Friday, May 9, 2008
Meet Schedule and Calendar for 2008-2009, as approved at the recent House of Delegates, now available (PDF). Also, a summary of Legislative Highlights (PDF).

Sunday, May 4, 2008
Program (PDF) for the 2008 Martha McKee Awards Banquet.

Thursday, May 1, 2008
UNC's Chip Peterson will attempt to qualify for the Olympic 10 K Open Water berth at the World Open Water Championsips in Seville. Here is the link to the Seville web site.

Monday, April 28, 2008

The 2008 Martha McKee Awards Banquet will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in uptown Charlotte on Sunday, May 4th from 1:00-4:00pm.

The banquet meal will include a buffet lunch with Herb Roasted Chicken and sliced London Broil, with a tossed salad and choice of two dressings, assorted dinner rolls and southern style cornbread with butter, niblet corn and green beans almandine, and herb roasted potatoes. For dessert there will be an assortment of the chef's choice of cakes and pies. For beverages there will be water, lemonade, sweetened and unsweetened tea, and coffee available. The cost of the banquet will be $24.00 per person and must be pre-paid using PayPal no later than Wednesday, April 30th. There is no charge to NCS athletes who have been selected at 2008 All-Stars. The list below shows all of the 2008 All-Stars who still must reserve their dinner by emailing no later than April 30th and guaranteeing their meal. Those accompanying the All-Stars must have dreserve their meals using PayPal. There also will be a charge for parking in the hotel lot. There may be less expensive parking options elsewhere in the area.

2008 NC SWIMMING ALL-STARS

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Read the April Between the Lanes for up to date information on:

Spring House of Delegates Meeting Timetable
Select Camp Update
Calendar of Events (April-June)
Pending NCS Legislation
Reminder of Date for Submitting Bids to host meets in 2008-09
NCS Awards Banquet Information
Championship Meet Information
NCS Board Contact Information

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
NCS Open Water Championships will be held on June 7, 8.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008
A new swimming web site has been launched, Swimnetwork.com. The site is a visible part of a partnership between USA Swimming and WMG, a media group, and is intended to compliment the USA Swimming web site with content that is similar to Splash Magazine. Check it out and share it with your friends!

Friday, March 21, 2008
NCS Records and Meet Results (by swimmer) are now available on the new LSC Portal of the USA Swimming web site.

Saturday, March 15, 2008
The Tarheel Aquablazers will host the 6th Annual Black Heritage Championship Swim Meet at the Orlando YMCA on May 24-25. Meet information is posted on the meets page and a Brochure (PDF) is available.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Former North Carolina swimmers Matt McGinnis and Ricky Berens are part of University of Texas American Record 800 Free Relay. Swimming World reports The team of Dave Walters (1:32.51), Matt McGinnis (1:33.31), Michael Klueh (1:32.21) and Ricky Berens (1:32.52) demolished the standard of 6:14.14 set by Club Wolverine on Nov. 30, 2007 in Atlanta when the Longhorns checked in with a remarkable 6:10.55.

Sunday, February 24, 2008
As you probably noticed, Impact Athletic Media photographers were on hand for the North Carolina Short Course Senior State Championship (February 14th – 18th), photographing swimmers on Friday & Saturday. More than 1,000 photos of the swimmers competing in the lanes as well as Medal Stand Awards are now available for viewing & purchase from the NC SC Senior State Championship. To access the photos, please go to: http://www.printroom.com/pro/impact Further information can be found here (PDF).

YOTA parents were manning video cameras at the Senior Championships as well and some of their video can be found on the Floswimming website.

Sunday, January 6, 2008
The NCS Board met this weekend in Winston-Salem for a board retreat that was facilitated by Sue Anderson with USA Swimming. Pending final approval of the Board of Directors, a Mission Statement and Vision Statement were declared. A Strategic Plan was formulated.

Friday, January 4, 2008
"Between the Lanes" Newsletter (PDF) is now available for January.

Thursday, December 20, 2007
Coaches Safety Curriculum (PDF), 2007 - 2008 Requirements and Equivalents is now available for coaches.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Dominick Glavich, from YOTA, broke the 13-14 Boys State Record in the 100 Breast this past weekend at the 15th Annual TYR Capital Classic with a time of 59.64. Travis Johns from WOW set a 11-12 Boys State Record last weekend at the RSA Reindeer Meet, breaking the 11-12 boys 200 Back record posting a time of 2:04.82. Hannah Caron from RSA broke the 15-16 girls’ record in the 100 and 200 fly with a 54.98 and 1:59.96 respectively, also at the RSA Reindeer Meet.