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Open Water Zone Meet Results

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Congratulations to the NCS Open Water Zone team competing in the Southern Zone Open Water meet in Chattanooga.

The NCS squad had three first place finishes on Saturday. Makayla Ciancanelli won the women’s open 5K while Sam Marsteiner won the 13-14 boys 5K and Kathryn Cinson took first place in the 13-14 girls 5K. Other top three finishers for NCS were Drew Sito– third place in the 11-12 boys 2K, Matt Marsteiner – second place in the boys 15-16 5K and Lucca Battaglini – third in the boys 15-16 5k

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Olympic Trials Updates

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Who has qualified for Team USA?

With 114 athletes competing in Omaha, North Carolina Swimming has the most Olympic Trials qualifiers of any Local Swimming Committee (LSC) in the country! To help keep track of their progress, links to results and daily updates from USA Swimming can be found below. To stay tuned in to the action, prelims are livestreamed on NBCOlympics.com (WAVE II) and www.usaswimming.org/watch (WAVE I), WAVE II Finals can be viewed on NBC at 8:00 pm (Broadcast Schedule).

WAVE II Articles

2021 OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS RESULTS: WAVE II

USA Swimming Names 2020 U.S. Olympic Swim Team

Dressel, Finke Win (Again); Manuel Edges Weitzeil to Make Olympic Team on Final Night of Trials

Ledecky, Dressel, White Secure Wins on Dramatic Day 7 at Olympic Trials-Swimming

View from the Trials Stands – June 18

Friday Night Lights: Lazor, Andrew, Murphy, Wieizeil Shine, Dressel Breaks U.S. Open Record

Thursday Night Finals: History for Bobby Finke, Redemption for Nic Fink, Dressel and Flickinger Break Records

View from the Trials Stands – June 17

Ledecky Completes Historic 200, 1500 Freestyle Wins to Headline Day 4 of Wave II Olympic Trials 

Men’s 4×200 Free Relay Takes Initial Shape, Veterans Repeat Trials Titles on Night Three

Deep Diving into This Year’s Talent Pool in the Women’s 100 Back at Trials

Huske, Andrew and Ledecky Punch Tickets to Tokyo on Second Night of Wave II Olympic Trials

First Pool-Team Olympians Crowned at Trials Wave II Opening Night

View From the Trials Stands – Day One

WAVE I Articles

2021 OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS RESULTS: WAVE I

15 More Athletes Advance to Wave II Olympic Trials on Final Night of Wave I Competition

Venema, Tafuto, Kurakin, Slaton and Brison Win Sunday Night to Punch First Tickets to Wave II Olympic Trials

Haebig, Sammon and Trace Thrive on Second Night of Trials Wave I

Teenagers Rule the First Night of Wave I U.S. Olympic Trials

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Olympic Trials Broadcast Schedule

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NBC announced the broadcast and streaming information for the upcoming U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming competitions in June. To date, this year’s swim Trials include over 1,500 qualifiers who will be competing on the biggest stage in domestic swimming. Tickets to watch the nation’s fastest compete in Omaha are still available through Ticketmaster.

Daily finals coverage of both Wave I and Wave II will be broadcasted across NBC channels. Along with the live finals coverage, 24 hours of preliminaries will be streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app. Wave I prelims will also be live streamed on www.usaswimming.org/watch.

Date Coverage Network Time
Fri., June 4 Wave I Finals Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 8 p.m. ET
Sat., June 5 Wave I Finals Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 8 p.m. ET
Sun., June 6Wave I Finals Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 8 p.m. ET
 Mon., June 7Wave I Finals Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 8 p.m. ET
 Sun., June 13Wave II Qualifying Heats NBCSN 5:30 p.m. ET* 
  Wave II FinalsNBC8 p.m. ET/PT
 Mon., June 14Wave II Qualifying Heats NBCSN 6:30 p.m. ET* 
Wave II Finals NBC 8 p.m. ET/PT 
 Tues., June 15Wave II Qualifying Heats NBCSN6:30 p.m. ET*
 Wave II Finals NBC 8 p.m. ET/PT 
 Wed., June 16Wave II Qualifying Heats NBCSN6:30 p.m. ET* 
 Wave II Finals NBC 8 p.m. ET/PT 
 Thurs., June 17Wave II Qualifying Heats NBCSN 6:30 p.m. ET* 
 Wave II Finals NBCSN 8 p.m. ET 
 Wave II FinalsNBC 10 p.m. ET/PT* 
 Fri., June 18Wave II Qualifying Heats NBCSN 6 p.m. ET* 
 Wave II FinalsNBC 9 p.m. ET/PT 
 Sat., June 19Wave II Qualifying Heats NBCSN 6:30 p.m. ET* 
 Wave II FinalsNBC 9 p.m. ET 
 Sun., June 20Wave II Finals NBC 8:15 p.m. ET 

Additional information on the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming can be found on www.usaswimming.org/trials.

*Delayed coverage

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NCS awarded Select Camp Grant

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North Carolina Swimming was one of nineteen Local Swimming Committees (LSCs) that were awarded LSC Select Camp Grants from USA Swimming. NCS will receive the $3500 grant thanks to the efforts of NCS camps committee chair, Jonathan Watson. In a continued effort to provide resources for more locally driven efforts, these grants allow age-group athletes an increased opportunity to attend a camp while not requiring them to travel too far from home.

Thanks for making it happen, Jonathan!

Click here to read the entire USA Swimming article.

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NCS Revised Face Covering Guidance

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Following new CDC recommendations and the North Carolina Governor’s latest Executive Order issued May 18, 2021, North Carolina Swimming has revised guidance on the use of face coverings at USA Swimming activities as follows:

  • North Carolina Swimming strongly recommends that partially vaccinated or unvaccinated individuals continue to wear face coverings and practice social distancing at all swimming activities.
  • Other individuals are welcome to continue wearing face coverings for personal comfort.
  • NCS and member clubs may require that participants wear face coverings and observe social distancing at practices, team activities, team travel, camps, clinics, and competitions.
  • NCS members are expected to comply with all COVID-19 safety guidelines from USA Swimming, North Carolina Swimming, the State of North Carolina, local jurisdictions, aquatic facilities, and member clubs.

These are North Carolina Swimming’s recommendations and guidelines going forward. If your club or the facility chooses to enforce more stringent requirements, please include those in your upcoming meet sanction requests. A revised meet sanction template that includes these changes will be posted and distributed in the next few days.

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USA Swimming extends COVID precautions

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USA Swimming COVID-related precautions rules amendments were recently extended by the USA Swimming Board of Directors.

With the upcoming amendments to articles 202.4 and 202.6 of the USA Swimming Rules set to expire, the USA Swimming Board of Directors has reconvened and voted to further extend the initial action taken in October 2020, for an additional three months, through July 31, 2021.

The Board of Directors had previously voted to amend the articles to require certain COVID-related precautions in order to issue meet sanctions and approvals, including a safety plan, assumption of risk, and release of liability.

The Board of Directors will continue to reconvene prior to the expiration of each extension, to assess whether these precautions remain necessary.

As always, USA Swimming, Local Swimming Committees (LSC) and club activities must also follow state and local health guidelines.


USA Swimming Return to Competition Plan

USA Swimming Return to Competition LSC Sanction Requirements

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2021 Olympic Trials Qualifiers

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Below is a list of North Carolina Swimming-registered athletes who have achieved qualifying time standards for the Olympic Trials in Omaha. NCS currently has 58 swimmers qualified for WAVE I beginning on June 4 and 65 swimmers qualified for WAVE II beginning on June 13. The list was last updated on May 26, 2021.

Congratulations Swimmers!

NCS Olympic Trials Qualifiers

Olympic Trials Time Standards

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2021 NCS Select Camp

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The 2021 NCS Select Camp was held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center and Greensboro Coliseum on Sunday, April 25. It was a full day of activities for campers ages 9-14. In addition to in-water training, campers had underwater videos made, using special underwater cameras, that they and their coaches can use to evaluate technique. Campers also had a chance to hear their guest speaker, former NBA player Wayne Robinson, discuss some of the positive habits, values, and attributes that help athletes maximize performance…and eliminating the negative or “junk in the trunk” as he calls it.

Congratulations to the following athletes who attended this year’s Select Camp.

2021 NCS Select Camp attendees

Thank you to the following NCS coaches and senior athletes who volunteered their time to make it happen.

STAFFATHLETES
Amy Faulk- Camp DirectorJordan Browning
Katherine HolianMaKayla Ciancanelli
Jonathan WatsonAnna Gagnon
Mark FranzIsabella Anton
Blake Addison
Pierce Bradshaw
William Keith
Cora Dodson
Jack Eichenlaub
Kristina Bond
Yvonne Wilkins
Rebekah Allen

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Meet records fall at 2021 Carolina Crown

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The Carolina Crown Swim Challenge was held at the Fort Mill YMCA Aquatic Center in Fort Mill, South Carolina this past weekend. 250 swimmers from North Carolina and South Carolina competed in the event, which saw several records fall. It was an exciting, fun-filled meet from start to finish, with the outcome decided in the last event. Team Sapphire was the eventual winner, with blue-clad swimmers bringing home the championship towels. Sapphire coaches were treated to a celebratory dip in the pool by excited team members.

Alex Ayers (Swim MAC), representing Team Sapphire, broke three meet records. His Sapphire teammate, Crow Thorsen (Blues Aquatics) also set three new meet records. Keelan Cotter (TAC Titans) of Team Ruby led the women with two new meet records. Below is a list of those who broke meet records.

NEW MEET RECORD HOLDERS

Men’s200 FreeAlex AyersMAC
Men’s100 BreastTucker Valliere BAQ
Men’s200 FlyCrow ThorsenBAQ
Women’s100 BackTaylor MorrisTAC
Men’s200 IMCrow ThorsenBAC
Women’s400 FreeKeelan CotterTAC
Men’s400 FreeAlex AyersMAC
Women’s200 BreastSofia PlazaATOM
Men’s200 BreastBen DelmarMAC
Men’s100 Fly Crow ThorsenBAQ
Men’s200 BackAlex AyersMAC
Women’s100 FreeKeelan CotterTAC
Men’s100 FreeCohen BrunerH2A (SC)

Click here to view the meet results

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