Below is a list of North Carolina Swimming-registered athletes who have achieved qualifying time standards for the Olympic Trials in Omaha. The list was last updated on May 26, 2021.
Congratulations Swimmers!
NCS Olympic Trials Qualifiers
Safe Sport Training: Step-by-Step
Parents – Athletes – Coaches
Would you like to learn more about Safe Sport? USA Swimming offers a free, five-minute training video, as well as other tools to help the swim community learn more about developing a safe, healthy, and positive environment for our members. Click the link below for simple step-by-step instructions.
2020 NC Open Water Zone Team: initial roster
Below is the initial roster for the 2020 NCS Open Water Zone team. If athletes decline the invitation, the next person on the list will be contacted.
| 11-12 Girls | |
| Whelehan | Sloan |
| Cinson | Kathryn |
| Rojas | Anna |
| Hertzig | Madi |
| 11-12 Boys | |
| Harris | Cole |
| Cooler | Tripp |
| Prabhu | Gino |
| Brooks | Nicholas |
| 13-14 Girls | |
| Eward | Ellery |
| Willis | Lily Ann |
| Whelehan | Meredith |
| Ivanov | Katherine |
| 13-14 Boys | |
| Nye | Owen |
| Marsteiner | Sam |
| Osman | Max |
| Scheiber | Jackson |
| 15-16 Girls | |
| Smith | Clare |
| Parmenter | Katie |
| Carpenter | Emily |
| Cotter | Keelan |
| 15-16 Boys | |
| Jacobs | Chad |
| Williams | Keith |
| Ayers | Alex |
| Hitchcock | Andrew |
| Open Girls | |
| Hefner | Caitlin |
| Pennington | Isabel |
| Ciancanelli | MaKayla |
| Sleime | Leyla |
| Open Boys | |
| Hughes | Connor |
| Lloyd | Kenneth |
| Cotter | Michael |
| Norris | Lance |
GAC celebrates new pool opening
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Sept. 24 to celebrate the opening of the new fourth pool at the Greensboro Aquatic Center (GAC).
The 27,000-square-foot addition provides 19 additional lanes, making the Greensboro Aquatic Center the largest facility of its kind in the country. Hotel occupancy revenues funded the $8.3 million project.
“This new pool is a direct result of the tremendous success of the GAC since its grand opening in 2011,” said Greensboro Coliseum Complex managing director Matt Brown. “We are thrilled to have the fourth pool to help meet the intense demand for bookings, including meets, practice time for local teams and clubs and our incredibly diverse array of GAC programming, including the phenomenal growth of our ‘Learn to Swim’ program with Guilford County Schools.”
The additional lanes will serve myriad uses, including providing increased pool time/swimming lanes for GAC members, clubs and high school teams. The fourth pool will also create more opportunities for members to participate in exercise, fitness and therapeutic classes, swim and water safety lessons and general recreational swimming.
The addition of a fourth pool also further enhances the GAC’s ability to host championship competitive swimming and diving meets. To date, the local economic impact from Aquatic Center events since its opening in 2011 has exceed $150 million (source: Greensboro Area Convention & Visitors Bureau).
The ribbon cutting ceremony included remarks from Brown, Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan and Greensboro Aquatic Center manager Susan Braman. Immediately following the ceremony, special guest Olympic swimmer Hali Flickinger helped open the new pool by participating in a swim lesson with students from Greensboro’s Archer Elementary School as part of the GAC’s nationally renowned ‘Learn to Swim’ program in conjunction with Guilford County Schools.
NCS swimmers among the best in Budapest
Three North Carolina Swimming athletes competed at the World Junior Swimming championships in Budapest, Hungary this past week with all three reaching finals in their events.
Earlier in the week, Charlotte Hook of the TAC Titans finished third in the 200 fly, bringing home a bronze medal. TAC teammate Claire Curzan earned three individual medals; a silver for her second place finish in the 100 back, a bronze in the 50 fly, and another bronze in the 100 fly. Curzan also led off the gold medal winning USA 4×100 medley relay in the meet’s final event. Marlins of Raleigh swimmer Abby Arens made finals in the 200 breast on the last day of the meet. TAC Titans coach Bruce Marchionda was also part of the delegation, as a member of the Team USA coaching staff.
Click here for Complete Meet Results
Congratulations to all!
NCS records smashed at recent meets
NCS athletes broke several NCS long course records during recent meets. One record was broken at the Southern Age Group Zone meet in Cary, and a couple records fell at the Futures meet in Greensboro, but most of the records were set at the Phillips 66 National Championships in Stanford, California.
Nicole Zettel (TAC) broke the girls 11-12 200 IM record at zones, while Matthew Lucky (SAIL) lowered his own boys 13-14 200 breast record at the Futures meet. Braeden Haughey (TAC) also established a new record at Futures, in the men’s 15-16 400 free.
Claire Curzan (TAC) shredded the women’s 15-16 record book with new records in the 100 free, the 100 back, the 200 back, and the 100 fly. Her times in the 200 back and 100 fly were also 15-18 records! TAC teammate, Charlotte Hook set a record in the women’s 15-16 200 fly and her time was also a record in the 15-18 age division. Abby Arens (MOR) established new marks in both the women’s 15-18 100 breast and the women’s 15-18 200 breast. Ross Dant (YSST) broke records in the 15-18 men’s 400 free and 15-18 men’s 800 free. Finally, Ashley Twichell (TAC), fresh off her Olympic qualifying swim at the FINA Open Water World Championship, set new records in the women’s open 400 free, 800 free, and 1500 free!
Congratulations swimmers!
Click here to view all current NCS records.
Here is a summary of the records that were set at recent meets.
| Women’s Records | ||||
| Nicole Zettel | TAC | 11-12 | 200 IM | 2:22.98 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 15-16 | 100 Free | 55.65 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 15-16 | 100 Back | 1:00.39 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 15-16 | 200 Back | 2:10.16 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 15-16 | 100 Fly | 57.87 |
| Charlotte Hook | TAC | 15-16 | 200 Fly | 2:07.87 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 15-18 | 200 Back | 2:10.16 |
| Abby Arens | MOR | 15-18 | 100 Breast | 1:08.58 |
| Abby Arens | MOR | 15-18 | 200 Breast | 2:25.80 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 15-18 | 100 Fly | 57.87 |
| Charlotte Hook | TAC | 15-18 | 200 Fly | 2:07.87 |
| Ashley Twichell | TAC | OPEN | 400 Free | 4:07.77 |
| Ashley Twichell | TAC | OPEN | 800 Free | 8:27.36 |
| Ashley Twichell | TAC | OPEN | 1500 Free | 15:54.19 |
| Men’s Records | ||||
| Matthew Lucky | SAIL | 13-14 | 200 Breast | 2:21.58 |
| Braeden Haughey | TAC | 15-16 | 400 Free | 3:56.42 |
| Ross Dant | YSST | 15-18 | 400 Free | 3:51.49 |
| Ross Dant | YSST | 15-18 | 800 Free | 7:56.03 |
| Anton Ipsen | UN | OPEN | 800 Free | 7:48.74 |
2019 Phillips 66 Award Nominations
Send in your nomination for the 2019 Phillips 66 Outstanding Service Award!
Below is the form for submitting your nomination for the 2019 Phillips 66 Outstanding Service Award. Each year North Carolina Swimming has the opportunity to select a recipient for this Award. The award, sponsored by Phillips 66, is presented to a volunteer in each LSC in recognition of service to swimming. Recipients of the Outstanding Service Award are selected by the LSC and receive the award and an Outstanding Service Award pin. Please email your completed nomination form to pfrith@mac.com by August 15, 2019. The winner of the Phillips 66 Service Award will be selected by the Awards committee and announced during the NCS Awards Banquet and at the HOD meeting the weekend of September 21-22.
2019 NCS Phillips 66 Outstanding Service Award Nomination Form
Help recognize those who go above and beyond in their service to the sport of swimming.
NCS swimmers compete in Rio
Elizabeth McDevitt (YBAC) and Harley Van Luvender (RSA) represented Team USA at the 13th International School Federation World Swimming Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 20-22. YBAC Coach David McDevitt served as Head of the Delegation for Team USA.
High School Students from 18 different countries participated in the 13th edition of the meet. Both girls were part of Team USA’s five-member Girl’s Select team. Countries represented at the meet included: Belgium Flanders, Brazil, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and the United States.
Harley took 15th in the 100 Back, 13th in the 100 Breaststroke, 12th in the 50 Backstroke, and 17th in the 100 Free.
Elizabeth placed 8th in the 100 Fly, 7th in the 50 Butterfly and 13th in the 50 free, as well as part of Team USA 400 Free and 400 Medley Relay Teams that placed 5th. She also placed 15th in prelims of the 200 IM but was not allowed to swim in finals since only two swimmers per country were permitted to swim in finals.
The girls finished the meet with the Friendship Relay where four 62-person teams were made up of all participants from all the countries.
Claire Curzan leads NCS Record Breakers
NCS swimmers recorded some phenomenal times at the 2019 North Carolina Swimming Age Group Short Course Championships this past weekend! In addition to one individual National Age Group record, four NAG relay records were set…all in 13-14 women’s relay events.
Fresh off her new national age group record in the 100 fly, set at the recent 4A High School championships, Claire Curzan of the TAC Titans continued her assault on the record book with another 13-14 women’s NAG record…this time in the 200 fly! She also set new NCS marks in the 100 free and 200 free over the weekend.
Matthew Lucky of Sailfish Aquatics also followed up on his NCS record-breaking time in the 13-14 men’s 100 breast at the high school championships with two more records at Age Group Champs. Lucky set new records in both the 13-14 men’s 200 breast and the 200 IM!
Other individual NCS records were set by Lily Willis of TAC in the 11-12 women’s 50 breast and by Eric Petruzzi of TYDE in the 11-12 men’s 50 breast.
The women’s 13-14 relay records got a complete face lift over the weekend. Led by Curzan, the TAC Titans set four NCS records – three of which were national age group records! The relay team of Curzan, Taylor Morris, Elena Dry, and Keelan Cotter set new NAG marks in the 200 free and 400 free relays. Samantha Armand joined Curzan, Dry, and Cotter in breaking the NCS 800 free relay record. Abby Clark swam on the TAC 200 medley relay with Cotter, Curzan, and Morris to establish a new NAG record in that event. The Titans were also under the national age group record in 400 medley relay but finished second to the SwimMAC Carolina team of Morgan Razewski, Grace Rainey, Kiley Wilhelm, and Maya Gendzel, which captured its own NAG record.
Congratulations to everyone on your amazing swims. The new marks are listed below. Click here for a complete list of NCS records.
| Individual Records | ||||
| Lily Willis | TAC | 11-12 | 50 Breast | 30.00 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 13-14 | 100 Free | 49.09 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 13-14 | 200 Free | 1:46.51 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 13-14 | 200 Fly | 1:55.64 |
| Eric Petruzzi | TYDE | 11-12 | 50 Breast | 28.34 |
| Matthew Lucky | SAIL | 13-14 | 200 Breast | 2:03.03 |
| Matthew Lucky | SAIL | 13-14 | 200 IM | 1:52.72 |
| Relay Records | ||||
| TAC Titans | Women | 13-14 | 200 Free | 1:33.30 |
| Claire Curzan – Taylor Morris – Elena Dry – Keelan Cotter | ||||
| TAC Titans | Women | 13-14 | 400 Free | 3:23.06 |
| Claire Curzan – Taylor Morris – Elena Dry – Keelan Cotter | ||||
| TAC Titans | Women | 13-14 | 800 Free | 7:23.32 |
| Claire Curzan – Elena Dry – Samantha Armand – Keelan Cotter | ||||
| TAC Titans | Women | 13-14 | 200 Medley | 1:41.87 |
| Abby Clark – Keelan Cotter – Claire Curzan – Taylor Morris | ||||
| SwimMAC | Women | 13-14 | 400 Medley | 3:40.43 |
| Morgan Razewski – Grace Rainey – Kiley Wilhelm – Maya Gendzel | ||||
USA Swimming Disability Time Standards
Below are two documents associated with Disability Swimming Time Standards created by the USA Swimming National Disability Committee. The first explains the standards and the second lists the time standards.