It was a busy weekend for NCS Swimmers, with eleven meets throughout the state. Thank you to all the volunteer officials who helped out, including those pictured above who worked at the MOR Winter Invitational in Raleigh!
Triad Tropic Meet Officials
NCS Officials at 18U Winter Championships
2020 Phillips 66 Award Nominations
Send in your nomination for the 2020 Phillips 66 Outstanding Service Award!
Below is the form for submitting your nomination for the 2020 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, 2020. 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 October 3-4.
2021 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 members named to Southern Zone Select Camp
Several NCS athletes and coaches were named to the 2020 Southern Zone Select Camp. Amy Faulk (SwimMAC), and Kristina Bond (Team Charlotte) were named to the coaching staff. Female athletes representing NCS include: Lily Welsh (TAC Titans), Sofia Plaza (ATOM), Paige Thome (SwimMAC), Nicole Zettel (TAC Titans), and Lily Willis (TAC Titans). Male athletes selected were: Henry Lee (TAC Titans), Ross Noble (YOTA), Andrew Li (TAC Titans), and Max Marrujo (TAC Titans).
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these camps were pivoted to a virtual format to provide the athletes who’ve earned this distinction a unique learning experience. The sessions, facilitated by James Leath, founder of Unleash the Athlete, are scheduled for Saturday, May 30, and will include discussions on leadership, including navigating change, setting and adapting goals, mental resiliency and character development. Athletes will also attend a virtual panel discussion with current and former National Team athletes, including Kelsi Dahlia, Hannah Moore, Sean Ryan, and Tom Luchsinger.
Congratulations Swimmers and Coaches!
Save ECU Swim & Dive Program Petition
East Carolina University announced Thursday that it is reducing the number of its intercollegiate athletic programs by four, effective immediately. The action is being taken as part of the University’s overall budget restructuring efforts and is part of a detailed analysis of ECU’s athletics financial position during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Affected programs are men’s swimming and diving, women’s swimming and diving, men’s tennis and women’s tennis. The move affects 68 student-athletes and nine coaches. ECU previously led the American Athletic Conference with 20 sports (following the departure of Connecticut) and will now have 16 sports (9 women’s, 7 men’s).
Click here to read the entire article from ECU News Services.
The Save ECU Swim & Dive petition below has been initiated so the swimming community can voice its concerns. Please join North Carolina Swimming in petitioning ECU to reconsider this decision.
Safe Sport – Additional Training for Parents this week!
The USA Swimming Safe Sport staff is hosting weekly Zoom trainings to help clubs achieve the training requirements of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program.
The sessions for both parents and athletes include a one-hour training. Attendance will be taken via a survey at the end of training and the USA Swimming staff will manually update the Club Portal so that clubs receive credit towards recognition. There will also be weekly training available for coaches to learn more about the Safe Sport Club Recognition program and how to share Safe Sport information with their athletes, parents, staff and other non-athlete members. The coach training is not a requirement of the recognition program but is a way to earn additional optional points.
This week we are proud to offer an additional training session for parents. This session will be offered on Wednesday evening and can be accessed using the same link.
There is no registration required at this time. Attendees need only join the meeting using the links provided below and come willing to participate and learn.
For more information on the ways to complete the training requirement of Safe Sport Club Recognition, please reference this document: Training Opportunities Resource.
Wednesday, May 20 @ 3:00 p.m. EST – Parent Training https://zoom.us/j/93724361466?pwd=OVF4RFlNZFpaMHhqSEVVRGwzbmpQUT09
Wednesday, May 20 @ 8:00 p.m. EST – Parent Training https://zoom.us/j/93724361466?pwd=OVF4RFlNZFpaMHhqSEVVRGwzbmpQUT09
Thursday, May 21 @ 3:00 p.m. EST – Athlete Training (12 – 18 years old) https://zoom.us/j/97633664936?pwd=YnpXZmljME5PcldacW9ZQ0w5YTFIZz09
Friday, May 22 @ 3:00 p.m. EST – Coach Training https://zoom.us/j/98698656108?pwd=NzQ5TGdjWkRDc0Irck9tWHpJL1hkQT09
USA Swimming Safe Sport Team
QuaranTEAM Challenge – Week 4 Results
Complete Week 4 Test Set Results
More than 700 athletes from 22 NCS clubs participated in the second round of the QuaranTeam Dryland Challenge. Athletes performed nine dryland exercises for time to complete the challenge. Those same athletes will have one more test set in two weeks to see if they can better their times. Good Luck!
Below are the Top Ten finishers in each of four age groups by gender.
| Club Code | Swimmer Name | Age Group | Gender | Test Set | Rank |
| RSA | Grace Yu | 10U | F | 01:04.0 | 1 |
| TYDE | Eva Beekman | 10U | F | 01:18.0 | 2 |
| MOR | Lucy Hefner | 10U | F | 01:19.0 | 3 |
| GFSC | Kamdyn Leute | 10U | F | 01:23.0 | 4 |
| NSS | Blakeley Hogan | 10U | F | 01:26.0 | 5 |
| RSA | Skye Minyard | 10U | F | 01:30.0 | 6 |
| MOR | Kieren Ng | 10U | F | 01:31.0 | 7 |
| RSA | Violet Eckard | 10U | F | 01:31.0 | 8 |
| YOTA | Laila Kwong | 10U | F | 01:31.0 | 9 |
| RSA | Eleanor Donovan | 10U | F | 01:33.0 | 10 |
| Club Code | Swimmer Name | Age Group | Gender | Test Set | Rank |
| RSA | Jake Levesque | 10U | M | 01:10.0 | 1 |
| RSA | Gavin Hulbig | 10U | M | 01:12.0 | 2 |
| RSA | Declan Atai | 10U | M | 01:17.0 | 3 |
| TYDE | Russ Beekman | 10U | M | 01:18.0 | 4 |
| MOR | Jason Elgart | 10U | M | 01:25.0 | 5 |
| RSA | Henry Bondo | 10U | M | 01:26.0 | 6 |
| MOR | John Cantando | 10U | M | 01:27.0 | 7 |
| RSA | Noah Brumback | 10U | M | 01:27.0 | 8 |
| RSA | Canaan Salvitti | 10U | M | 01:27.0 | 9 |
| RSA | Ethan Liu | 10U | M | 01:30.0 | 10 |
| RSA | Mason Wiltberger | 10U | M | 01:30.0 | 10 |
| Club Code | Swimmer Name | Age Group | Gender | Test Set | Rank |
| WOW | Heidi Bollenbacher | 11-12 | F | 01:50.0 | 1 |
| RSA | Grace Pereira | 11-12 | F | 01:52.0 | 2 |
| RSA | Alex Slavis | 11-12 | F | 01:55.0 | 3 |
| RSA | Amelia Hilder | 11-12 | F | 01:56.0 | 4 |
| RSA | Abigail Savitsky | 11-12 | F | 01:58.0 | 5 |
| RSA | Kristin Connors | 11-12 | F | 02:00.0 | 6 |
| MOR | Natalie Cooper | 11-12 | F | 02:01.0 | 7 |
| NSEA | Taylor Crane | 11-12 | F | 02:03.0 | 8 |
| RSA | Lauren Schoenagel | 11-12 | F | 02:14.0 | 9 |
| RSA | Meghan Hadsell | 11-12 | F | 02:15.0 | 10 |
| Club Code | Swimmer Name | Age Group | Gender | Test Set | Rank |
| TYDE | JT Trowbridge | 11-12 | M | 02:01.0 | 1 |
| NSEA | Clem Camacho | 11-12 | M | 02:06.0 | 2 |
| NSEA | Nathan Neu | 11-12 | M | 02:07.0 | 3 |
| MOR | Ronan Cornpropst | 11-12 | M | 02:09.0 | 4 |
| MOR | Pramukh Chedella | 11-12 | M | 02:15.0 | 5 |
| MOR | Cole Heuer | 11-12 | M | 02:17.0 | 6 |
| MOR | Alexander Townsend | 11-12 | M | 02:21.0 | 7 |
| WAVE | Andrew Sito | 11-12 | M | 02:22.0 | 8 |
| RSA | Marcus Hulbig | 11-12 | M | 02:24.0 | 9 |
| MOR | Nolan Zerda | 11-12 | M | 02:27.0 | 10 |
| Club Code | Swimmer Name | Age Group | Gender | Test Set | Rank |
| RSA | Adwita Arvind | 13-14 | F | 03:03.0 | 1 |
| MOR | Olivia Rivera | 13-14 | F | 03:12.0 | 2 |
| MOR | Abigail Dozier | 13-14 | F | 03:15.0 | 3 |
| YOTA | caroline healey | 13-14 | F | 03:20.0 | 4 |
| SAC | Libby Canipe | 13-14 | F | 03:30.0 | 5 |
| YOTA | Yasmine Kwong | 13-14 | F | 03:31.9 | 6 |
| NSEA | Keener Witmer | 13-14 | F | 03:40.0 | 7 |
| TEAM | Reed Zimmerman | 13-14 | F | 03:46.0 | 8 |
| RSA | Peggy Whitteron | 13-14 | F | 03:46.0 | 9 |
| YOTA | Lizzie Fowler | 13-14 | F | 03:46.0 | 10 |
| Club Code | Swimmer Name | Age Group | Gender | Test Set | Rank |
| GFSC | William Clayton | 13-14 | M | 02:55.0 | 1 |
| RSA | Dylan Gretok | 13-14 | M | 02:58.0 | 2 |
| GFSC | Nate Derwin | 13-14 | M | 03:00.0 | 3 |
| HPSC | Chase Sheffield | 13-14 | M | 03:06.0 | 4 |
| MOR | Logan Blackburn | 13-14 | M | 03:17.0 | 5 |
| NSEA | Cole Witmer | 13-14 | M | 03:20.0 | 6 |
| MOR | Ian Stutts | 13-14 | M | 03:32.0 | 7 |
| NSS | Reid Kendall | 13-14 | M | 03:33.0 | 8 |
| WOW | Sean Setzer | 13-14 | M | 03:40.0 | 9 |
| LOY | Gabe Morales | 13-14 | M | 03:42.0 | 10 |
| Club Code | Swimmer Name | Age Group | Gender | Test Set | Rank |
| NSS | Samantha Melton | 15-18 | F | 04:38.0 | 1 |
| TEAM | Emma Nash | 15-18 | F | 04:44.0 | 2 |
| TEAM | Reese Lauletta | 15-18 | F | 04:45.0 | 3 |
| TEAM | Caroline Stowe | 15-18 | F | 04:45.0 | 4 |
| YOTA | Emma Serrano | 15-18 | F | 04:54.3 | 5 |
| NSS | Agnaeya Arora | 15-18 | F | 04:58.0 | 6 |
| SAC | Trinity Price | 15-18 | F | 04:58.0 | 7 |
| TEAM | Elizabeth Pike | 15-18 | F | 05:00.0 | 8 |
| NSS | Eliza Haines | 15-18 | F | 05:03.0 | 9 |
| WAVE | Katie Dalton | 15-18 | F | 05:05.0 | 10 |
| Club Code | Swimmer Name | Age Group | Gender | Test Set | Rank |
| XA | Landon Lennex | 15-18 | M | 04:02.0 | 1 |
| TEAM | Dylan Sinople | 15-18 | M | 04:15.0 | 2 |
| NSS | Julian Mercer II | 15-18 | M | 04:16.0 | 3 |
| TEAM | Brayden Lauletta | 15-18 | M | 04:20.0 | 4 |
| MOR | Ignacio Leon | 15-18 | M | 04:21.0 | 5 |
| TEAM | Johnathan Burch | 15-18 | M | 04:30.0 | 6 |
| TEAM | Nathanael Dyer | 15-18 | M | 04:34.0 | 7 |
| SAC | Sam Player | 15-18 | M | 04:39.0 | 8 |
| NSS | Jamey Tillman | 15-18 | M | 04:42.0 | 9 |
| NSS | Daniel Snapp | 15-18 | M | 04:42.0 | 10 |
Reminder: Additional Safe Sport Zoom Training
Additional Training for Athletes this week!
The USA Swimming Safe Sport staff is hosting weekly Zoom trainings to help clubs achieve the training requirements of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program.
The sessions for both parents and athletes include a one-hour training. Attendance will be taken via a survey at the end of training and the USA Swimming staff will manually update the Club Portal so that clubs receive credit towards recognition. There will also be weekly training available for coaches to learn more about the Safe Sport Club Recognition program and how to share Safe Sport information with their athletes, parents, staff and other non-athlete members. The coach training is not a requirement of the recognition program but is a way to earn additional optional points.
This week we are proud to offer an addition training session for athletes. This session will be offered on Thursday evening and can be accessed using the same link.
There is no registration required at this time. Attendees need only join the meeting using the links provided below and come willing to participate and learn.
For more information on the ways to complete the training requirement of Safe Sport Club Recognition, please reference this document: Training Opportunities Resource.
Wednesday, May 13 @ 3:00 p.m. EST – Parent Training https://zoom.us/j/93724361466?pwd=OVF4RFlNZFpaMHhqSEVVRGwzbmpQUT09
Thursday, May 14 @ 3:00 p.m. EST – Athlete Training (12 – 18 years old) https://zoom.us/j/97633664936?pwd=YnpXZmljME5PcldacW9ZQ0w5YTFIZz09
Thursday, May 14 @ 8:00 p.m. EST – Athlete Training (12 – 18 years old) https://zoom.us/j/97633664936?pwd=YnpXZmljME5PcldacW9ZQ0w5YTFIZz09
Friday, May 15 @ 3:00 p.m. EST – Coach Training https://zoom.us/j/98698656108?pwd=NzQ5TGdjWkRDc0Irck9tWHpJL1hkQT09
We look forward to having a good turnout again this week!
USA Swimming Safe Sport Team
Sailfish Aquatics earns Safe Sport Club Recognition
Sailfish Aquatics (SAIL) earns Safe Sport Club Recognition Status
Congratulations to Sailfish Aquatics, 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.
Sailfish Aquatics has 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