USA Swimming announced the qualifying time standards for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming, which will be held June 21-28, 2020, in Omaha, Nebraska, at the CHI Health Center Omaha.
2018 Open Water Zone Team: Application Form
The Open Water Zone Meet will be held in Chattanooga, TN June 1-3, 2018.
The NCS Open Water Zone team will be picked from the Carolina Cup Open Water meet on September 9th, 2017. However, the coaches have a few picks to select the best team.
2018 OPEN WATER ZONE TEAM APPLICATION FORM
The deadline for completing the form is September 10th, 2017.
SwimMAC wins Junior Nationals
SwimMAC Carolina won the overall team championship at the Speedo Junior National Championships at the Nassau County Aquatic Center in East Meadow, NY. SwimMAC women finished on top in the women’s standings while the SwimMAC men finished third. Olivia Carter of Enfinity Aquatic Club won the women’s 200 Fly and placed second in the 100 Fly and 200 IM. She also finished fourth in the 200 Free, finishing number two in the women’s high point standings.
Below is a recap of the meet from the USA Swimming website, along with a link to the complete results, team standings, and high point standings.
USA Swimming Junior Nationals Recap
USA Swimming Junior Nationals Results
NCS well represented at World University Games
Six of the forty athletes representing the USA at the World University Games in Taipei City on August 20-27 are from North Carolina schools. Caroline Baldwin and Hellen Moffett of NCAC/UNC; and Kayla Brumbaum, Hannah Moore, Ryan Held, and Justin Ress of WOLF/NC State will compete in the event. Duncan Sherrard (UNC) and Braden Holloway (NC State) were selected as assistant coaches.
Congratulations and good luck to the team!
NCS Swimmers competing at World Championships
NCS Swimmers Kathleen Baker (Team Elite), Justin Ress (Wolfpack Elite), and Tim Phillips (SwimMAC) each earned a spot on the USA Swimming World Championships team at the Phillips 66 National Championship in Indianapolis. Ashley Twichell (NCAC) and Chip Peterson (NCAC) claimed their spots on the USA open water national team earlier at the Open Water Nationals. In addition, Coach Rich DeSelm of NCAC/UNC was named to the Team USA Open Water staff. Click below for a roster of the teams that will be competing for the USA at the World Championships in Budapest later this month:
Team USA World Championship roster
OME is open for AG and Senior LC Champs
OME is now open and is the only method for submitting NCS Age Group SC Champs and NCS Senior SC Champs entries. Find the meets on the USA Swimming site under Events/Online Meet Entry
OME remains open until 6:00 PM on the Monday of each meet week. TM events files have been posted on the NCS website meet page to help with your entry planning and the meet announcements are there as well. 2017 Long Course Meet Schedule
There is also an NCS OME users guide available if you’re new to the process or need a refresher. Find it here: https://www.swimnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/NCS-OME-New-Users-Guide-v4.pdf
Remember that while you are allowed to update entry times for your swimmers until the entry deadline, OME will NOT do this automatically. If swimmers improve their times after you have entered them, you need to log back into OME and select the faster times for them. Also, please remember to use the Entry Fee Summary and Waiver sheet in each meet announcement to calculate what you owe to the hosts. The entry fees calculated in OME are not correct if you have any relay only swimmers on your roster.
If you have any entry questions, please don’t hesitate to call or email.
Trish Martin
336-327-4697
OME@NCSwim.org
Ashley Twichell wins Open Water National Championship
Ashley Twichell, representing the North Carolina Aquatic Club (NCAC), won her second consecutive Open Water National Championship 10K and her third overall. She also won in 2016 and 2012. Twichell will now represent Team USA in the FINA World Championships women’s 10K in Budapest, Hungary, on July 16. As the second USA finisher in the 5K, Twichell also qualified for the World Championships in that race.
NCAC teammate, Chip Peterson, finished fifth in the men’s division of the 10K, while Thomas Bretzmann, also of NCAC, finished 25th.
Click the link below for the story and complete results on the USA Swimming website.
2017 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge
CAROLINA CROWN: FINAL COMMUNICATION
TEAM ROSTERS ANNOUNCED
Below are the team rosters for the Carolina Crown meet.
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 3rd 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
NCS Open Water Clinic
USA National Team Swimmers Chip Peterson and Ashley Twichell will conduct at open water swimming clinic on Saturday, June 3, 2017 following the NCS Open Water Championship meet at Echo Lake, Seven Lakes, NC.
2017 NCS Senior SC Championship: Meet Results
Click below for Live Meet Results from the 2017 North Carolina Swimming Senior Championship Meet.
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