Several NCS athletes and coaches were named to the 2020 Southern Zone Select Camp. Amy Faulk (SwimMAC), and Kristina Bond (Team Charlotte) were named to the coaching staff. Female athletes representing NCS include: Lily Welsh (TAC Titans), Sofia Plaza (ATOM), Paige Thome (SwimMAC), Nicole Zettel (TAC Titans), and Lily Willis (TAC Titans). Male athletes selected were: Henry Lee (TAC Titans), Ross Noble (YOTA), Andrew Li (TAC Titans), and Max Marrujo (TAC Titans).

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these camps were pivoted to a virtual format to provide the athletes who’ve earned this distinction a unique learning experience. The sessions, facilitated by James Leath, founder of Unleash the Athlete, are scheduled for Saturday, May 30, and will include discussions on leadership, including navigating change, setting and adapting goals, mental resiliency and character development. Athletes will also attend a virtual panel discussion with current and former National Team athletes, including Kelsi Dahlia, Hannah Moore, Sean Ryan, and Tom Luchsinger.

Congratulations Swimmers and Coaches!

Click here to read the entire USA Swimming article.

The USA Swimming Safe Sport staff is hosting weekly Zoom trainings to help clubs achieve the training requirements of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program.

The sessions for both parents and athletes include a one-hour training. Attendance will be taken via a survey at the end of training and the USA Swimming staff will manually update the Club Portal so that clubs receive credit towards recognition. There will also be weekly training available for coaches to learn more about the Safe Sport Club Recognition program and how to share Safe Sport information with their athletes, parents, staff and other non-athlete members. The coach training is not a requirement of the recognition program but is a way to earn additional optional points.

This week we are proud to offer an additional training session for parents. This session will be offered on Wednesday evening and can be accessed using the same link. 

There is no registration required at this time. Attendees need only join the meeting using the links provided below and come willing to participate and learn.

For more information on the ways to complete the training requirement of Safe Sport Club Recognition, please reference this document: Training Opportunities Resource.

Wednesday, May 20 @ 3:00 p.m. EST – Parent Training https://zoom.us/j/93724361466?pwd=OVF4RFlNZFpaMHhqSEVVRGwzbmpQUT09

Wednesday, May 20 @ 8:00 p.m. EST – Parent Training https://zoom.us/j/93724361466?pwd=OVF4RFlNZFpaMHhqSEVVRGwzbmpQUT09

Thursday, May 21 @ 3:00 p.m. EST – Athlete Training (12 – 18 years old) https://zoom.us/j/97633664936?pwd=YnpXZmljME5PcldacW9ZQ0w5YTFIZz09

Friday, May 22 @ 3:00 p.m. EST – Coach Training https://zoom.us/j/98698656108?pwd=NzQ5TGdjWkRDc0Irck9tWHpJL1hkQT09

USA Swimming Safe Sport Team

Complete Week 4 Test Set Results

More than 700 athletes from 22 NCS clubs participated in the second round of the QuaranTeam Dryland Challenge. Athletes performed nine dryland exercises for time to complete the challenge. Those same athletes will have one more test set in two weeks to see if they can better their times. Good Luck!

Below are the Top Ten finishers in each of four age groups by gender.

Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
RSA	Grace Yu	10U	F	01:04.0	1
TYDE	Eva Beekman	10U	F	01:18.0	2
MOR	Lucy Hefner	10U	F	01:19.0	3
GFSC	Kamdyn Leute	10U	F	01:23.0	4
NSS	Blakeley Hogan	10U	F	01:26.0	5
RSA	Skye Minyard	10U	F	01:30.0	6
MOR	Kieren Ng	10U	F	01:31.0	7
RSA	Violet Eckard	10U	F	01:31.0	8
YOTA	Laila Kwong	10U	F	01:31.0	9
RSA	Eleanor Donovan	10U	F	01:33.0	10
Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
RSA	Jake Levesque	10U	M	01:10.0	1
RSA	Gavin Hulbig	10U	M	01:12.0	2
RSA	Declan Atai	10U	M	01:17.0	3
TYDE	Russ Beekman	10U	M	01:18.0	4
MOR	Jason Elgart	10U	M	01:25.0	5
RSA	Henry Bondo	10U	M	01:26.0	6
MOR	John Cantando	10U	M	01:27.0	7
RSA	Noah Brumback	10U	M	01:27.0	8
RSA	Canaan Salvitti	10U	M	01:27.0	9
RSA	Ethan Liu	10U	M	01:30.0	10
RSA	Mason Wiltberger	10U	M	01:30.0	10
Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
WOW	Heidi Bollenbacher	11-12	F	01:50.0	1
RSA	Grace Pereira	11-12	F	01:52.0	2
RSA	Alex Slavis	11-12	F	01:55.0	3
RSA	Amelia Hilder	11-12	F	01:56.0	4
RSA	Abigail Savitsky	11-12	F	01:58.0	5
RSA	Kristin Connors	11-12	F	02:00.0	6
MOR	Natalie Cooper	11-12	F	02:01.0	7
NSEA	Taylor Crane	11-12	F	02:03.0	8
RSA	Lauren Schoenagel	11-12	F	02:14.0	9
RSA	Meghan Hadsell	11-12	F	02:15.0	10
Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
TYDE	JT Trowbridge	11-12	M	02:01.0	1
NSEA	Clem Camacho	11-12	M	02:06.0	2
NSEA	Nathan Neu	11-12	M	02:07.0	3
MOR	Ronan Cornpropst	11-12	M	02:09.0	4
MOR	Pramukh Chedella	11-12	M	02:15.0	5
MOR	Cole Heuer	11-12	M	02:17.0	6
MOR	Alexander Townsend	11-12	M	02:21.0	7
WAVE	Andrew Sito	11-12	M	02:22.0	8
RSA	Marcus Hulbig	11-12	M	02:24.0	9
MOR	Nolan Zerda	11-12	M	02:27.0	10
Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
RSA	Adwita Arvind	13-14	F	03:03.0	1
MOR	Olivia Rivera	13-14	F	03:12.0	2
MOR	Abigail Dozier	13-14	F	03:15.0	3
YOTA	caroline healey	13-14	F	03:20.0	4
SAC	Libby Canipe	13-14	F	03:30.0	5
YOTA	Yasmine Kwong	13-14	F	03:31.9	6
NSEA	Keener Witmer	13-14	F	03:40.0	7
TEAM	Reed Zimmerman	13-14	F	03:46.0	8
RSA	Peggy Whitteron	13-14	F	03:46.0	9
YOTA	Lizzie Fowler	13-14	F	03:46.0	10
Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
GFSC	William Clayton	13-14	M	02:55.0	1
RSA	Dylan Gretok	13-14	M	02:58.0	2
GFSC	Nate Derwin	13-14	M	03:00.0	3
HPSC	Chase Sheffield	13-14	M	03:06.0	4
MOR	Logan Blackburn	13-14	M	03:17.0	5
NSEA	Cole Witmer	13-14	M	03:20.0	6
MOR	Ian Stutts	13-14	M	03:32.0	7
NSS	Reid Kendall	13-14	M	03:33.0	8
WOW	Sean Setzer	13-14	M	03:40.0	9
LOY	Gabe Morales	13-14	M	03:42.0	10
Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
NSS	Samantha Melton	15-18	F	04:38.0	1
TEAM	Emma Nash	15-18	F	04:44.0	2
TEAM	Reese Lauletta	15-18	F	04:45.0	3
TEAM	Caroline Stowe	15-18	F	04:45.0	4
YOTA	Emma Serrano	15-18	F	04:54.3	5
NSS	Agnaeya Arora	15-18	F	04:58.0	6
SAC	Trinity Price	15-18	F	04:58.0	7
TEAM	Elizabeth Pike	15-18	F	05:00.0	8
NSS	Eliza Haines	15-18	F	05:03.0	9
WAVE	Katie Dalton	15-18	F	05:05.0	10
Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
XA	Landon Lennex	15-18	M	04:02.0	1
TEAM	Dylan Sinople	15-18	M	04:15.0	2
NSS	Julian Mercer II	15-18	M	04:16.0	3
TEAM	Brayden Lauletta	15-18	M	04:20.0	4
MOR	Ignacio Leon	15-18	M	04:21.0	5
TEAM	Johnathan Burch	15-18	M	04:30.0	6
TEAM	Nathanael Dyer	15-18	M	04:34.0	7
SAC	Sam Player	15-18	M	04:39.0	8
NSS	Jamey Tillman	15-18	M	04:42.0	9
NSS	Daniel Snapp	15-18	M	04:42.0	10

Additional Training for Athletes this week!

The USA Swimming Safe Sport staff is hosting weekly Zoom trainings to help clubs achieve the training requirements of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program.

The sessions for both parents and athletes include a one-hour training. Attendance will be taken via a survey at the end of training and the USA Swimming staff will manually update the Club Portal so that clubs receive credit towards recognition. There will also be weekly training available for coaches to learn more about the Safe Sport Club Recognition program and how to share Safe Sport information with their athletes, parents, staff and other non-athlete members. The coach training is not a requirement of the recognition program but is a way to earn additional optional points.

This week we are proud to offer an addition training session for athletes. This session will be offered on Thursday evening and can be accessed using the same link. 

There is no registration required at this time. Attendees need only join the meeting using the links provided below and come willing to participate and learn.

For more information on the ways to complete the training requirement of Safe Sport Club Recognition, please reference this document: Training Opportunities Resource.

Wednesday, May 13 @ 3:00 p.m. EST – Parent Training https://zoom.us/j/93724361466?pwd=OVF4RFlNZFpaMHhqSEVVRGwzbmpQUT09

Thursday, May 14 @ 3:00 p.m. EST – Athlete Training (12 – 18 years old) https://zoom.us/j/97633664936?pwd=YnpXZmljME5PcldacW9ZQ0w5YTFIZz09

Thursday, May 14 @ 8:00 p.m. EST – Athlete Training (12 – 18 years old) https://zoom.us/j/97633664936?pwd=YnpXZmljME5PcldacW9ZQ0w5YTFIZz09

Friday, May 15 @ 3:00 p.m. EST – Coach Training https://zoom.us/j/98698656108?pwd=NzQ5TGdjWkRDc0Irck9tWHpJL1hkQT09

We look forward to having a good turnout again this week!

USA Swimming Safe Sport Team

Sailfish Aquatics (SAIL) earns Safe Sport Club Recognition Status

Congratulations to Sailfish Aquatics, the latest North Carolina Swimming club to earn USA Swimming’s new Safe Sport Club Recognition! The Safe Sport Club Recognition program distinguishes USA Swimming clubs that demonstrate their commitment to creating safe, healthy, and positive environments for all of their members through the development and implementation of Athlete Protection Policies, Safe Sport Best Practices, and Safe Sport education.

Sailfish Aquatics has been highlighted as a Safe Sport Recognized Club with a banner on its team listing in the USA Swimming Find-a-Team Search and will receive a medallion for their club’s website as well. Clubs can apply for the Safe Sport Recognized Club program through their Club Portal on the USA Swimming website.  Here’s a link to the Safe Sport Recognized Club program information: https://www.usaswimming.org/ssrp

The Aquatic Team of Mecklenburg (ATOM) earns Safe Sport Club Recognition Status

Congratulations to the Aquatic Team of Mecklenburg, the latest North Carolina Swimming club to earn USA Swimming’s new Safe Sport Club Recognition! The Safe Sport Club Recognition program distinguishes USA Swimming clubs that demonstrate their commitment to creating safe, healthy, and positive environments for all of their members through the development and implementation of Athlete Protection Policies, Safe Sport Best Practices, and Safe Sport education.

The Aquatic Team of Mecklenburg has been highlighted as a Safe Sport Recognized Club with a banner on its team listing in the USA Swimming Find-a-Team Search and will receive a medallion for their club’s website as well. Clubs can apply for the Safe Sport Recognized Club program through their Club Portal on the USA Swimming website.  Here’s a link to the Safe Sport Recognized Club program information: https://www.usaswimming.org/ssrp

Good evening Safe Sport Champions!

We are excited to announce that starting tomorrow Wednesday, April 22, USA Swimming Safe Sport staff will be hosting weekly Zoom training’s to help club’s achieve the training requirements of the Safe Sport Club Recognition Program.

Safe Sport Club Recognition Program: Training Options

Parents and athletes will tune in for the one hour training where attendance will be taken so their clubs receive credit. There will also be weekly training available to coaches where they will learn more about the Safe Sport Club Recognition program and how to share Safe Sport information with their membership.

There is no registration required at this time, attendees only need to join the meeting at the links below and come willing to participate and learn.

Please pass this meeting information along to clubs in your LSC’s.

We will hold these training’s weekly starting tomorrow April 22^nd and every meeting will be held from 3:00-4:00pm EST.

Wednesday – Parent Training https://zoom.us/j/93724361466?pwd=OVF4RFlNZFpaMHhqSEVVRGwzbmpQUT09

Thursday – Athlete Training https://zoom.us/j/97633664936?pwd=YnpXZmljME5PcldacW9ZQ0w5YTFIZz09

Friday – Coach Training https://zoom.us/j/98698656108?pwd=NzQ5TGdjWkRDc0Irck9tWHpJL1hkQT09

Alongside all of the hard work that you all are doing, we look forward to this being another resource to assist our goal of getting every USA Swimming club Safe Sport Recognized. 

Thank you for all that you do!

USA Swimming Safe Sport Team