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2022 USA Swimming Rulebook

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Starting with the 2022 Rulebook, USA Swimming will make available a hard copy of the rulebook to registered non-athlete members upon request. Registered non-athlete members wishing to receive a hard copy of either the mini rulebook or the full rulebook can do so by completing an online request form located here. Please submit your request no later than December 31, 2021.

As always, the electronic version of the rulebook is available at www.usaswimming.org/rulebook. The most current version of the USA Swimming Corporate Bylaws is available at www.usaswimming.org/bylaws.

Note: The site may be very slow to come up and you need your USA Member ID.

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NCS Officials at U.S. Open

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Several NCS meet officials were on deck at the U.S. Open in Greensboro this past weekend. Pictured from left to right are: Anne Marie Schneider, Lynn Tippets-Fazen, Wayne Shulby, Trish Martin, Jon Fox, and Linda Hughes. Not pictured is Todd Webber.

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Swim GSA January Jump Start: National Evaluations for Officials

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Get ready for Championship Season! The 2022 Swim GSA January Jump Start will be held at GAC in Greensboro January 14-17.

Sign up to officiate using this link

Evaluations for the USA Swimming Officials National Certification Program will be offered. Requests for CJ, SR, DR, AR evaluations should be submitted by December 14, S&T by January 7.

Learn more about the USA Swimming Officials National Certification Program here: https://www.usaswimming.org/officials/national-certification-evaluation

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2021 TAC Blizzard Blitz: OQM Application

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The 2021 TAC Blizzard Blitz meet will be held on Dec 10-12, 2021 at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary, NC. This is an Officials National Qualifying meet (OQM). If you are interested in officiating during the meet, please fill out the form below and submit. This form will also record your request to be evaluated for N2 or N3 status in USA Swimming. Anyone requesting N2 or N3 must be willing to officiate at the meet for a minimum of 4 sessions during the meet.

Requests for assigned positions must be submitted by November 30, 2021 in order to be considered.

Application to Officiate and Request for Evaluation

All requirements for advancement and recertification can be found on the USA Swimming site on the Officials resource page at https://www.usaswimming.org/officials/national-certification-evaluation

If you are not requesting an evaluation, please note this in the Evaluation Request drop down menu.

If you have any questions about the N2/N3 certification process or the meet itself, please contact the Meet Referee, Christian Haxholdt at CHR@haxusa.com

We thank you for your interest in officiating the meet and look forward to welcoming you to 2021 TAC Blizzard Blitz

See you on the deck soon!

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2021 Scholastic All America Selections: NCS #1

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USA Swimming just released its Scholastic All-America selections. Once again, leading all Local Swimming Committees (LSCs) in Scholastic All-America selections was North Carolina Swimming, which had 90 athletes receive the honor. SwimMAC Carolina, with 31 Scholastic All-America athletes led all clubs across the country.

Congratulations to all of our Scholastic All-America selections!

NCS Scholastic All America Selections

Click here to view the entire USA Swimming article.

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NCS Awards Ceremony/Fall HOD Updates

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2021 NCS AWARDS CEREMONY

The North Carolina Swimming Awards Ceremony will not be held at the McKimmon Center as originally planned but instead will be held at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary Saturday, October 2, 2021, following the NCS All Star Clinic. The ceremony will recognize NCS All Stars in attendance at the clinic. The NCS All Star Clinic is exclusively for those on the NCS All Star list and will be held at the Triangle Aquatic Center beginning at 3:00 pm on Saturday. Pre-registration is required to attend the All Star clinic.

A registration form for the NCS All Star Clinic, along with additional information will be emailed to those on the All Star list in the next few days.

2021 NCS FALL HOUSE OF DELEGATES

The 2021 North Carolina Swimming Fall House of Delegates (HOD) meetings will be held at the McKimmon Conference Center in Raleigh on Saturday and Sunday, October 2-3, 2021.

The Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Saturday afternoon from 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm. The Technical Planning meeting is planned for Sunday morning from 10:00 am – 11:30 am with HOD registration at 12:30 pm and the HOD meeting at 1:00 pm. Click the following link for the complete HOD weekend meeting schedule.

2021 FALL HOD SCHEDULE

For those choosing not to attend in person, virtual viewing options will be made available with links sent out prior to the meetings.

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Fall 2021 Officials Clinics

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Here are clinics and sign-up links for the series of Virtual Clinics being held in mid-September.  This list is also available on the Clinic Schedule subtab under the Officials tab on the NCS website.

Clinic participants are required to complete the Self-Study Part 1 before the Virtual Clinic. This self-study portion takes less than 30 minutes and includes a 10 question quiz.   Part 1 can be found at this link.

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