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USA SWIMMING ANNUAL SUMMIT

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Denver, Colorado – North Carolina Swimming Delegates attended the 2025 USA Swimming Annual Business Meeting. Bringing the National Governing Body together for time to connect, collaborate, discuss changes, learning and growing together, and preparing for the new year ahead hoping to make an impact and a positive difference in our sport. North Carolina Swimming will hold our House of Delegates meeting this coming weekend, Sunday, October 5, in Greensboro to share and prepare our Local Swimming “Community”. Keep up the good work NCS! #NCSVillageStrong #NCSBetter2Gether #WEARENCS

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2025 All Star Clinic and Banquet

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Michael Andrew is a professional American swimmer and an Olympic gold medalist swimming at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal and set a world record as part of the 4×100 meter medley relay team, also placing fourth in the 100m breaststroke and 50m freestyle. Andrew is known for his innovative training methods, becoming the youngest American swimmer to turn professional at age 14, and has won multiple national age group and world titles in his career.

Olympian Michael Andrew will conduct the NCS All Star Clinic for those on the NCS All Star list. The clinic will be held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center from 1:00pm – 3:00pm on Saturday, October 4, 2025.  You must pre-register to attend.  To register for the All Star Clinic your name must appear on the following list of 2025 NCS All-Star swimmers. The deadline to sign up is Friday, Sept 12, 2025.

After the clinic, there will be an All Star Banquet Saturday evening where several awards will be presented. Those on the NCS ALL STAR list will be recognized, along with male and female swimmers of the year in the 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, and 17-18 age groups. In addition, Franke Bell Senior Coach of the Year, Kathy McKee Age Group Coach of the Year, Jon Jolley Distance Swimmer of the Year, Team of the Year Awards, NCS Coach Leadership Award, and the USA Swimming Outstanding Service Award will be presented.

Michael Andrew will have a meet & greet/autograph session for those attending the banquet on Saturday.

2025 NCS ALL STAR LIST

1. REGISTRATION FOR THE ALL STAR CLINIC

2. REGISTRATION FOR THE ALL STAR BANQUET (Instructions below)

Tickets will not be sent out to those who registered but are to be picked up at the registration table in the lobby of the Greensboro Coliseum when you arrive at the event. All Stars on the list and their guests must register to attend.

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2025 CAROLINA CUP

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Carolina Cup – Open Water
September 6th, 2025
Lake Echo, NC (Seven Lakes/Pinehurst Area)

This is the qualification meet for Open Water Zones.

Open Water Zone Team Criteria

Host team WAVE will need help with this meet, if you are wiling to help out. For more information contact Jonathan Bescher -coachbesch@newwaveswimteam.org

2025 Carolina Cup Open Water Meet

Information Page

2025 Carolina Cup Open Water Event File

Volunteer Link

Race Event link

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2025 NCS ALL STARS

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Below is the list of North Carolina Swimming athletes who achieved NCS All Star status during the period beginning on Sept 1, 2024 and ending on Aug 31, 2025 (athletes are listed by club code). The colored bars next to each swimmer’s name indicate the age group, qualifications for which the athlete achieved All Star status, and whether All Star status was achieved in multiple ways.

Those achieving All Star status will be invited to the All Star Clinic Saturday October 4 at GAC from 1:00-2:45pm. All Stars are also invited to attend the Banquet Dinner held at the Greensboro Coliseum starting at 5:45pm where All Star recognition and towels will be presented. All Stars MUST Register to attend both events.

The NCS All Star list includes swimmers who achieved All Star Status in at least one of five ways.

  1. NCS Top Five short course times in at least two strokes (must be AAAA or better) as of Aug 31, 2025
  2. NCS Top Five long course times in at least two strokes (must be AAAA or better) as of Aug 31, 2025
  3. National Top Ten achievement in short course by individual age group as of Aug 31, 2025
  4. National Top Ten achievements in long course by individual age group as of Aug 31, 2025
  5. Open Water All Star recognition

2025 NCS All Star List

  • Each NCS swimmer who achieved NC Top-5 “AAAA” times in two or more of the following categories: distance freestyle, sprint freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, or individual medley in Short Course Yards is a NCS All Star upon verification by the NCS All Star Committee. The recognition period began September 1, 2024 and ended August 31, 2025.
  • Distance Freestyle and Sprint Freestyle are considered distinct ‘strokes’ along with Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, and Individual Medley. Distance Freestyle include freestyle events 400 and longer for 17-18, 15-16, and 13-14; 200 and longer for 11-12 and 10&Under. Sprint Freestyle include freestyle events 200 and shorter for 17-18, 15-16, and 13-14; 100 and shorter for 11-12 and 10&Under.
  • Each NCS swimmer who individually achieved at least one USA National Age Group Recognition Top 10 Time in either short course or long course is an All Star. Season-ending USA Swimming National Top Ten rankings by individual age as of August 31, 2025 determine achievement. USA Swimming rankings by age include ages 11,12,13,14,15,16,17, and 18,
  • Swimmers are recognized as an NCS Open Water All-Star based on the Open Water All Star selection policy.
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2025 NCS TOP FIVE

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Below is the list of North Carolina Swimming athletes who finished with a Top Five time in one or more short course or long course event during the period beginning on Sept 1, 2024 and ending on August 31, 2025 (athletes are listed by club code). Top Fives are listed by age group – 10U, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, and 17-18.

Those achieving Top Five status will receive Top Five swim caps. Caps will be sent to the swimmers’ clubs for distribution at NCS HOD/ All Star weekend October 4-5, 2025.

Top Five age group rankings should not be confused with the NCS Top Ten rankings, which are listed by individual age. Top Five achievement also has nothing to do with order of finish at NCS championship meets. The list is based on age group rankings at the end of the qualifying period…which this year was August 31, 2025.

2025 NCS TOP FIVE

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2025 FALL HOD

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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 Officials Meeting Agenda

2025 Fall HOD Agenda -Sunday October 5, 2025

2025 NCS Ballot

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2026 LC MEET BID PACKET

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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.

Meet Bid Framework

The meet bid framework provides dates of notable meets, including sectional and national events, and indicates closed weekends during the 2026 long course season.

Meet Bid Form

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:

  1. Basic Meet Information (dates, host club, meet name, location, etc.)
  2. Meet Type (meet type, course type, meet category, age group)
  3. Meet Fees (individual fees, relay fees, facility fees, travel fund, parking, other)

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

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NCS Swimmer swims Length of Lake Tahoe

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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

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NCS OFFICIALS TYR SUMMER CHAMPS

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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

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