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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 |
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.
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!
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.
Swim GSA and the Alamance County Community YMCA (YBAC) Earn Safe Sport Club Recognition Status
Congratulations to Swim GSA and YBAC, the latest NCS clubs to achieve USA Swimming’s 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. Recognized clubs are highlighted as a Safe Sport Recognized Club with a banner on their 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
Here is the list of NCS clubs that have either achieved Safe Sport Club Recognition or that have begun the process.
Congratulation to the 104 athletes from North Carolina Swimming who were named to the USA Swimming Scholastic All America team! SwimMAC Carolina led all clubs in the nation with 41 athletes on the SAA Team. Southern California Swimming edged out North Carolina Swimming as the top LSC in the country with 106 athletes compared to North Carolina Swimming’s 104.
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!
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!
Below is the link for the application to serve as an official during the 2020 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. The deadline is 5 p.m. Eastern time Monday, October 14 for submitting the application and passing the rules test (swimming officials only). Please share this information with anyone else who may be interested in serving as a swimming or diving official for the 2020 NCAA championships. Rules questions and/or interpretations should be directed to Greg Lockard, secretary-rules editor at greg@swimdiverules.com. If you have questions regarding the NCAA official’s application, feel free to contact me at rhale@ncaa.org. Thank you.
2020NCAASWIMMINGANDDIVINGOFFICIALSAPPLICATIONFORM
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2020 IMX Camp: Staff Application Form
We are excited to offer another great NCS Camp experience for 120 of our swimmers ages 11-14 at the annual IMX Camp. The camp will be at the Greensboro Aquatic Center the weekend of December 28-29. This is an overnight camp with an opportunity to work with swimmers both in and away from the pool. We appreciate your interest in wanting to help make our North Carolina Swimming Camps a positive experience for all participants.
At this camp we try to provide a number of experiences for the swimmers both in and out of the water so coaches will meet ahead of time to plan and have designated responsibilities.
Please complete and submit the above form if you are interested in participating. If you have any questions, please contact Jay Dodson at jay@staraquatics.net or (336)337-0169.
