Farmer (YWNC)
Asst. Coach             Griff Helfrich (NCAC)
Asst. Coach             John Ravestein (TYDE)
Camp Coordinator    Jonathan Watson (MOR)
Thank you, coaches!
CHAPERONES
Coach Jay Dodson will be the Camp Director and as part of his on-site duties, he will be charged with delegating tasks to our “chaperone team”.  Coach Jay is interested in hearing from anyone wishing to be a chaperone which requires USA Swimming membership and passing the USA Swimming background check and athlete protection program.  If you would be interested and can be present throughout the duration of the camp, please contact Coach Jay.  Part of the chaperones duties will include carrying out the plans that Jay makes. 
APPAREL ITEMS
Once again we have plans for some awesome “swag” as it is known in swimming circles.  The fleece jackets last year were a hit and we wouldn’t want to disappoint, so I will be sending one final check to see that I have the correct sizes for all the athletes.  I will be ordering these items just after Christmas, so please be sure I have the correct size that you wished to get.  The size list will be sent to everyone soon. 
ODDS & ENDS
I have been asked what the $150 cost covered and did not cover.  The $150 will cover the swimmer’s lodging, the facility rental, the apparel gifts, the meals throughout the camp and a few other odds and ends.  As not all swimmers can be “maintained” on the same level of food intake, it is recommended that athletes who need large amounts of sustenance, bring along additional appropriate snacks.
There will be some additional forms including a Code of Conduct that will need to be brought to the camp or mailed to Coach Dodson before arrival.
The logistics of exactly where to meet and where and when to be picked up from the camp will all be coming soon in a separate email.  
In the meantime, you mail feel free to email Coach Jay or myself with any questions about the camp and if we can answer them, we will.
Looking forward to a fantastic experience at the NCS IMX Camp just over a month away.
NCS Camp Coordinator
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NC Swimmers at Junior Nationals

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Junior Nationals Great Meet for NC Swimmers

SwimMAC Carolina led the way for the North Carolina delegation at Junior Nationals which concluded yesterday at the University of Texas pool in Austin.  With 20 swimmers competing, MAC showed their strength by placing 3rd in combined men and women’s scores.  The women place 4th overall and the men placed 2nd to the Bolles School Sharks.  For the men, the 200 Free Relay set new NAG Records in the 17-18 and 15-18 age groups with a 1:21.30.  The men’s 400 Free Relay also set a new NAG record in the 15-18 age group with a 2:56.93.  Relay swimmers included Peter Brumm, Logan Heck, John Manchester, Ryan Wilkinson and Kyle Darmody.  Congratulations to these young men on some outstanding swimming!

Swimmers competing for MAC at the meet included Lauren Rhodes, Linsay Cooper, Nora McCullagh, Maija Roses, Elsa Welshofer, Nicole Emery, Maria Sheridan, Caroline Bryant, Logan Heck, Peter Brumm, Ryan Wilkinson, Kyle Darmody, Sean Corcoran, Lane Bretschneider, William Wheeler, John Manchester, Kevin Glenn, Billy Murch Elliott, Thomas Hetzel, and Currie Murch Elliott.  Swimming Unattached-MAC were Alexandra Martelle and Kathleen Baker.

RSA was represented by Henriette Stenkvist, Hannah Moore, Andrew Henry, William Deforest, Victoria Tschoke and Ryan Cade.  DUKE was represented by Garrett House.  YSST was represented by Sava Turcanu; WOW had Travis Johns and Matthew McPeters; YWNC was represented by William Young and Ryan Deberry.  WAVE had Daniel Dozier and Sean Yeh and SSS had Kurt Wohlrab swimming.  Swimming Unattached-GSA was Daniel Le and Unattached-NC was Kyle House.  Congratulations to all our Junior National swimmers!

 

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2011 Winter Nationals

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NORTH CAROLINA WELL-REPRESENTED AT 2011 WINTER NATIONALS

With  10 officials on deck and 46 athletes who competed at the AT & T 2011 Winter Nationals, North Carolina Swimming was well-represented in Atlanta over the  weekend.  Working a national deck for the first time were Jerry Branner, Jeff Foltz, and Lou Mondelli.  They were joined by Dave and Lisa Olack,  Suzanne Heath, Joel Black, Chris Kitchens, Jon Fox and Mike Hoffer.

In  the competition pool, many North Carolina swimmers achieved their goals in this special long course meet – set up to assist swimmers in qualifying for Olympic  Trials to be held later this year.

Representing their college or club teams were the following:

ECU     Kylie Francis, Attila Kiraly

MAC    Nick  Brunelli, Roy-allan Burch, Andrea Georoff, Eugene Godsoe, Agnishwar Jayaprakash, Cullen Jones, Matthew Josa, Eric Knight, Micah Lawrence, Katherine Mills, Greg Pearsall, Tim Phillips, Josh Schneider, Kevin Swander, Davis Tarwater, Nick Thoman, Nelson Westby

MOR    Nicole  Giamber, Benjamin Miller

NCSU   Hannah  Freyman, Marifrances Henley, Katelyn Linker, Jake Matysek, Julianna Prim

NSS      Scott  Robison

STAR    Kathleen  Baker, Faith Johnson, Caroline Neil, Alistair Stephens-Pickeral

UNC     Nicole  Barczak, Steve Cebertowicz, Thomas Luchsinger, Brett Nagle, Kathleen Nolan,
Daniel O’Connor

UNATTACHED Erika  Braun, Collin Burchins, Charity Byrum, Jordan Denmark, Andrew Ellwanger, Charlie Houchin, Kyle House, Elliot Keefer, Justine Mueller

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Bill Martin Named NCS Executive Administrator

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Bill Martin has been named executive administrator of North Carolina Swimming. In that capacity he will work with coaches, clubs, officials, and LSC committee members to manage and coordinate information flow for various NCS activities and to promote the sport of swimming in North Carolina. He is currently transitioning into the position and is working with committee members to better understand the systems and processes.

Bill is a graduate of the University of Nebraska with a B.S. in business administration and an MBA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He has extensive experience in sales and marketing, as well as sales administration, and has owned and published a youth sports magazine for the past five years. As the father of two teenage swimmers, Bill has been involved in swimming for several years as a meet volunteer for swim clubs in Georgia and North Carolina.

Bill’s new email address is billmartin@ncswim.orgBill Martin.

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USA Swimming and Mutual of Omaha sponsor Duel in the Pool

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USA Swimming and Mutual of Omaha sponsor 2011 Duel in the Pool

USA Swimming announced that 36 swimmers have been named to the Duel in the Pool team that will compete against a team of European swimmers.  The meet will be held at Georgia Tech in Atlanta on December 16-17, 2011, and will be broadcast on NBC.

From USA Swimming:
USA Swimming is hosting the fifth Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool in Atlanta, Ga. The event will feature the best swimmers in the USA against a strong European All-Star team in a dual meet battle for bragging rights. Competing for Team USA will be Olympic gold medalists Ryan Lochte, Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni, Brendan Hansen, Dana Vollmer and Amanda Beard. The European team will be represented by athletes from Great Britain, the Netherlands, Austria, Belarus, Poland, Lithuania, Denmark and more. 

 

The team features 21 Olympians and several swimmers and a coach with North Carolina Swimming credentials.  Coach Dave Marsh from MAC will be the men’s head coach.  Swimming for Coach Marsh will be Ricky Berens (Charlotte) who now swims for Dave Salo at Trojan Swim Club in CA, Nick Thoman, and Davis Tarwater who both swim for MAC at this time.  This should be a great TV event and a fun meet to attend.  Congratulations to our NCS coach and swimmers.  Good luck USA!

Mark your calendar for Dec. 16 and 17 for this epic swimming event.

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