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Rocky Mount YMCA (RMY) earns Safe Sport Club Recognition Status

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Congratulations to the Rocky Mount Family YMCA (RMY), 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.

Rocky Mount YMCA Swim Team 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

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TAC Titans win Senior Sectional Meet

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The host team, TAC Titans, won the 2021 ESSZ Senior Short Course Sectional meet this past weekend. The Titans had the highest score in the women’s division, finished second in the men’s division, and had he top combined score. Second place SwimMAC Carolina placed second in women’s and first in the men’s division. Completing the top five overall finishers were third place – Lakeside (Kentucky), fourth place – North Carolina Aquatic Club, and fifth place – Marlins of Raleigh.

Click here for complete individual and team results. Team results are at the end.

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NAG records set at Senior Sectional

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USA Swimming National Team member Claire Curzan of the TAC Titans had another phenomenal record-breaking performance at the 2021 ESSZ Short Course Senior Sectional meet at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary this past weekend. Curzan set new National Age Group (NAG) records in the 50 free (21.50), the 100 back (50.03), and the 100 fly (49.51). Her times were also NCS records in the 15-16, 15-18, and Open age groups.

TAC Titan’s teammate, Charlotte Hook, also a member of the USA National Team, broke the NCS 15-18 record in the 200 fly. Her time of 1:52.72 was also a new Open age group record.

Matthew Lucky of Sailfish Aquatics broke two records over the weekend. During Thursday’s long course time trials, Lucky set a new 15-16 long course record in the 200 breast. He followed that up with a new 15-16 short course record, also in the 200 breast.

Meanwhile, SwimMAC’s Baylor Nelson broke the 15-18 short course record in the 200 breast with a time of 1:56.01.

Congratulations Swimmers!

Below is a summary of the NCS records broken this past weekend.

Click here to view all current NCS records.

NameClubAge GroupEventTime
Men’s LC Records
Matthew LuckySAIL15-16200 Breast2:18.65
Women’s SC Records
Claire CurzanTAC15-1650 Free21.50
Claire CurzanTAC15-16100 Back50.03
Claire CurzanTAC15-16100 Fly49.51
Claire CurzanTAC15-1850 Free21.50
Claire CurzanTAC15-18100 Back50.03
Claire CurzanTAC15-18100 Fly49.51
Charlotte HookTAC15-18200 Fly1:52.72
Claire CurzanTACOpen100 Back50.03
Claire CurzanTACOpen100 Fly49.51
Charlotte HookTACOpen200 Fly1:52.72
Men’s SC Records
Matthew LuckySAIL15-16200 Breast1:57.73
Baylor NelsonMAC15-18200 Breast1:56.01
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2021 Select Camp Qualifiers/Application Form

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Congratulations to the 135 swimmers who qualified for the 2021 NCS Select Camp to be held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center on Sunday April 25, 2021.  The following swimmers earned their Golden Tickets by finishing in the top five at the NCS 14U Short Course Championships.

2021 NCS Select Camp Qualifiers

Swimmers on the list who plan to attend the Select Camp must complete and submit the application form below by Friday, March 19, 2021.  Information on submitting camp fees is included in the form.

2021 NCS Select Camp Application Form

Katherine Holian (SGSA) will serve as camp director and Amy Faulk (MAC) as camp manager.  

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2022 Spring HOD bids due April 4th

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REMINDER:

The 2022 Spring House of Delegates (HOD) meetings will be held the weekend of April 9-10, 2022.

If your club would like to submit a bid to host the 2022 Spring HOD, bids should be submitted to Bill Martin billmartin@ncswim.org by April 4, 2021.  All bids will be forwarded for consideration at the upcoming virtual HOD Meeting on April 18, 2021.  The bid requirements are included in the following NCS HOD Bid Policy.

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New NCS short course records

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In addition to three new NCS short course records set at the NCS Age Group Championship meet at the Triangle Aquatic Center, several 15-18 and Open records fell at the ACC Championship in Greensboro over the past two weekends. Below is a summary of the new NCS short course records.

Women’s SC Records
Abby ArensNCS15-18200 Breast2:07.56
Sophie HanssonNCSOPEN100 Breast57.45
Sophie HanssonNCSOPEN200 Breast2:04.87
Men’s SC Records
Mike RiceMAC11-12100 Fly54.57
Matthew MarsteinerWAVE13-141000 Free9:22.73
Erik PetruzziTYDE13-14100 Breast56.17
Luke MillerNCS15-18100 Free42.52
Luke MillerNCS15-18200 Free1:32.28
Valdas AbalikstaUNCOPEN100 Breast51.74
Valdas AbalikstaUNCOPEN200 Breast1:53.49

Click here for a complete list of NCS records.

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SwimMAC wins NCS Age Group SC Champs

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SwimMAC Carolina (MAC) was the top scoring team at the 2021 NCS 14U Age Group Short Course Championship meet. SwimMAC led team scoring in both the boys and girls divisions. The TAC Titans (TAC) finished second in both boys and girls for a second place overall finish. Finishing third overall were the Marlins of Raleigh (MOR). New Wave Swim Team (WAVE) finished fourth overall and the North Carolina Aquatic Club (NCAC) finished in fifth place.

Here are the complete Team Results

Three NCS records were broken at the meet. Mike Rice (MAC) broke the 11-12 boys 100 fly record with a time of 54.57. Matthew Marsteiner (WAVE) set a new mark in the 13-14 boys 1000 free with a 9:22.73 and Erik Petruzzi (TYDE) established a new standard in the boys 13-14 100 breast with a time of 56.17.

Here are the complete Individual Results

Individual High Point winners in each of the divisions were:

10 & Under GirlsReina LiuGCY
10 & Under BoysBodhi CumminsUN-TYDE
11-12 GirlsShayna ElgartMOR
11-12 Boys (tie)Owen LinECA
11-12 Boys (tie)Michael RiceMAC
13-14 GirlsNicole ZettelTAC
13-14 BoysMatthew MarsteinerWAVE

Here are the Top Five Individual Scorers in each age group

Congratulations to the teams and all the the swimmers who competed in the meet! And thank you to the Triangle Aquatic Center for hosting the meet and to all the coaches, meet officials, and other volunteers who made the meet possible.

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