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NCS Swimmers strike Gold in Fiji

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NCS contingent: Sarah Holman, Ross Dant, Olivia Carter, Tim Connery

Team USA dominated the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships with valuable contributions from three NCS athletes, Ross Dant (YSST), Olivia Carter (EAC) and Tim Connery (MAC).   Sarah Holman represented NCS as a member of the Junior PanPac coaching staff.  The team won 27 gold, 19 silver, and 8 bronze medals en route to the men’s, women’s, and overall championships.

On the meet’s final day Ross Dant of YSST picked up where he left off the previous day with his second gold medal performance.  Following his win in the 400 free on Saturday, Dant won the 800 free.  Earlier he won bronze in the 1500 free.

It was an outstanding meet for the entire North Carolina contingent. Olivia Carter raced to a gold medal in the 200 fly on the meets opening day and finished fourth in the 100 fly.

Tim Connery also had a great meet, recording one of the top times in the 100 back and finishing fifth in the 100 breast.

Click here for complete meet results.

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Pan Pacific Championships TV Schedule

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Watch your favorite TEAM USA swimmers compete at the Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo. Here is the current Pan Pac TV schedule.
NBC on August 11 and 12…from 4-6 p.m. ET

Check your local listings to be sure.

Finals will be live on the Olympic Channel at approximately 5:00 a.m. (ET) each day (August 9-12)

Date Tokyo Time          Eastern Time Central Time Mountain time Pacific Time

August 9       .  6:23 p.m.            5:23am       4:23am       3:23am       2:23am

August 10     .  6:55 p.m.            5:55am       4:55am        3:55am       2:55am

August 11     .  6:28 p.m.            5:28am       4:28am        3:28am       2:28am

August 12      . 6:06 p.m.            5:06am       4:06am       3:06am       2:06am
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Kristy Kowal to speak at NCS Awards Banquet

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North Carolina Swimming is proud to announce that Olympic Silver Medalist Kristy Kowal will be our guest speaker at the 2018 NCS Awards Banquet. The banquet will be held at the Burney Center on the campus of UNC Wilmington on the evening of October 6, 2018.  NCS All Stars and NCS Top Five swimmers in attendance will be recognized. Online registration for the event will be begin after the NCS All Stars and NCS Top Five swimmers are announced in early September.

Kristy Kowal won the silver medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.  She was also a world champion in the 100m breaststroke and as a member of the 400 medley relay in 1998, where she also won silver in the 200m breast.  In addition to multiple international swimming medals, Kowal broke eight American records and one world record during her remarkable career.

Kristy was also the first American woman to win a world championship in the 100m breaststroke and the first American woman to break the one minute barrier in the 100 yd breaststroke.

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2018 NCS Age Group Long Course Championships

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The  2018 NCS Age Group Champs meet, hosted by SwimGSA, will be held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center (GAC) in Greensboro from July 12-15, 2018.

NOTE: Changes in warm-up an meet start times

2018 NCS Age Group Champs LIVE RESULTS

2018 NCS Age Group Champs PSYCH SHEET

2018 NCS Age Group Champs Meet Announcement

2018 NCS Age Group Champs EVENTS FILE

Officials Sign-Up Form: 2018 NCS Age Group Champs

 

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2018 NCS Select Camp

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The 2018 NCS Select Camp was held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center this past weekend.  Over 130 age group swimmer from throughout the state participated.  It was a great learning experience for the young swimmers and a fun time for all.  Select camp swimmers learned valuable in-water skills along with safe sport training and expert tips from volunteer NCS club coaches and Team Elite Olympic swimmers.

Congratulations to all of the swimmers who participated in the camp and thank you to the coaches who volunteered their time.

You can find more photos (thanks to Jonathan Watson) by clicking the photo gallery tab above.

 

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2018 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge

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TEAM ROSTERS HAVE BEEN POSTED…

The fourth annual Carolina Crown Swim Challenge will be held on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, NC.   The meet features 240 of the top 15-18 year-old athletes from North Carolina and South Carolina divided into four teams.

The Carolina Crown is a long course meet with athletes invited to participate based on performance during the 2017-2018 short course season.

Carolina Crown Meet Information

Carolina Crown Psych Sheet

Meet Volunteer Sign-up Form

Team Rosters for the 2018 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge (updated 4/13/18):

TEAM SAPPHIRE

TEAM RUBY

TEAM BLACK DIAMOND

TEAM EMERALD

 

 

 

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2018 ESSZ Age Group Sectional Meet

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Meet information for the 2018 ESSZ Age Group Sectional meet on March 15-18 at the Georgia Tech McAuley Aquatic Center is now available on the host team’s website.  You can visit the Southern Crescent Aquatic Team (SCAT) website for meet information, hotel information, etc.  Meet information can also be found on the NCS 2017-2018 short course meet schedule page under the MEETS tab above.

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NCS clubs face icy conditions

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NCS clubs have experienced some bitter cold weather during the past several days but it hasn’t slowed them down.  New Wave Swimming even practices outdoors.  Borrowing from a familiar phrase, Neither snow nor sleet nor icicles on the starting blocks stays these swimmers from the swift completion of their appointed laps.  Yes, the pool is heated to a comfortable temperature, but those WAVE swimmers must be a hardy bunch (see video).

Judging by their “frozen” smiles, swimmers from East Carolina Aquatics, pictured below, seemed to enjoy the cold and snowy weather.

 

 

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NCS Swimmers excel at Junior Nationals

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North Carolina swimmers excelled at the Speedo Junior Nationals in Knoxville this past week.  Olivia Carter of Enfinity Aquatics (EAC) capped off a week of outstanding performances with a new Junior Nationals Short Course record in the women’s 200 fly with a time of 1:53.94. Carter also won the 400 IM and placed second in the 200 IM.  A trio of Marlins of Raleigh (MOR) swimmers each claimed a first-place finish.  Madison Homovich won the women’s 1650, Ashley McCauley won the women’s 200 breast, and Zach Brown was the top finisher in the men’s 200 fly.  Earlier in the week Homovich earned a second-place finish in the 500 free and a third in the 400 IM.

The SwimMAC women, on the strength of outstanding relay performances along with several individual top ten finishes easily captured the women’s team title.  The SwimMAC women were led by Sinclair Larson’s second-place finish in the 200 back and a third in the 100 back and Julia Menkhaus’ second-place in the 200 Fly.  William Chan’s second-place in the 100 breast and Jack Walker’s third in the 200 free paced the top finishers for the SwimMAC men, which finished second in team scoring.

Other notable individual performances were a second-place finish in the men’s 1650 and a fourth in the 500 free by Ross Dant (YSST), fourth-place finishes by Maddy Flickinger (MAC) in the women’s 200 back,  Tim Connery (MAC) in the men’s 100 breast, Grace Countie (MOR) in the women’s 50 free, and fifth-place finishes by Olwyn Bartis (MAC) in the 500 free, Abby Arens (MOR) in the 100 breast, and fifth-place finishes by Julia Menkhaus (MAC) in the 100 back and 200 back.

Click the following link to view the USA Swimming recap along with a complete list of meet results.

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