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Below are the results from the 2021 North Carolina Swimming Open Water Championship Meet held at Seven Lakes, NC last weekend. Congratulations to all the swimmers who competed, and thank you to all the coaches, meet officials, and other volunteers who participated.
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 updatedMinor 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:
For more information about MAAPP 2.0, please click the link below or visit usaswimming.org/MAAPP
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Congratulations to the North Carolina Open Water Zone team on its outstanding performance at the 2021 Open Water Zone meet in Chattanooga, TN! The NCS Squad scored 555 points to finish in second place behind Florida Swimming.
Click here for individual results
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
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 6 | Wave I Finals | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | 8 p.m. ET |
| Mon., June 7 | Wave I Finals | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | 8 p.m. ET |
| Sun., June 13 | Wave II Qualifying Heats | NBCSN | 5:30 p.m. ET* |
| Wave II Finals | NBC | 8 p.m. ET/PT | |
| Mon., June 14 | Wave II Qualifying Heats | NBCSN | 6:30 p.m. ET* |
| Wave II Finals | NBC | 8 p.m. ET/PT | |
| Tues., June 15 | Wave II Qualifying Heats | NBCSN | 6:30 p.m. ET* |
| Wave II Finals | NBC | 8 p.m. ET/PT | |
| Wed., June 16 | Wave II Qualifying Heats | NBCSN | 6:30 p.m. ET* |
| Wave II Finals | NBC | 8 p.m. ET/PT | |
| Thurs., June 17 | Wave II Qualifying Heats | NBCSN | 6:30 p.m. ET* |
| Wave II Finals | NBCSN | 8 p.m. ET | |
| Wave II Finals | NBC | 10 p.m. ET/PT* | |
| Fri., June 18 | Wave II Qualifying Heats | NBCSN | 6 p.m. ET* |
| Wave II Finals | NBC | 9 p.m. ET/PT | |
| Sat., June 19 | Wave II Qualifying Heats | NBCSN | 6:30 p.m. ET* |
| Wave II Finals | NBC | 9 p.m. ET | |
| Sun., June 20 | Wave 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
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!
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!
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)
Olympic Trials Wave 2 (no change from current)
Funds will be automatically paid to NCS member clubs after the competition based on published meet results. No application is necessary.
