South Carolina Swimming
News & Updates
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We're headed into the 2022 championship season!
#GoSCSwimming
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American Records Fall at U.S. Paralympic National Championships |
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Congratulations to Team Greenville's Parker Egbert for his performance at the U.S. Paralympic National Championships is Greensboro, NC. Parker stood atop the gold medal podium and set new American Records in the S-14 classification for both the 400m Freestyle and 200m Backstroke in addition to bringing home gold in the 100m Butterfly and 100m Backstroke. |
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Thanks to all of our clubs who have helped promote South Carolina Swimming on their social media sites by tagging the South Carolina LSC and using the hashtag #GoSCSwimming. Our December promotion saw over 200 posts using the tags and hashtags. Congratulations to the Upper Palmetto YMCA Rays for coming out on top of our December contest.
Keep up the great work in January! We'll have more prizes for our clubs.
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2022 ZONE TEAM APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN |
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Applications for the 2022 South Carolina Swimming Age Group Zone Team are now open. The 2022 Southern Zone Age Group Championships will take place July 25-August 1 in Arlington, Texas. South Carolina Swimming had their highest points total ever last season and are looking to achieve even greater results in 2022.
The Coach application is currently open and the first round of the athlete application will be open until April 1st. For more information, click on the links below, or e-mail Age Group Committee Chair Eduardo Dos Santos.
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NEW SOUTH CAROLINA SWIMMING STATE RECORD HOLDERS |
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Isabella Sarvis
Eva Kelly Tzouvelekas Gardner Anne Viney Grace Fowler
Y-Spartaquatics Swim Club
15-16 Girls 200y Freestyle Relay
1:37.76
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Darden Tate
Gamecock Aquatics
15-16 Boys 100y Freestyle
:45.58
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South Carolina Swimming College Commitments |
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Rebecca Morgan
Team Greenville
Centre College
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Caitlin Mason
South Carolina Swim Club
University of New Hampshire
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Charlotte Stull
Y-Spartaquatics Swim Club
Campbellsville University
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Halle Schart
South Carolina Swim Club
Roanoke College
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Katelyn Toelle
City of Charleston
Southern Marlins Racing Team
Lenoir-Rhyne University
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Help us recognize and celebrate our college commitments. If you have swimmer who has recently committed to swim at the next level, please send in their information along with a quote and a photo to sdd@sc-swimming.org and we'll make sure to recognize them in the next newsletter.
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Championship Season is on the horizon and preparation for these events is always an important key to success. Join Streamline Teams for this online webinar as they as they discuss everything from small details, two weeks out, to the large picture that starts at the beginning of the season. Staffing, schedules, workouts & the emotional process of the championship season. |
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USA Swimming Certification
If you experience any issues with any USA Swimming coach certifications not showing appropriately in your Deck Pass, please email learn@usaswimming.org. Issues surrounding these components of your membership are controlled by USA Swimming and not by South Carolina Swimming. It is currently being reported that longer than normal times for updates to appear on your Deck Pass, so plan accordingly.
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Y-Spartaquatics Swim Club Head Coach Dan Mascolo discusses how to best engage swimmers of all ages to remain dedicated to focusing on what their bodies are doing in the water. Visit the link below to read more. |
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USA Swimming’s top priority continues to be keeping it's athletes safe. No form of abuse, including child sexual abuse, has a place in the sport. As a part of it's continued commitment to safeguarding our athletes, USA Swimming has enacted enhancements to it's Safe Sport policy requirements.
Starting September 1, 2021, all USA Swimming member clubs and LSCs are required to implement the updated Minor Athlete Abuse Protection Policy (MAAPP) in full.
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Athlete Protection Training |
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South Carolina Swimming has thirteen Safe Sport certified clubs.
YCSC, CA, CAT, AAYM, FAST, GVST, PALM, YSSC, SMRT, SWIM, SCSC, CAC & RAYS have all completed their Safe Sport certifications. For more information about becoming a Safe Sport certified club, visit the USA Swimming Safe Sport page or contact South Carolina Safe Sport coordinator Heather Alexander.
Clubs that are among the first 1500 nationwide to complete Safe Sport certification are eligible for the Keeping Athletes First Incentive. Clubs will be entered into a monthly drawing fro a visit from a U.S. National Team athlete. For more information, visit USA Swimming's Safe Sport Recognition page.
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ON DECK WITH OUR OFFICIALS |
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South Carolina Swimming Officials at USA Swimming &
USA Paraswiming Winter National Meets
South Carolina Swimming was well represented last month at the Toyota U.S. Open, Speedo Winter Junior Championships and U.S. Paralympic National Championships. Congratulations to all of our officials and thank you for your service.
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Toyota U.S. Open
Aimee Onoszko, Scott Jones, Aimee McMillan
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Speedo Winter Junior Championships - East
Robbie Compton, Kim Crounse, Virginia Tate
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Speedo Winter Junior Championships - West
Jason Overby
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U.S. Paralympic National Championships
Robbie Compton
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Spring 2022 Officiating Opportunities
As we enter championship season, the Senior LSC (Feb 10-13) and Age Group LSC (Feb 17-20) Championships have sign ups for interested official available. Evaluations will also be available at both championship meets if interested. Following the LSC Championships, there will be many other opportunities this spring including 8&U Championships, SC USRY, Upper- and Lower-State Palmetto Meets, and Carolina Crown this spring with opportunities for officiating. All Meet Sign Ups for these meets can be found at: https://www.teamunify.com/team/szscslsc/page/system/res/82705.
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National Meet Applications
USA Swimming is accepting applications for officiating at National Meets. The next available National Meets are March 2-5 (Des Moines, IA; TYR Pro Series), and April 26-30 (Ft Myers, FL; Open Water Championship). Please consider attending such meets to represent South Carolina Swimming.
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Are spectator numbers limited at meets? Not a problem!
You can become an official on deck!
Register for a virtual Stroke-and-Turn Clinic today! Email the registration form to Jason Overby (overbyj@cofc.edu). Upon receipt of the registration form, you will be sent login information for the clinic and start your journey to becoming #OfficiallyAwesome!
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Current Officials have the opportunity to attend training for
Starters, Deck Referees and Chief Judges.
Current Officials have the opportunity to attend training for Administrative Referees. E-Mail Aimee McMillan (officials@sc-swimming.org) for more information.
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Renewals
All officials must renew their Non-Athlete Membership as well as take the recertification test for their highest level. It is imperative that officials get these taken care of as quickly as possible. It has been made explicitly clear by the National Officials Committee that the testing website cannot handle large numbers of officials simultaneously taking a test. Please plan accordingly.
APT and Background Check
If you experience any issues with APT or Background Check not showing appropriately in your Deck Pass, please email learn@usaswimming.org. Issues surrounding these components of your membership are controlled by USA Swimming and not by the LSC. It is currently being reported that longer than normal times for your APT and Background Check data to appear on your Deck Pass so plan accordingly.
Name Tags
With the adoption of a new logo for SC Swimming, new name tags will be ordered until January 15, 2022 for those officials that are registered for 2022 and in good standing with their APT, background check, and certification. After this deadline, information will be posted for officials to order their own name tag. The LSC has an account that the new name tag will be billed against but each official will have to place their own order. This new name tag will read the same as the name on your USA Swimming registration (First name Last name). If you would like your new name tag to read differently, please email Aimee McMillan (officials@sc-swimming.org).
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Thank you for your service to South Carolina Swimming.
We hope to see you there!
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