Promoting Excellence by Providing Resources to Support and Empower the North Carolina Swimming Community.
REMINDER:
If you would like to propose legislation for the NCS Spring HOD meeting on April 18, 2021, please mark up the existing Rule or By-Law with the proposed wording and submit your proposal to Wayne Shulby wayne.shulby@gmail.com using the HOD Legislation Template below. The deadline for submitting legislation is February 27, 2021.
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Congratulations to Lowes YMCA Lightning, 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.
Lowes Lighting Swim Team 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
USA Swimming announced the addition of four new athletes to the 2020-2021 U.S. National Team and fifteen new swimmers to the 2020-2021 U.S. National Junior Team roster. Additions to the rosters were based on qualifying times swum during the abbreviated 2020 season. Congratulations to the following NCS athletes who earned spots on these prestigious teams!
Claire Curzan (TAC Titans) was added to the National Team roster, where she joins Titan teammates, Charlotte Hook, Ashley Twichell, and other athletes who were on the 2019-2020 roster.
Five of the fifteen new additions to the National Junior Team are NCS swimmers! They include Lindsay Flynn (MSA), Sam Hoover (NCAC), Michael Cotter (TAC), Braeden Haughey (TAC), and Michael Moore (MOR). These athletes join those who had made the 2019-2020 roster.
Click below for the USA Swimming articles and for complete National Team and National Junior Team rosters.
Parker Van Olst of New Wave Swimming broke two boys 10 and under short course breast stroke records at the TAC Jingle Bells Meet in December. Van Olst set new marks in both the 50 breast with a time of 33.44 and the 100 breast in 1:11.98. Congratulations on your outstanding swims!
IMX Swimmers & Parents,
First off congratulations to those on the list below who have been selected to attend the 2021 IMX Camp at the Greensboro Aquatic Center on Saturday, January 23rd! We hope that all of you have had a good first half of the season and will be able to participate.
If you name is on the above list, please submit the online release form prior to attending the camp.
2021 NCS IMX Camp Release Form
As we have all been dealing with the COVID virus for almost a year now, we want you to know that making sure that we provide a safe environment for our swimmers and coaches during the camp will be one of our main focuses. Of course the swimmers having a good time and learning some things that they can take home with them will also be a priority as always as well.
With that being said I wanted to let you know they procedures we plan to have in place to help make sure that we have a safe atmosphere for all.
We are still working on the detailed schedule for the camp but below are the tentative pickup and drop off times for each group so that you can plan accordingly.
10 & 11 Year Olds:
Arrival & Check-in – 8:15-8:30
Pickup – 12:30
12 & 13 Year Olds:
Arrival & Check-in – 1:30-1:45
Pickup – 5:45
Please feel free to give me a call with any questions and watch for more details leading up to the camp.
Happy New Year!
Jay Dodson: IMX Camp Director
(336)337-0169
The TAC Titan’s trio of Charlotte Hook, Caroline Pennington, and Claire Curzan accounted for seven new NCS short course records at the TAC Blizzard Blitz this past weekend. Hook set a new record in the women’s 15-16 200 free, Pennington broke the women’s 15-18 1650 free record, and Curzan established new marks in both the 15-16 100 back and 15-16 200 back. Curzan’s 200 back time was also a new 15-18 record, while her 100 back time was a new record for both the 15-18 and the Open age groups.
In a college meet the previous weekend, Coleman Stewart of NC State set a new NCS Open record in the men’s 100 back.
Congratulations!
Below is a list of the new NCS Records. Click here to view all current NCS records.
| Women’s SC Records | ||||
| Charlotte Hook | TAC | 15-16 | 200 Free | 1:45.38 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 15-16 | 100 Back | 50.18 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 15-18 | 200 Back | 1:49.35 |
| Caroline Pennington | TAC | 15-16 | 1650 Free | 16:03.21 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 15-18 | 100 Back | 50.18 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 15-18 | 200 Back | 1:49.35 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | OPEN | 100 Back | 50.18 |
| Men’s SC Records | ||||
| Coleman Stewart | NCS | OPEN | 100 Back | 43.62 |
