2019 Carolina Crown Psych Sheet

NCS long course records have already begun to fall as a new long course season gets underway. Claire Curzan (TAC) competed in the TYR Pro Series meet in Richmond and came away with two NCS 13-14 long course records; one in the 100 back and another in the 100 fly. Her 58.61 in the 100 fly also established a new National Age Group record…topping her 59.00 in prelims and eclipsing the previously held NAG record by nearly a second!

Kendyl Stewart, representing Team Elite, broke the women’s 100 fly record in the OPEN division with a 57.51 at the Israel Cup meet. Former NC State swimmer Anton Ipsen (WOLF) set a new men’s OPEN record in the 800 Free at the Danish Open and broke the 1500 Free mark at the Pro Series meet in Richmond.

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Several NCS records were set at various end-of-season meets in the past couple of weeks. Charlotte Hook (TAC) broke the women’s 15-16 200 Fly record at the Tar Heel States meet at TAC. Preson Forst (EAC) set a new mark for the 15-18 200 Fly at the sectional meet in Virginia and Ross Dant (YSST) broke two of his own distance records at the YMCA Short Course Nationals. Finally, NC State swimmers Coleman Stewart and Andreas Vazaios broke three Open records at the NCAA Division I Championships.

Congratulations swimmers!

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THE MEET IS AT CAPACITY.  NO ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION ATHLETE APPLICATIONS CAN BE ACCEPTED. If you are on the Automatic Qualifier list you are invited to complete this APPLICATION FORM  BUT REGISTRATION CLOSES FOR EVERYONE AT 6:00 PM ON APRIL 3.

If your name is on the following list of automatic qualifiers or consideration qualifiers, you are invited to complete the APPLICATION FORM below to participate in the 2019 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge. This LONG COURSE meet will be held at the Mecklenburg Aquatic Center on Saturday afternoon, April 27, 2019. The meet will include top athletes from both North Carolina and South Carolina.

Selected athletes who wish to attend – whether an automatic qualifier or a consideration qualifier MUST SUBMIT THIS APPLICATION FORM AND MAIL A CHECK FOR $80 TO THE ADDRESS BELOW BY APRIL 3, 2019.

If not enough automatic qualifiers submit applications by April 3, those on the consideration list will be selected until a maximum of 250 athletes in the combined 15, 16, 17 and 18 year old age groups have been chosen. Consideration athletes were selected based on being in the Top 75 (combined NC/SC) 2018-19 short course rankings in the events being contested. Lists are based on swimmer ages as of April 27, 2019.

Please make out the check for $80 to “North Carolina Swimming” and mail to: Carolina Crown Challenge, 6766 Chauncey Drive, Raleigh, NC 27615. Please identify the athlete that the check is for. Only the checks of athletes selected to the final Carolina Crown roster will be cashed. The meet fee also entitles participating athletes to attend the Carolina Swimposium on Saturday morning at the Fairfield Inn, three blocks from the pool.

Questions about the application and registration process can be emailed to: 01silversurfer@bellsouth.net

2019 Carolina Crown Application Form

AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS – AGE 15

AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS – AGE 16

AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS – AGE 17

AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS – AGE 18

CONSIDERATION QUALIFIERS – AGE 15

CONSIDERATION QUALIFIERS – AGE 16

CONSIDERATION QUALIFIERS – AGE 17

CONSIDERATION QUALIFIERS – AGE 18

Eric Petruzzi of TYDE and Matthew Lucky of SAIL swept the breastroke records in their respective age groups at the Age Group Sectional meet in Atlanta last weekend. Petruzzi set new NCS marks in the 11-12 50, 11-12 100, and 11-12 200 breastroke events. Lucky broke his own 13-14 NCS records in the 100 and 200 breastroke and topped that off with a new NCS record in the 200 IM.

Claire Curzan of TAC continued her incredible run with a new NCS record in the 13-14 women’s 50 free and tied her own record in the 100 back.

Congratulations on your tremendous swims!

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North Carolina women shredded the NCS record book at the ESSZ Senior Sectional meet held at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary this past weekend. Claire Curzan broke six NCS records, while TAC Titan teammate Charlotte Hook added three more, and Ashley Twichell, another TAC swimmer, accounted for two. MOR’s Abby Arens also contributed three new records to the NCS books. Some very amazing performances!

And those weren’t the only records to fall…Two of Claire Curzan’s record-breaking swims were also National Age Group (NAG) records in the 13-14 age group. Curzan broke Missy Franklin’s NAG record in the 100 free, clocking an incredible 47.67. In addition, Curzan broke her own NAG 13-14 100 fly record with a 50.64 – which was also a new NCS Open record!

USA National Team member Regan Smith also swam at the meet and recorded some phenomenal times. Swimming for Minnesota’s Riptide Swimming, Smith set three NAG records in the 17-18 age division. She set new NAG records in the 100 fly, the 100 back, and the 200 back. Her 49.66 in the 100 back and her 1:47.16 in the 200 back were not only NAG records but also American and US Open records!

While there were no men’s records set at the sectional meet, SwimMac’s Tim Connery and Conall Monahan added their names to the NCS record book at the SE Southern Premier meet last weekend. Connery set new marks in the 15-16 100 breast and 100 back, while Monahan broke the 400 IM record.

Congratulations on all of these exceptional performances!

Below is a list of NCS records broken during the past couple of weeks.

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