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The TAC Titans recently set the National Age Group Record in the 11-12 400-yard mixed medley relay.
The Titans team of Sloane Whelehan, Oliver Marrujo, Jonny Palamar, and Carolin He, swam the relay in a record time of 3:55.19.
Congratulations swimmers!
Below are the Officials’ Sign-up Forms for the 2022 NCS Short Course Age Group Championship meet and 2022 NCS Short Course Senior Championship meet.
Get ready for Championship Season! The 2022 Swim GSA January Jump Start will be held at GAC in Greensboro January 14-17.
Sign up to officiate using this link
Evaluations for the USA Swimming Officials National Certification Program will be offered. Requests for CJ, SR, DR, AR evaluations should be submitted by December 14, S&T by January 7.
Learn more about the USA Swimming Officials National Certification Program here: https://www.usaswimming.org/officials/national-certification-evaluation
USA Swimming is pleased to announce that we have successfully bound our renewals of general liability coverage, including sexual molestation coverage, excess liability coverage and excess accident medical coverage for 2022.
As in previous years, this coverage extends to USA Swimming, the USA Swimming Foundation, USA Swimming Local Swimming Committees (LSC) and USA Swimming member clubs.
For the general liability and excess liability coverage, we are switching to a different broker, Insurance Office of America (IOA). IOA is a full-service national insurance agency experienced in providing service to amateur sports organizations such a US Club Soccer, National Governing Bodies such as USA Triathlon and U.S. Masters Swimming, and several professional sports teams in the NFL, NBA and NHL. Learn more here.
Since 2015, IOA has provided the USA Swimming Insurance Marketplace with optional insurance coverages for member clubs. In 2016, IOA launched a Workers’ Compensation program for member clubs, as well as a Directors and Officers Insurance online quoting platform. Also, in 2019, IOA took over the corporate management liability insurance program for USA Swimming.
Even as experienced partners, USA Swimming and IOA want to ensure this transition is as seamless and as easy as possible for you. We invite you to reach out for assistance at any time. Contact details can be found in the insurance packet, accessed below or by visiting www.usaswimming.org/insurance.
Beyond reading the insurance packet, one important change we wish to highlight for you is the new process for requesting additional insured certificates of insurance. IOA requires LSCs and member clubs to request additional insured certificates from IOA directly. This can be accomplished by submitting a form either:
For more information about the USA Swimming-provided insurance coverages, please visit www.usaswimming.org/insurance
NCS Athlete Committee’s COACH APPRECIATION CONTEST
NCS Athletes: Would you like a chance to win 4 tickets to the US Open Championships and/or the USA Swimming Winter Juniors meets in Greensboro this December? Choose a “Thank You Coach” worksheet, fill it out, take a picture, and submit it by noon on Friday, November 19th. Four winners will receive 4 tickets and one winner will receive 2 tickets.
The 2021 TAC Blizzard Blitz meet will be held on Dec 10-12, 2021 at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary, NC. This is an Officials National Qualifying meet (OQM). If you are interested in officiating during the meet, please fill out the form below and submit. This form will also record your request to be evaluated for N2 or N3 status in USA Swimming. Anyone requesting N2 or N3 must be willing to officiate at the meet for a minimum of 4 sessions during the meet.
Requests for assigned positions must be submitted by November 30, 2021 in order to be considered.
Application to Officiate and Request for Evaluation
All requirements for advancement and recertification can be found on the USA Swimming site on the Officials resource page at https://www.usaswimming.org/officials/national-certification-evaluation
If you are not requesting an evaluation, please note this in the Evaluation Request drop down menu.
If you have any questions about the N2/N3 certification process or the meet itself, please contact the Meet Referee, Christian Haxholdt at CHR@haxusa.com
We thank you for your interest in officiating the meet and look forward to welcoming you to 2021 TAC Blizzard Blitz
See you on the deck soon!
The Final 2022 NCS IMX Camp athlete selections have been announced. Listed below are the male and female athletes, ages 10, 11, 12 and 13, who will be attending the annual IMX Camp being held on January 22, 2022 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
Congratulations to the following athletes. We look forward to another outstanding IMX Camp!
NCS Coach Camp Staff
NCS Senior Athlete Camp Staff
The first-ever NCS A-Team Camp was held at the Orange County Sportsplex in Hillsborough on Sunday, Nov 7th. Congratulations to the athletes who were selected to attend and thank you to the NCS coaches and NCS senior athletes who volunteered to help at the camp.
Click here to view the Camp Highlight Video created by coach Amy Faulk.
Athlete volunteers serving on the staff included Sammy Carew, Andy Commins, Emma Kent, Kathryn Monville, Matt Shanahan, and Catherine Walsh. NCS Coach volunteers included Kristina Bond, Kim DeCann, Amy Faulk, Luke Frederick, Bradford Hancock, Katherine Holian, Alan Pfau, Jonathan Watson, and Delia Weber.
USA Swimming announced 200 clubs that will be recognized as Gold, Silver or Bronze medal clubs in the 2021-2022 Club Excellence Program.
Number one seated club, TAC Titans (TAC), posted 69,591 points to oust 7-year defending champion Nation’s Capital Swim Club (NCAP) club by 9,215 points. TAC’s top performers include 2020 Tokyo Olympian Claire Curzan along with Charlotte Hook and Lance Norris.
SwimMAC Carolina (MAC), Dynamo Swim Club (DYNA) and Carmel Swim Club (CSC) round out the top five for 2022.
The program recognizes USA Swimming’s highest-performing clubs in the development of athletes ages 18 years and younger on an annual basis. In a new addition to last year, eligible athlete performances include both pool and open water swims.
North Carolina Swimming clubs not only had two of the top three ranked clubs in the country with the TAC Titans and SwimMAC Carolina but also had three clubs that were recognized as Silver medal clubs – North Carolina Aquatic Club (NCAC), Mecklenburg Swimming Association (MSA), Marlins of Raleigh (MOR) and three clubs recognized as Bronze medal clubs – YMCA of the Triangle Area Swim Team (YOTA), Sailfish Aquatics (SAIL), and YMCA of NW North Carolina Riptyde (TYDE).
In conjunction with the USA Swimming Club Excellence program, USA Swimming will honor 15 clubs as 2022 Podium Clubs. To qualify for Podium Club, a USA Swimming member club must achieve Gold Medal club status for four-consecutive years. Both the TAC Titans and SwimMAC Carolina are among those reaching this elite status.
Click here to view the complete 2022 Club Excellence Program results.
Click here to read the entire USA Swimming article.
USA Swimming conducts a monthly drawing from all Safe Sport Recognized clubs, as part of its Keeping Athletes First Initiative, for a chance to win a visit from a National Team athlete or alum. We are pleased to announce that NSEA Swim of Wilmington, NC is the winner of the October drawing!
Congratulations NSEA Swim!
