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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.
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 Arens | NCS | 15-18 | 200 Breast | 2:07.56 |
| Sophie Hansson | NCS | OPEN | 100 Breast | 57.45 |
| Sophie Hansson | NCS | OPEN | 200 Breast | 2:04.87 |
| Men’s SC Records | ||||
| Mike Rice | MAC | 11-12 | 100 Fly | 54.57 |
| Matthew Marsteiner | WAVE | 13-14 | 1000 Free | 9:22.73 |
| Erik Petruzzi | TYDE | 13-14 | 100 Breast | 56.17 |
| Luke Miller | NCS | 15-18 | 100 Free | 42.52 |
| Luke Miller | NCS | 15-18 | 200 Free | 1:32.28 |
| Valdas Abaliksta | UNC | OPEN | 100 Breast | 51.74 |
| Valdas Abaliksta | UNC | OPEN | 200 Breast | 1:53.49 |
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 Girls | Reina Liu | GCY |
| 10 & Under Boys | Bodhi Cummins | UN-TYDE |
| 11-12 Girls | Shayna Elgart | MOR |
| 11-12 Boys (tie) | Owen Lin | ECA |
| 11-12 Boys (tie) | Michael Rice | MAC |
| 13-14 Girls | Nicole Zettel | TAC |
| 13-14 Boys | Matthew Marsteiner | WAVE |
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.
The 2021 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge will be held at the CSD Community YMCA in Clover, 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. A list of automatic qualifiers and alternate qualifiers will be posted shortly after the end of the qualifying period, which is March 15. Athletes interested in competing will be asked to complete an online application form, posted on both the NC Swimming and SC Swimming websites. Selections will then be finalize and posted around April 5th.
2021 Carolina Crown Meet Announcement
2021 Carolina Crown Coach Sign-up Form
Dear Coaches, Swimmers, and Parents,
At this time we are planning on attending Open Water Zones in Chattanooga, TN on 6/4/2021 – 6/6/2021. I have heard from the host team, and they are in the preliminary planning. I have committed NC Swimming to going.
This year, we will be doing an application process, instead of using any meets. The link for the application is below.
OPEN WATER ZONE TEAM APPLICATION FORM
Applications will close on Monday March 1st, 8:00AM.
We are asking for the 1650, 1000, and 500 times. We realize with the limited amount of swims everyone is allowed this year, that not everyone will have the opportunity to swim those events. Please just fill in the times that you have. The Open Water Selection Committee will take a look at the times, along with the Open Water experience and choose the team of 32. There will be four(4) 11-12 girls, four(4) 11-12 boys, four(4) 13-14 girls, four(4) 13-14 boys, four(4) 15-16 girls, four(4) 15-16 boys, four(4) open girls, and four(4) open boys.
The selection committee consists of John Payne, Jonathan Bescher, JP Merchant. Amy Faulk, and David McDevitt.
It will not be a team travel trip. The parents/swimmers will be responsible getting to Chattanooga, and to the lake. They will be responsible for making and paying for hotel arrangements, along with their own food. NC Swimming will be sending 3 coaches and 1 Official to the meet. The coaches will be Head Coach Brett Ciancanelli, Assistant Coach/Manager Jonathan Bescher, Assistant Coach Blake Addison, and Official Leigh Ciancanelli. All costs associated with the trip will be the responsibility of the Parent/Guardians of the swimmer.
There will be a timeline so the swimmers know when to show up. We will be working on getting a block of hotel rooms that is near the lake. This will alow the swimmers to decide on how they want to travel to the meet. If some swimmers wanted to room together, that would not be on NC Swimming, that would be purely up to the families involved.
There will be a slight cost for the meet to cover the registration fee for the meet.
We are now sponsored by Speedo.
If you have any questions, please email me at coachbesch@newwaveswimteam.org
Thanks,
jon
Jonathan Bescher
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Congratulations to the Mecklenburg Swim Association (MSA). MSA led all teams in scoring at the 2021 NCS SC Senior Championship meet. The Raleigh Swimming Association (RSA) was the top scoring team in the medium size category and Swim GSA (SGSA) led the small teams in scoring. Below are the top finishers in each of three categories based on team size.
| Place | Large Team | Medium Team | Small Team |
| First | MSA | RSA | SGSA |
| Second | MAC | WOW | YSST |
| Third | MOR | GCY | CKS |
Click here to view complete individual and team results. Team results are at the end.
To help launch our exciting new logo, North Carolina Swimming has partnered with SwimOutlet in creating our own online store. When you purchase NCS branded products from SwimOutlet, you are supporting North Carolina Swimming. A portion of all proceeds goes back to North Carolina Swimming!
To check out the store, simply click the “Visit Our Store” link under the Sponsor Ads or click the “Visit Our Store” bar on the rotating website header. You will be re-directed to the North Carolina Swimming Store on the Swim Outlet website.
Check out the merchandise and let us know what you think. We will be adding other products and adjusting the offerings based on your input. Remember, whenever you make a purchase at the NCS store, you’re supporting North Carolina Swimming!
The 2021 NCS Spring HOD weekend meetings will be held via ZOOM. Below is a link to the meeting schedule. Each session has a separate ZOOM login code below the meeting description.
