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2021 Open Water Zones: Application Form

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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

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MSA wins NCS SC Senior Champs

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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.

PlaceLarge TeamMedium TeamSmall Team
FirstMSARSASGSA
SecondMACWOWYSST
ThirdMORGCYCKS

Click here to view complete individual and team results. Team results are at the end.

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Visit the New NCS Store

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To help launch our exciting new logo, North Carolina Swimming has partnered with SwimOutlet in creating our own online store. When you purchase NCS branded products from SwimOutlet, you are supporting North Carolina Swimming. A portion of all proceeds goes back to North Carolina Swimming!

To check out the store, simply click the “Visit Our Store” link under the Sponsor Ads or click the “Visit Our Store” bar on the rotating website header. You will be re-directed to the North Carolina Swimming Store on the Swim Outlet website.

Check out the merchandise and let us know what you think. We will be adding other products and adjusting the offerings based on your input. Remember, whenever you make a purchase at the NCS store, you’re supporting North Carolina Swimming!

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NCS introduces new logo

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From the ocean to the mountains, we swim under the beautiful starry blue skies of the North Carolina Swimming LSC. That sums up the inspiration that led to the design of NCS’s new logo launched today at the LSC’s Senior Championships meet. The new logo reflects the LSC’s geographic diversity with the pool uniting our 10,000 swimmers, coaches, officials, and volunteers across the state. The star is a link to the North Carolina flag as well as to USA Swimming. Look for the new NCS logo wherever you swim.

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New ESSZ Website

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Jonathan Watson and Jay Dodson have created a new website for our Section with links to all the LSCs in the Section and all four zones!    The website will host the Section Membership application, the Sectional (Senior and Age Group) meet info and qualifying standards, and sectional meeting minutes.  In short, all things Sectional! 

A permanent link to the new website was added as a subtab to the Southern Zone tab on the NCS homepage. Below is the link:

Eastern Section of the Southern Zone (ESSZ) website

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Times for Observed High School Meets

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Observed Swim Times from high school regional and championship meets have been loaded into the SWIMS database.

Please thank Suzanne Heath for her time and effort in getting these times in the system.

Observed High School meets included:

  • The regional and state 1A-2A, 3A and 4A NCHSAA (public school) meets
  • The Division 1, Division 2, and Division 3 NCISAA (private school) meets
  • The NCHEAC (home educated) meet

HY3 files and SDIF files of results for USA Swimming members matched from these meets will be sent to club coaches.  Times for these swimmers will be NC UN and coaches will have to match by ID number to the club’s TM or TU database.

If there are missing times, please contact Suzanne. 

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