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TAC Titans earn Safe Sport Club Recognition

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TAC Titans earn Safe Sport Club Recognition Status

Congratulations to the TAC Titans, the latest North Carolina Swimming club to earn USA Swimming’s new Safe Sport Club Recognition! The Safe Sport Club Recognition program distinguishes USA Swimming clubs that demonstrate their commitment to creating safe, healthy, and positive environments for all of their members through the development and implementation of Athlete Protection Policies, Safe Sport Best Practices, and Safe Sport education.

The TAC Titans have been highlighted as a Safe Sport Recognized Club with a banner on their team listing in the USA Swimming Find-a-Team Search and will receive a medallion for their club’s website as well. Clubs can apply for the Safe Sport Recognized Club program through their Club Portal on the USA Swimming website.  Here’s a link to the Safe Sport Recognized Club program information: https://www.usaswimming.org/ssrp

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NCS athletes named to National Select Camp

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Ten North Carolina Swimming athletes were named the the USA Swimming National Select Camp. Congratulations to the following swimmers and to Amy Faulk of SwimMAC, named to the Girls Select Camp staff.

GIRLS
Lindsay FlynnATOM
Summer EakerMAC
Katie RauchATOM
Grace RaineyMAC
BOYS
Sam HooverNCAC
Braeden HaugheyTAC 
Logan ZuckerMAC
Nelson BaylorMAC
Lance NorrisTAC 
Brandon MillerNCAC
STAFF
Amy FaulkMAC
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GAC celebrates new pool opening

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Olympian Hali Flickinger was the first one to jump in the new pool.

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Sept. 24 to celebrate the opening of the new fourth pool at the Greensboro Aquatic Center (GAC).

The 27,000-square-foot addition provides 19 additional lanes, making the Greensboro Aquatic Center the largest facility of its kind in the country. Hotel occupancy revenues funded the $8.3 million project.

“This new pool is a direct result of the tremendous success of the GAC since its grand opening in 2011,” said Greensboro Coliseum Complex managing director Matt Brown. “We are thrilled to have the fourth pool to help meet the intense demand for bookings, including meets, practice time for local teams and clubs and our incredibly diverse array of GAC programming, including the phenomenal growth of our ‘Learn to Swim’ program with Guilford County Schools.”

The additional lanes will serve myriad uses, including providing increased pool time/swimming lanes for GAC members, clubs and high school teams. The fourth pool will also create more opportunities for members to participate in exercise, fitness and therapeutic classes, swim and water safety lessons and general recreational swimming.

The addition of a fourth pool also further enhances the GAC’s ability to host championship competitive swimming and diving meets. To date, the local economic impact from Aquatic Center events since its opening in 2011 has exceed $150 million (source: Greensboro Area Convention & Visitors Bureau).

The ribbon cutting ceremony included remarks from Brown, Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan and Greensboro Aquatic Center manager Susan Braman. Immediately following the ceremony, special guest Olympic swimmer Hali Flickinger helped open the new pool by participating in a swim lesson with students from Greensboro’s Archer Elementary School as part of the GAC’s nationally renowned ‘Learn to Swim’ program in conjunction with Guilford County Schools.

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NCS swimmers named to National Junior Team

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USA Swimming announced the names of 83 youth swimmers who will represent the 2019-2020 U.S. National Junior Team. The team increases in size by 16 swimmers from last year’s National Junior Team and is made up of 46 women and 37 men.

Among those named to the team were four NCS athletes. Congratulations to Claire Curzan (TAC), Abby Arens (MOR), Ross Dant (YSST), Tim Connery (MAC) and Owen Lloyd (NCAC) on being named to the National Junior Team!

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NCS Officials invited to serve at Olympic Trials

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Three NCS officials have been invited to serve at the 2020 Olympic Trials for Swimming. These officials, who are being offered positions on the assigned team of officials, were chosen after an extensive selection process that included recommendations from their peers, officiating history at the local and national level, and commitment to the sport.

Congratulations to Lisa Olack, Trish Martin, and Wayne Shulby.

Click here to view the USA Swimming article.

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SGSA and YBAC earn Safe Sport Recognition

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Swim GSA and the Alamance County Community YMCA (YBAC) Earn Safe Sport Club Recognition Status

Congratulations to Swim GSA and YBAC, the latest NCS clubs to achieve USA Swimming’s Safe Sport Club Recognition! The Safe Sport Club Recognition program distinguishes USA Swimming clubs that demonstrate their commitment to creating safe, healthy, and positive environments for all of their members through the development and implementation of Athlete Protection Policies, Safe Sport Best Practices, and Safe Sport education. Recognized clubs are highlighted as a Safe Sport Recognized Club with a banner on their team listing in the USA Swimming Find-a-Team Search and will receive a medallion for their club’s website as well. Clubs can apply for the Safe Sport Recognized Club program through their Club Portal on the USA Swimming website.  Here’s a link to the Safe Sport Recognized Club program information: https://www.usaswimming.org/ssrp

Here is the list of NCS clubs that have either achieved Safe Sport Club Recognition or that have begun the process.

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NCS athletes named to Scholastic All America team

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Congratulation to the 104 athletes from North Carolina Swimming who were named to the USA Swimming Scholastic All America team! SwimMAC Carolina led all clubs in the nation with 41 athletes on the SAA Team. Southern California Swimming edged out North Carolina Swimming as the top LSC in the country with 106 athletes compared to North Carolina Swimming’s 104.

NCS athletes on the Scholastic All America Team

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NCS athletes on National Team roster

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Several athletes with NCS connections were named to the 2019-2020 USA Swimming National Team roster this week. The USA Swimming National Team roster is made up of the nation’s top six swimmers in each individual Olympic event.

NCS athletes named to the women’s roster include Kathleen Baker (Team Elite), Elise Haan (Wolfpack Elite), Charlotte Hook (TAC Titans), Hannah Moore (Wolfpack Elite), Makayla Sargent (Wolfpack Elite), Kendyl Stewart (Team Elite), and Ashley Twichell (TAC Titans). Former SwimMAC athlete Erika Brown, now with Tennessee Aquatics was also named to the women’s roster.

Those named to the men’s roster were Michael Chadwick (Team Elite), Eric Knowles (Wolpack Elite), and Justin Ress (Wolfpack Elite).

Congratulations swimmers!

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2020 Coaching Education Requirement Changes

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With the annual USA Swimming membership year fast approaching, we would like to make you aware of some of the changing education requirements for coaches and/or officials beginning September 1, 2019.

As the organization continues to look at ways to help its member-leaders be best-in-class and set the example among amateur sport, we are introducing new educational components as part of USA Swimming membership.

USADA Coaching Advantage Tutorial
Starting September 1, all coach members will be required to complete an annual USADA Coaching Advantage Tutorial (CAT) course by January 1, 2020. This 20-minute video course (presented in four modules) was added following discussions with the Age Group Anti-Doping Task Force and will be available on the LEARN platform, covering WADA code, checking medications, the testing process and a coach’s role in the clean sport movement. The latter is an incredibly significant element of the training that is crucial at all age levels. Renewal date for this course will be one year from completion date. Please direct questions about the USADA Coaching Advantage Tutorial to learn@usaswimming.org.

Athlete Protection Training
In response to member feedback, beginning September 1, 2019, you may notice the next time you log in that the three courses of the Athlete Protection Training have been streamlined into one. The training course continues to be produced by the U.S. Center for SafeSport and must be completed annually with a renewal date one year from the completion date. All adult athlete and non-athlete members must complete this training. This includes coaches, officials, Junior Coaches and anyone authorized to have regular contact with or authority over a minor athlete.Please direct questions about the Athlete Protection Training to learn@usaswimming.org.    

Concussion Protocol Training
This requirement is new for all coaches and officials in 2020. Though several states have previously passed concussion education requirements, USA Swimming will now require all coaches and officials complete Concussion Protocol Training by January 1, 2020.

  • Courses from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), as well as individual states’ required courses will satisfy the USA Swimming requirement. (For example, if a coach lives/coaches in a state with a concussion education requirement, he/she must only complete this requirement and will not need to complete an additional course). Many high school coaches will have already completed the NFHS training.
  • For USA Swimming membership, coaches and officials must successfully complete concussion and head injury education at least once. Individual states may require annual or continuing education and coaches/officials must abide by the requirements of their home state or states in which they coach or officiate.
  • This requirement is necessary to avoid personal liability for concussion/head strike incidents, ensuring our insurers will continue to provide liability insurance protection to USA Swimming, coaches, officials and clubs.
  • Please direct questions about Concussion Protocol Training to George Ward at gward@usaswimming.org.

We thank you for your attention to this important training and we look forward to continuing to work with you.

Respectfully yours,

Joel Shinofield 
USA Swimming Managing Director, Sport Development

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