The 2023 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge, featuring 250 of the top swimmers – ages 15-18 – from both North Carolina and South Carolina, will be held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center on Sunday, April 16, 2023. The meet will be held in the afternoon and will be preceded by the 2023 Swimposium Carolina in the morning.

Carolina Crown Heat Sheet

Carolina Crown Timeline

Carolina Crown Psych Sheet

Carolina Crown Meet Information

If you are interested in volunteering as a meet marshal, lane timer or other volunteer position, please submit the following form.

Carolina Crown Volunteer Sign-Up Form

HOTEL BLOCKS

There are a limited number of rooms reserved in room blocks at area hotels. Please call or use the reservation links to reserve your room.

Sheraton Greensboro, 3121 West Gate City Blvd, 336-292-9161 (When booking, call central reservations at 1 800-242-6556 and note the following block “Carolina Crown Challenge & Swimposium Carolina.”

Rate: $179/night (doubles)

Booking Deadline: 4/01/23

Tru by Hilton Greensboro, 1706 S 40 Dr, Greensboro, NC 27407,  336-763-6704 (When booking, click the reservation link below or call Hilton Reservations at 1-800-HILTONS, and note the following block “2023 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge/Swimposium Carolina.” 

Tru by Hilton Reservation Link

Rate: $143/night (single kings), $153/night (double queens)

Booking Deadline: 4/01/23

Clarion Pointe – Greensboro Coliseum Area, 2003 Athena Ct. Greensboro, 27407 (when booking, click the reservation link below or call 877-424-6423, and note the North Carolina Swimming room block.

Clarion Pointe Reservation Link

Rate: $79/night (single kings), $89/night (double queens)

Booking Deadline: 4/01/23

North Carolina Swimming held its Awards Banquet on Saturday, October 1 at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh. The event followed the NCS All Star Clinic, with U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Cody Miller as its guest clinician. Coaches Amy Faulk, Alan Pfau, and Rob Norman assisted at the clinic.

Amy Faulk captured some of the excitement in the following video. Thanks, Amy!

All Star Clinic/Banquet Video

NCS General Chair Trish Martin welcomed the crowd of 300 athletes, parents, and coaches. Cody Miller was also the guest speaker at the banquet and Coach Jonathan Watson served as Master of Ceremonies. Following a very entertaining and inspirational speech on Cody’s journey from age group swimmer to Olympic Champion, coaches Amy Faulk, Jon Jolley, and Steve Romito presented the awards.

Here is a list of the North Carolina Swimming award recipients for 2022.

Swimmer of the Year
11-12 Girls	Yari Brock	NCAC
11-12 Boys	Grant Larsen	NEAL
13-14 Girls	Avery Klamfoth	MAC
13-14 Boys	Sam Marsteiner	WAVE
15-16 Girls	Sofia Plaza	MAC
15-16 Bloys	Norvin Clontz	MAC
17-18 Girls	Claire Curzan	TAC
17-18 Boys	Baylor Nelson	MAC
Coach of the Year
Age Group Coach of the Year	Sherwood Watts	NCAC
Senior Coach of the Year	Bruce Marchionda	TAC
Coach Leadership Award	Amy Faulk	MAC
Team of the Year
Division 1	SwimMAC
Division 2	ATOM
Division 3	YSST
NCS Volunteer Award	Jonathan Bescher	WAVE

USA Swimming, the National Governing Body of swimming in the United States, recently announced the official dates and time standards for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming, which will take place June 15-23, 2024 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind.  

A complete look at the time standards can be found below: 

Women	Event	Men
25.69	50m Freestyle	22.79
55.79	100m Freestyle	49.99
2:00.89	200m Freestyle	1:49.99
4:15.49	400m Freestyle	3:55.59
8:45.79	800m Freestyle	8:09.69
16:45.69	1500m Freestyle	15:39.89
1:01.89	100m Backstroke	55.69
2:13.59	200m Backstroke	2:01.69
1:10.29	100m Breaststroke	1:02.19
2:31.69	200m Breaststroke	2:15.99
1:00.19	100m Butterfly	53.59
2:13.69	200m Butterfly	2:00.49
2:16.09	200m Individual Medley	2:03.49
4:49.89	400m Individual Medley	4:25.19

The qualifying period will take place Nov. 30, 2022-May 30, 2024.  

“Having our Olympic Trials time standards available to our swimmers is a big step towards Indianapolis and Paris 2024,” U.S. National Team Managing Director Lindsay Mintenko said. “The drops in time from the 2020 Trials Time Standards are a sign that our sport is continuing to get faster across all events and disciplines. We look forward to seeing our nation’s best swimmers compete in Indianapolis in two years and are excited to name the next U.S. Olympic Team.” 

Compared to the time standards for Wave I of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming, male events are 1.0% faster on average while the women’s events average out to be 0.8% faster. The 100-meter breaststroke saw the biggest drop (1.74%) in men’s events compared to the previous Trials time standards, while the 100m backstroke had the biggest drop (1.28%) among women’s events. To view time standards for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming and all other national events, visit www.usaswimming.org/times/time-standards.   

Additional information on the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming will be updated at www.usaswimming.org/Trials.  

Please enjoy this highlight video from the 2022 NCS Select Camp. Thank you to Coach Amy Faulk for creating the video.

2022 NCS Select Camp Video