December 6-8, 2024 – Highlights from across the LSC. LOTS of fast swimming from All levels, elite to the grassroots, including meets from TOYOTA U.S. OPEN in Greensboro, MOR Arctic Blast in Hillsborough, YOTA Capital Classic in Cary, and ATOM December Invite in Charlotte. Keep up the great work NCS! #MidSeasonMagic #NCSBetter2Gether #WEARENCS #HaveFunSwimFast

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Tis the Season of Fast Swimming: Greensboro, NC will be hosting the U.S. Open, December 4-7 at Greensboro Aquatic Center (GAC), followed by Winter Junior Nationals- East, December 11-14 also at the GAC. Wishing our NCS athletes, from the grassroots to the elite levels, their coaches, and all Clubs a fast month of swimming ahead!

Reminders – LSC Mascot ideas are due by 12/18/24. Be sure to email your idea design and Why you think your mascot should be selected to represent NCS. Email: swimnorthcarolina@gmail.com Use the Subject line: LSC Mascot.

HYPE Video for your Club – NCS is seeking a 45 second or less Hype video to feature your Club in the New Year, 2025. Work with your NCS Athlete Reps to help highlight the great things taking place at your Club. #NCSBetter2Gether #WEARENCS

Thanks to Each of YOU, for being a part of the NCS Village.  Thank You for all the hard work, commitment, dedication, encouragement, sacrifice, and support to our athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers, parents, guardians, clubs, teammates, competitors, facility staff, LSC staff, and all the people who make North Carolina Swimming the Best.  

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.  This Thanksgiving, let’s celebrate the little moments that make life extraordinary.  

*NCS Gratitude Challenge -Take time (with family and friends) to list 3 things you are THANKFUL for each day.  You life will become richer with daily gratitude. Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving week filled with many blessings, safe travels, good eats, and time well spent with family and friends. Happy Thanksgiving NCS! #WEARENCS

As we prepare for Thanksgiving this week, let us remember our friends in Western North Carolina. North Carolina Swimming has 15 Clubs out of 72 that were directly affected, or impacted by Hurricane Helene. Thankful for the swim community (locally and nationwide) coming together in so many ways supporting the immediate needs, to volunteers helping hard hit areas yesterday, today, and tomorrows. The Swimming community proves to be strong on and off the deck including AJCC (Asheville Jewish Community Center) offering pool water Fill to Flush operation to help their community in need- simple needs like flushing a toilet, to working with other clubs in the area to create opportunities for their swimmers to have some normal to their day with swim practice. What a blessing for Asheville AJCC, SMAC (Smoky Mountain Aquatic Club), and BAC (Blues Aquatic Club) coming together during unprecedented times. Truly Grateful for the leadership, collaboration, and willingness they put forth to work together. Stay Strong WNC.

If your family is looking for ways to support WNC this Holiday season, they encourage visitors to come, stay, and play; do all the things (day trips, shopping, support local artists, buy a WNC Christmas tree, skiing in the high country, etc). It takes a village, so let’s continue to support our friends in the West as we approach the Holiday season. #WNCSTRONG #NCSBetter2Gether

Read this article by USA Swimming: Asheville Jewish Community Center Gives Back After Hurricane Helene

To All Veterans: THANK YOU for everything you do for our country and our freedom. Today and every day we thank Veterans everywhere for their service. There aren’t enough words to show our gratitude for all the troops who served our country. “We don’t know them all, but we owe them all.” To all Veterans out there, we honor, respect, and support you.