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!

Several more NCS long course records fell at the Speedo Junior National Championship meet this past week. Tim Connery (MAC) led the way with new records in the 15-16 men’s 100 free and the 15-16 men’s 200 IM. The 200 IM time of 2:01.58 also set a new mark in the 15-18 age group. Grace Rainey (MAC) also set a new record in the women’s 13-14 100 breast while Lindsay Flynn (ATOM) posted a record time in the women’s 15-16 50 free.

In addition to the new individual records, the SwimMAC relay team of Jack Walker, Hugh Svendsen, Tim Connery, and Baylor Nelson broke the men’s 18 and under 800 free relay record.

Congratulations swimmers!

Here is a summary of the new records. Click here to view all NCS records.

SwimMAC Carolina claimed the team title as the Speedo Junior National Championships came to a close Saturday night at the Avery Aquatic Center on the campus of Stanford University.

SwimMAC tallied 554.5 points over the five-day meet to run away with the combined team trophy. Dynamo Swim Club finished second with 461 points, followed by the Mason Manta Rays in third with 217 points. SwimMAC also claimed the men’s title with 334.5 points, while Dynamo and Long Island Aquatic Club tied for the women’s title with 221 points apiece, only one point ahead of SwimMAC’s 220.

NCS Swimmers had several top eight finishes during the week, including first place finishes by Jack Walker (MAC) in both the 200 free and 400 free, and a first place finish by Tim Connery (MAC) in the 200 IM. Other NCS swimmers with top eight finishes included Grace Rainey (MAC), Morgan Razewski (MAC), Katie Rauch (ATOM), Sam Hoover (NCAC), Ellie Marquardt (ATOM), Hugh Svendsen (MAC), Baylor Nelson (MAC) and Lindsay Flynn (ATOM).

SwimMAC also had several top eight relays, including a first place finish by the team of Jack Walker, Tim Connery, Hugh Svendsen, and Baylor Nelson in the 4×200 free relay. The SwimMAC women’s 4×100 free relay also grabbed a second place finish with the ATOM women’s 4×100 free relay close behind them in fourth place.

Below is a re-cap of top finishes by NCS individuals and relay teams.

NCS athletes broke several NCS long course records during recent meets. One record was broken at the Southern Age Group Zone meet in Cary, and a couple records fell at the Futures meet in Greensboro, but most of the records were set at the Phillips 66 National Championships in Stanford, California.

Nicole Zettel (TAC) broke the girls 11-12 200 IM record at zones, while Matthew Lucky (SAIL) lowered his own boys 13-14 200 breast record at the Futures meet. Braeden Haughey (TAC) also established a new record at Futures, in the men’s 15-16 400 free.

Claire Curzan (TAC) shredded the women’s 15-16 record book with new records in the 100 free, the 100 back, the 200 back, and the 100 fly. Her times in the 200 back and 100 fly were also 15-18 records! TAC teammate, Charlotte Hook set a record in the women’s 15-16 200 fly and her time was also a record in the 15-18 age division. Abby Arens (MOR) established new marks in both the women’s 15-18 100 breast and the women’s 15-18 200 breast. Ross Dant (YSST) broke records in the 15-18 men’s 400 free and 15-18 men’s 800 free. Finally, Ashley Twichell (TAC), fresh off her Olympic qualifying swim at the FINA Open Water World Championship, set new records in the women’s open 400 free, 800 free, and 1500 free!

Congratulations swimmers!

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Here is a summary of the records that were set at recent meets.