Below are the results from the 2023 North Carolina Swimming Open Water Zone Meet and Open Water Championship Meet held at Seven Lakes, NC last weekend. Congratulations to all the swimmers who competed, and thank you to all the coaches, meet officials, and other volunteers who participated.
2023 Southern Zone Open Water Championships
The Southern Zone Open Water Championships, hosted by Sandhills Sandsharks Swim Team (SSS) and North Carolina Swimming, will be held at Lake Echo, Seven Lakes, NC on June 3-4, 2023.
Meet Information
2023 Zone Team- Congratulations to these athletes for being named to the SZ Open Water Team.
11-12 Girls | 11-12 Boys |
Kamdyn Leute | Bodhi Cummins |
Amelia Peterson | Finn Cavanaugh |
Elinor Finucane | Cayden Wolf |
Merritt Bass | Akul Srivastava |
Katherine Millsaps | Conrad Manuel |
Zona Smith | Vihan Prakash |
13-14 Girls | 13-14 Boys |
Georgia Howard | Max Kelty |
Laura Davis Rinker | Parker Van Olst Jr. |
Annie Shall | Griffin Cagle |
Kate Guenther | Jackson Kroh |
Carson Broadbent | Drew Sito |
Ella Cowles | Aiden Lee |
15-16 Girls | 15-16 Boys |
Madi Hertzig | Jackson Scheiber |
Kathryn Cinson | Sam Marsteiner |
Riley Hawkins | Christian Smith |
Mia Kate Jeltema | Owen Nye |
Esther Ghim | Santi Alzate |
Charlotte LePage | Tommy Tuescher |
Open Girls | Open Boys |
Ava Kjar | Baylor Weiler |
Clara Carson | Adam Polzien |
Emma Lee | Matt Marsteiner |
Angelina Lu | Sean Kelty |
Clare Smith | Eli Nelson |
Meghan Hadsell | Jackson Bubar |
Coaches | |
Head Coach – John Payne | |
Manager/Assistant Coach – Jonathan Bescher | |
Assistant Coach – Blake Addison | |
Assistant Coach – Ben Keast | |
Assistant Coach – Kristina Bond | |
Assistant Coach – Ashley Cox |
NCS Athletes Compete at Open Water Nationals
2023 U.S. Open Water National Championships took place this past weekend, April 21-23, 2023, at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida. Congratulations to all of our NCS athletes who competed.
Mens Jr. 7.5K Results | Womens Jr. 7.5K Results |
6. Sam Marsteiner – New Wave 1:27.19.75 | 20th Clarke Neace – MAC 1:41.00.49 |
13. Jackson Scheiber – New Wave 1:29:42.28 | 21st. Charlotte LePage – MAC 1:41.01.34 |
24. Matthew Marsteiner – New Wave 1:32:05.11 | |
25. Connor Peck – NCAC 1:32.:08.36 | |
26. Owen Nye – GCY 1:32:09.79 | |
34. Tyler Barritt – NCAC 1:35:10.58 | |
44. Charles Henage – MSA 1:41:50.31 | |
Mens 5K Results | Womens 5K Results |
17. Ian Platts-Mills – NCAC 59:27.36 | 13. Hayley Clark – NCAC 59:39.94 |
Mens Jr. 5K Results | Womens Jr. 5K Results |
8. Santi Alzate – MAC 1:01.10 | 1. Daisy Collins – NCAC 1:03.14 |
10. Yari Brock – NCAC 1:06.00 | |
11. Kathryn Cinson – YSST 1:07.26 | |
10K Results | |
27. Ian Platts-Mills – NCAC 2:01:22.36 | |
35. Cooper Nicholson – NCAC 2:06:38.58 |
NCS Open Water Championship: Results
Below are the results from the 2021 North Carolina Swimming Open Water Championship Meet held at Seven Lakes, NC last weekend. Congratulations to all the swimmers who competed, and thank you to all the coaches, meet officials, and other volunteers who participated.
Open Water Zone Meet: Team Results
Congratulations to the North Carolina Open Water Zone team on its outstanding performance at the 2021 Open Water Zone meet in Chattanooga, TN! The NCS Squad scored 555 points to finish in second place behind Florida Swimming.
NCS Swimmers win National Open Water Titles
Several North Carolina Swimming athletes competed at the 2021 USA Swimming National Championships and Junior National Championships in Fort Myers Beach, Florida this past weekend. USA Olympic Team qualifier and National Team memer, Ashley Twichell (TAC Titans), won her fourth national championship in the Women’s 5K. She also finished second in the Women’s 10K.
Jacob Pishko (TAC Titans) won the National Championship in the Men’s Junior 7.5K event. Alexander Ayers (SwimMAC) placed third in the Men’s 5K for Juniors. Other North Carolina Swimming athletes competing in the Open Water Nationals and Junior Nationals were Brandon Miller (NCAC) in the Men’s 10K, Brooke Zettel (TAC Titans) in the Women’s 5K, Makayla Cincanelli (MOR) Women’s Junior 7.5K, Caroline Pennington (TAC Titans) Women’s Junior 7.5K, Jackson Shreiber (WAVE) Men’s Junior 5K, Samuel Marsteiner (WAVE) Men’s Junior 5K, Matthew Marsteiner (WAVE) Men’s Junior 5K, and Evan Prabhu (SwimMAC) Men’s Junior 5K.
Congratulations Swimmers!
2021 Open Water Zones: Application Form
Dear Coaches, Swimmers, and Parents,
At this time we are planning on attending Open Water Zones in Chattanooga, TN on 6/4/2021 – 6/6/2021. I have heard from the host team, and they are in the preliminary planning. I have committed NC Swimming to going.
This year, we will be doing an application process, instead of using any meets. The link for the application is below.
OPEN WATER ZONE TEAM APPLICATION FORM
Applications will close on Monday March 1st, 8:00AM.
We are asking for the 1650, 1000, and 500 times. We realize with the limited amount of swims everyone is allowed this year, that not everyone will have the opportunity to swim those events. Please just fill in the times that you have. The Open Water Selection Committee will take a look at the times, along with the Open Water experience and choose the team of 32. There will be four(4) 11-12 girls, four(4) 11-12 boys, four(4) 13-14 girls, four(4) 13-14 boys, four(4) 15-16 girls, four(4) 15-16 boys, four(4) open girls, and four(4) open boys.
The selection committee consists of John Payne, Jonathan Bescher, JP Merchant. Amy Faulk, and David McDevitt.
It will not be a team travel trip. The parents/swimmers will be responsible getting to Chattanooga, and to the lake. They will be responsible for making and paying for hotel arrangements, along with their own food. NC Swimming will be sending 3 coaches and 1 Official to the meet. The coaches will be Head Coach Brett Ciancanelli, Assistant Coach/Manager Jonathan Bescher, Assistant Coach Blake Addison, and Official Leigh Ciancanelli. All costs associated with the trip will be the responsibility of the Parent/Guardians of the swimmer.
There will be a timeline so the swimmers know when to show up. We will be working on getting a block of hotel rooms that is near the lake. This will alow the swimmers to decide on how they want to travel to the meet. If some swimmers wanted to room together, that would not be on NC Swimming, that would be purely up to the families involved.
There will be a slight cost for the meet to cover the registration fee for the meet.
We are now sponsored by Speedo.
If you have any questions, please email me at coachbesch@newwaveswimteam.org
Thanks,
jon
Jonathan Bescher
2020 NC Open Water Zone Team: initial roster
Below is the initial roster for the 2020 NCS Open Water Zone team. If athletes decline the invitation, the next person on the list will be contacted.
11-12 Girls | |
Whelehan | Sloan |
Cinson | Kathryn |
Rojas | Anna |
Hertzig | Madi |
11-12 Boys | |
Harris | Cole |
Cooler | Tripp |
Prabhu | Gino |
Brooks | Nicholas |
13-14 Girls | |
Eward | Ellery |
Willis | Lily Ann |
Whelehan | Meredith |
Ivanov | Katherine |
13-14 Boys | |
Nye | Owen |
Marsteiner | Sam |
Osman | Max |
Scheiber | Jackson |
15-16 Girls | |
Smith | Clare |
Parmenter | Katie |
Carpenter | Emily |
Cotter | Keelan |
15-16 Boys | |
Jacobs | Chad |
Williams | Keith |
Ayers | Alex |
Hitchcock | Andrew |
Open Girls | |
Hefner | Caitlin |
Pennington | Isabel |
Ciancanelli | MaKayla |
Sleime | Leyla |
Open Boys | |
Hughes | Connor |
Lloyd | Kenneth |
Cotter | Michael |
Norris | Lance |
2019 NCS Open Water Zone Team
Here is the initial 2019 NC Open Water Zone Team. The meet will be held On April 13th and 14th in Ft Myers, Fl. This year it will be swum at Florida Gulf Coast University, in a lake. The team will fly down on April 12th and return on April 14th. This year, the zone was asked to use the FINA standard for the Age Up, which is the end of the year (12/31/2019). So, there are some swimmers who would have made the team that are now in the older age group. This is not something that NC Swimming asked for, but was asked for by USA Swimming, to make it easier for them for qualification purposes to Open Water Junior Nationals and Open Water Nationals.
We realize that at the meet in September, swimmers were told it was their age as of April 13th, however, we were not told by USA Swimming until after our meet.
11-12 Girls
Mere Whelehan
Isabel Volk
Mackenzie Collins
Clarke Neace
13-14 Girls
Keelan Cotter
Nicole Zettel
Katya Ivanov
Lily Ann WIllis
15-16 Girls
Caitlin Hefner
MaKayla Ciancanelli
Emily Knorr
Emily Carpenter
Open Girls
Sydney Morgan
Olivia Sutter
Isabel Pennington
Gweny Durak
11-12 Boys
Alex Hill
Greyson Young
Holden Ball
Norvin Clontz III
13-14 Boys
Max Marrujo
Drew Hitchcock
Landon Lloyd
Lucca Battaglini
15-16 Boys
Michael Cotter
Lance Norris
Logan Zucker
Braeden Haughey
Open Boys
Connor Hughes
James Wyatt
Jared Carter
Owen Lloyd
An email from Manager Jonathan Bescher will be sent out the parents shortly. If you don’t receive an email from Jonathan Bescher by 1/4, please email him at coachbesch@newwaveswimteam.org
I will answer emails about the meet itself, but I will NOT respond to any emails regarding the date being to determine the age of the swimmer at the meet. This was not my decision.
Thanks,
jon
Open Water Pan Pac Qualifiers
Two NCS athletes have qualified as members of the USA team for the 2018 Open Water Pan Pac meet. Ashley Twichell (TAC Titans) qualified earlier at the Open Water National Championships. She has been joined by Hannah Moore (Wolfpack Elite) who earned a spot at the French Open Water Championships.