March 9-12, 2023 at Triangle Aquatic Center., Cary, NC

If you are interested in officiating during the meet, please fill out the form below and submit. Requests for assigned positions should be submitted by February 9th to ensure consideration.

2023 ESSZ Senior Sectional Meet: Officials Sign-up Form

This will be an Officials National Qualifying meet (OQM). This form will also record your optional request to be evaluated for N2 or N3 status in USA Swimming’s National Certification Program. Anyone requesting N2 or N3 must meet USA Swimming’s requirements for evaluation as found on the USA Swimming site on the Officials resource page at https://www.usaswimming.org/officials/national-certification-evaluation. Requests for evaluations in assigned positions should be submitted by  February 9th. Requests for S&T evaluations should be submitted by February 16th.

If you have any questions about officiating at the meet or about the N2/N3 certification process, please contact the Meet Referee, Mike Trexler, at mike_trexler@mac.com.

North Carolina Swimming was represented by several NCS officials at the USA Swimming Winter Junior Nationals in Greensboro last week. Pictured from left to right in the back row are: Colleen Gillan, Mike Long, Mike Trexler, Jon Fox, Rob Stevens, Scott Sawyer, and Mark Wiebke. Front row left to right are: Anne Marie Schneider, Chris Jung, John Jewell, Trish Martin and Yonca Ozbelli. Thank you officials!

North Carolina Swimming Executive Director position will be available April 2023. Read the job description here. Sound like the job for you? Please forward resume and salary requirement to Trish Martin, NCS General Chair at GeneralChair@ncswim.org.

With 10,000 swimmers at 76 clubs, 600 coaches, 500 officials, and several nationally recognized state-of-the-art aquatics facilities, North Carolina Swimming is one of the largest LSCs in the USA Swimming organization. North Carolina Swimming exists to support our members with resources, leadership, and programming that enhances the swimming experience in the state. The NCS volunteer organization relies on the Executive Director’s managerial skills to coordinate and execute projects, programs, and communications for our members and the local engaged public. The position will be vacated in April 2023 when North Carolina Swimming’s current Executive Director retires.

Pictured from left to right are NCS meet officials Lynn Tippets-Fazen, John Gillan, Christine Jung, and Deb Hanley who were on deck this week at the 2022 Toyota U.S. Open Swimming Championships in Greensboro.

NCS Meet Officials can use the forms below to sign up for the 2023 North Carolina Swimming Short Course Championship meets at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in Charlotte. The 14U Age Group Champs meet will be held on Feb 16-19 and the Senior Champs meet will be held on Feb 23-26.

NCS 14U Age Group Short Course Champs

NCS Senior Short Course Champs

CALLING ALL OFFICIALS!

The Swim GSA January Jump Start Meet in Greensboro January 13-16 is an Officials Qualifying Meet for national evaluations. Please sign up to officiate and request your optional national evaluation submitting the Swim GSA January Jump Start Evaluation form.

Sam Marsteiner of New Wave Swimming set two new North Carolina Swimming 13-14 boys short course records at the WAVE Quad meet held at the Triangle Aquatic Center last week. Marsteiner broke his own record in the 500 free with a time of 4:27.18 and also swam the 200 free in 1:40.18 to set a new mark in that event. Congratulations on those outstanding swims!

The new USA Swimming times database is not yet fully operational, so records and top times reports are not available. Please email billmartin@ncswim.org if an LSC record is broken, so it can be posted. Records and NCS top times will be updated and posted when those reports become available.

NCS Officials looking for an OQM meet are invited to sign up for the TAC Blizzard Blitz Meet on Dec 9-11.

Please use the following TAC Blizzard Blitz Evaluation Form to sign up.  If you have any questions, please contact John Jewell jmjswim@gmail.com or Kevin Chignell kevinchignell@gmail.com.