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Swim Fanatics (SFSC) earns Safe Sport Club Recognition Status

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Congratulations to Swim Fanatics Swim Club, 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.

Swim Fanatics 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

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2021 NCS Coach of the Year nominations

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The NCS Coach of the Year awards will be announced at the North Carolina Swimming Awards Banquet on Saturday, Oct 2. In addition to the “Franke Bell” Senior Coach of the Year award and the NCS Age Group Coach of the Year award, a NCS Coach Leadership Award will be presented.

There are three automatic nominations for both Senior COTY and Age Group COTY, based on a coach’s highest nationally ranked swimmer in the respective age groups during the selection period (Sept 1, 2020-Aug 10, 2021). The Nominating Panel, made up of NCS BOD member coaches and athletes, may select two additional at-large nominees for both Senior COTY and Age Group COTY based on names submitted by NCS coaches. Three NCS Coach Leadership Award nominees will also be selected by the Nominating Panel from the names submitted. You can use the following form to submit names to be considered, or email Steve Romito at coachrep@ncswim.org.

NCS Coach of the Year Nomination Form

Names must be submitted by Sept 1, 2021 when the ballot will be finalized by the COTY Nominating Panel. A final ballot will be sent to all clubs. Each club will have one vote for each award.

Below are the automatic nominations for Senior COTY and Age Group COTY awards:

Senior Coach of the Year Automatic NomineeAge Group Coach of the Year Automatic Nominee
Bruce Marchionda – TAC TitansBradford Hancock – New Wave Swimming
Patrick Henry – SwimMAC CarolinaZach Murray – New Wave Swimming
Terry Fritch – Life Time FitnessRuss Kasl – SwimMAC Carolina

The NCS Coach of the Year policy is posted in section 4.3 of the NCS Policies and Procedures manual. The policy outlines the nomination process, the voting process, and the criteria for each of the three awards.

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NCS records continue to fall

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The record barrage continues as more NCS long course records were broken at the recent Florida Last Splash Invitational in Orlando. Sam Marsteiner of New Wave Swimming broke the boys 13-14 200 fly record while the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina TYDE relay team of Jonah Greene, Steven Insixiengmay, Logan McDonald, and Alex Valliere set a new standard in the 18U 200 medley relay.

Here are the new NCS records that were set in Orlando:

Men’s LC Records
Sam MarsteinerWAVE13-14200 Fly2:06.87
LC Relay Records
TYDEMens18U200 Medley Relay1:45.95
Jonah Green
Steven Insixiengmay
Logan McDonald
Alex Valliere

Click here to view all current NCS records.

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2021 NCS Awards Ceremony

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The North Carolina Swimming Awards Ceremony will be held at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary Saturday, October 2, 2021, following the NCS All Star Clinic. The ceremony will recognize NCS All Stars in attendance at the clinic. The NCS All Star Clinic is exclusively for those on the NCS All Star list and will be held at the Triangle Aquatic Center beginning at 3:00 pm on Saturday. Pre-registration is required to attend the All Star clinic. Parents are welcome to view the clinic and the awards presentations from the upper level stands. The awards ceremony will be shown on the scoreboard screen.

The Triangle Aquatic Center and TAC-TV is generously offering a live stream of the 2021 NC Swimming Awards Ceremony.  Registration is now available. To subscribe,  go to https://tv.triangleaquatics.org/index.php/membership-plan/.  Select the event (yes, it’s listed for $9.99) and fill in all required information to subscribe.  Enter the code allstar to receive the stream at NO CHARGE. 

A registration form for the NCS All Star Clinic, along with additional information was emailed to those on the All Star list. If you are on the All Star list and did not receive the information, please contact Bill Martin before 9/30/21 at billmartin@ncswim.org.

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Swimmers break NCS and NAG Records!

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NCS swimmers excelled as several NCS long course records and a couple National Age Group (NAG) records were broken in recent meets. Granger Bartee of SwimMAC started the record onslaught when he broke the NCS boys 13-14 100 back record at the Southern Zone meet in Tupelo last week.

At the Speedo Championships in Greensboro, the SwimMAC Boys continued their assault on the record book with Tim Connery breaking NCS records in both the men’s 15-18 100 free and the men’s 15-18 200 free. SwimMAC teammate Baylor Nelson established a new NCS mark in the men’s 15-18 200 IM. WOLF’s James Plage also broke the NCS men’s 15-18 1500 free record at the meet in Greensboro.

The SwimMAC Boys also enjoyed a record-breaking spree in the men’s 18 and under relay events. Tim Connery, Logan Zucker, Cam Abaqueta, and Baylor Nelson set a new mark in the 400 free relay. Connery, Zucker, and Nelson were joined by Jacob Wimberly in breaking the 800 free relay record. Their times in both the 400 free relay and the 800 free relay were also National Age Group records! SwimMAC earned its third relay record when, Abaqueta, Nelson, Connery, and Zucker teamed up for a new NCS record in the 400 medley relay.

Below is a summary of the recent records:

Men’s LC Records
Granger BarteeMAC13-14100 Back58.65
Tim ConneryMAC15-18100 Free49.36
Tim ConneryMAC15-18200 Free1:47.96
James PlageWOLF15-181500 Free5:18.50
Baylor NelsonMAC15-18200 IM2:01.08
LC Relay Records
MACMens18U400 Free Relay3:21.91
Tim Connery
Logan Zucker
Cam Abaqueta
Baylor Nelson
MACMens18U800 Free Relay7:22.13
Tim Connery
Logan Zucker
Jacob Wimberly
Baylor Nelson
MACMens18U400 Medley Relay3:44.09
Cam Abaqueta
Baylor Nelson
Tim Connery
Logan Zucker

Click here to view all current NCS records.

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Andy Craver Award Nominations

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In Memory Of Lacy Anderson (Andy) Craver

April 1, 1977 – January 14, 1990

Andy Craver was a member of the Winston-Salem YMCA (WSY) swim team prior to his tragic death in January of 1990.  His hard work, effort, and determination resulted in a Top 16 time in the 100 Fly.  Andy is remembered fondly by all those who knew him, especially the many friends he made while participating in the sport of swimming.  As a testimony to Andy’s exemplary attitude toward swimming, the TYDE swim team, (formerly WSY), through North Carolina Swimming, gives an award each year that bears his name, the Andy Craver Determination Award.

Award Criteria

The purpose of this award is to recognize a NCS male or female age group swimmer who during the previous short or long course season, in the opinion of the selection committee, best demonstrated determination and dedication to the sport of swimming by:

  • Overcoming personal and/or physical obstacles, and thus providing a positive example;
  • Demonstrating a positive work ethic and a high level of self-motivation; and
  • Demonstrating a positive attitude toward peers, coaches, and swimming in general.

Nominating Process

Nominations are due in writing in the form of a letter of recommendation and must be received by August 31.  Nominations may be received by email, snail mail or fax using the information below:

TYDE Swim Team (C/O Bob Jennings)

coachbob@swimtyde.org

775 West End Blvd

Winston-Salem, NC  27101

336-721-2100 x 6782 (questions)

336-721-9983 (fax)

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NCS Team wins Zone Meet

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Congratulations to the NCS Zone Team on winning the 2021 Southern Zone Age Group Meet in Tupelo, Mississippi last week. Despite the long bus trip and oppressive heat, the zone team rose to the occasion, outscoring second place Florida Swimming by 63.5 points.

The team had many outstanding performances in the pool but by all accounts were equally outstanding out of the pool. The team showed great enthusiasm and sportsmanship throughout the week, and were model ambassadors for North Carolina Swimming. The hotel staff was so impressed, they called them the best group they had ever had.

Thank you to the Zone Team swimmers, staff, and chaperones for making North Carolina Swimming proud!

Click here to view the Zone Team highlight video

Here are the final team standings and scores:

RankTeamScore
1North Carolina Swimming1038.5
2Florida Swimming975
3Georgia Swimming744.5
4South Carolina Swimming587.5
5South Texas Swimming418
6Southeastern Swimming380.5
7North Texas Swimming201
8Florida Gold Coast96
9West Virginia Swimming79
10Kentucky Swimming71
11Border Swimming69
12Mississippi Swimming68
13Louisiana Swimming56

Click here for complete individual results

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2021 NCS Service Award Nominations

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Send in your nomination for the 2021 North Carolina Swimming Outstanding Service Award!

Below is the form for submitting your nomination for the 2021 North Carolina Swimming Outstanding Service Award. Each year North Carolina Swimming selects a recipient for this Award.  The award is presented to a volunteer in recognition of service to swimming.  Recipients of the Outstanding Service Award are selected by the LSC and receive the award and an Outstanding Service Award pin.  Please email your completed nomination form to pfrith@mac.com  by August 15, 2020. The winner of the Outstanding Service Award will be selected by the Awards committee and announced during the NCS Awards Banquet and at the HOD meeting the weekend of October 2-3.

2021 NCS Outstanding Service Award Nomination Form

Help recognize those who go above and beyond in their service to the sport of swimming.

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2021 Fall HOD Schedule

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The 2021 NCS Fall House of Delegates meetings will be held at the McKimmon Conference Center in Raleigh on Saturday, October 2  and Sunday, October 3, 2021.

2021 Fall HOD Schedule

For those choosing not to attend in person, separate ZOOM meeting registration links for each meeting are on the 2021 FALL HOD Schedule above. You will be asked to enter your name an email address and a link to that meeting will be sent to you. There will not be a virtual option for the High School Officials meeting and the Athlete Leadership Summit will send out its ZOOM information separately.

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Submit bids to host 2022 Fall HOD

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REMINDER:

The 2022 Fall HOD will be held the weekend of Sept 24-25, 2022.

If your club would like to submit a bid to host the 2022 Fall HOD, bids must be submitted by 9/18/2021.  All bids will be forwarded for consideration at the upcoming  HOD Meeting in Raleigh on Sunday, October 3, 2021.  Remember, bids for the Fall HOD must include access to nearby banquet facilities to accommodate at least 300 people for the NC Awards Banquet and access to a pool to hold the All Star Clinic.

The HOD Bidding policy can be found in Section 1.6 of the North Carolina Policies & Procedures.

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