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Updated (MAAPP) Requirements

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USA Swimming’s top priority continues to be creating healthy and positive environments free from abuse for all its members. As part of its commitment to safeguard athletes, USA Swimming has released an updated Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policy (MAAPP) applicable to all USA Swimming Adult Participants, Zones, Local Swimming Committees (LSCs) and member clubs. These required updates come from the U.S. Center for SafeSport (the “Center”). USA Swimming’s updated MAAPP document has been approved by the Center and is required to be fully implemented by USA Swimming, its Zones, LSCs and member clubs. USA Swimming has set a deadline for those organizations to implement the policy in full no later than September 1, 2021; all organizations are encouraged to implement the MAAPP prior to the September 1 deadline.

To help prepare USA Swimming members, there are new resources available:

  • Four informative, hour-long webinars, with varying dates and times, to maximize membership participation. 
  • A editable MAAPP 2.0 document for organizations to download and customize.
  • Educational documents to help guide and assist all USA Swimming member clubs. 

For more information about MAAPP 2.0, please click the link below or visit usaswimming.org/MAAPP

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Get Automatic Emails of all NCS Posts!

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North Carolina Swimming has been using an email subscription service called FeedBurner to automatically send emails of all new posts to its subscribers.  FeedBurner recently announced that it will discontinue that service, so NCS is switching to a platform called Mail Poet to perform the same function.

To receive automatic emails of all NCS posts from Mail Poet, simply submit the following form.

GET IN THE SWIM OF THINGS

SUBSCRIBE TO GET EMAILS OF ALL NEW NCS POSTS!

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Open Water Zone Meet Results

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Congratulations to the NCS Open Water Zone team competing in the Southern Zone Open Water meet in Chattanooga.

The NCS squad had three first place finishes on Saturday. Makayla Ciancanelli won the women’s open 5K while Sam Marsteiner won the 13-14 boys 5K and Kathryn Cinson took first place in the 13-14 girls 5K. Other top three finishers for NCS were Drew Sito– third place in the 11-12 boys 2K, Matt Marsteiner – second place in the boys 15-16 5K and Lucca Battaglini – third in the boys 15-16 5k

Click here for complete results

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Olympic Trials Broadcast Schedule

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NBC announced the broadcast and streaming information for the upcoming U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming competitions in June. To date, this year’s swim Trials include over 1,500 qualifiers who will be competing on the biggest stage in domestic swimming. Tickets to watch the nation’s fastest compete in Omaha are still available through Ticketmaster.

Daily finals coverage of both Wave I and Wave II will be broadcasted across NBC channels. Along with the live finals coverage, 24 hours of preliminaries will be streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app. Wave I prelims will also be live streamed on www.usaswimming.org/watch.

Date Coverage Network Time
Fri., June 4 Wave I Finals Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 8 p.m. ET
Sat., June 5 Wave I Finals Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 8 p.m. ET
Sun., June 6Wave I Finals Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 8 p.m. ET
 Mon., June 7Wave I Finals Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 8 p.m. ET
 Sun., June 13Wave II Qualifying Heats NBCSN 5:30 p.m. ET* 
  Wave II FinalsNBC8 p.m. ET/PT
 Mon., June 14Wave II Qualifying Heats NBCSN 6:30 p.m. ET* 
Wave II Finals NBC 8 p.m. ET/PT 
 Tues., June 15Wave II Qualifying Heats NBCSN6:30 p.m. ET*
 Wave II Finals NBC 8 p.m. ET/PT 
 Wed., June 16Wave II Qualifying Heats NBCSN6:30 p.m. ET* 
 Wave II Finals NBC 8 p.m. ET/PT 
 Thurs., June 17Wave II Qualifying Heats NBCSN 6:30 p.m. ET* 
 Wave II Finals NBCSN 8 p.m. ET 
 Wave II FinalsNBC 10 p.m. ET/PT* 
 Fri., June 18Wave II Qualifying Heats NBCSN 6 p.m. ET* 
 Wave II FinalsNBC 9 p.m. ET/PT 
 Sat., June 19Wave II Qualifying Heats NBCSN 6:30 p.m. ET* 
 Wave II FinalsNBC 9 p.m. ET 
 Sun., June 20Wave II Finals NBC 8:15 p.m. ET 

Additional information on the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming can be found on www.usaswimming.org/trials.

*Delayed coverage

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NCS awarded Select Camp Grant

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North Carolina Swimming was one of nineteen Local Swimming Committees (LSCs) that were awarded LSC Select Camp Grants from USA Swimming. NCS will receive the $3500 grant thanks to the efforts of NCS camps committee chair, Jonathan Watson. In a continued effort to provide resources for more locally driven efforts, these grants allow age-group athletes an increased opportunity to attend a camp while not requiring them to travel too far from home.

Thanks for making it happen, Jonathan!

Click here to read the entire USA Swimming article.

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NCS Revised Face Covering Guidance

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Following new CDC recommendations and the North Carolina Governor’s latest Executive Order issued May 18, 2021, North Carolina Swimming has revised guidance on the use of face coverings at USA Swimming activities as follows:

  • North Carolina Swimming strongly recommends that partially vaccinated or unvaccinated individuals continue to wear face coverings and practice social distancing at all swimming activities.
  • Other individuals are welcome to continue wearing face coverings for personal comfort.
  • NCS and member clubs may require that participants wear face coverings and observe social distancing at practices, team activities, team travel, camps, clinics, and competitions.
  • NCS members are expected to comply with all COVID-19 safety guidelines from USA Swimming, North Carolina Swimming, the State of North Carolina, local jurisdictions, aquatic facilities, and member clubs.

These are North Carolina Swimming’s recommendations and guidelines going forward. If your club or the facility chooses to enforce more stringent requirements, please include those in your upcoming meet sanction requests. A revised meet sanction template that includes these changes will be posted and distributed in the next few days.

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2021 Olympic Trials Qualifiers

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Below is a list of North Carolina Swimming-registered athletes who have achieved qualifying time standards for the Olympic Trials in Omaha. NCS currently has 58 swimmers qualified for WAVE I beginning on June 4 and 65 swimmers qualified for WAVE II beginning on June 13. The list was last updated on May 26, 2021.

Congratulations Swimmers!

NCS Olympic Trials Qualifiers

Olympic Trials Time Standards

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NCS Olympic Trial Funding

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The following travel fund program was approved by the NCS BOD on April 17, 2021 for Olympic Trials Wave 1 and Wave 2. The current NCS Travel Fund eligibility criteria (Article 211, NCS Rules) remain in effect.

 Olympic Trials Wave 1 (new)

  • $650 plus:
    • Swimmers qualified and participating in one (1) event shall receive two (2) days per diem
    • Swimmers qualified and participating in two (2) events shall receive three (3) days per diem
    • Swimmers qualifying and participating in three (3) or more events shall receive four (4) days per diem
    • One coach per team who attends the meet will be funded.
    • Per diem is $80 per day.

Olympic Trials Wave 2 (no change from current)

  • $650 plus
    • Swimmers qualified and participating in one (1) event shall receive three (3) days per diem
    • Swimmers qualified and participating in two (2) events shall receive five (5) days per diem
    • Swimmers qualifying and participating in three (3) or more events shall receive eight (8) days per diem
    • Swimmers qualifying from Wave 1 and participating in Wave 2 would be eligible for funding
    • One coach per team who attends the meet will be funded.
    • Per diem is $80 per day.

Funds will be automatically paid to NCS member clubs after the competition based on published meet results. No application is necessary.

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