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The 2025 NCS Fall House of Delegates meetings will be held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center / Coliseum in Greensboro on Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5, 2025. Below is the preliminary schedule of HOD weekend events. The schedule is subject to change so check for any updates as it gets closer to the date.
2025 FALL HOD WEEKEND SCHEDULE
2025 Fall HOD Proposed Legislation
2025 Fall HOD Agenda -Sunday October 5, 2025
MEET BID PROCEDURE: Please use the form below to submit your 2026 Long Course meet bids by 10/5/25.
Here is the bid packet for submitting meet bids for the 2026 long course season. It includes both the Meet Bid Framework and the Meet Bid Form.
The meet bid framework provides dates of notable meets, including sectional and national events, and indicates closed weekends during the 2026 long course season.
The meet bid form is the method for submitting your meet bids to the meet scheduling committee. Simply complete and submit a form for each of your club’s meet bids. Please note the closed weekends when submitting bids.
Completing the Meet Bid Form
The meet bid form allows the Meet Scheduling committee to gather and provide clubs with complete and consistent meet information. The form is divided into three sections:
Click the link to the Meet Bid Form to get started. After completing all required fields (identified by an asterisk) in a section, click NEXT. After completing the entire form, click SUBMIT. You will be asked if you want to submit another response. If you do, click “submit another response” and repeat the process for your next meet.
Meet bids submitted will automatically populate the 2026 Long Course Bid Schedule posted on the NCS website. Here, you can view what you’ve submitted. (The spreadsheet does not automatically sort by date, so the most recently submitted bids will appear at the bottom but will be sorted periodically as bids come in.)
| Meet Bid Deadline: | 10/5/25 |
| Schedule Planning Meeting: | 10/5/25 |
| Meet Calendar Approved: | 10/5/25 HOD |
| Approved Calendar Posted: | 10/7/25 |
If you have any questions on the Meet Bid Form contact Lisa Olack – olack.lisa@gmail.com
REMINDER:
Clubs must be Safe Sport Recognized to bid on NCS Championship meets.
Meets will not be sanctioned unless the host club is Safe Sport Recognized.
NOTE:
Pending legislation may open the closed weekends in April, July (Fall HOD, Open Water Champs, Age Group Champs, and Senior Champs). Please bid your meets assuming these weekends are closed but note on the bid form if you prefer to change your bid date if the legislation passes.
Thank you,
Kevin Thornton
Scheduling Coordinator
Lake Tahoe – 16 year old, Lorelei Schmidt, traveled across the country to swim the length of Lake Tahoe (21.3 miles). Lorelei is a North Carolina Swimming member who trains with the Marlins Of Raleigh, and has always loved long distance swimming. This ordinary teenager has an “Extra-ordinary” mindset filled with confidence, determination, and a fearless approach accepting the challenges of open water swimming adventures. Lorelei began her swim, Friday, August 8, around 7:00pm in 65F degree water temp as the moon was beginning to rise, swimming the length of Lake Tahoe. Lorelei swam through the night making landfall just after 6am in 11 hours and 30 minutes. Way to Go Lorelei!
https://www.tahoeopenwater.org/august-8-2025-lorelei-schmidt-length-of-lake-tahoe/
Special shout out to her support crew, family, MOR Coach John McDonald, and all who were on the boat by her side providing fuelings and hydration to sustain her marathon swim. Congratulations Lorelei! Just Keep Swimming! #WEARENCS
Irvine, CA – August 5-8, 2025 – NCS Officials representing at the TYR Summer Champs Meet. Thanks to each of you for your commitment, dedication, service, and all that you do for our athletes to create a fair environment. Thanks to each of you for all you do for NCS.
From Left to Right: Trish Martin and Mike Trexler
#OFFICIALYAWESOME #ItTakesAVillage #WEARENCS
NCS is pleased to announce that the personnel committee selected a new Registrar for North Carolina Swimming, transitioning into the role in July . We had many excellent candidates apply for the position, we conducted 5 initial interviews, then two second interviews, checked references and concluded that Lisa Olack would be an excellent choice to be the new Registrar. Lisa has officially begun her duties in July with longtime NCS Registrar extraordinaire, Barb Firth, transitioning into the position.
General Chair John Roy “I would like to thank Trish Martin, Jon Fox and Amy Faulk for their outstanding work during the process of finding our new registrar. I would also like to formally welcome Lisa to the NCS registrar position.” Lisa has the skill set and knowledge to hit the ground running and allow to continue to have an excellent person fulfilling this role for the LSC. Lisa has transitioned into this new role with Barb Firth to add Registrar to her already highly decorated resume as a longtime Official within NCS and USA Swimming. Please help NCS Welcome Lisa Olack as our New Registrar.
Lisa can be reached at Email: registration@ncswim.org
MAIL: Lisa Olack, Registrar, NC Swimming, PO Box 480431, Charlotte, NC 28269 Email: olack.lisa@gmail.com Phone: 704-577-5002
We also would like to extend our heartfelt Thanks to Barb Firth. Barb has been a longtime name in NCS and USA Swimming. NCS has been blessed with her behind the scenes leadership keeping NCS running smoothly. We wish Barb a Happy retirement, enjoying time with her growing family, and know she will forever be a legend in the NCS village. Thank You, Barb, for everything you have done, and will continue to do for NCS. We love you!!! #NCSBetter2Gether #ItTakesAVillage #WEARENCS
Orlando, Florida – Congratulations to our NCS Zone team winning the 2025 Southern Zone Age Group Meet in Orlando, Florida last week. North Carolina lead the entire meet expanding their lead daily. Congratulations to all NCS Athletes and staff on winning the sixth consecutive title of the Southern Zone Age Group Championship meet. To see highlights and results from the meet check out 2025 SZAG Championship Meet Way to Go NCS!
North Carolina Swimming traveled with a team of 61 (48 athletes, 12 of each gender for 11-12 and 13-14 age groups, 2 adapted swimmers, and 11 staff). Thank you to the Zone Team swimmers, staff, and chaperones for making North Carolina Swimming proud! #WEARENCS
If you would like to propose new legislation for the 2025 NCS Fall HOD meeting on October 5, 2025, please mark up the existing Rule or By-Law with the proposed wording and submit your proposal to Matthew Rigsbee mrigsbee2000@gmail.com using the HOD Legislation Template below. The deadline for submitting proposed legislation is August 15, 2025.
