THE MEET IS AT CAPACITY.  NO ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION ATHLETE APPLICATIONS CAN BE ACCEPTED. If you are on the Automatic Qualifier list you are invited to complete this APPLICATION FORM  BUT REGISTRATION CLOSES FOR EVERYONE AT 6:00 PM ON APRIL 3.

If your name is on the following list of automatic qualifiers or consideration qualifiers, you are invited to complete the APPLICATION FORM below to participate in the 2019 Carolina Crown Swim Challenge. This LONG COURSE meet will be held at the Mecklenburg Aquatic Center on Saturday afternoon, April 27, 2019. The meet will include top athletes from both North Carolina and South Carolina.

Selected athletes who wish to attend – whether an automatic qualifier or a consideration qualifier MUST SUBMIT THIS APPLICATION FORM AND MAIL A CHECK FOR $80 TO THE ADDRESS BELOW BY APRIL 3, 2019.

If not enough automatic qualifiers submit applications by April 3, those on the consideration list will be selected until a maximum of 250 athletes in the combined 15, 16, 17 and 18 year old age groups have been chosen. Consideration athletes were selected based on being in the Top 75 (combined NC/SC) 2018-19 short course rankings in the events being contested. Lists are based on swimmer ages as of April 27, 2019.

Please make out the check for $80 to “North Carolina Swimming” and mail to: Carolina Crown Challenge, 6766 Chauncey Drive, Raleigh, NC 27615. Please identify the athlete that the check is for. Only the checks of athletes selected to the final Carolina Crown roster will be cashed. The meet fee also entitles participating athletes to attend the Carolina Swimposium on Saturday morning at the Fairfield Inn, three blocks from the pool.

Questions about the application and registration process can be emailed to: 01silversurfer@bellsouth.net

2019 Carolina Crown Application Form

AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS – AGE 15

AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS – AGE 16

AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS – AGE 17

AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS – AGE 18

CONSIDERATION QUALIFIERS – AGE 15

CONSIDERATION QUALIFIERS – AGE 16

CONSIDERATION QUALIFIERS – AGE 17

CONSIDERATION QUALIFIERS – AGE 18

Eric Petruzzi of TYDE and Matthew Lucky of SAIL swept the breastroke records in their respective age groups at the Age Group Sectional meet in Atlanta last weekend. Petruzzi set new NCS marks in the 11-12 50, 11-12 100, and 11-12 200 breastroke events. Lucky broke his own 13-14 NCS records in the 100 and 200 breastroke and topped that off with a new NCS record in the 200 IM.

Claire Curzan of TAC continued her incredible run with a new NCS record in the 13-14 women’s 50 free and tied her own record in the 100 back.

New NCS Records
Claire Curzan	TAC	13-14	50 Free	21.89
Eric Petruzzi	TYDE	11-12	50 Breast	27.58
Eric Petruzzi	TYDE	11-12	100 Breast	1:00.27
Eric Petruzzi	TYDE	11-12	200 Breast	2:13.99
Matthew Lucky	SAIL	13-14	100 Breast	56.28
Matthew Lucky	SAIL	13-14	200 Breast	2:01.18
Matthew Lucky	SAIL	13-14	200 IM	1:51.98

Congratulations on your tremendous swims!

Click here to view all current NCS records.

North Carolina women shredded the NCS record book at the ESSZ Senior Sectional meet held at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary this past weekend. Claire Curzan broke six NCS records, while TAC Titan teammate Charlotte Hook added three more, and Ashley Twichell, another TAC swimmer, accounted for two. MOR’s Abby Arens also contributed three new records to the NCS books. Some very amazing performances!

And those weren’t the only records to fall…Two of Claire Curzan’s record-breaking swims were also National Age Group (NAG) records in the 13-14 age group. Curzan broke Missy Franklin’s NAG record in the 100 free, clocking an incredible 47.67. In addition, Curzan broke her own NAG 13-14 100 fly record with a 50.64 – which was also a new NCS Open record!

USA National Team member Regan Smith also swam at the meet and recorded some phenomenal times. Swimming for Minnesota’s Riptide Swimming, Smith set three NAG records in the 17-18 age division. She set new NAG records in the 100 fly, the 100 back, and the 200 back. Her 49.66 in the 100 back and her 1:47.16 in the 200 back were not only NAG records but also American and US Open records!

While there were no men’s records set at the sectional meet, SwimMac’s Tim Connery and Conall Monahan added their names to the NCS record book at the SE Southern Premier meet last weekend. Connery set new marks in the 15-16 100 breast and 100 back, while Monahan broke the 400 IM record.

Congratulations on all of these exceptional performances!

Below is a list of NCS records broken during the past couple of weeks.

Click here for a complete list of all NCS records.

Women’s Records
Claire Curzan	TAC	13-14	50 Free	22.01
Claire Curzan	TAC	13-14	100 Free	47.67
Claire Curzan	TAC	13-14	100 Back	51.23
Claire Curzan	TAC	13-14	200 Back	1:52.76
Claire Curzan	TAC	13-14	100 Fly	50.64
Claire Curzan	TAC	OPEN	100 Fly	50.64
Abby Arens	MOR	15-16	100 Breast	59.76
Abby Arens	MOR	15-16	200 Breast	2:08.06
Abby Arens	MOR	15-18	200 Breast	2:08.06
Charlotte Hook	TAC	15-16	200 Fly	1:53.70
Charlotte Hook	TAC	15-16	200 IM	1:54.79
Charlotte Hook	TAC	15-16	400 IM	4:07.42
Ashley Twichell	TAC	OPEN	1000 Free	9:21.41
Ashley Twichell	TAC	OPEN	1650 Free	15:30.95
Men’s Records
Tim Connery	MAC	15-16	100 Back	47.24
Tim Connery	MAC	15-16	100 Breast	53.74
Conall Monahan	MAC	15-16	400 IM	3:51.09

Click the link below to view the Psych Sheet for the 2019 ESSZ Senior Sectional Meet at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary.

Senior Sectional Psych Sheet

NCS swimmers recorded some phenomenal times at the 2019 North Carolina Swimming Age Group Short Course Championships this past weekend! In addition to one individual National Age Group record, four NAG relay records were set…all in 13-14 women’s relay events.

Fresh off her new national age group record in the 100 fly, set at the recent 4A High School championships, Claire Curzan of the TAC Titans continued her assault on the record book with another 13-14 women’s NAG record…this time in the 200 fly! She also set new NCS marks in the 100 free and 200 free over the weekend.

Matthew Lucky of Sailfish Aquatics also followed up on his NCS record-breaking time in the 13-14 men’s 100 breast at the high school championships with two more records at Age Group Champs. Lucky set new records in both the 13-14 men’s 200 breast and the 200 IM!

Other individual NCS records were set by Lily Willis of TAC in the 11-12 women’s 50 breast and by Eric Petruzzi of TYDE in the 11-12 men’s 50 breast.

The women’s 13-14 relay records got a complete face lift over the weekend. Led by Curzan, the TAC Titans set four NCS records – three of which were national age group records! The relay team of Curzan, Taylor Morris, Elena Dry, and Keelan Cotter set new NAG marks in the 200 free and 400 free relays. Samantha Armand joined Curzan, Dry, and Cotter in breaking the NCS 800 free relay record. Abby Clark swam on the TAC 200 medley relay with Cotter, Curzan, and Morris to establish a new NAG record in that event. The Titans were also under the national age group record in 400 medley relay but finished second to the SwimMAC Carolina team of Morgan Razewski, Grace Rainey, Kiley Wilhelm, and Maya Gendzel, which captured its own NAG record.

Congratulations to everyone on your amazing swims. The new marks are listed below. Click here for a complete list of NCS records.

Individual Records
Lily Willis	TAC	11-12	50 Breast	30.00
Claire Curzan	TAC	13-14	100 Free	49.09
Claire Curzan	TAC	13-14	200 Free	1:46.51
Claire Curzan	TAC	13-14	200 Fly	1:55.64
Eric Petruzzi	TYDE	11-12	50 Breast	28.34
Matthew Lucky	SAIL	13-14	200 Breast	2:03.03
Matthew Lucky	SAIL	13-14	200 IM	1:52.72
Relay Records
TAC Titans	Women	13-14	200 Free	1:33.30
Claire Curzan  –  Taylor Morris  –  Elena Dry –  Keelan Cotter
TAC Titans	Women	13-14	400 Free	3:23.06
Claire Curzan  –  Taylor Morris  –   Elena Dry  –   Keelan Cotter
TAC Titans	Women	13-14	800 Free	7:23.32
Claire Curzan  –  Elena Dry  –  Samantha Armand  –  Keelan Cotter
TAC Titans	Women	13-14	200 Medley	1:41.87
Abby Clark  –  Keelan Cotter  –  Claire Curzan  –   Taylor Morris
SwimMAC	Women	13-14	400 Medley	3:40.43
Morgan Razewski  –   Grace Rainey  –   Kiley Wilhelm   –   Maya Gendzel