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Click the following link to learn more about the NCS IMX Go Time! program which will be used as the selection process for the NCS IMX Camp in January.
Below are the Events Files for the NCS IMX Go Time!
Meet Events File NCS IMX Go Time 10-Year-Old
Meet Events File NCS IMX Go Time 11-Year-Old
North Carolina Swimming held a virtual Awards Ceremony this year because of the COVID situation. The virtual celebration included a special video presentation from former NCS age group swimmer, world record holder, and Olympic Gold Medalist – Mel Stewart.
Click the following link to view the Awards Ceremony videos.
Here is a list of the individual award recipients.
| Swimmer of the Year | ||
| 11-12 Girls | Mere Whelehan | TAC |
| 11-12 Boys | Albert Smelzer | SGSA |
| 13-14 Girls | Lily Welsh | TAC |
| 13-14 Boys | Will Thompson | NCAC |
| 15-16 Girls | Claire Curzan | TAC |
| 15-16 Bloys | Sam Hoover | NCAC |
| 17-18 Girls | Ellie Marquardt | ATOM |
| 17-18 Boys | Ross Dant | YSST |
| Andy Craver Award | Davis Carson | YOTA |
| Coach of the Year | ||
| Age Group Coach of the Year | Katherine Holian | SGSA |
| Age Group Coach of the Year | Sherwood Watts | NCAC |
| Senior Coach of the Year | Terry Fritch | MAC |
| Coach Leadership Award | Jon Jolley | YSST |
| Team of the Year | ||
| Division 1 | SwimMAC | |
| Division 2 | NCAC | |
| Division 3 | Swim GSA | |
| Phillips Volunteer Award | Lisa Olack | |
| Life Member Awards | Jay Dodson | |
| Colleen Gillan |
Award caps for NCS Top Five swimmers and Award towels for NCS All-Stars (during the qualifying period of 9/1/19 – 3/15/20) will be sent to clubs for distribution to athletes. Swimmer of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Team of the Year awards will also be sent to member’s clubs for distribution.
An online NCS Awards Trivia contest was held last night. The first five participants to submit entries with all questions answered correctly were prize winners.
Congratulations to the following prize winners, in order of finish:
| First Place | Bodhi Cummins |
| Second Place | Aaron Davidson |
| Third Place | Alex Townsend |
| Fourth Place | Annabel Townsend |
| Fifth Place | Sam Hoover |
Here are the correct answers to the ten questions:
What was Michael Gross’ nickname? The Albatross
What is Jonathan Watson’s middle name? Chester
What USA National Team and NCS athlete has already qualified for the upcoming Olympics? Ashley Twichell
What was Mel Stewart’ s time in setting the new Olympic 200 Fly record at the 1992 Olympic Games? 1:56.23
Who is the Star Wars theme song composer? John Williams
Who was the current NCS Senior athlete as of yesterday? Piper Burton
What is the nickname of the college Mel Stewart attended? Volunteers
How many NCS athletes were selected this year for Scholastic All America recognition? 101
Who holds the NCS boys 10 & under 200 free short course record? Melvin Stewart
How old is the oldest Olympic trials qualifier, Anthony Ervin? 39
The 2020 NCS Fall HOD meetings will be held via ZOOM on Saturday and Sunday, Oct 3-4, 2020. Below is a schedule of events. Click the ZOOM links to join the meetings. You will be asked to sign in with your name and email address.
2020 NCS Fall HOD Weekend Meeting Schedule
2020 NCS Fall HOD Meeting Agenda
The following proposed legislation will be voted on at the 2020 Fall HOD.
2020 NCS FAll HOD: Proposed Legislation
NCS Safe Sport Coordinator: Special Election
All coaches are encouraged to join a coach seminar with USA Swimming High Performance Manager, Russell Mark.
Officials meetings will be held on both Saturday and Sunday. Click here for information on Officials meetings.
The Meet Schedule Planning meeting will be held on Sunday morning and will be followed by a Senior Committee meeting, an Age Group Committee Meeting, and a Camps Committee meeting.
Below is the meeting agenda for the NCS Fall House of Delegates meeting to be held via ZOOM at 1:00 pm on Sunday, Oct 4, 2020. The ZOOM link for this and other HOD weekend meetings has been posted on the NCS Fall HOD Weekend Meeting Schedule.
It’s NCS IMX Camp Go Time!
Hello NCS Coaches. The 2020 short course season is one like no other. Likewise, our IMX Camp selection process will be a bit different as we recognize best times this season can be achieved during sanctioned meets, non-sanctioned meets and at practice.
This season, IMX Camp selection will be based on best achieved short course times from September 7, 2020 through December 13, 2020 and will include 10 year olds.
Swimmers in the following age groups will need to swim the IMX events shown in order to achieve an IMX score. No IMX score can be calculated until ALL IMX events have been completed:
10 year olds: 200 IM, 100 BK, 100 BR, 100 FL, 200 FR
11/12 year olds: 200 IM, 100 BK, 100 BR, 100 FL, 500 FR
13 year olds: 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 BK, 200 BR, 200 FL, 500 FR
We have created four IMX Meet Event files by age: (10, 11, 12, and 13) that coaches can use to record best times achieved. (Event files were emailed to coaches.) Swimmers should be listed as the age they are at the time of their swim. As an example, if a swimmer is age 10 from Sept 7-20, but turns 11 on Sept 21, he or she should be listed as a 10 year old for any swims recorded between Sept 7-20, and should be listed as an 11 year old for swims from Sept 21 and later. If you submit times on October 5, that swimmer could appear as both a 10 and as an 11 year old. Times swum by this swimmer at age 10 can be included in the new age group, however, the IMX score they receive will be less in the upper age group. In December, a swimmer who has changed ages may be ranked in two age groups.
Coaches may submit times during any of the following sessions. Times may be from sanctioned or non-sanctioned meets, time trials or timed swims from practice. As sessions progress, only update times that are improved from previous submissions. Submitting times slower than previous times for a swimmer will cause their IMX score to be reduced. Reporting sessions are:
Session 1 – September 7 to October 4. (Submit by October 5, 2020)
Session 2 – September 7 to October 25(Submit by October 26, 2020)
Session 3 – September 7 to November 15 (Submit by November 16, 2020)
Session 4 – September 7 to December 13 (Submit by December 14, 2020)
Coaches should enter their swimmers in the camp selection process by doing the following:
1) Import the IMX Camp Meet Event files for your swimmers.
2) Enter results for each swimmer in the entry file occurring during that session. The best times can be from sanctioned meets, non-sanctioned meet, time trials or practice swims. Coaches can use the imported results from meet manager (sanctioned) or enter the results as custom entry times (non-sanctioned/practice swims).
3) Submit the event file to olack.lisa@gmail.com by the session submission deadline shown above.
4) Final results should be submitted to olack.lisa@gmail.com by December 14. The list of IMX CAMP selections and alternates will be published by December 23 on the NCS website at www.ncswim.org. Final camp numbers will be determined by the operational protocols of the Greensboro Aquatic Center at the time of this event in January 2021.
If you have any questions on the above procedures, please email:
NCS Camp Committee Chair, Katherine Holian: katherine@gsaswim.org, or
NCS Programs Chair, Jonathan Watson: 01silversurfer@bellsouth.net.
As part of its Fall HOD weekend of virtual events, North Carolina Swimming will hold a coach seminar with USA Swimming Manager of high performance training, Russell Mark.
Russell Mark has been called USA Swimming’s “secret weapon” and is highly regarded in coaching circles for his technical expertise. All NCS coaches are welcome to join in the Zoom meeting from 4:00-5:30 pm on Saturday, Oct 3.
The HOD schedule will be updated with the sign-in information early next week and will be sent out to coaches.
2019-2020 Scholastic All-America Roster
NCS Athletes on Scholastic All-America Roster
In a competition year shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 1,087 swimmers whose efforts in the classroom and in the pool successfully earned them the title of Scholastic All American. The honor is given to 9-12th grade students who maintain a minimum 3.5 grade point average and have swum an individual pool time equal to or faster than the 2019 Winter Junior qualifying time in any individual event from August 16, 2019-August 31, 2020.
Out of the 1,087 swimmers to be selected to the team, only U.S. National Team member Torri Huske (Arlington, Va./Arlington Aquatic Club) came away with a perfect score by earning a 4.0 GPA and finishing first in a 2019 Toyota U.S. Open event. Huske claimed her Toyota U.S. Open title in the 100-meter butterfly, going 57.48 to set a new 15-16 National Age Group (NAG) record and claim first ahead of a decorated field.
Leading all Local Swimming Committees (LSCs) in Scholastic All-America selections was North Carolina Swimming, which had 101 athletes receive the honor. Within North Carolina Swimming was SwimMAC Carolina, whose 29 Scholastic All Americans led all clubs across the country. In the club rankings, another NCS club, the TAC Titans finished fourth with 19 selections.
Click below to view the entire USA Swimming article, including a full breakdown of the selections.
The following proposed legislation will be voted on at the 2020 Fall HOD. Please review the legislation prior to the virtual House of Delegates meeting on Sunday, Oct 4, 2020 on ZOOM.
To help streamline the voting process and minimize the expense of online voting, a review of the proposed legislation will be held on ZOOM at 10:30 am on Saturday, Oct 3. Those with questions or concerns on the proposed legislation are encouraged to attend. There will also be an opportunity to make changes in the proposals with submitter’s approval.
Below is the list of North Carolina Swimming athletes who achieved NCS All Star status during the period beginning on Sept 1, 2019 and ending on March 15, 2020 (athletes are listed by club code).
Since there was not a true long course season and limited opportunities for most swimmers to compete after the COVID outbreak, this year’s awards are based on short course achievements and rankings beginning on Sept 1, 2019 and ending on March 15, 2020.
This year, the NCS All Star list includes swimmers who achieved All Star Status in at least one of three ways.
