Promoting Excellence by Providing Resources to Support and Empower the North Carolina Swimming Community.
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.
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!
NC SWIMMING SPRING 2021 HOD
NCS OFFICIALS Virtual MEETING
Saturday, April 17th – 10:00 – 11:30am
https://zoom.us/j/91212869765?pwd=UTRYdkhLaldaMldIOGc2VHdpbVN1dz09
Something for every official certification level — 3 concurrent breakout sessions
| Time | Session Information | Who |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | OPENING and WELCOME Topics: Welcome and Recognitions NCS Officials Roster Report Directions for Break-out rooms Who should attend: All NCS Officials | Speaker: John Jewell |
| 10:15 – 11:30 Breakout Room 1 | STROKE and TURN SITUATIONS – Panel Discussion Topic: Three (3) broadly experienced NCS Referees situations/observations from Stroke & Turn vantage point and provide their perspective. Attendees are encouraged to come with their personal experience/question(s) in mind for the panel or log them on this form before the session https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EZrVz5Il0c3FqMpS0YZm9oV1GKX-FFY5Mqkuev8G8P0/edit?usp=sharing Additional situations will be provided by panelists. Who should attend: Certified S&T’s (and Starters) ( Any referees who choose to attend should mute and refrain from comment unless called upon by Panelist.) | Panelists: Suzanne Heath Todd Webber Rob Stevens |
| 10:15 – 11:30 Breakout Room 2 | HyTek MEET MANAGER, “Skills – 201” Topic: Live Meet Manager Demonstration(s) “How to” Q&As Who should attend: Certified A.O.’s | Speaker: Colleen Gillan |
| 10:15 – 11:30 Breakout Room 3 | REFEREE SESSION – Clinics and Championships Topic: New Clinic / Clinician Process for S&T and AO — John Jewell 2021 NCS Short Course Championship Reviews Senior Champs — Lynn Tippets-Fazen AG Champs — Charlie Stephenson Meet report availability Who should attend: Referees and Starters | Speakers: John Jewell Lynn Tippets-Fazen Charlie Stephenson |
The 2021 NCS Spring HOD weekend meetings will be held via ZOOM. Below is a link to the meeting schedule. Each session has a separate ZOOM login code below the meeting description.
The 2021 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge will be held at the Clover/Lake Wylie YMCA in Clover, South Carolina on Saturday, April 24, 2021. The event features some of the top 15-18-year-old swimmers from North Carolina and South Carolina. Swimmers selected are divided into four teams in the long course competition.
Each team has one head coach and two assistants. If you would like to be one of the six North Carolina coaches named to the staff, please submit the coaching staff application form below.
Carolina Crown Coaching Staff Application Form
South Carolina Swimming will host the meet and has asked that we also post the following Meet Official sign-up form for officials interested in working at the meet.
Carolina Crown Meet Official Sign-up Form
Meet information will be posted shortly and athlete application forms will be posted soon after the end of the qualifying period, which is March 14, 2021.
Both the 2021 Senior Sectionals (3/4-3/7) and the 2021 Age Group Sectionals (3/11-3/14) will be held at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary, NC. If you are interested in officiating at either of these meets, please submit the sign-up form below.
