Carolina Crown

2022 Carolina Crown

January 2, 2022 by Bill Martin

The annual Carolina Crown Swim Challenge will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at the Westside Aquatic Facility in Greenville, South Carolina. This is the seventh Carolina Crown and will feature top 15-18 year-old athletes from North Carolina and South Carolina.

The qualifier list along with athlete application forms will be posted on March 22, 2022. Qualifiers will be determined from short course times achieved between 9/2/21 and 3/20/22.

Final selections will be posted on April 2, 2022.

More details on the event, including the meet announcement, will be posted as they become available.

2021 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge

February 26, 2021 by Bill Martin

THE LOCATION OF THE 2021 CAROLINA CROWN CHALLENGE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO AN INDOOR FACILITY AT THE FORT MILL YMCA AQUATIC CENTER IN FORT MILL, SC. – 971 TOM HALL ST. FORT MILL, SC 29715.

GOOGLE MAPS LINK TO THE FACILITY

The 2021 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge will now be held at the Fort Mill YMCA at the Complex in Fort Mill, South Carolina on Saturday, April 24. The meet will be hosted by South Carolina Swimming and will feature top age 15-18 swimmers from North Carolina and South Carolina.

Heat Sheet

Psych Sheet

Link to Livestream of Carolina Crown Meet

2021 Carolina Crown Meet Announcement

Click the links below to view the team rosters:

TEAM BLACK DIAMOND

TEAM EMERALD

TEAM RUBY

TEAM SAPPHIRE

2020 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge

February 16, 2020 by Bill Martin

The sixth annual Carolina Crown Swim Challenge will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2020 at the Clover/Lake Wylie YMCA Aquatic Center in Clover, SC. The meet features 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 2019-2020 short course season. The names of Automatic Qualifiers and Alternates will be posted on the NCS website after the March 15, 2020 qualifying deadline.

The coaching staff will include six coaches from North Carolina and six coaches from South Carolina. Coaches interested in being on the Carolina Crown Coaching Staff, please submit the following form by March 1, 2020.

CAROLINA CROWN COACHING STAFF APPLICATION FORM

CAROLINA CROWN MEET INFORMATION

2019 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge

March 16, 2019 by Bill Martin

The fifth annual Carolina Crown Swim Challenge will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2018 at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in Charlotte, NC. The meet features 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 2018-2019 short course season.

2019 Carolina Crown Psych Sheet

2019 Carolina Crown Meet Information

Selected athletes who wish to attend – whether an automatic qualifier or a consideration qualifier MUST SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FORM AND MAIL A CHECK FOR $80 TO THE ADDRESS BELOW BY 6:00 PM, APRIL 3, 2019.

CAROLINA CROWN APPLICATION FORM

If not enough automatic qualifiers submit applications by April 3, those on the consideration list will be selected until a maximum of 250 athletes in the combined 15, 16, 17 and 18 year old age groups have been chosen. Consideration athletes were selected based on being in the Top 75 (combined NC/SC) 2018-19 short course rankings in the events being contested. Lists are based on swimmer ages as of April 27, 2019.

Please make out the check for $80 to “North Carolina Swimming” and mail to: Carolina Crown Challenge, 6766 Chauncey Drive, Raleigh, NC 27615. Please identify the athlete that the check is for. Only the checks of athletes selected to the final Carolina Crown roster will be cashed. The meet fee also entitles participating athletes to attend the Carolina Swimposium on Saturday morning at the Fairfield Inn, three blocks from the pool.

Questions about the application and registration process can be emailed to: 01silversurfer@bellsouth.net

AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS – AGE 15

AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS – AGE 16

AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS – AGE 17

AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS – AGE 18

CONSIDERATION QUALIFIERS – AGE 15

CONSIDERATION QUALIFIERS – AGE 16

CONSIDERATION QUALIFIERS – AGE 17

CONSIDERATION QUALIFIERS – AGE 18

2017 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge

March 28, 2017 by Bill Martin

CAROLINA CROWN: FINAL COMMUNICATION

CAROLINA CROWN PSYCH SHEET

TEAM ROSTERS ANNOUNCED

Below are the team rosters for the Carolina Crown meet.

TEAM EMERALD

TEAM RUBY

TEAM SAPPHIRE

TEAM BLACK DIAMOND

The third annual Carolina Crown Swim Challenge will be held on Sunday, April 30 at the new outdoor 50m pool in Clover, SC, not far from Rock Hill, SC. The 2017 Carolina Crown will be the first event held at the new pool (home pool of the RAYS-SC swim club). Thanks to Head Coach Tim Conley for offering this site for this event, now in it’s 3^rd year.

The meet features top 15-18 year-old athletes from North Carolina and South Carolina. Warm-ups are scheduled to begin at 12:30 pm with a meet start at 1:30 pm.

Carolina Crown Meet Information

Carolina Crown Swim Challenge

February 3, 2016 by Bill Martin

The third annual Carolina Crown Swim Challenge will be held in Rock Hill, South Carolina on Sunday, April 30th. The meet features top 15-18 year-old athletes from North Carolina and South Carolina.

The event is held in South Carolina and North Carolina in alternating years.

Complete Meet information and a list of qualifying athletes will be posted below in the next few days. Qualifying athletes who would like to participate are asked to complete the following registration form (the form will be activated as soon as details are finalized.)

Carolina Crown Registration Form

A list of selected athletes will be divided into four teams in a long course meet.

Carolina Crown Swim Challenge General Information (TBD)

Carolina Crown Swim Challenge Meet Information (TBD)

Male Qualifiers – Age 15

Male Qualifiers – Age 16

Male Qualifiers – Age 17

Male Qualifiers – Age 18

Female Qualifiers – Age 15

Female Qualifiers – Age 16

Female Qualifiers – Age 17

Female Qualifiers – Age 18