Congratulations to TAC TITANS on winning the 2026 NC TAC Speedo Champions Series ESSZ meet hosted by TAC TITANS held at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary, NC March 12-15, 2026.
The TAC TITANS dominated the competition winning the meet with a combined score of 2,073 points. Congratulations to second place finishers Mecklenburg Swim Association with 1306.5 points, followed by SwimMAC Carolina, in third place, and North Carolina Aquatic Club finishing in fifth place.
Thank you to all the ESSZ Clubs who competed in the 2026 NC TAC Speedo Champions Series ESSZ meet. Congrats to all NCS swimmers, coaches, officials, and volunteers from across the LSC. #WEARENCS
Congratulations to TAC TITANS, Reina Liu, on setting a New NCS 15-16 Female SCY 200 Freestyle Record with a time of 1:44.49 at the 2026 NC TAC Speedo Champions Series ESSZ. Way to Go Reina!!! #WEARENCS
Thank you to our NCS Officials that served our athletes, and USA Swimming, with excellence at the 2026 TYR Pro Series in Westmont, IL. We are proud of our Officials (from left to right: James Sheehan, Anne Marie Schneider, Trish Martin, Jon Jewell, and Mike Long) representing with professionalism, dedication, and unwavering commitment ensuring fair competition, in an environment where athletes can perform their best with confidence. Thank you to all of our NCS Officials!
The 11th Annual, 2026 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge, featuring 260 of the top swimmers – ages 15-18 – from both North Carolina and South Carolina, will be held at the Martin Luther King Jr. Pool in Charleston, South Carolina on Sunday, April 12, 2026. The meet will be held midday.
POOL: MLK Jr. Pool before, it is the home pool of the Southern Marlins Racing Team and is located right under the Ravenel Bridge just as you enter the city limits. Directions to the facility may be found here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Hdz9bNezcZW5oLHh8. A map of the facility may be found below. There is street parking around the block surrounding the pool as well as an overflow lot on the next block over. Check-In tables will be located on the end of the pool nearest the ball fields.
The 2026 Carolina’s Diversity Camp will be held in Charleston, SC on Saturday, April 11, 2026.
ELIGIBILITY Athletes must be a registered member of USA Swimming (Premium, Flex or Outreach). Athletes must represent an ethnically under-represented population that is less than 10% of the current USA Swimming membership to be eligible for this camp.
Athletes age 11-16 must have achieved at least one “B” time standard or have competed in at least three (3) USA Swimming sanctioned competitions during the current qualifying period (September 1, 2025-March 18, 2026).
A total of 40 athletes (20 from South Carolina and 20 from North Carolina) will be selected to attend.
Medical release forms will be given to all selected camp members immediately following selection.
Any questions regarding the diversity select camp or the application process may be directed to South Carolina Swimming DEI Chair Martha Chiwanza or North Carolina Swimming DEI Chair Jamie Bloom.
Activities will involve two in-water sessions, educational sessions and an opportunity for parents to learn about officiating, in addition to learning opportunities from guest speakers.
Thanks to our collaborative partnership, North Carolina Swimming and South Carolina Swimming are able to present this opportunity to our athletes at no cost.
The meet bid framework provides dates of notable meets, including sectional and national events, and indicates closed weekends during the 2026-27 short 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.
Meet bids submitted will automatically populate the 2026-27 Short Course Bid Scheduleposted 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.)
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 2026-27 Short Course Bid Scheduleposted 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.)
Congratulations to all NCS Athletes who achieved a Top 5 finish in each scored event per respective age group (9-10, 11-12, 13-14) at the 2026 NCS Age Group Championship Meet (February 26-March 1, 2026), in Cary, NC earned a Golden Ticket Invite to the 2026 NCS Select Camp. This Camp will take place on Sunday, April 19, at the Triangle Aquatic Club (TAC) in Cary. All qualifiers have been emailed additional information to Register for the 2026 NCS Select Camp by March 9, 2026.
Congratulations to SwimMAC Carolina 13-14 Men’s 200 Medley Relay with Martin Sanchez Moreno, Austen Wack, Jesse Cyrus, Xaiden Valentine on setting a New Men’s 13-14 NCS State Record in a time of 1:35.90! Congratulations SwimMAC! #WEARENCS
Congratulations to TAC TITANS, Finola Whelehan, on setting a New NCS 13-14 Female SCY 200 IM Record with a time of 1:56.92 at the 2026 NCS SC AG Champs. Whelehan broke a 2018 Record held by Charlotte Hook. Way to Go Finola!!! #WEARENCS
