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

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Below are the complete camp rosters

Boys Select Camp Roster

Girls Select Camp Roster

Diversity Camp Roster

USA Swimming today announced the names of the 48 up-and-coming athletes selected for the 14th Annual National Diversity Select Camp, to be held May 7-10 at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Among those selected were three North Carolina Swimming athletes. They are: Dona Hanani (SwimMAC), Nathan Jao (Enfinity Aquatic Club), and Troy Keen (SwimMAC).

The head coach of the National Diversity Select Camp is Jamie Bloom of the YMCA of the Triangle (YOTA). Also on the camp staff is head manager Jon Lau of Queens University in Charlotte.

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The Carolinas Diversity Camp will be held at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center, 800 East Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Charlotte, NC on April 4 & 5, 2020.  

A partnership between North and South Carolina (The Carolinas) will bring this exciting opportunity for underrepresented populations in our sport.  Swimmers and coaches from all backgrounds will be invited to the two day clinic to network, find common solutions, and celebrate all this sport brings to everyone.  

Boys and girls ages 13-17 from both North Carolina and South Carolina will be selected from applicants by the camp staff of volunteer coaches and administrators. Guest speakers include Wingate University swimming coach, Kirk Sanocki, and Charlotte educator, Maurice Walker. Campers will stay at the nearby Hilton Garden Inn on Saturday night.

All swimmers must be USA Swimming members (registered in NC or SC) and from an underrepresented ethnic group.  Swimmers must have a “B” time standard from the 2017-20 USA Swimming Motivational Time Standards in at least one event.  

The Camp Fee is $50 (Only checks for athletes selected to the camp will be cashed.)

Check In: Saturday, April 4th (start at 7:30am)  

Check Out: Sunday, April 5th (end at 2:30pm)

To apply please complete the forms below and mail them, along with a check for $50, to Rodney Sellars (Queen City Dolphins), 11429 Coreopsis Road, Charlotte, NC 28213.

You may email the documents to Rodney Sellars at sellarsrl@aol.com. (All payments must be mailed.)

Forms and payment must be received by March 17, 2020 to be guaranteed a diversity camp T-shirt. Applications will be accepted until Thursday, March 31 if space is still available but a diversity T-shirt is not guaranteed.

For more information contact Rodney Sellars, NC Swimming Diversity & Inclusion Camp Coordinator: sellarssrl@aol.com 980-900-8537

Please include a copy of swimmers’ health insurance card and T-shirt size along with the application and the following forms.

NCS Team Travel Permission Form

Camp Application Form

Camp Code of Conduct Form

Camp Medical Release Form

Each year USA Swimming’s National Diversity and Inclusion Committee presents the Diversity & Inclusion Award to an individual and/or group or organization that positively impacts USA Swimming’s membership through various programming or initiatives that successfully increases swimming participation in underrepresented groups and heightens the need to be culturally inclusive through creative educational programming.  Past award winners include Olympian Cullen Jones (2007), Chuck Wielgus (2008), the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation (2010), and Olympian Maritza (Correia) McClendon (2013).

This year the committee will present the award to an individual and a group/organization.  The description for each award is below.

Diversity & Inclusion – Individual Award

• This individual has shown excellence and gone above and beyond their daily role to address the needs and concerns of underrepresented individuals in the sport of swimming. This individual has made a significant impact in providing countless individuals with the opportunities to explore issues regarding diversity, identity development, multicultural education, and leadership initiatives in swimming.

Diversity & Inclusion – Team/Group or Organization Award

• Given to a team/group or organization that has demonstrated a consistent pattern of breaking barriers while cultivating and promoting diversity initiatives that establish and foster a more inclusive and equitable environment, thus leading to recruitment, retention and promotion of individuals of underrepresented populations.

2017 Diversity and Inclusion Award Information

2017 Diversity and Inclusion Award Criteria

 

The deadline to submit candidates for consideration is August 28^th, 2017.  Please email nomination forms to Manuel Banks, USA Swimming Diversity & Inclusion Membership Specialist at mbanks@usaswimming.org or send via fax to (719) 866-4669.  Winners will be announced at the 2017 United States Aquatic Sports Convention.

 

Sincerely,
USA Swimming National Diversity & Inclusion Committee