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OPEN WATER SWIMMING WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

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ALGHERO, ITALY – 2024 Open Water World Junior Championships. Congratulations to NCS Athletes Daisy Collins (NCAC) and Griffin Cagle (SwimMAC) who earned their names to the Team USA Open Water Junior World Championship rosters. The ancient city of Alghero, Italy is set to host the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming Junior World Championships 2024 from 5-8 September 2024. Nestled on the picturesque island of Sardinia, Alghero will welcome more than 200 open water athletes aged 14-19 from 35 countries for this prestigious event.  Let’s Go Team USA! #WEARENCS

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2024 SZ Open Water Team

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The 2024 Southern Zone Open Water Championships, was held at Barren Lake State Park, Lucas, KY on May 31 – June 2, 2024.   Congratulations to these athletes for being named to the SZ Open Water Team.

OW Zone Meet Information

FULL RESULTS WITH TEAM SCORES

Junior National Open Water SZ Qualifiers

2024 Southern Zone Open Water Championships results are in.  Florida wins the team title.  North Carolina, and Gulf have a close battle for 2nd and 3rd with NC taking 2nd by 1 point.

Congratulations to Kevin Ryan and Kentucky Swimming on a job well done!

#WEARENCS

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Open Water Zone and Championship Meet Results

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Below are the results from the 2023 North Carolina Swimming Open Water Zone Meet and Open Water Championship Meet held at Seven Lakes, NC last weekend. Congratulations to all the swimmers who competed, and thank you to all the coaches, meet officials, and other volunteers who participated.

400M Results

800M Results

5K Zone Results

2K Zone Results

5K Results

2K Results

3K Results

2K Team Pursuit Results

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2023 Southern Zone Open Water Championships

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The Southern Zone Open Water Championships, hosted by Sandhills Sandsharks Swim Team (SSS) and North Carolina Swimming, will be held at Lake Echo, Seven Lakes, NC on June 3-4, 2023.

Meet Information

2023 Zone Team- Congratulations to these athletes for being named to the SZ Open Water Team.

 11-12 Girls 11-12 Boys
Kamdyn Leute Bodhi Cummins
Amelia Peterson Finn Cavanaugh
Elinor Finucane Cayden Wolf
Merritt Bass Akul Srivastava
Katherine Millsaps Conrad Manuel
Zona Smith Vihan Prakash
   
13-14 Girls 13-14 Boys
Georgia Howard Max Kelty
Laura Davis Rinker Parker Van Olst Jr.
Annie Shall Griffin Cagle
Kate Guenther Jackson Kroh
Carson Broadbent Drew Sito
Ella Cowles Aiden Lee
   
15-16 Girls 15-16 Boys
Madi Hertzig Jackson Scheiber
Kathryn Cinson Sam Marsteiner
Riley Hawkins Christian Smith
Mia Kate Jeltema Owen Nye
Esther Ghim Santi Alzate
Charlotte LePage Tommy Tuescher
   
Open Girls Open Boys
Ava Kjar Baylor Weiler
Clara Carson Adam Polzien
Emma Lee Matt Marsteiner
Angelina Lu Sean Kelty
Clare Smith Eli Nelson
Meghan Hadsell Jackson Bubar
 
Coaches
Head Coach – John Payne
Manager/Assistant Coach – Jonathan Bescher
Assistant Coach – Blake Addison
Assistant Coach – Ben Keast
Assistant Coach – Kristina Bond
Assistant Coach – Ashley Cox
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NCS Athletes Compete at Open Water Nationals

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2023 U.S. Open Water National Championships took place this past weekend, April 21-23, 2023, at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida.  Congratulations to all of our NCS athletes who competed. 

Mens Jr. 7.5K Results Womens Jr. 7.5K Results
6. Sam Marsteiner – New Wave  1:27.19.7520th  Clarke Neace – MAC 1:41.00.49
13. Jackson Scheiber – New Wave 1:29:42.2821st. Charlotte LePage – MAC  1:41.01.34
24. Matthew Marsteiner – New Wave 1:32:05.11 
25. Connor Peck – NCAC  1:32.:08.36 
26. Owen Nye – GCY  1:32:09.79 
34. Tyler Barritt – NCAC 1:35:10.58 
44. Charles Henage – MSA  1:41:50.31 
  
Mens 5K Results Womens 5K Results
17.  Ian Platts-Mills – NCAC  59:27.3613.  Hayley Clark – NCAC  59:39.94
  
Mens Jr. 5K ResultsWomens Jr. 5K Results
8. Santi Alzate – MAC  1:01.101. Daisy Collins – NCAC  1:03.14
 10.  Yari Brock – NCAC 1:06.00
 11. Kathryn Cinson – YSST 1:07.26
10K Results 
27.  Ian Platts-Mills – NCAC 2:01:22.36 
35.  Cooper Nicholson – NCAC 2:06:38.58 
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NCS Swimmers win National Open Water Titles

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Several North Carolina Swimming athletes competed at the 2021 USA Swimming National Championships and Junior National Championships in Fort Myers Beach, Florida this past weekend.  USA Olympic Team qualifier and National Team memer, Ashley Twichell (TAC Titans), won her fourth national championship in the Women’s 5K.  She also finished second in the Women’s 10K.

Jacob Pishko (TAC Titans) won the National Championship in the Men’s Junior 7.5K event.  Alexander Ayers (SwimMAC) placed third in the Men’s 5K for Juniors.  Other North Carolina Swimming athletes competing in the Open Water Nationals and Junior Nationals were Brandon Miller (NCAC) in the Men’s 10K, Brooke Zettel (TAC Titans) in the Women’s 5K, Makayla Cincanelli (MOR) Women’s Junior 7.5K, Caroline Pennington (TAC Titans) Women’s Junior 7.5K, Jackson Shreiber (WAVE) Men’s Junior 5K, Samuel Marsteiner (WAVE) Men’s Junior 5K, Matthew Marsteiner (WAVE) Men’s Junior 5K, and Evan Prabhu (SwimMAC) Men’s Junior 5K.

Congratulations Swimmers!

Click here to read the USA Swimming article.

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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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