Friday, August 27, 2010

Welcomes North Carolina Swimming to Charlotte! Hotel properties for the NCS meeting weekend include: · Adjacent to South Park Mall, Charlotte’s largest shopping area · Many well known restaurants within walking distance · Minutes from Queens University, site of the NCS meetings · Visit Charlotte will be hosting a social Saturday, Sept 25, in the evening, for all adult attendees of the meetings. Coaches, Officials, Board Members, please make plans to attend!

Renaissance South Park Rate is $109 per night Under the "NCS Semiannual Meeting" Block 1 (800) 228-9290 or (704) 501-2510 Rooms available for Friday, Sept 24, and Sat, Sept 25 Breakfast included for up to 4 in the room Cutoff date for the block is Sept 10, 2010 5501 Carnegie Blvd Charlotte, North Carolina 28209 USA Phone: 1-704-501-2510 Marriott Courtyard South Park Rate is $64 per night Under the "NCS Semi Annual Meetings" Block (800) 321-2211 or (704) 552-7333. Rooms available for Friday, Sept 24, and Sat, Sept 25 Cutoff date for the block is Sept 10, 2010 6023 Park South Drive, Charlotte, NC 28210 (704) 552-7333 Click here to make reservations online Online Group Codes: King room w/ pull out sofa, NCSNCSA 2 Queen beds, NCSNCSB *replace with desired room type in the group code field of "Special Rates and Awards"*

Monday, August 23, 2010
Congratulations to Chip Peterson of UNC for his victory in the Pan Pacific 10K Open Water competition. Chip took the gold medal in 1:56:00.02 with the race coming down to the last 400 meters. Finishing in a sprint, Chip won over his USA teammate Fran Crippen who finished in 1:56:02.74 and Canada’s Richard Wineburger who finished in 1:56:02.98. A full summary of the event may be found on the USA Swimming website.

Friday, August 20, 2010
Congratulations to Kip Darmody of MAC for making the USA Swimming team for the 2010 Junior Pan Pacific Championships which will be held August 26-30th at the Kihei Aquatic Center in Maui, HI. Kip was selected on the basis of his performance in the 100 meter backstroke. Results, live webcasts, and daily updates are available on the USA Swimming website.

Sunday, August 8, 2010
Congratulations to NCS representatives for the Pan Pacific Games. SwimMAC Carolina took third place in the men’s scoring with 250.5 points. Longhorn Aquatics was first with 290.5 and Tucson Ford was second with 288.5 points.

Congratulations to Chip Peterson, NCAC, who will represent USA Swimming in the men’s 10K race, Cullen Jones, MAC, who will swim the 50 free, and Nick Thoman, MAC, who will swim the 100 backstroke. Dave Marsh of MAC is an assistant coach for the men’s team at the Pan Pacs which will be held in Irvine, CA, August 18-22, 2010.

Thursday, August 5, 2010
Congratulations to the 48 NC Swimming athletes who will compete in Irvin at the Junior Nationals, August 9-13

Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Read all about (PDF) the Open Water Select Camp which will be held September 10-12 in Pinehurst.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Keep up with news from Atlanta and the NCS Zone Team. Newsletters (PDF): Essential Pieces Vol. 1, Essential Pieces Vol. 2, Essential Pieces Vol. 3, Essential Pieces Vol. 4 and Essential Pieces Vol. 5-Deluxe Final Edition. See photos taken at the meet.

Monday, August 2, 2010
More than 30 U.S. Olympians, including Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.), Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.), Aaron Peirsol (Irvine, Calif.), Natalie Coughlin (Vallejo, Calif.) and Rebecca Soni (Plainsboro, N.J.), will compete Aug. 3-7 at the 2010 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships in Irvine, Calif. Forty-four NC Swimming registered athletes will compete.

The competition will be broadcast by NBC in two shows on Aug. 7 and 8. The NBC show on Aug. 7 will air from 4-6 p.m. ET and the show on Aug. 8 will air from 4:30 to 6 p.m. ET. In addition, Universal Sports will broadcast finals LIVE on August 3 (6-8:30 p.m. PT) and 4 (6 – 8 p.m. PT). Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines will serve as the analyst and Dan Hicks will handle the play-by-play duties for the broadcast. The meet will also be webcast LIVE by Swimnetwork.com throughout the duration of the competition.

The 2010 Long Course YMCA Swimming Championships were held at the University of Maryland, July 26-30. Congratulations to the Y Nats swimmers for NC Swimming. Final Result can be found here.

Friday, July 30, 2010

The 2010-2011 Short Course Calendar is now available (PDF). Early on the schedule: Western North Carolina Open Water Challenge will be held on Saturday, September 18 on John H. Moss Reservoir Lake at Kings Mountain, NC. Hosted by Sharks Aquatic Club (SAC), this open event will include 5K, 3K, 2K and 500m Sprint with an in-water, beach entry start and finish. The course is also the site for the annual Over the Mountain Triathlon each spring. The layout provides for full spectator viewing. Local accommodations include nearby hotels and an on-site campground. Additional information and registration.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Congratulations to the following 20 athletes selected to the 2010 NCS ZONE TEAM this weekend at the NCS Senior Championship Meet. These athletes will depart Monday for the Southern Zone Age Group Championship Meet to be held July 27-August 1 in Atlanta, GA at Georgia Tech.

15-18 ZONE TEAM SELECTEES

BOYS Ben Miller – MOR
Charles Heiser – MAC
Austin Snyder – MAC
Richard Beatty – NCAC
Jonathan Peterson – MAC
Ollie Clayton-Luce – WAVE
Damian Smalls – TEAM
Drew Gaertner – TEAM
Alex Labonge – GSA
Garrett House – DUKE


GIRLS
Halle Beeler - GSA
Jourdan Cline - MAC
Leah Davis - MAC
Zoe Gan - NCAC
Lillian Gordy - STAR
Kiera Molloy - YOTA
Rachel Mulligan - YOTA
Lillie Smith - MOR
Katy Stringfield - SMAC
Michelle York - NCAC

Monday, July 19, 2010
Registration forms and applications for 2010-2011 are now available. Click on the "Registration" tab.

The NCS Zone Team leaves Monday, July 26th for Atlanta. Read the Team Communication (PDF)

Team and Individual Awards (PDF) from the NCS 14 & Under Age Group Championships

Sunday, July 18, 2010
RSA's Henriette Stenkvist is competing at the 2010 European Junior Championships in Helsniki, Finland as a member of the Swedish National Junior Team. She has collected a gold in the 400 free (4:13), a silver in the 200 free (2:01) and a bronze in the 200 back (2:13) and swims in the finals of the 100 back tonight.

Monday, July 12, 2010
Proposed Short Course Meet Schedule is now available (PDF).

Sunday, June 27, 2010
Everything you need to know about the 2010 NCS Zone Team Selection (PDF).

Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The deadline for 2009-2010 Scholastic All-America applications is August 1. Applications can be downloaded from our Scholastic All-America page. The deadline for qualifying swims is June 30. Read about this great program here.