Several NCS Relay records fell at the North Carolina Swimming Age Group Long Course Championships this past weekend at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary. The TAC Titans 13-14 Girls relay team of Lily Willis, Sydney Holfelder, Nicole Zettel, and Mere Whelehan posted a record time in the 800 Free Relay,

SwimMAC Carolina’s 11-12 Boys relay teams broke three records. Carter Medlin, Gabe Hardy, Gino Prabhu, and Thomas Greathouse erased the old mark in the 200 Free Relay. The same group also set a new record in the 400 Medley Relay. Medlin, Greathouse, and Prabhu were joined by Griffin Cagle in clocking a new record in the 400 Free Relay.

The SwimMAC 13-14 Boys relay team of Max Osman, Norvin Clontz, Granger Bartee, and Evan Prabhu set new records in both the 800 Free Relay and the 400 Medley Relay. Their time in the 800 Free Relay also established a new National Age Group record! Here’s an article that appeared in SwimSwam.

Click here for a complete list of all NCS records

Below is the 2021 NCS Zone Team Selection spreadsheet link for parents to view and track their swimmer’s progress over the weekend for both 14 & Under AG Champs, as well as Senior Sectionals. 

Zone Spreadsheet 

All applicants MUST be on the spreadsheet before Saturday, July 17, end of Prelims session by 10am!

Completed applications along with checks will be accepted until 10:00 am on Saturday, July 17 for 11-14 athletes and until 10:00 am on Saturday, July 17 for 15-18 athletes at their respective NCS Age Group Championship Meet and Senior Sectional Meet.  However, due to the complexity of the selection process, applicants are strongly urged to get the applications in earlier, if possible.

Senior (age 15-18) selection will be based on times through the Senior Sectional Meet in Greensboro, July 15-18.  Swimmers should apply even if they are not participating in the Senior Sectional meet.

ZONE TEAM SELECTION POLICY

For the 2021 Southern Zone Championship, 16 athletes (8 males and 8 females) will be selected in each age group—11-12; 13-14 and 15-18—to represent North Carolina Swimming.  Since no athlete can compete who has achieved USA Swimming Junior National qualifying times, the closer an athlete is to those qualifying times, the better he or she can expect to do in the competition.  Top 6 based on overall points will be selected for the team and 2 coaches picks to make the most well rounded team representing NCS at the SZAG Championship meet in Tupelo, MS.

Below is the psych sheet for the 2021 ESSZ Senior Sectional Long Course Meet.

Senior LC Sectional Psych Sheet

Below is the psych sheet for the 2021 NCS Age Group Long Course Championship Meet.

NCS LC AG Champs Psych Sheet

Congratulations to Bodhi Cummins of the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina (TYDE) on setting a new NCS record in the Boys 10 & Under 50 breast at the YSST USRY Long Course Championships in Hickory this past weekend. Cummins set the new mark with a time of 38.20.

Click here to view all current NCS records.

Below is a summary of the entry procedures and deadlines for the North Carolina Swimming Age Group LC Championship meet at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary on July 15-18 and the North Carolina Swimming Senior Age Group LC Championship at the Fort Mill YMCA Aquatic Center in Fort Mill, SC on July 22-25.

NCS Age Group LC Champs Entry Procedure & Deadline Summary

NCS Senior LC Champs Entry Procedure & Deadline Summary

USA Swimming announced the names of the up-and-coming athletes selected for the Zone Select Performance Workshop and Regional Diversity Performance Workshop. To continue providing opportunities for our athletes at the age-group level, these workshops allow for a unique motivational experience while attending in the comfort of their own homes. Individuals selected for these Performance Workshops have been contacted directly. 

Included in the selections are several swimmers from North Carolina Swimming clubs. Congratulations to the NCS athletes below who were named to the workshops!

Congratulations to all the athletes who represented NCS so well at the USA Olympic Team Trials in Omaha! 

Claire Curzan joined TAC Titans teammate, Ashley Twichell, as a member of the USA Olympic Swim Team!  Curzan earned her spot on the team by finishing second in the women’s 100 fly.  Twichell qualified earlier in the 10K Open Water event.  Former SwimMAC Carolina member, Erika Brown, also qualified for the Olympic Team with a second place finish in the women’s 100 free. 

Who has qualified for Team USA?

There were several other notable performances by North Carolina athletes in the Olympic Team Trials, held in two waves over the past three weeks.  Ross Dant, now swimming for NC State and formerly with YSST, nearly qualified, finishing third in both the men’s 400 free and the men’s 800 free.  Charlotte Hook of the TAC Titans was also very close to qualifying  for Tokyo, finishing third in the women’s 200 fly.  Several others qualified to swim in semifinals and finals.

Below is a summary of swimmers representing NCS clubs who qualified for semifinals and the place of those who earned a swim in finals:

Below are complete meet results from both WAVE I and WAVE II.

2021 OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS RESULTS: WAVE II

2021 OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS RESULTS: WAVE I