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Record Shattering Weekend for NCS Swimmers

August 17, 2020 by Bill Martin

It was another record shattering weekend for NCS Swimmers. Sam Marsteiner of New Wave Swimming had a monster meet, breaking four NCS 11-12 men’s short course records over the weekend. He showed his versatility by setting new marks in the 200 Back, the 200 Free, the 500 Free, and the 1650 Free.

Lucca Battaglini of Club Kickstart also had a huge weekend at the TAC Challenge meet. Battaglini sprinted to new NCS 13-14 men’s short course records in the 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Back, and 100 Fly.

TAC Titan swimmers Claire Curzan and Charlotte Hook also set new NCS records in the 15-16 women’s butterfly events. Curzan improved her 100 fly records with a 49.73…the first sub 50 women’s fly by an NCS swimmer! Hook broke her own 15-16 200 fly record while eclipsing the 15-18 record, as well!

Congratulations Swimmers!

Here is a summary of the new records set this past weekend:

Women’s Short Course Records

Claire Curzan	TAC	15-16	100 Fly	49.73
Charlotte Hook	TAC	15-16	200 Fly	1:53.49
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-18	100 Fly	49.73
Charlotte Hook	TAC	15-18	200 Fly	1:53.49
Claire Curzan	TAC	OPEN	100 Fly	49.73

Men’s Short Course Records

Sam Marsteiner	WAVE	11-12	200 Free	1:47.40
Sam Marsteiner	WAVE	11-12	500 Free	4:49.60
Sam Marsteiner	WAVE	11-12	1650 Free	16:40.93
Sam Marsteiner	WAVE	11-12	200 Back	1:57.51
Lucca Battaglini	CKS	13-14	50 Free	20.78
Lucca Battaglini	CKS	13-14	100 Free	45.81
Lucca Battaglini	CKS	13-14	100 Back	49.83
Lucca Battaglini	CKS	13-14	100 Fly	49.07

Click her to view all the current NCS records.

2020 Phillips 66 Award Nominations

July 24, 2020 by Bill Martin

Send in your nomination for the 2020 Phillips 66 Outstanding Service Award!

Below is the form for submitting your nomination for the 2020 Phillips 66 Outstanding Service Award. Each year North Carolina Swimming has the opportunity to select a recipient for this Award. The award, sponsored by Phillips 66, is presented to a volunteer in each LSC in recognition of service to swimming. Recipients of the Outstanding Service Award are selected by the LSC and receive the award and an Outstanding Service Award pin. Please email your completed nomination form to pfrith@mac.com by August 15, 2020. The winner of the Phillips 66 Service Award will be selected by the Awards committee and announced during the NCS Awards Banquet and at the HOD meeting the weekend of October 3-4.

2021 NCS Phillips 66 Outstanding Service Award Nomination Form

Help recognize those who go above and beyond in their service to the sport of swimming.

Claire Curzan set 10 new NCS records over the weekend

July 22, 2020 by Bill Martin

Her time away from the pool didn’t seem to slow down Claire Curzan.

The TAC Titan phenom broke ten NCS records at her club’s intrasquad meet held this past weekend at the Triangle Aquatic Center! In her first meet since the COVID-19 outbreak in March, Curzan’s times in the 50 free, 100 free, 100 back, and 100 fly set new standards in both the 15-16 and the 15-18 age groups. Her 100 fly time of 50.03 also broke her own Open record! In addition, Curzan set a new 15-16 age group record in the 200 fly.

Congratulations, Claire!

Below is a summary of her record swims:

Women’s Short Course Records

Claire Curzan	TAC	15-16	50 Free	21.51
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-16	100 Free	47.23
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-16	100 Back	51.01
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-16	100 Fly	50.03
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-16	200 Fly	1:53.59
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-18	50 Free	21.51
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-18	100 Free	47.23
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-18	100 Back	51.01
Claire Curzan	TAC	15-18	100 Fly	50.03
Claire Curzan	TAC	Open	100 Fly	50.03

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, times achieved in July meets may not be used for USA Swimming programs but are eligible for NCS record recognition.

Click here to view all NCS Records

Submitting Legislation: Fall 2020 HOD

July 10, 2020 by Bill Martin

Submitting Legislation:

REMINDER:

If you would like to propose legislation for the NCS Fall HOD meeting on Oct 4, 2020, please mark up the existing Rule or By-Law with the proposed wording and submit your proposal to Wayne Shulby wayne.shulby@gmail.com using the HOD Legislation Template below. The deadline for submitting legislation is August 15, 2020.

HOD Legislation Template

* Any legislation submitted for the Spring HOD, which was not held, will be considered at the Fall HOD. There is no need to resubmit that legislation.

USAS Safe Sport ZOOM Training

June 30, 2020 by Bill Martin

Since April, the USA Swimming Safe Sport staff has been hosting weekly Zoom training for parents, minor athletes and coaches to assist clubs in completing the Training and Education requirement of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program. Starting July 2020, the Safe Sport staff will offer these training sessions semi-monthly. Please see the July 2020 training schedule below which will also be communicated via email, newsletters, and social media.

July 2020 training schedule:

Parent Trainings:

· Wednesday, July 15 at 3:00 p.m. EST https://zoom.us/j/93724361466?pwd=OVF4RFlNZFpaMHhqSEVVRGwzbmpQUT09

· Wednesday, July 29 at 8:00 p.m. EST https://zoom.us/j/93724361466?pwd=OVF4RFlNZFpaMHhqSEVVRGwzbmpQUT09

Athlete Trainings (12-18 years old):

· Thursday, July 16 at 3:00 p.m. EST https://zoom.us/j/97633664936?pwd=YnpXZmljME5PcldacW9ZQ0w5YTFIZz09

· Thursday, July 30 at 8:00 p.m. EST https://zoom.us/j/97633664936?pwd=YnpXZmljME5PcldacW9ZQ0w5YTFIZz09

Coaches Training:

· Friday, July 17 at 3:00 p.m. EST https://zoom.us/j/98698656108?pwd=NzQ5TGdjWkRDc0Irck9tWHpJL1hkQT09

USA Swimming Safe Sport Team

QuaranTEAM Challenge – Week 6 Results

May 30, 2020 by Bill Martin

Complete Week 6 Test Set Results

Rankings by Average Test Set Time

Rankings by Best Time in a Test Set

Week 6 was the final week of the QuaranTeam Dryland Challenge. More than one thousand NCS athletes competed in the challenge over a six week period. Athletes performed nine dryland exercises for time to complete the challenge. This was the final of three test sets. Above are the rankings for the Week 6 Test set, along with final rankings for an average of sets participated in, and final rankings of each participant’s best time.

Below are the Top Ten finishers in each of four age groups by gender for week 6.


Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
RSA	Grace Yu	10U	F	00:59.0	1
GFSC	Kamdyn Leute	10U	F	01:07.0	2
RSA	Violet Eckard	10U	F	01:15.0	3
NSS	Blakeley Hogan	10U	F	01:19.0	4
NSS	Mia Rozman	10U	F	01:24.0	5
TYDE	Eva Beekman	10U	F	01:25.0	6
YOTA	Margot Church	10U	F	01:26.0	7
NSS	Cailyn D’Onfrio	10U	F	01:27.0	8
RSA	Grace Desrosiers	10U	F	01:33.0	9
MOR	Eliza Townsend	10U	F	01:33.0	10

Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
RSA	Gavin Hulbig	10U	M	00:50.0	1
RSA	Jake Levesque	10U	M	01:16.0	2
RSA	Ethan Liu	10U	M	01:19.0	3
RSA	Levi Camp	10U	M	01:22.0	4
TYDE	Russ Beekman	10U	M	01:25.0	5
RSA	Declan Atai	10U	M	01:26.0	6
RSA	Noah Brumback	10U	M	01:27.0	7
RSA	Connor Licht	10U	M	01:27.0	8
RSA	Saathvik Vemuri	10U	M	01:27.0	9
RSA	Canaan Salvitti	10U	M	01:29.0	10
RSA	Austin Alamo	10U	M	01:29.0	10

Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
WOW	Heidi Bollenbacher	11-12	F	01:46.0	1
RSA	Grace Pereira	11-12	F	01:46.0	2
NSEA	Taylor Crane	11-12	F	01:56.0	3
RSA	Harper Lucas	11-12	F	01:58.0	4
MOR	Brinkley Argenta	11-12	F	02:26.0	5
LOY	Amira Buttar	11-12	F	02:30.0	6
YOTA	Addy Church	11-12	F	02:32.0	7
SAC	Abby Haydon	11-12	F	02:35.0	8
SSS	Lexi Brown	11-12	F	02:35.0	9
RSA	Lauren Schoenagel	11-12	F	02:38.0	10
NSS	Kate Pennell	11-12	F	02:38.0	10

Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
RSA	Marcus Hulbig	11-12	M	01:57.0	1
NSEA	Clem Camacho	11-12	M	01:58.0	2
NSEA	Nathan Neu	11-12	M	02:01.0	3
GFSC	Noah Walcott	11-12	M	02:17.5	4
RSA	Franklin Aycock	11-12	M	02:18.0	5
XA	William Abernethy	11-12	M	02:26.0	6
GFSC	Joshua Delos Santos	11-12	M	02:30.0	7
NSS	Brandon Wong	11-12	M	02:30.0	8
SAC	Jacob Tysinger	11-12	M	02:32.0	9
NSEA	Ryker Eder	11-12	M	02:33.0	10

Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
RSA	Adwita Arvind	13-14	F	02:48.0	1
MOR	Abigail Dozier	13-14	F	03:07.0	2
NSEA	Keener Witmer	13-14	F	03:11.0	3
LOY	Amelia Betancourt	13-14	F	03:25.0	4
NSEA	Cadence Eder	13-14	F	03:25.0	5
SAC	Lauren Barrick	13-14	F	03:29.0	6
TEAM	Abby Lutz	13-14	F	03:30.0	7
TEAM	Kendal Wilson	13-14	F	03:33.0	8
TEAM	Alije Schultz	13-14	F	03:34.0	9
TEAM	Kaitlynn Malarney	13-14	F	03:35.0	10

Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
RSA	Dylan Gretok	13-14	M	02:47.0	1
GFSC	Nate Derwin	13-14	M	02:58.0	2
LOY	Austin Hartsell	13-14	M	02:58.0	3
RSA	Matthew Schoenagel	13-14	M	02:59.0	4
NSEA	Cole Witmer	13-14	M	03:11.0	5
NSS	Reid Kendall	13-14	M	03:13.0	6
TEAM	Caleb Larson	13-14	M	03:14.0	7
TEAM	Will Roper	13-14	M	03:15.0	8
YBAC	Owen Nye	13-14	M	03:21.0	9
RSA	Emilio Aparicio	13-14	M	03:21.0	10

Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
NSS	Agnaeya Arora	15-18	F	04:28.0	1
NSS	Samantha Melton	15-18	F	04:36.0	2
TEAM	Emma Nash	15-18	F	04:38.0	3
TEAM	Reese Lauletta	15-18	F	04:38.0	4
TEAM	Caroline Stowe	15-18	F	04:39.0	5
SAC	Trinity Price	15-18	F	04:46.0	6
LOY	Ava Schuster	15-18	F	04:50.0	7
LOY	Meredith Tucker	15-18	F	04:57.0	8
GFSC	Bridget Derwin	15-18	F	04:58.0	9
NSS	Eliza Haines	15-18	F	05:00.0	10
TEAM	Megan Rink	15-18	F	05:00.0	10

Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
NSS	Daniel Snapp	15-18	M	03:34.0	1
NSS	Julian Mercer II	15-18	M	03:39.0	2
XA	Landon Lennex	15-18	M	03:41.0	3
TEAM	Ryan Schulken	15-18	M	03:42.0	4
YOTA	Wiley Sikes	15-18	M	04:10.0	5
TEAM	Diego Caravaca	15-18	M	04:10.0	6
TEAM	Johnathan Burch	15-18	M	04:18.0	7
YOTA	Shaw Satterfield	15-18	M	04:27.0	8
GFSC	Ian Giffel	15-18	M	04:30.0	9
TEAM	Ben Esarove	15-18	M	04:32.0	10

NCS members named to Southern Zone Select Camp

May 27, 2020 by Bill Martin

Several NCS athletes and coaches were named to the 2020 Southern Zone Select Camp. Amy Faulk (SwimMAC), and Kristina Bond (Team Charlotte) were named to the coaching staff. Female athletes representing NCS include: Lily Welsh (TAC Titans), Sofia Plaza (ATOM), Paige Thome (SwimMAC), Nicole Zettel (TAC Titans), and Lily Willis (TAC Titans). Male athletes selected were: Henry Lee (TAC Titans), Ross Noble (YOTA), Andrew Li (TAC Titans), and Max Marrujo (TAC Titans).

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these camps were pivoted to a virtual format to provide the athletes who’ve earned this distinction a unique learning experience. The sessions, facilitated by James Leath, founder of Unleash the Athlete, are scheduled for Saturday, May 30, and will include discussions on leadership, including navigating change, setting and adapting goals, mental resiliency and character development. Athletes will also attend a virtual panel discussion with current and former National Team athletes, including Kelsi Dahlia, Hannah Moore, Sean Ryan, and Tom Luchsinger.

Congratulations Swimmers and Coaches!

Click here to read the entire USA Swimming article.

Save ECU Swim & Dive Program Petition

May 23, 2020 by Bill Martin

East Carolina University announced Thursday that it is reducing the number of its intercollegiate athletic programs by four, effective immediately. The action is being taken as part of the University’s overall budget restructuring efforts and is part of a detailed analysis of ECU’s athletics financial position during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Affected programs are men’s swimming and diving, women’s swimming and diving, men’s tennis and women’s tennis. The move affects 68 student-athletes and nine coaches. ECU previously led the American Athletic Conference with 20 sports (following the departure of Connecticut) and will now have 16 sports (9 women’s, 7 men’s).

Click here to read the entire article from ECU News Services.

The Save ECU Swim & Dive petition below has been initiated so the swimming community can voice its concerns. Please join North Carolina Swimming in petitioning ECU to reconsider this decision.

SAVE ECU SWIM & DIVE PETITION

Safe Sport – Additional Training for Parents this week!

May 19, 2020 by Bill Martin

The USA Swimming Safe Sport staff is hosting weekly Zoom trainings to help clubs achieve the training requirements of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program.

The sessions for both parents and athletes include a one-hour training. Attendance will be taken via a survey at the end of training and the USA Swimming staff will manually update the Club Portal so that clubs receive credit towards recognition. There will also be weekly training available for coaches to learn more about the Safe Sport Club Recognition program and how to share Safe Sport information with their athletes, parents, staff and other non-athlete members. The coach training is not a requirement of the recognition program but is a way to earn additional optional points.

This week we are proud to offer an additional training session for parents. This session will be offered on Wednesday evening and can be accessed using the same link.

There is no registration required at this time. Attendees need only join the meeting using the links provided below and come willing to participate and learn.

For more information on the ways to complete the training requirement of Safe Sport Club Recognition, please reference this document: Training Opportunities Resource.

Wednesday, May 20 @ 3:00 p.m. EST – Parent Training https://zoom.us/j/93724361466?pwd=OVF4RFlNZFpaMHhqSEVVRGwzbmpQUT09

Wednesday, May 20 @ 8:00 p.m. EST – Parent Training https://zoom.us/j/93724361466?pwd=OVF4RFlNZFpaMHhqSEVVRGwzbmpQUT09

Thursday, May 21 @ 3:00 p.m. EST – Athlete Training (12 – 18 years old) https://zoom.us/j/97633664936?pwd=YnpXZmljME5PcldacW9ZQ0w5YTFIZz09

Friday, May 22 @ 3:00 p.m. EST – Coach Training https://zoom.us/j/98698656108?pwd=NzQ5TGdjWkRDc0Irck9tWHpJL1hkQT09

USA Swimming Safe Sport Team

QuaranTEAM Challenge – Week 4 Results

May 16, 2020 by Bill Martin

Complete Week 4 Test Set Results

More than 700 athletes from 22 NCS clubs participated in the second round of the QuaranTeam Dryland Challenge. Athletes performed nine dryland exercises for time to complete the challenge. Those same athletes will have one more test set in two weeks to see if they can better their times. Good Luck!

Below are the Top Ten finishers in each of four age groups by gender.

Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
RSA	Grace Yu	10U	F	01:04.0	1
TYDE	Eva Beekman	10U	F	01:18.0	2
MOR	Lucy Hefner	10U	F	01:19.0	3
GFSC	Kamdyn Leute	10U	F	01:23.0	4
NSS	Blakeley Hogan	10U	F	01:26.0	5
RSA	Skye Minyard	10U	F	01:30.0	6
MOR	Kieren Ng	10U	F	01:31.0	7
RSA	Violet Eckard	10U	F	01:31.0	8
YOTA	Laila Kwong	10U	F	01:31.0	9
RSA	Eleanor Donovan	10U	F	01:33.0	10

Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
RSA	Jake Levesque	10U	M	01:10.0	1
RSA	Gavin Hulbig	10U	M	01:12.0	2
RSA	Declan Atai	10U	M	01:17.0	3
TYDE	Russ Beekman	10U	M	01:18.0	4
MOR	Jason Elgart	10U	M	01:25.0	5
RSA	Henry Bondo	10U	M	01:26.0	6
MOR	John Cantando	10U	M	01:27.0	7
RSA	Noah Brumback	10U	M	01:27.0	8
RSA	Canaan Salvitti	10U	M	01:27.0	9
RSA	Ethan Liu	10U	M	01:30.0	10
RSA	Mason Wiltberger	10U	M	01:30.0	10

Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
WOW	Heidi Bollenbacher	11-12	F	01:50.0	1
RSA	Grace Pereira	11-12	F	01:52.0	2
RSA	Alex Slavis	11-12	F	01:55.0	3
RSA	Amelia Hilder	11-12	F	01:56.0	4
RSA	Abigail Savitsky	11-12	F	01:58.0	5
RSA	Kristin Connors	11-12	F	02:00.0	6
MOR	Natalie Cooper	11-12	F	02:01.0	7
NSEA	Taylor Crane	11-12	F	02:03.0	8
RSA	Lauren Schoenagel	11-12	F	02:14.0	9
RSA	Meghan Hadsell	11-12	F	02:15.0	10

Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
TYDE	JT Trowbridge	11-12	M	02:01.0	1
NSEA	Clem Camacho	11-12	M	02:06.0	2
NSEA	Nathan Neu	11-12	M	02:07.0	3
MOR	Ronan Cornpropst	11-12	M	02:09.0	4
MOR	Pramukh Chedella	11-12	M	02:15.0	5
MOR	Cole Heuer	11-12	M	02:17.0	6
MOR	Alexander Townsend	11-12	M	02:21.0	7
WAVE	Andrew Sito	11-12	M	02:22.0	8
RSA	Marcus Hulbig	11-12	M	02:24.0	9
MOR	Nolan Zerda	11-12	M	02:27.0	10

Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
RSA	Adwita Arvind	13-14	F	03:03.0	1
MOR	Olivia Rivera	13-14	F	03:12.0	2
MOR	Abigail Dozier	13-14	F	03:15.0	3
YOTA	caroline healey	13-14	F	03:20.0	4
SAC	Libby Canipe	13-14	F	03:30.0	5
YOTA	Yasmine Kwong	13-14	F	03:31.9	6
NSEA	Keener Witmer	13-14	F	03:40.0	7
TEAM	Reed Zimmerman	13-14	F	03:46.0	8
RSA	Peggy Whitteron	13-14	F	03:46.0	9
YOTA	Lizzie Fowler	13-14	F	03:46.0	10

Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
GFSC	William Clayton	13-14	M	02:55.0	1
RSA	Dylan Gretok	13-14	M	02:58.0	2
GFSC	Nate Derwin	13-14	M	03:00.0	3
HPSC	Chase Sheffield	13-14	M	03:06.0	4
MOR	Logan Blackburn	13-14	M	03:17.0	5
NSEA	Cole Witmer	13-14	M	03:20.0	6
MOR	Ian Stutts	13-14	M	03:32.0	7
NSS	Reid Kendall	13-14	M	03:33.0	8
WOW	Sean Setzer	13-14	M	03:40.0	9
LOY	Gabe Morales	13-14	M	03:42.0	10

Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
NSS	Samantha Melton	15-18	F	04:38.0	1
TEAM	Emma Nash	15-18	F	04:44.0	2
TEAM	Reese Lauletta	15-18	F	04:45.0	3
TEAM	Caroline Stowe	15-18	F	04:45.0	4
YOTA	Emma Serrano	15-18	F	04:54.3	5
NSS	Agnaeya Arora	15-18	F	04:58.0	6
SAC	Trinity Price	15-18	F	04:58.0	7
TEAM	Elizabeth Pike	15-18	F	05:00.0	8
NSS	Eliza Haines	15-18	F	05:03.0	9
WAVE	Katie Dalton	15-18	F	05:05.0	10

Club Code	Swimmer Name	Age Group	Gender	Test Set	Rank
XA	Landon Lennex	15-18	M	04:02.0	1
TEAM	Dylan Sinople	15-18	M	04:15.0	2
NSS	Julian Mercer II	15-18	M	04:16.0	3
TEAM	Brayden Lauletta	15-18	M	04:20.0	4
MOR	Ignacio Leon	15-18	M	04:21.0	5
TEAM	Johnathan Burch	15-18	M	04:30.0	6
TEAM	Nathanael Dyer	15-18	M	04:34.0	7
SAC	Sam Player	15-18	M	04:39.0	8
NSS	Jamey Tillman	15-18	M	04:42.0	9
NSS	Daniel Snapp	15-18	M	04:42.0	10