The 2020 North Carolina Swimming IMX Camp was held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center this past weekend. Click the following link to view some of the camp highlights.
NCS official featured in Olympic Trials profile
Trish Martin, an NCS meet official, was featured in a recent article on the USA Swimming website. USA Swimming is running a series of profiles on meet officials who will be working at the 2020 Olympic Trials in Omaha. Martin is one of several North Carolina Swimming meet officials who have been invited to officiate at the event.
Disability Swimmer Award Nomination Form
The Amazing Grace Award is in honor of Grace Bunke. Grace was a most gifted young lady, friendly to all and full of cheer in spite of her battle with cancer. She never gave up on anything, in the pool or out of it. The Amazing Grace Award recognizes a developing athlete with these same qualities.
Please use the form below to nominate a potential recipient of the 2019 Amazing Grace Award. The award will be presented at the 2019 U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Championships in Lewisville , TX . The nomination deadline will be November 30th, 2019.
Amazing Grace Award Nomination Form
Thank you,
Erin Popovich | Assoc. Dir., Para Swimming Sport Ops
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
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2020 NC Open Water Zone Team: initial roster
Below is the initial roster for the 2020 NCS Open Water Zone team. If athletes decline the invitation, the next person on the list will be contacted.
| 11-12 Girls | |
| Whelehan | Sloan |
| Cinson | Kathryn |
| Rojas | Anna |
| Hertzig | Madi |
| 11-12 Boys | |
| Harris | Cole |
| Cooler | Tripp |
| Prabhu | Gino |
| Brooks | Nicholas |
| 13-14 Girls | |
| Eward | Ellery |
| Willis | Lily Ann |
| Whelehan | Meredith |
| Ivanov | Katherine |
| 13-14 Boys | |
| Nye | Owen |
| Marsteiner | Sam |
| Osman | Max |
| Scheiber | Jackson |
| 15-16 Girls | |
| Smith | Clare |
| Parmenter | Katie |
| Carpenter | Emily |
| Cotter | Keelan |
| 15-16 Boys | |
| Jacobs | Chad |
| Williams | Keith |
| Ayers | Alex |
| Hitchcock | Andrew |
| Open Girls | |
| Hefner | Caitlin |
| Pennington | Isabel |
| Ciancanelli | MaKayla |
| Sleime | Leyla |
| Open Boys | |
| Hughes | Connor |
| Lloyd | Kenneth |
| Cotter | Michael |
| Norris | Lance |
NCS athletes named to National Select Camp
Ten North Carolina Swimming athletes were named the the USA Swimming National Select Camp. Congratulations to the following swimmers and to Amy Faulk of SwimMAC, named to the Girls Select Camp staff.
| GIRLS | |
| Lindsay Flynn | ATOM |
| Summer Eaker | MAC |
| Katie Rauch | ATOM |
| Grace Rainey | MAC |
| BOYS | |
| Sam Hoover | NCAC |
| Braeden Haughey | TAC |
| Logan Zucker | MAC |
| Nelson Baylor | MAC |
| Lance Norris | TAC |
| Brandon Miller | NCAC |
| STAFF | |
| Amy Faulk | MAC |
GAC celebrates new pool opening
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Sept. 24 to celebrate the opening of the new fourth pool at the Greensboro Aquatic Center (GAC).
The 27,000-square-foot addition provides 19 additional lanes, making the Greensboro Aquatic Center the largest facility of its kind in the country. Hotel occupancy revenues funded the $8.3 million project.
“This new pool is a direct result of the tremendous success of the GAC since its grand opening in 2011,” said Greensboro Coliseum Complex managing director Matt Brown. “We are thrilled to have the fourth pool to help meet the intense demand for bookings, including meets, practice time for local teams and clubs and our incredibly diverse array of GAC programming, including the phenomenal growth of our ‘Learn to Swim’ program with Guilford County Schools.”
The additional lanes will serve myriad uses, including providing increased pool time/swimming lanes for GAC members, clubs and high school teams. The fourth pool will also create more opportunities for members to participate in exercise, fitness and therapeutic classes, swim and water safety lessons and general recreational swimming.
The addition of a fourth pool also further enhances the GAC’s ability to host championship competitive swimming and diving meets. To date, the local economic impact from Aquatic Center events since its opening in 2011 has exceed $150 million (source: Greensboro Area Convention & Visitors Bureau).
The ribbon cutting ceremony included remarks from Brown, Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan and Greensboro Aquatic Center manager Susan Braman. Immediately following the ceremony, special guest Olympic swimmer Hali Flickinger helped open the new pool by participating in a swim lesson with students from Greensboro’s Archer Elementary School as part of the GAC’s nationally renowned ‘Learn to Swim’ program in conjunction with Guilford County Schools.
NCS swimmers named to National Junior Team
USA Swimming announced the names of 83 youth swimmers who will represent the 2019-2020 U.S. National Junior Team. The team increases in size by 16 swimmers from last year’s National Junior Team and is made up of 46 women and 37 men.
Among those named to the team were four NCS athletes. Congratulations to Claire Curzan (TAC), Abby Arens (MOR), Ross Dant (YSST), Tim Connery (MAC) and Owen Lloyd (NCAC) on being named to the National Junior Team!
NCS Officials invited to serve at Olympic Trials
Three NCS officials have been invited to serve at the 2020 Olympic Trials for Swimming. These officials, who are being offered positions on the assigned team of officials, were chosen after an extensive selection process that included recommendations from their peers, officiating history at the local and national level, and commitment to the sport.
Congratulations to Lisa Olack, Trish Martin, and Wayne Shulby.
NCS athletes on National Team roster
Several athletes with NCS connections were named to the 2019-2020 USA Swimming National Team roster this week. The USA Swimming National Team roster is made up of the nation’s top six swimmers in each individual Olympic event.
NCS athletes named to the women’s roster include Kathleen Baker (Team Elite), Elise Haan (Wolfpack Elite), Charlotte Hook (TAC Titans), Hannah Moore (Wolfpack Elite), Makayla Sargent (Wolfpack Elite), Kendyl Stewart (Team Elite), and Ashley Twichell (TAC Titans). Former SwimMAC athlete Erika Brown, now with Tennessee Aquatics was also named to the women’s roster.
Those named to the men’s roster were Michael Chadwick (Team Elite), Eric Knowles (Wolpack Elite), and Justin Ress (Wolfpack Elite).
Congratulations swimmers!
NCS swimmers among the best in Budapest
Three North Carolina Swimming athletes competed at the World Junior Swimming championships in Budapest, Hungary this past week with all three reaching finals in their events.
Earlier in the week, Charlotte Hook of the TAC Titans finished third in the 200 fly, bringing home a bronze medal. TAC teammate Claire Curzan earned three individual medals; a silver for her second place finish in the 100 back, a bronze in the 50 fly, and another bronze in the 100 fly. Curzan also led off the gold medal winning USA 4×100 medley relay in the meet’s final event. Marlins of Raleigh swimmer Abby Arens made finals in the 200 breast on the last day of the meet. TAC Titans coach Bruce Marchionda was also part of the delegation, as a member of the Team USA coaching staff.
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Congratulations to all!