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The TAC Titans finished first in both the men’s and women’s divisions at the 2020 ESSZ Senior Sectionals in Cary this past weekend to claim the overall team title. The Marlins of Raleigh finished second in team scoring, followed by SwimMAC Carolina. Complete individual and team results can be found on the Short Course Meet Schedule tab above .
The Carolinas Diversity Camp will be held at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center, 800 East Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Charlotte, NC on April 4 & 5, 2020.
A partnership between North and South Carolina (The Carolinas) will bring this exciting opportunity for underrepresented populations in our sport. Swimmers and coaches from all backgrounds will be invited to the two day clinic to network, find common solutions, and celebrate all this sport brings to everyone.
Boys and girls ages 13-17 from both North Carolina and South Carolina will be selected from applicants by the camp staff of volunteer coaches and administrators. Guest speakers include Wingate University swimming coach, Kirk Sanocki, and Charlotte educator, Maurice Walker. Campers will stay at the nearby Hilton Garden Inn on Saturday night.
All swimmers must be USA Swimming members (registered in NC or SC) and from an underrepresented ethnic group. Swimmers must have a “B” time standard from the 2017-20 USA Swimming Motivational Time Standards in at least one event.
The Camp Fee is $50 (Only checks for athletes selected to the camp will be cashed.)
Check In: Saturday, April 4th (start at 7:30am)
Check Out: Sunday, April 5th (end at 2:30pm)
To apply please complete the forms below and mail them, along with a check for $50, to Rodney Sellars (Queen City Dolphins), 11429 Coreopsis Road, Charlotte, NC 28213.
You may email the documents to Rodney Sellars at sellarsrl@aol.com. (All payments must be mailed.)
Forms and payment must be received by March 17, 2020 to be guaranteed a diversity camp T-shirt. Applications will be accepted until Thursday, March 31 if space is still available but a diversity T-shirt is not guaranteed.
For more information contact Rodney Sellars, NC Swimming Diversity & Inclusion Camp Coordinator: sellarssrl@aol.com 980-900-8537
Please include a copy of swimmers’ health insurance card and T-shirt size along with the application and the following forms.
Club Kick Start (CKS) earns Safe Sport Club Recognition Status
Congratulations to Club Kick Start of Chapel Hill, the latest North Carolina Swimming club to earn USA Swimming’s new Safe Sport Club Recognition! The Safe Sport Club Recognition program distinguishes USA Swimming clubs that demonstrate their commitment to creating safe, healthy, and positive environments for all of their members through the development and implementation of Athlete Protection Policies, Safe Sport Best Practices, and Safe Sport education.
Club Kick Start has been highlighted as a Safe Sport Recognized Club with a banner on its team listing in the USA Swimming Find-a-Team Search and will receive a medallion for their club’s website as well. Clubs can apply for the Safe Sport Recognized Club program through their Club Portal on the USA Swimming website. Here’s a link to the Safe Sport Recognized Club program information: https://www.usaswimming.org/ssrp
The TAC Titans are featured in a USA Swimming article on Safe Sport Recognized Clubs. Safe Sport Recognition is a major USA Swimming initiative and the article details programs the TAC Titans’ organization has developed to address Safe Sport issues.
Click here to view the USA Swimming article.
The TAC Titans are one of sixteen NCS Clubs that are currently Safe Sport Recognized. Click here to view the list.
On behalf of our Meet Referee, Beth Burge, and our Operations Vice Chair, Jon Jolley, I am passing along updates based on the discussions and voting at the General Meeting.
All sessions will be swum in two pools and will be contested as timed finals. The Friday (the ones that were always on Friday) events will be the first session and the Thursday events (the ones we missed today) will be during the second session Friday evening.
Friday Events (1st Session – Later Start Time)
Warm-Up 11:00 AM
Meet Begins 12:30 PM
Thursday Events (Now 2nd Session – NOW FRIDAY EVENING)
Warm-Up 5:00 PM
Meet Begins 6:00 PM
WOMEN’s events will be in the main SCOREBOARD pool
MEN’s events will be in the deep end DIVEWELL pool
Click here for the the Revised Timelines.
Revised check-in times for distance events and relays are listed below. Time trials will be offered in the scoreboard pool at the conclusion of each session on Friday and the signups will close one hour after the start of each session.
| Individual Events | Check-In Deadline | |||
| 400Y IM | Friday | 12:00 PM | ||
| 1000Y Freestyle | Friday | 5:30 PM | ||
| 500Y Freestyle | Saturday | 8:30 AM | ||
| 1650Y Freestyle | Sunday | 8:30 AM | ||
| Relay Events | Check-In Deadline | Relay Cards Due | ||
| 200Y Medley Relay | Friday | 11:00 AM | Friday | 11:30 AM |
| 400Y Freestyle Relay | Friday | 12:00 PM | Friday | 1:30 PM |
| 800Y Freestyle Relay | Friday | 5:00 PM | Friday | 6:00 PM |
| 200Y Freestyle Relay | Saturday | 7:30 AM | Saturday | 7:30 AM |
| 400Y Medley Relay | Sunday | 8:30 AM | Sunday AM Sunday PM | 9:30 AM 5:30 PM |
Saturday and Sunday will run as previously planned unless the weather is uncooperative.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions and have a good evening!
Lynn
Lynn Tippets-Fazen
NCS OME Entry Coordinator
858-735-8803
Two individual records and one relay record fell at the 2020 NCS Short Course Age Group Champs meet this past weekend. Albert Smelzer of Swim GSA broke the 11-12 record in the 50 back while Lucca Battaglini of the YMCA of the Triangle broke the 13-14 200 free record. The TAC Titans boys 800 free relay team (Landon Lloyd, Max Marrujo, Chad Jacobs, and Andrew Li) broke the record in that event.
Congratulations Swimmers!
Below is a summary of the new records. Click here to view all NCS Records.
| Name | Club | Age Group | Event | Time |
| Men’s Records | ||||
| Albert Smelzer | SGSA | 11-12 | 50 Back | 25.92 |
| Lucca Battaglini | YOTA | 13-14 | 200 Free | 1:41.07 |
| Relay Records | ||||
| TAC | Men’s | 13-14 | 800 Free Relay | 7:00.59 |
| Landon Lloyd | ||||
| Max Marrujo | ||||
| Chad Jacobs | ||||
| Andrew Li |
Claire Curzan of the TAC Titans and Sam Hoover of NCAC both set NCS 15-16 age group records while representing their high school swim teams at the recent NCHSAA Championships in Cary. Hoover broke the 100 free record while Curzan broke records in both the 100 back and and the 100 fly. Curzan also broke the 200 free record at a meet in January.
Hoover’s time of 43.10 in the 100 free is the second fastest time in the country for a 15-16 year old this year. Curzan’s 100 fly time of 50.35 established a new National Age Group record and a new National High School Swimming record. Her fly time was the fastest time ever recorded by a North Carolina swimmer in any age group!
For more on this record breaking weekend, click here for the Swimming World article.
Here is a summary of the recent NCS records which were set. Click here for a list of all current NCS Records.
| Name | Club | Age Group | Event | Time |
| Women’s Records | ||||
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 15-16 | 100 Back | 51.38 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 15-18 | 100 Back | 51.38 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 15-16 | 100 Back | 50.35 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 15-16 | 100 Fly | 50.35 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 15-18 | 100 Fly | 50.35 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | OPEN | 100 Fly | 50.35 |
| Claire Curzan | TAC | 15-16 | 200 Free | 1:46.21 |
| Men’s Records | ||||
| Sam Hoover | NCAC | 15-16 | 100 Free | 43.10 |
Aqua Techs Swim Team (AQTC) earns Safe Sport Club Recognition Status
Congratulations to Aqua Techs Swim Team of Sparta, the latest North Carolina Swimming club to earn USA Swimming’s new Safe Sport Club Recognition! The Safe Sport Club Recognition program distinguishes USA Swimming clubs that demonstrate their commitment to creating safe, healthy, and positive environments for all of their members through the development and implementation of Athlete Protection Policies, Safe Sport Best Practices, and Safe Sport education.
Aqua Techs has been highlighted as a Safe Sport Recognized Club with a banner on its team listing in the USA Swimming Find-a-Team Search and will receive a medallion for their club’s website as well. Clubs can apply for the Safe Sport Recognized Club program through their Club Portal on the USA Swimming website. Here’s a link to the Safe Sport Recognized Club program information: https://www.usaswimming.org/ssrp
Parents – Athletes – Coaches
Would you like to learn more about Safe Sport? USA Swimming offers a free, five-minute training video, as well as other tools to help the swim community learn more about developing a safe, healthy, and positive environment for our members. Click the link below for simple step-by-step instructions.
