Friday, July 3, 2009
Complete information about the 2009 NCS Zone Team (PDF)

Thursday, May 28, 2009

The NCS Open Water Championships will be held in Seven Lakes, West, End, NC, May 29 and 30. Click here for complete information.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Reimbursement Application (PDF) for summer National Meets (US Open, Juniors and World Champ Trials)

Attached (PDF) is instructions and application for 15-18s for the Southern Zone Championships for selection based on the short course season. The application was due by May 11th. Congratulations to the following swimmers for making the NCS Zone Team so far:

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Scholastic All America Applications (PDF) – due August 1, 2009.

Applications must include the following:
--Completed Application
--Print-out from SWIMS of eligible times
--Transcript for the ENTIRE 2008-2009 academic year
Mail to the committee members listed on the application (Louise Limerick-girls; Betty Kooy-boys) by August 1, 2009.

2009-2010 NCS Calendar (PDF) now available. Also, Senior Short Course Qualifying Standards (PDF)

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Thank you Scott Wiltsey for pictures of the NCS Select Camp, which can be found here and here.

Monday, April 27, 2009
2009 NCS Martha McKee Awards & Recognition Banquet
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Charlotte, NC
Sunday April, 26, 2009
1:00pm-3:00pm

Keynote Speaker 2008 Olympian Eric Shanteau

After being introduced by his former Auburn coach Dave Marsh, Shanteau spoke about journey from being a 10year-old age group swimmer to a 2008 Olympian. One of Eric's messages to swimmers is that it is not so important what happens as it is how you react and what you do in response. Eric shared his personal challenges, from finishing 3rd in two events in the 2004 Olympic Trials to his successful fight against cancer after making the 2008 Olympic Team, and how he reacted to use his challenges as stepping stones rather than stumbling blocks. Eric also took time to answer every question from swimmers, coaches, and parents in attendance, from how handle plateaus and the college selection process to what his hardest set was (so far) and his most embarrassing moment. Read more about Eric.

Eric's 2008 Olympic Teammate Cullen Jones was on hand to receive the NCS Willis Casey Award which is presented to the highest World Ranked NCS Swimmer. Cullen is #3 World-Ranked in the 50 FR.Eric presented the following awards and was gracious enough to allow every single NCS All-Star and NCS Top 5 recipient to have a photo-op with him receiving their award. Thank you Peter Carney for taking photographs of our awardees. Please contact Peter through the e-mail address on these pages to request high resolution images.

Willis Casey Senior Swimmer of the Year Cullen Jones #3 World Ranking in 50FR
15-18 Male Swimmer of the Year Mack Montgomery #1 US Ranking 200 FR
15-18 Female Swimmer of the Year Sarah Henry #1 US Ranking 200 BR
13-14 Male Swimmer of the Year Dominick Glavich #1 200 FL & 100 FL
13-14 Female Swimmer of the Year Sabrina Benson #4 US Ranking 200 BK
12&U Male Swimmer of the Year Isaac Klinger #2 US Ranking 50 BK
12&U Female Swimmer of the Year Genevieve Miller #1 US Ranking 1650 FR
Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year: Chip Peterson
Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year: Kelly Ann Baird
Senior Coach of the Year: Casey Charles, GSC
Age Group Coach of the Year: Kile Zeller, SMAC
Team of the Year MAC
ConcoPhilips 66 Volunteer of the Year Peter Carney, NCS Treasurer for 20+ years

All-Star Lists: 2008-2009 Short Course (PDF) | 2009 Long Course (PDF) | Combined All-Stars List (PDF) | Top Ten by Single Age (PDF) | Top 10 Relays (PDF) | Open Water All-Stars (PDF)

Peter Carney awarded the ConocoPhillips Volunteer of the Year for North Carolina Swimming.

Peter has donated a super-human amount of energy and time to the sport. In addition to serving as NCS Treasurer for almost 25 years, Peter has also served on the USA Swimming Board of Directors (most recently as Treasurer) and Chaired the USA Swimming Rules & Regulations Committee for eight years. Currently Peter and his wife, Lyndie, are regularly involved in swimming in a new way - with their 3 year-old daughter's, KC, swim lessons. Peter (left) with former Age Group Chair, Jim Crampton.

Friday, April 17, 2009
The Spring House of Delegates was the weekend of April 18 and 19 in the Raleigh area. Please see reports that were filed before the meeting and be looking for minutes and legislative changes that occurred at the meeting.

Spring Meeting Schedule (PDF) | HoD Meeting Agenda (PDF) | General Chair Report (PDF) | Officials Chair Report (PDF) | Safety Chair Report (PDF) | Sanction Committee Report (PDF) | Spectator Fee Task Force (PDF) | LEAP Level 1(PDF) | LEAP Level 2 (PDF) | LEAP Level 3 (PDF) | Draft Minutes from Fall HoD Meeting (PDF) | Open Water Championship Report (PDF)

Monday, April 6, 2009
Results for the 2009 Club Excellence Program have been announced and NC Swimming has more than its fair share of the 200 clubs selected! Congratulations to SwimMAC Carolina (Gold)-- Raleigh Swimming Association, Marlins of Raleigh - Wolfpack Aquatics, North Carolina Aquatic Club, Winston-Salem YMCA Swim Team (Silver)-- Duke Aquatics, YMCA of the Triangle Area Swim Team, Waves of Wilmington, Inc, Greensboro Swimming Assoc, and New Wave Swim Team (Bronze).

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
FINA has imposed new rules for swimsuit wear and USA Swimming has modified our swimsuit rules to conform with FINA. Read Rules Chair Bruce Stratton's interpretation (PDF).

Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Locate information about NCS Committees and Meeting Minutes from Board and House of Delegates meetings on the Locate Page. Click on the appropriate tabs.

Monday, March 16, 2009
Select Campers: Please see the attached preliminary Camp Outline (PDF) and new qualifiers (PDF) from Age Group Sectionals.

Sunday, March 8, 2009
Submit the names of candidates for the Andy Craver Determination Award by April 6th. Click here (PDF) for information on the award and contact information.

Thursday, March 5, 2009
Attention Coaches, Clubs and Leagues: It is time to submit bids for meets for the 2009-2010 Short Course Season. Please find links to Technical Planning Chair Aaron Reeves' Memo about bids (PDF), Meet Template (PDF) and Bid Form (PDF).

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
NCHSAA State Championships Meet Results are available, click here for view for 1A/2A, 3A and 4A. Also, Meet Manager Backups are available for 1A/2A, 3A and 4A. Coaches can restore these backups in Meet Manager. To get times for your swimmers into Team Manager, create a new team in Meet Manager (yours!). For each of your athletes, change the team affiliation from the high school to your team. You can then export the results from Meet Manager for your team only and import them into Team Manager. If you want them to go in more smoothly, take the time to add the USA Swimming registration ID for each of your swimmers. Also, Region backups 3A East, 3A West, 4A East, 4A Central, and 4A West.

If you are looking for a time that you think was not uploaded from one of these meets, please see this memo (PDF) that explains the process.

Monday, February 16, 2009
NCS 14 & Under Age Group Championship Psych Sheet and Results posted here.