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Congratulations to the North Carolina Open Water Zone team on its outstanding performance at the 2021 Open Water Zone meet in Chattanooga, TN! The NCS Squad scored 555 points to finish in second place behind Florida Swimming.
Click here for individual results
Congratulations to the NCS Open Water Zone team competing in the Southern Zone Open Water meet in Chattanooga.
The NCS squad had three first place finishes on Saturday. Makayla Ciancanelli won the women’s open 5K while Sam Marsteiner won the 13-14 boys 5K and Kathryn Cinson took first place in the 13-14 girls 5K. Other top three finishers for NCS were Drew Sito– third place in the 11-12 boys 2K, Matt Marsteiner – second place in the boys 15-16 5K and Lucca Battaglini – third in the boys 15-16 5k
Who has qualified for Team USA?
With 114 athletes competing in Omaha, North Carolina Swimming has the most Olympic Trials qualifiers of any Local Swimming Committee (LSC) in the country! To help keep track of their progress, links to results and daily updates from USA Swimming can be found below. To stay tuned in to the action, prelims are livestreamed on NBCOlympics.com (WAVE II) and www.usaswimming.org/watch (WAVE I), WAVE II Finals can be viewed on NBC at 8:00 pm (Broadcast Schedule).
WAVE II Articles
2021 OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS RESULTS: WAVE II
USA Swimming Names 2020 U.S. Olympic Swim Team
Dressel, Finke Win (Again); Manuel Edges Weitzeil to Make Olympic Team on Final Night of Trials
Ledecky, Dressel, White Secure Wins on Dramatic Day 7 at Olympic Trials-Swimming
View from the Trials Stands – June 18
Friday Night Lights: Lazor, Andrew, Murphy, Wieizeil Shine, Dressel Breaks U.S. Open Record
View from the Trials Stands – June 17
Ledecky Completes Historic 200, 1500 Freestyle Wins to Headline Day 4 of Wave II Olympic Trials
Men’s 4×200 Free Relay Takes Initial Shape, Veterans Repeat Trials Titles on Night Three
Deep Diving into This Year’s Talent Pool in the Women’s 100 Back at Trials
Huske, Andrew and Ledecky Punch Tickets to Tokyo on Second Night of Wave II Olympic Trials
First Pool-Team Olympians Crowned at Trials Wave II Opening Night
View From the Trials Stands – Day One
WAVE I Articles
2021 OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS RESULTS: WAVE I
15 More Athletes Advance to Wave II Olympic Trials on Final Night of Wave I Competition
Haebig, Sammon and Trace Thrive on Second Night of Trials Wave I
Teenagers Rule the First Night of Wave I U.S. Olympic Trials
NBC announced the broadcast and streaming information for the upcoming U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming competitions in June. To date, this year’s swim Trials include over 1,500 qualifiers who will be competing on the biggest stage in domestic swimming. Tickets to watch the nation’s fastest compete in Omaha are still available through Ticketmaster.
Daily finals coverage of both Wave I and Wave II will be broadcasted across NBC channels. Along with the live finals coverage, 24 hours of preliminaries will be streamed on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app. Wave I prelims will also be live streamed on www.usaswimming.org/watch.
| Date | Coverage | Network | Time |
| Fri., June 4 | Wave I Finals | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | 8 p.m. ET |
| Sat., June 5 | Wave I Finals | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | 8 p.m. ET |
| Sun., June 6 | Wave I Finals | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | 8 p.m. ET |
| Mon., June 7 | Wave I Finals | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | 8 p.m. ET |
| Sun., June 13 | Wave II Qualifying Heats | NBCSN | 5:30 p.m. ET* |
| Wave II Finals | NBC | 8 p.m. ET/PT | |
| Mon., June 14 | Wave II Qualifying Heats | NBCSN | 6:30 p.m. ET* |
| Wave II Finals | NBC | 8 p.m. ET/PT | |
| Tues., June 15 | Wave II Qualifying Heats | NBCSN | 6:30 p.m. ET* |
| Wave II Finals | NBC | 8 p.m. ET/PT | |
| Wed., June 16 | Wave II Qualifying Heats | NBCSN | 6:30 p.m. ET* |
| Wave II Finals | NBC | 8 p.m. ET/PT | |
| Thurs., June 17 | Wave II Qualifying Heats | NBCSN | 6:30 p.m. ET* |
| Wave II Finals | NBCSN | 8 p.m. ET | |
| Wave II Finals | NBC | 10 p.m. ET/PT* | |
| Fri., June 18 | Wave II Qualifying Heats | NBCSN | 6 p.m. ET* |
| Wave II Finals | NBC | 9 p.m. ET/PT | |
| Sat., June 19 | Wave II Qualifying Heats | NBCSN | 6:30 p.m. ET* |
| Wave II Finals | NBC | 9 p.m. ET | |
| Sun., June 20 | Wave II Finals | NBC | 8:15 p.m. ET |
Additional information on the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming can be found on www.usaswimming.org/trials.
*Delayed coverage
North Carolina Swimming was one of nineteen Local Swimming Committees (LSCs) that were awarded LSC Select Camp Grants from USA Swimming. NCS will receive the $3500 grant thanks to the efforts of NCS camps committee chair, Jonathan Watson. In a continued effort to provide resources for more locally driven efforts, these grants allow age-group athletes an increased opportunity to attend a camp while not requiring them to travel too far from home.
Thanks for making it happen, Jonathan!
Following new CDC recommendations and the North Carolina Governor’s latest Executive Order issued May 18, 2021, North Carolina Swimming has revised guidance on the use of face coverings at USA Swimming activities as follows:
These are North Carolina Swimming’s recommendations and guidelines going forward. If your club or the facility chooses to enforce more stringent requirements, please include those in your upcoming meet sanction requests. A revised meet sanction template that includes these changes will be posted and distributed in the next few days.
USA Swimming COVID-related precautions rules amendments were recently extended by the USA Swimming Board of Directors.
With the upcoming amendments to articles 202.4 and 202.6 of the USA Swimming Rules set to expire, the USA Swimming Board of Directors has reconvened and voted to further extend the initial action taken in October 2020, for an additional three months, through July 31, 2021.
The Board of Directors had previously voted to amend the articles to require certain COVID-related precautions in order to issue meet sanctions and approvals, including a safety plan, assumption of risk, and release of liability.
The Board of Directors will continue to reconvene prior to the expiration of each extension, to assess whether these precautions remain necessary.
As always, USA Swimming, Local Swimming Committees (LSC) and club activities must also follow state and local health guidelines.
USA Swimming Return to Competition Plan
USA Swimming Return to Competition LSC Sanction Requirements
Below is a list of North Carolina Swimming-registered athletes who have achieved qualifying time standards for the Olympic Trials in Omaha. NCS currently has 58 swimmers qualified for WAVE I beginning on June 4 and 65 swimmers qualified for WAVE II beginning on June 13. The list was last updated on May 26, 2021.
Congratulations Swimmers!
The 2021 North Carolina Swimming Senior Long Course Sectional meet will be held at the Fort Mill YMCA Aquatic Center in Fort Mill, SC on July 22-25, 2021.
The 2021 NCS Select Camp was held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center and Greensboro Coliseum on Sunday, April 25. It was a full day of activities for campers ages 9-14. In addition to in-water training, campers had underwater videos made, using special underwater cameras, that they and their coaches can use to evaluate technique. Campers also had a chance to hear their guest speaker, former NBA player Wayne Robinson, discuss some of the positive habits, values, and attributes that help athletes maximize performance…and eliminating the negative or “junk in the trunk” as he calls it.
Congratulations to the following athletes who attended this year’s Select Camp.
2021 NCS Select Camp attendees
Thank you to the following NCS coaches and senior athletes who volunteered their time to make it happen.
| STAFF | ATHLETES | |
| Amy Faulk- Camp Director | Jordan Browning | |
| Katherine Holian | MaKayla Ciancanelli | |
| Jonathan Watson | Anna Gagnon | |
| Mark Franz | Isabella Anton | |
| Blake Addison | ||
| Pierce Bradshaw | ||
| William Keith | ||
| Cora Dodson | ||
| Jack Eichenlaub | ||
| Kristina Bond | ||
| Yvonne Wilkins | ||
| Rebekah Allen |
