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NCS records smashed at recent meets

August 6, 2019 by Bill Martin

NCS athletes broke several NCS long course records during recent meets. One record was broken at the Southern Age Group Zone meet in Cary, and a couple records fell at the Futures meet in Greensboro, but most of the records were set at the Phillips 66 National Championships in Stanford, California.

Nicole Zettel (TAC) broke the girls 11-12 200 IM record at zones, while Matthew Lucky (SAIL) lowered his own boys 13-14 200 breast record at the Futures meet. Braeden Haughey (TAC) also established a new record at Futures, in the men’s 15-16 400 free.

Claire Curzan (TAC) shredded the women’s 15-16 record book with new records in the 100 free, the 100 back, the 200 back, and the 100 fly. Her times in the 200 back and 100 fly were also 15-18 records! TAC teammate, Charlotte Hook set a record in the women’s 15-16 200 fly and her time was also a record in the 15-18 age division. Abby Arens (MOR) established new marks in both the women’s 15-18 100 breast and the women’s 15-18 200 breast. Ross Dant (YSST) broke records in the 15-18 men’s 400 free and 15-18 men’s 800 free. Finally, Ashley Twichell (TAC), fresh off her Olympic qualifying swim at the FINA Open Water World Championship, set new records in the women’s open 400 free, 800 free, and 1500 free!

Congratulations swimmers!

Click here to view all current NCS records.

Here is a summary of the records that were set at recent meets.

Women’s Records

Nicole Zettel	TAC	11-12	200 IM	2:22.98
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-16	100 Free	55.65
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-16	100 Back	1:00.39
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-16	200 Back	2:10.16
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-16	100 Fly	57.87
Charlotte Hook	TAC	15-16	200 Fly	2:07.87
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-18	200 Back	2:10.16
Abby Arens	MOR	15-18	100 Breast	1:08.58
Abby Arens	MOR	15-18	200 Breast	2:25.80
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-18	100 Fly	57.87
Charlotte Hook	TAC	15-18	200 Fly	2:07.87
Ashley Twichell	TAC	OPEN	400 Free	4:07.77
Ashley Twichell	TAC	OPEN	800 Free	8:27.36
Ashley Twichell	TAC	OPEN	1500 Free	15:54.19

Men’s Records

Matthew Lucky	SAIL	13-14	200 Breast	2:21.58
Braeden Haughey	TAC	15-16	400 Free	3:56.42
Ross Dant	YSST	15-18	400 Free	3:51.49
Ross Dant	YSST	15-18	800 Free	7:56.03
Anton Ipsen	UN	OPEN	800 Free	7:48.74

Fred Lamback Disability Meet

August 5, 2019 by Bill Martin

Click the link below for information on the Fred Lamback Disability meet at the Augusta Aquatic Center in Augusta, Georgia on Oct 12-13, 2019.

2019 Fred Lamback Disability Meet information

2019 Phillips 66 Award Nominations

June 26, 2019 by Bill Martin

Send in your nomination for the 2019 Phillips 66 Outstanding Service Award!

Below is the form for submitting your nomination for the 2019 Phillips 66 Outstanding Service Award. Each year North Carolina Swimming has the opportunity to select a recipient for this Award. The award, sponsored by Phillips 66, is presented to a volunteer in each LSC in recognition of service to swimming. Recipients of the Outstanding Service Award are selected by the LSC and receive the award and an Outstanding Service Award pin. Please email your completed nomination form to pfrith@mac.com by August 15, 2019. The winner of the Phillips 66 Service Award will be selected by the Awards committee and announced during the NCS Awards Banquet and at the HOD meeting the weekend of September 21-22.

2019 NCS Phillips 66 Outstanding Service Award Nomination Form

Help recognize those who go above and beyond in their service to the sport of swimming.

NCS swimmers chosen for international competition

May 28, 2019 by Bill Martin

Three swimmers from NCS clubs were chosen to represent the USA in
the 56th annual Mel Zajac Jr. International Swim Meet in Vancouver, British Columbia. The three-day meet, held May 24-27, featured 41 top junior swimmers from the United States. Among those selected to represent the USA were Abby Arens (Marlins of Raleigh), Charlotte Hook (TAC Titans), and Amanda Ray (New Wave Swim Team). To be eligible for the Mel Zajac Jr. International, athletes must have a minimum of a top-50 Power Ranking on the world 100, be in high school and have never previously represented the United States in international competition.

Click here the view the entire USA Swimming article.

NCS swimmers compete in Rio

May 23, 2019 by Bill Martin

Elizabeth McDevitt (YBAC) and Harley Van Luvender (RSA) represented Team USA at the 13^th International School Federation World Swimming Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 20-22. YBAC Coach David McDevitt served as Head of the Delegation for Team USA.

High School Students from 18 different countries participated in the 13^th edition of the meet. Both girls were part of Team USA’s five-member Girl’s Select team. Countries represented at the meet included: Belgium Flanders, Brazil, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and the United States.

Harley took 15^th in the 100 Back, 13^th in the 100 Breaststroke, 12^th in the 50 Backstroke, and 17^th in the 100 Free.

Elizabeth placed 8^th in the 100 Fly, 7^th in the 50 Butterfly and 13^th in the 50 free, as well as part of Team USA 400 Free and 400 Medley Relay Teams that placed 5^th. She also placed 15^th in prelims of the 200 IM but was not allowed to swim in finals since only two swimmers per country were permitted to swim in finals.

The girls finished the meet with the Friendship Relay where four 62-person teams were made up of all participants from all the countries.

Claire Curzan leads NCS Record Breakers

February 18, 2019 by Bill Martin

NCS swimmers recorded some phenomenal times at the 2019 North Carolina Swimming Age Group Short Course Championships this past weekend! In addition to one individual National Age Group record, four NAG relay records were set…all in 13-14 women’s relay events.

Fresh off her new national age group record in the 100 fly, set at the recent 4A High School championships, Claire Curzan of the TAC Titans continued her assault on the record book with another 13-14 women’s NAG record…this time in the 200 fly! She also set new NCS marks in the 100 free and 200 free over the weekend.

Matthew Lucky of Sailfish Aquatics also followed up on his NCS record-breaking time in the 13-14 men’s 100 breast at the high school championships with two more records at Age Group Champs. Lucky set new records in both the 13-14 men’s 200 breast and the 200 IM!

Other individual NCS records were set by Lily Willis of TAC in the 11-12 women’s 50 breast and by Eric Petruzzi of TYDE in the 11-12 men’s 50 breast.

The women’s 13-14 relay records got a complete face lift over the weekend. Led by Curzan, the TAC Titans set four NCS records – three of which were national age group records! The relay team of Curzan, Taylor Morris, Elena Dry, and Keelan Cotter set new NAG marks in the 200 free and 400 free relays. Samantha Armand joined Curzan, Dry, and Cotter in breaking the NCS 800 free relay record. Abby Clark swam on the TAC 200 medley relay with Cotter, Curzan, and Morris to establish a new NAG record in that event. The Titans were also under the national age group record in 400 medley relay but finished second to the SwimMAC Carolina team of Morgan Razewski, Grace Rainey, Kiley Wilhelm, and Maya Gendzel, which captured its own NAG record.

Congratulations to everyone on your amazing swims. The new marks are listed below. Click here for a complete list of NCS records.

Individual Records

Lily Willis	TAC	11-12	50 Breast	30.00

Claire Curzan	TAC	13-14	100 Free	49.09
Claire Curzan	TAC	13-14	200 Free	1:46.51
Claire Curzan	TAC	13-14	200 Fly	1:55.64

Eric Petruzzi	TYDE	11-12	50 Breast	28.34

Matthew Lucky	SAIL	13-14	200 Breast	2:03.03
Matthew Lucky	SAIL	13-14	200 IM	1:52.72

Relay Records

TAC Titans	Women	13-14	200 Free	1:33.30
Claire Curzan – Taylor Morris – Elena Dry – Keelan Cotter

TAC Titans	Women	13-14	400 Free	3:23.06
Claire Curzan – Taylor Morris – Elena Dry – Keelan Cotter

TAC Titans	Women	13-14	800 Free	7:23.32
Claire Curzan – Elena Dry – Samantha Armand – Keelan Cotter

TAC Titans	Women	13-14	200 Medley	1:41.87
Abby Clark – Keelan Cotter – Claire Curzan – Taylor Morris

SwimMAC	Women	13-14	400 Medley	3:40.43
Morgan Razewski – Grace Rainey – Kiley Wilhelm – Maya Gendzel

USA Swimming Disability Time Standards

December 7, 2018 by Bill Martin

Below are two documents associated with Disability Swimming Time Standards created by the USA Swimming National Disability Committee. The first explains the standards and the second lists the time standards.

Explanation of Disability Motivational Time Standards

USA Swimming Disability Motivational Time Standards