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2017 NCS Awards Banquet: Recap

September 24, 2017 by Bill Martin

The 2017 NCS Awards Banquet on Saturday night, Sept 23, at the McKimmon Conference Center in Raleigh capped off a full day of activities for NC Swimmers and their families. In the morning, over 70 senior athletes attended an Athlete Workshop at NC State that featured Ceallach Gibbons of USA Swimming and coach Gary Taylor of NC State.

Olympic Gold Medalist, Anthony Ervin

In the afternoon Olympic Gold Medalist Anthony Ervin conducted a clinic for over 50 NCS All Star swimmers before hustling to a meeting with NCS coaches and then serving as special guest speaker at the banquet.   A crowd of over 300 athletes, parents, coaches, and officials were on hand for an autograph session, to listen to Ervin’s inspiring words, and to recognize the accomplishments of some of NC Swimming’s top athletes and coaches.

Current NC State swimmer, Justin Ress, who swam the second fastest time in the world this year in the 50 back and who recently earned three Gold medals at the World University Games, was on hand as the recipient of the Willis Casey Award.  That award was presented by his former coach at the Marlins of Raleigh…and the 2017 NCS senior coach of the year, Paul Silver.

Award caps and towels were presented to NCS Top Five swimmers and NCS All Star swimmers in attendance. Listed below are several special awards that were also presented.

Age Group Swimmer of the Year (Highest National Ranking by NCS Athlete)
11-12 Female Claire Curzan RSA
11-12 Male Nathan Jao EAC
13-14 Female Abby Arens MOR
13-14 Male Tim Connery MAC
15-16 Female Madison Homovich MOR
15-16 Male Ross Dant YSST
17-18 Female Olivia Carter EAC
17-18 Male Zach Brown MOR
Open Water Swimmer of the Year
Female Ashley Twichell NCAC
Male Chip Peterson NCAC
Willis Casey Award (Top International Ranking by NCS athlete)
Justin Ress MOR
Andy Craver Determination Award
Sydney Parsons YOTA
Age Group Coach of the Year
Andrew Rogers YOTA
Franke Bell Senior Coach of the Year
Paul Silver MOR
NCS Team of the Year
SwimMAC Carolina
Phillips 66 Service Award
Rebekah Allen
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