The TAC Titans had the top combined overall team point total in the USA Swimming 18 & Under Winter Championships. TAC also had the top combined women’s team point total. SwimMAC Carolina finished second in men’s combined scoring.

The USA Swimming event compiled times from 18 & under meets held throughout the country. The awards video below announced the top eight times in each individual event and the top team awards. You’ll notice a lot of familiar names on the leader board, including these number one finishers from NCS clubs: Claire Curzan (100 back, 200 back, and 100 fly), Abby Arens (200 breast), Baylor Nelson (200IM), and Mikey Moore (400 IM).

Congratulations North Carolina Swimmers!

USA Swimming announced the addition of four new athletes to the 2020-2021 U.S. National Team and fifteen new swimmers to the 2020-2021 U.S. National Junior Team roster. Additions to the rosters were based on qualifying times swum during the abbreviated 2020 season. Congratulations to the following NCS athletes who earned spots on these prestigious teams!

Claire Curzan (TAC Titans) was added to the National Team roster, where she joins Titan teammates, Charlotte Hook, Ashley Twichell, and other athletes who were on the 2019-2020 roster.

Five of the fifteen new additions to the National Junior Team are NCS swimmers! They include Lindsay Flynn (MSA), Sam Hoover (NCAC), Michael Cotter (TAC), Braeden Haughey (TAC), and Michael Moore (MOR). These athletes join those who had made the 2019-2020 roster.

Click below for the USA Swimming articles and for complete National Team and National Junior Team rosters.

USA Swimming National Team

USA Swimming National Junior Team

Parker Van Olst of New Wave Swimming broke two boys 10 and under short course breast stroke records at the TAC Jingle Bells Meet in December. Van Olst set new marks in both the 50 breast with a time of 33.44 and the 100 breast in 1:11.98. Congratulations on your outstanding swims!

Click here to view all the current NCS records.

The TAC Titan’s trio of Charlotte Hook, Caroline Pennington, and Claire Curzan accounted for seven new NCS short course records at the TAC Blizzard Blitz this past weekend. Hook set a new record in the women’s 15-16 200 free, Pennington broke the women’s 15-18 1650 free record, and Curzan established new marks in both the 15-16 100 back and 15-16 200 back. Curzan’s 200 back time was also a new 15-18 record, while her 100 back time was a new record for both the 15-18 and the Open age groups.

In a college meet the previous weekend, Coleman Stewart of NC State set a new NCS Open record in the men’s 100 back.

Congratulations!

Below is a list of the new NCS Records. Click here to view all current NCS records.

Several NCS Short Course records fell at Halloween weekend meets. Ezra Zapler of East Carolina Aquatics broke the 11-12 boys record in the 50 free at the ECA meet held at East Carolina University. Parker Van Olst of New Wave Swimming broke the 10 & under boys 100 breaststroke record at the TAC Halloween Bash while New Wave teammate, Sam Marsteiner improved his record times in the 11-12 boys 100 free, 200 free, and 500 free. Congratulations swimmers!

Click here for a complete list of current NCS records