NCS Coach Camp Staff

NCS Senior Athlete Camp Staff

The first-ever NCS A-Team Camp was held at the Orange County Sportsplex in Hillsborough on Sunday, Nov 7th. Congratulations to the athletes who were selected to attend and thank you to the NCS coaches and NCS senior athletes who volunteered to help at the camp.

Click here to view the Camp Highlight Video created by coach Amy Faulk.

Athlete volunteers serving on the staff included Sammy Carew, Andy Commins, Emma Kent, Kathryn Monville, Matt Shanahan, and Catherine Walsh. NCS Coach volunteers included Kristina Bond, Kim DeCann, Amy Faulk, Luke Frederick, Bradford Hancock, Katherine Holian, Alan Pfau, Jonathan Watson, and Delia Weber.

USA Swimming announced 200 clubs that will be recognized as Gold, Silver or Bronze medal clubs in the 2021-2022 Club Excellence Program.  

Number one seated club, TAC Titans (TAC), posted 69,591 points to oust 7-year defending champion Nation’s Capital Swim Club (NCAP) club by 9,215 points. TAC’s top performers include 2020 Tokyo Olympian Claire Curzan along with Charlotte Hook and Lance Norris.  

SwimMAC Carolina (MAC), Dynamo Swim Club (DYNA) and Carmel Swim Club (CSC) round out the top five for 2022.  

The program recognizes USA Swimming’s highest-performing clubs in the development of athletes ages 18 years and younger on an annual basis. In a new addition to last year, eligible athlete performances include both pool and open water swims.  

North Carolina Swimming clubs not only had two of the top three ranked clubs in the country with the TAC Titans and SwimMAC Carolina but also had three clubs that were recognized as Silver medal clubs – North Carolina Aquatic Club (NCAC), Mecklenburg Swimming Association (MSA), Marlins of Raleigh (MOR) and three clubs recognized as Bronze medal clubs – YMCA of the Triangle Area Swim Team (YOTA), Sailfish Aquatics (SAIL), and YMCA of NW North Carolina Riptyde (TYDE).

In conjunction with the USA Swimming Club Excellence program, USA Swimming will honor 15 clubs as 2022 Podium Clubs. To qualify for Podium Club, a USA Swimming member club must achieve Gold Medal club status for four-consecutive years. Both the TAC Titans and SwimMAC Carolina are among those reaching this elite status.

Click here to view the complete 2022 Club Excellence Program results. 

Click here to read the entire USA Swimming article.

USA Swimming conducts a monthly drawing from all Safe Sport Recognized clubs, as part of its Keeping Athletes First Initiative, for a chance to win a visit from a National Team athlete or alum. We are pleased to announce that NSEA Swim of Wilmington, NC is the winner of the October drawing!  

Congratulations NSEA Swim!

REMINDER: IMX CAMP REGISTRATIONS ARE DUE NOV 1

The 2022 NCS IMX CAMP athlete selections were announced earlier.  The top-20 athletes (male and female) ages 10, 11, 12 and 13 by IMX score are invited to attend the annual IMX CAMP to be held on January 22, 2022,  at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.  Those ranking 21-25 have been named as alternates and will be invited to fill any vacancies should any of the top-20 be unable to attend. 

If you are on the IMX Camp Selection Lists below and have not already registered, registrations are due on November 1, 2021

2022 IMX Selections: Ages 10-11

2022 IMX Camp Selections: Ages 12-13

2022 IMX CAMP REGISTRATION FORM

It didn’t take long for NCS swimmers to get back in the swing of things. The first NCS record of the short course season was set at the TYDE Andy Craver Invitational in Greensboro this past weekend.

Bodhi Cummins of TYDE set a new mark in the boys 10 and under 50 breaststroke with a time of 33.42.

Congratulations!