Click the link below to view the psych sheet for the 2022 North Carolina Swimming Senior Long Course Championship Meet, hosted by the Mecklenburg Swimming Association (MSA). The meet is being held at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in Charlotte from July 21-23, 2022.

2022 NCS Senior LC Champs Psych Sheet

Below are the swimmers who received the 2022 NCS Age Group Long Course Championship High Point Awards. These swimmers are recognized for scoring the most points in individual events in their age group.

Congratulations Swimmers!

Age Group	Name	Club
10U Girls	Finola Whelehan	TAC
10U Boys	Jesse Cyrus	MAC
11-12 Girls	Yari Brock	NCAC
11-12 Boys	Jonathan Palamar	TAC
13-14 Girls	Avery Klamfoth	MAC
13-14 Boys	Sam Marsteiner	WAVE

Several new North Carolina Swimming long course records were set at the 2022 NCS Age Group LC Championship meet in Greensboro this past weekend. Albert Smelzer of Swim GSA led the way with two record-breaking swims in the freestyle sprints. Smelzer bettered previous marks in both the 13-14 boys 50 free and the 13-14 boys 100 free. Sam Marsteiner of New Wave Swimming also broke his own record in the 13-14 boys 200 fly. Another individual record was set by Yari Brock of the North Carolina Aquatic Club in the girls 11-12 100 free.

There were also two long course relay records set earlier at the SGSA Eastern Invitational in June. Mike Rice, Carson Day, Thomas Greathouse, and Beck Armstrong of SwimMAC Carolina broke a record in the 13-14 boys 200 free relay, while fellow SwimMAC swimmers Shaelyn Shields, Avery Klamfoth, Georgia Howard, and Clarke Neace teamed up for a new record in the girls 13-14 200 medley relay.

Below is a list of the recently set records. Click here to view all current NCS records.

Boys LC Records
Albert Smelzer	SGSA	13-14	50 Free	23.89
Albert Smelzer	SGSA	13-14	100 Free	52.69
Sam Marsteiner	WAVE	13-14	200 Fly	2:05.79
Boys LC Relay Records
MAC	Boys	13-14	200 Free Relay	1:41.84
Mike Rice
Carson Day
Thomas Greathouse
Beck Armstrong
Girls LC Records
Yari Brock	NCAC	11-12	100 Free	59.31
Girls LC Relay Records
MAC	Girls	13-14	200 Medley Relay	2:01.59
Shaelyn Shields
Avery Klamfoth
Georgia Howard
Clarke Neace

Congratulations to the TAC Titans, winner of the 2022 North Carolina Swimming Long Course Age Group Championships held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. TAC won both the men’s and women’s divisions and finished with a combined team score of 4140.5 points points, outscoring second place SwimMAC Carolina by 191 points. North Carolina Aquatic Club finished in third place, followed by the Marlins of Raleigh, and New Wave Swim Team.

Click here for complete team rankings by men, women, and combined scores.

Congratulations to SwimMAC Carolina, winner of the 2022 ESSZ Speedo Summer Sectional Meet held at the Triangle Aquatic Center. SwimMAC had a combined team score of 1354.5 points, outscoring second place Wolfpack Elite by 99.5 points. North Carolina Aquatic Club finished in third place, followed by the TAC Titans, and Lakeside Swim Team.

Click here for complete team rankings by men, women, and combined scores.

Below is the 2022 NCS Zone Team Selection spreadsheet link for parents to view and track their swimmer’s progress over the weekend for both 14 & Under AG Champs, as well as Senior Sectionals. 

Times entered are those currently in SWIMS, and will be updated throughout this weekend’s meets, both at GAC and TAC.   Thank you for your patience as we seek to find the best NCS team to compete at the zone meet in Tupelo, MS July 25-31, 2022.

ZONE TEAM APPLICANT TRACKER

Completed applications for all athletes must be submitted online and checks must be in the mail by 10:00 am on Saturday, July 16.

APPLICATIONS HAVE CLOSED

NCS ZONE TEAM APPLICATION FORM

Senior (age 15-18) selection will be based on times through the Senior Sectional Meet in Cary, July 15-18.  Swimmers may apply even if they are not participating in the Senior Sectional meet.

For the 2022 Southern Zone Championship, 16 athletes (8 males and 8 females) will be selected in each age group—11-12; 13-14 and 15-18—to represent North Carolina Swimming.  For details, view the selection policy below.

NCS ZONE TEAM SELECTION POLICY

2022 NCS ZONE TEAM STAFF

Head Coach – Jonathan Watson

Team Manager – Amy Faulk

11-12 Girls – Vavina Lapham

11-12 Boys – Darian Turner

13-14 Girls – Katie Quillen

13-14 Boys – Jack Eichenlaub

15-18 Girls – Lorin Collins

15-18 Boys – Kevin Donnelly

The FINA Bureau recently announced the members of its new FINA Technical Committees which are responsible for analyzing how continued improvements can be made to aquatic sports.  Among those listed was Jay Thomas, USA Swimming official and NCS member, who was named Honorary Secretary of the FINA Technical Swimming Committee.

FINA has seven Technical Committees, with six committees for the aquatic disciplines of Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Diving, High Diving, Water Polo, Artistic Swimming and a committee for Masters. The full composition of the FINA Technical Committees can be found below.

Click here to view the entire article on the FINA website.