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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.

New NCS short course records

March 1, 2021 by Bill Martin

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

Click here for a complete list of NCS records.

SwimMAC wins NCS Age Group SC Champs

February 28, 2021 by Bill Martin

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.

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

2021 NCS Age Group Champs: Psych Sheet

February 24, 2021 by Bill Martin

2021 NCS Age Group Short Course Champs: Psych Sheet

2021 Open Water Zones: Application Form

February 24, 2021 by Bill Martin

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

Women in Club Coaching Seminar

February 24, 2021 by Bill Martin

Women in a variety of club coaching roles have the chance to share their stories, challenges, and advice with others in this profession. Come learn from Alexis Keto, Jamie Bloom, Adriana Contreras, and Dana Skelton.

Click here to register for the Women in Club Coaching Seminar

MSA wins NCS SC Senior Champs

February 23, 2021 by Bill Martin

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.