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The Final 2022 NCS IMX Camp athlete selections have been announced. Listed below are the male and female athletes, ages 10, 11, 12 and 13, who will be attending the annual IMX Camp being held on January 22, 2022 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
Congratulations to the following athletes. We look forward to another outstanding IMX Camp!
NCS Coach Camp Staff
NCS Senior Athlete Camp Staff
The first-ever NCS A-Team Camp was held at the Orange County Sportsplex in Hillsborough on Sunday, Nov 7th. Congratulations to the athletes who were selected to attend and thank you to the NCS coaches and NCS senior athletes who volunteered to help at the camp.
Click here to view the Camp Highlight Video created by coach Amy Faulk.
Athlete volunteers serving on the staff included Sammy Carew, Andy Commins, Emma Kent, Kathryn Monville, Matt Shanahan, and Catherine Walsh. NCS Coach volunteers included Kristina Bond, Kim DeCann, Amy Faulk, Luke Frederick, Bradford Hancock, Katherine Holian, Alan Pfau, Jonathan Watson, and Delia Weber.
USA Swimming announced 200 clubs that will be recognized as Gold, Silver or Bronze medal clubs in the 2021-2022 Club Excellence Program.
Number one seated club, TAC Titans (TAC), posted 69,591 points to oust 7-year defending champion Nation’s Capital Swim Club (NCAP) club by 9,215 points. TAC’s top performers include 2020 Tokyo Olympian Claire Curzan along with Charlotte Hook and Lance Norris.
SwimMAC Carolina (MAC), Dynamo Swim Club (DYNA) and Carmel Swim Club (CSC) round out the top five for 2022.
The program recognizes USA Swimming’s highest-performing clubs in the development of athletes ages 18 years and younger on an annual basis. In a new addition to last year, eligible athlete performances include both pool and open water swims.
North Carolina Swimming clubs not only had two of the top three ranked clubs in the country with the TAC Titans and SwimMAC Carolina but also had three clubs that were recognized as Silver medal clubs – North Carolina Aquatic Club (NCAC), Mecklenburg Swimming Association (MSA), Marlins of Raleigh (MOR) and three clubs recognized as Bronze medal clubs – YMCA of the Triangle Area Swim Team (YOTA), Sailfish Aquatics (SAIL), and YMCA of NW North Carolina Riptyde (TYDE).
In conjunction with the USA Swimming Club Excellence program, USA Swimming will honor 15 clubs as 2022 Podium Clubs. To qualify for Podium Club, a USA Swimming member club must achieve Gold Medal club status for four-consecutive years. Both the TAC Titans and SwimMAC Carolina are among those reaching this elite status.
Click here to view the complete 2022 Club Excellence Program results.
Click here to read the entire USA Swimming article.
USA Swimming conducts a monthly drawing from all Safe Sport Recognized clubs, as part of its Keeping Athletes First Initiative, for a chance to win a visit from a National Team athlete or alum. We are pleased to announce that NSEA Swim of Wilmington, NC is the winner of the October drawing!
Congratulations NSEA Swim!
REMINDER: IMX CAMP REGISTRATIONS ARE DUE NOV 1
The 2022 NCS IMX CAMP athlete selections were announced earlier. The top-20 athletes (male and female) ages 10, 11, 12 and 13 by IMX score are invited to attend the annual IMX CAMP to be held on January 22, 2022, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Those ranking 21-25 have been named as alternates and will be invited to fill any vacancies should any of the top-20 be unable to attend.
If you are on the IMX Camp Selection Lists below and have not already registered, registrations are due on November 1, 2021
2022 IMX Selections: Ages 10-11
It didn’t take long for NCS swimmers to get back in the swing of things. The first NCS record of the short course season was set at the TYDE Andy Craver Invitational in Greensboro this past weekend.
Bodhi Cummins of TYDE set a new mark in the boys 10 and under 50 breaststroke with a time of 33.42.
Congratulations!
Click the video link below for a few tips on finding meet information more quickly and effectively. Meet information can be found under the MEETS tab at the top of the NCS home page.
MEET INFO AND RESULTS includes an extensive database with information from past meets, current meets, and scheduled meets which have not yet been sanctioned. The meet search can be fine-tuned by using various filters, including a date picker, and other handy search tools.
The MEET CALENDAR enables users to view meets in a calendar format. The Meet Calendar can be viewed by month (default), by week, by day, or in list format. Use the arrows to move from month to month. Click on the meet to view individual meet details, including meet info and result files. Note: Some browsers will not open files in the detail view…if this happens, simply right click and select “open link in a new window” and the file will open.
You may have noticed a new column if you’ve pulled up the MEET INFO AND RESULTS page on the NCS website. A Sanction Request Due column has been added so clubs will have a stated deadline for submitting sanction requests for their meets.
Beginning with January meets, NCS will return to its requirements of 60-day lead times for all meets other than closed league, intrasquad, dual, tri, and quad meets. The required lead time on closed league, intrasquad, dual, tri, and quad meets is 30 days.
Clubs are responsible for submitting their sanction requests on time. Clubs failing to submit their sanction requests by the deadline will be charged a late fee as detailed in the summary chart in NCS Rule 204.5. Late fees must be paid before the meet can be sanctioned.
These lead times apply to all meets, whether they are on the meet schedule or not. NCS strongly encourage clubs to include all meets on the schedule. Submitting sanction or approved meet requests for unscheduled meets after the deadline results in higher late fees.
Want to help your team earn points to become Safe Sport Recognized?
Attend one of the USA Swimming online training sessions for parents or athletes.
Upcoming sessions in the weeks of 10/20, 11/3, and 12/1.
More info and links to register can be found at: www.usaswimming.org/safe-sport/ssrp-training-resources
North Carolina Swimming will be well-represented in 2021 at the USA Swimming National Select Camp and the USA Swimming National Diversity Select Camp. Below is a chart listing the NCS athletes (and coaches) who were named to these rosters.
| Girls National Select Camp Roster | |
| Morgan Razewski | SwimMAC Carolina |
| Keelan Cotter | TAC Titans |
| Coach Amy Faulk (Assistant Manager) | SwimMAC Carolina |
| Boys National Select Camp Roster | |
| Christopher Chang | TAC Titans |
| Cameron Abaqueta | SwimMAC Carolina |
| Steven Insixiengmay | YMCA of NW NC Riptyde |
| Henry Lee | TAC Titans |
| Matthew Lucky | Sailfish Aquatics |
| Alexander Ayers | SwimMAC Carolina |
| National Diversity Select Camp Roster | |
| Hanani Dona | SwimMAC Carolina |
| Troy Keen | SwimMAC Carolina |
| Coach Jamie Bloom (Head Coach) | YMCA of the Triangle |
| Coach John Lau (Head Manager) | Queens University |
Click here to view the complete USA Swimming article
Below are the complete camp rosters
