Several new NCS short course and long course records were set at the recent NCAA Men’s Championship meet and the Phillips 66 USA International Team Trials.

At the NCAA Championship meet, NC State swimmers Aiden Hayes, Sam Hoover, Luke Miller, and Nyls Korstange each set individual NCS short course records. Hayes set new 15-18 NCS records in the 50 free and 100 fly. Hoover established a new 15-18 mark in the 100 free. NCS men’s Open records were set by Miller in the 200 free and Korstange in the 100 fly. Korstange was joined by Kacper Stokowski, Rafal Kusto, and Noah Henderson in breaking the NCS Open record in the 400 medley relay.

At the International Team trials in Greensboro, SwimMAC’s Norvin Clontz, Ben Delmar, Baylor Nelson, and Avery Klamfoth earned new NCS individual long course records. Clontz swam a record time in the men’s 15-16 400 free and Nelson broke the 15-18 400 IM record. Delmar’s time in the 200 breast established new NCS records in both the men’s 15-16 age group and the men’s 15-18 age group. Klamfoth claimed a new record in the women’s 13-14 400 IM.

Also at Greensboro, NC State’s Ross Dant set a new NCS long course record in the men’s Open 400 free and the TAC Titans’ Claire Curzan broke her own 15-18 NCS long course record in the 100 back. Curzan had clocked a new 15-18 200 back record at the TYR Pro Series meet in March.

The recent records are listed below. Click here to view all current NCS records.

Men’s SC Records
Aiden Hayes	NC State	15-18	50 Free	19.29
Sam Hoover	NC State	15-18	100 Free	42.43
Aiden Hayes	NC State	15-18	100 Fly	44.75
Luke Miller	NC State	OPEN	200 Free	1:31.16
Nyls Korstange	NC State	OPEN	100 Fly	44.17
Men’s SC Relay Records
NC State	Mens	OPEN	400 Medley Relay	3:01.53
Kacper Stokowski
Rafal Kusto
Nyls Korstange
Noah Henderson
Men’s LC Records
Norvin Clontz	MAC	15-16	400 Free	3:56.17
Ben Delmar	MAC	15-16	200 Breast	2:15.86
Ben Delmar	MAC	15-18	200 Breast	2:15.86
Baylor Nelson	MAC	15-18	400 IM	4:17.58
Men’s LC Relay Records
MAC	Mens	18U	200 Medley Relay	1:44.25
Caleb Maldari
Matthew Lucky
Cam Abaqueta
Tiesyn Harris
Women’s LC Records
Avery Klamfoth	MAC	13-14	400 IM	4:47.76
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-18	100 Back	58.39
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-18	200 Back	2:07.31

The 2022 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge livestream will be available on the Team Greenville Facebook page.

Team rosters have been announced for the 2022 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge.

Click the links below to view the team rosters for Team Black Diamond, Team Emerald, Team Ruby and Team Sapphire:

The 2022 Carolina Crown will be held at the Greenville County Aquatic Complex, 2700 West Blue Ridge Drive (SC Highway 253) Greenville, SC 29611 on Saturday, April 23, 2022. The meet will be hosted by South Carolina Swimming and will feature top age 15-18 swimmers from North Carolina and South Carolina.

1. Athlete check-in:  10:00 am
2. Coaches arrive:  9:00 am
3. Warm-ups:  11:00-11:45 am
4. Meet begins:  12:00 noon
5. Medals to Top-8 swimmers in individual events; Top-3 relays.
6. Winning squad athletes and coaches receive a towel at the conclusion of the meet.

2022 Carolina Crown Heat Sheet

2022 Carolina Crown Psych Sheet

2022 Carolina Crown Meet Announcement

TEAM BLACK DIAMOND

TEAM EMERALD

TEAM RUBY

TEAM SAPPHIRE

Collin Davis, currently swimming for East Carolina Aquatics (ECA) has been named to the USA Deaf National Team and will compete this May in the Deaflympics in Caxias du Sol, Brazil. Congratulations and good luck at the meet! To learn more visit the USA Deaf Swim website.

The Gaston Gators (GG) earn Safe Sport Club Recognition Status

Congratulations to the Gaston Gators (GG), 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.

The Gaston Gators have 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

New Wave swimmers Drew Sito and Sam Marsteiner each broke a record at the NCS Age Group Champs meet this past weekend. Sito broke the boys 11-12 50 back record while Marsteiner added the boys 13-14 200 free to his list of NCS records.

In the women’s 15-18 age group, Caroline Pennington broke the 1650 free record and Claire Curzan bettered her records in the 100 back and 100 fly at the 4A High School state championships last week. Her time of 49.24 in the 100 fly was also an NCS Open record.

Collegiate swimmers from NC State also broke several North Carolina Swimming short course records at the ACC championships in Atlanta. Aiden Hayes broke the men’s 15-18 records in both the 50 free and the 200 fly while NC State teammate Arsenio Bustos broke the Open record in the 200 breast. In the women’s division, Katharine Berkoff of NC State set new NCS Open records in the 100 free and 100 back while another Wolfpack swimmer, Sophie Hansson, broke her own NCS Open records in both the 100 breast and the 200 breast. Berkoff was joined by Kylee Alons, Abby Arens, and Annabel Crush in establishing a new mark in the Open 400 free relay.

Below is a summary of the recent records. Click here for a complete list of all NCS records.

Men’s SC Records
Drew Sito	WAVE	11-12	50 Back	25.90
Sam Marsteiner	WAVE	13-14	200 Free	1:40.77
Aiden Hayes	NCS	15-18	50 Free	19.49
Aiden Hayes	NCS	15-18	200 Fly	1:40.39
Arsenio Bustos	NCS	OPEN	200 Breast	1:53.44
Women’s SC Records
Caroline Pennington	UN	15-18	1650 Free	16:00.73
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-18	100 Back	49.61
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-18	100 Fly	49.24
Katharine Berkoff	NCS	OPEN	100 Free	46.89
Katharine Berkoff	NCS	OPEN	100 Back	49.41
Sophie Hansson	NCS	OPEN	100 Breast	56.72
Sophie Hansson	NCS	OPEN	200 Breast	2:03.75
Claire Curzan	TAC	OPEN	100 Fly	49.24
SC Relay Records
NCS	Womens	OPEN	400 Free Relay	3:10.27
Katharine Berkoff
Kylee Alons
Abby Arens
Annabel Crush