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Top Performances – NCS 14U Age Group Champs

February 22, 2012 By

The North Carolina Swimming 14 and Under Age Group Championships featured several outstanding performances, including a National Age Group Record in the 13-14 Girls 100 yard backstroke by MAC’s Kathleen Baker, swimming unattached.  Baker, who broke the state record in the preliminaries, shattered her earlier mark but also eclipsed the national standard with a time of 52.87. Baker also broke state records in the 100 free (49.88), the 100 breast (1:02.26), and the 100 fly (53.46).

Kayla Tennant of STAR Aquatics broke an individual state record in the 11-12 Girls 100 fly with a time of 57.42.  In addition, Tennant teamed up with Makena Markert, Emily Schoonhagen, and Kat Morrison to set new state records in both the  11-12 Girls 400 free relay (3:41.95) and the Girls 400 medley relay (4:03.24).  STAR Aquatics also set new state records in the 11-12 Boys 400 free relay and the Boys 400 medley relay.  Levente Bathory, Charles Taylor, Tucker Burhans, and Cameron Davenport swam a 3:39.42 to set the new mark in the free relay.  Bathory, Taylor, and Burhans teamed up with Zach Weir to break the state record in the  400 medley relay with a time of 4:03.38.

MAC’s 13-14 Girls relay team  set a new meet record in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:48.07. Relay team members included Lauren Wallace, Sara Stranick, Alyssa March, and Nora McCullagh.

Click the following link for complete meet resulsts:  GSA Website

Click the follwing link for a list of top ten individual rankings by category: Top Ten Individual Scorers

Filed Under: Coaches, NC Age Group Swimmer, Parents, Swim Clubs, Swimmers

Dr. George Aitken 1955-2012

February 20, 2012 By

North Carolina Swimming received the sad news that it had lost a long time official. George Aitken died last Monday after a prolonged battle with cancer.  Services were held on Saturday. George was an official in the Durham area for years with several teams. His wife served as a meet director for THAT. His sons, James and Michael both swam for North Carolina Swimming teams and went on to swim for ACC schools.

Article on George Aitken from the local newspaper.

 

 

Filed Under: Coaches, Officials, Swim Clubs

USA Swimming Coach Membership Requirements

February 15, 2012 By

The following link will provide you with current USA Swimming Coach membership requirements. For your convenience, this link can also be found under the COACHES tab under Coaches Forms and Documents.

Filed Under: Coaches, Swim Clubs

Pacific Northwest Swimming Newsletter

February 13, 2012 By

Here are some interesting articles from the Pacific Northwest Swimming newsletter:

 

Filed Under: Coaches, NC Age Group Swimmer, Parents, Swim Clubs, Swimmers

Dave Thomas: HOD Meeting and Team Visits

February 3, 2012 By

Dave Thomas will be in Greensboro on April 21st to teach a Club Leadership Business Management School from 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM.  If you would like to attend or would like to have board members or key volunteers to attend please let him know.  He has the following days open for a team visit.  April 23, 24, 25, 26, 27.  If you are interested please let him know.  He has attached a listing of the FREE services he can provide when he comes to your club.  The most popular are the parent talk and the talk with the athletes about attitude, hydration, sleep and nutrition. Click below for more information.

Dave Thomas Sport Development

Filed Under: Coaches, Governance, NC Age Group Swimmer, NC Senior Swimmer, Swim Clubs, Swimmers

2012 Spring HOD Meeting Schedule

February 2, 2012 By

The North Carolina Swimming Spring House of Delegates Meeting will take place on Saturday and Sunday, April 21-22. Click below for the complete meeting schedule:

2012 HOD Meeting Schedule

Filed Under: Coaches, Governance, Meets, Officials, Parents, Swim Clubs, Swimmers

Safety Poster Contest

February 1, 2012 By


Attention all swimmers!

Create a Safety Poster!

Awards and prizes!

Poster Contest Information

 

Filed Under: Coaches, NC Age Group Swimmer, NC Senior Swimmer, Parents, Swim Clubs, Swimmers

NCS Olympic Trial Qualifiers

January 25, 2012 By

Click on the link below for the most current list of North Carolina Swimming Olympic Trial Qualifiers.

NCS OT Qualifiers Jan 2012

For more information on the 2012 Olympic Trials visit the USA Swimming site below:

http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1450&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en

Filed Under: Coaches, Meets, NC Age Group Swimmer, NC Senior Swimmer, Officials, Parents, Swim Clubs, Swimmers

Information on the Observation of the NCHSAA and NCISAA Meets 2012

January 23, 2012 By

Observation of  NCHSAA and NCISAA Meets for USA Swimming Times

The upcoming NCHSAA Regional and State Championships and the NCISAA State Championships will be observed by USA Swimming officials so that the times of athlete members of NC Swimming can be included in the SWIMS database.  No conference championships or inter-city, inter-county meets are being observed.

No special requests are necessary from the swimmers or the high school coaches to get times from the observed meets into the database.  Individual times and relay lead off times from the 200 and 400 Free Relays will be loaded electronically into the database for member athletes.

Times for the regional and state NCHSAA meets will not be loaded until the conclusion of the last state championship (4A) on February 11th.  Times from the NCISAA 1A/2A and 3A Championships will be loaded on February 23rd.

If a high school relay team is comprised of four swimmers from the same USA Swimming club, that relay team time may be individually requested by the club coach.

The following meets are being observed:

1A/2A East and West Regionals; 1A/2A State Championships

3A East and West Regionals; 3A State Championships

4A East, Central and West Regionals; 4A State Championships

NICSAA 1A/2A and 3A State Championships

Please contact Suzanne Heath, Times Chair, at email hidden; JavaScript is required if you have specific questions or you see omissions or errors after the meets have been loaded into the database.

Filed Under: Coaches, NC Senior Swimmer, Officials, Parents, Swim Clubs, Swimmers

SwimMAC Wins First-Ever Club Excellence Title

December 20, 2011 By

Club Excellence Medal

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – SwimMAC Carolina is the decisive team champion in the 2012 Club Excellence rankings. Scoring 59,856 points, Coach David Marsh’s club took top honors for the first time. The Dynamo Swim Club finished in 2nd place with 50,882 points followed by the Mission Viejo Nadadores in 3rd position with 47,588.

The following clubs achieved the coveted Gold Medal level for 2012:

1. SwimMAC Carolina, 59,856
2. Dynamo Swim Club, 50,882
3. Mission Viejo Nadadores, 47,588
4. Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics, 46,072
5. North Baltimore Aquatic Club, 44,005
6. Swim Atlanta, 38,388
7. Sarasota YMCA Sharks, 33,104
8. First Colony Swim Team, 32,765
9. Bolles School Sharks, 32,554
10. Lakeside Swim Team, 31,970
11. Curl Burke Swim Club, 31,928
12. Germantown Academy A.C., 31,508
13. Carmel Swim Club, 29,897
14. Y Spartaquatics Swim Club, 29,141
15. North Coast Aquatics, 28,856
16. Rockville-Montgomery S.C., 25,951
17. NOVA of Virginia Aquatics, 24,383
18. Nashville Aquatic Club, 23,808
19. Santa Clara Swim Club, 22,874
20. Crimson Aquatics, 22,462

Three clubs have achieved the Gold Medal level for the first time this year: First Colony Swim Team, Y Spartaquatics Swim Club and Crimson Aquatics. Of the 306 teams that submitted applications for this year’s program, a record 88 clubs achieved the criteria for Gold Medal eligibility.

There were several key changes to this year’s program. The most notable being:

  • Only 18 & Under athletes are eligible to participate
  • The number of Gold Medal teams has increased from 16 to 20 teams
  • Scoring was added in the Women’s 1500 Free and the Men’s 800 Free
  • Scoring was added for participants in USA Swimming’s Open Water Nationals, and
  • The dates for eligible performances are based on the 2010-2011 swim year, not the calendar year as in the past.

Clubs have been selected as Gold, Silver or Bronze Medal clubs according to the following parameters:

Gold Level: The top 20 point-scoring clubs eligible for the Gold level.
Silver Level: The remaining clubs ranked through #100 and not achieving Gold status.
Bronze Level: Clubs ranked #101 through #200 and not achieving Gold or Silver status.

Silver Medal winners from NCS: Marlins of Raleigh, YMCA of the Triangle Area Swim Team, Raleigh Swimming Association and STAR Aquatics

Bronze Medal winners from NCS: North Carolina Aquatic Club, Duke Aquatics, New Wave Swim Team, YMCA Seahorse Swim Team, Greensboro Swimming Association and Northwest NC YMCA Riptyde

The program recognizes USA Swimming clubs for their commitment to excellence in performance. In addition to recognizing the top club teams, the program provides grant funding for resources that enable clubs to expand and/or enhance the services they already provide to athletes. A total of $330,000 in grant dollars will be distributed to the 100 Gold and Silver-level clubs. Final grant awards will be announced by April 20.

Click here to view the complete 2012 Club Excellence Program results.

Filed Under: Alumni, Coaches, NC Age Group Swimmer, NC Senior Swimmer, Officials, Parents, Swim Clubs, Swimmers
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