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The final day of competition at the 2012 U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championships ended with North Carolina Masters Swimming taking first place for combined men’s and women’s regional teams and Virginia Masters Swim Team earning first place for combined men’s and women’s local teams. Eight new national records were set on the closing day, bringing the overall total to 43 national records set during the four day meet.
“From the opening swims in the 1000 freestyle to the closing...
The third day of competition at the 2012 U.S. Masters Spring Swimming Championships ended with the Sarasota YMCA Sharks in first place for local men’s team, the Virginia Masters Swim Team in first place for local women’s teams and North Carolina Masters Swimming leading the scoring for both women’s and men’s regional teams.
“It was a tremendous day for U.S. Master’s Swimming,” said co-meet director Hill Carrow. “Records were broken across multiple age groups, the pool facilities smoothly...
National records continued to fall on day two of the 2012 U.S. Masters Swimming Championships. A wide range of ages were represented in the 10 new national age-group records set for distance swimming at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Over 200 local and regional clubs participated in 14 events and a relay. In all, 1,865 swimmers will compete in the U.S. Masters Spring Nationals during the four day event. Highlights of Day Two included:
• 88-year-old Marjorie Stone established a national record...
The opening day of the 2012 U.S. Masters Swimming Championships saw four new national age-group records set for distance swimming at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. More than 400 swimmers competed in the 1000 and 1650 yard freestyle events. In all, 1,865 swimmers will compete in the US Masters Spring Nationals over the next four days.
Highlights of Day One included:
• 95-year-old Anne Dunivin established a national record of 50:44:12 in the Women’s 95-99 age group 1000 Free. Dunivin beat her...
Final preparations are underway at the Greensboro Aquatic Center for the 2012 USMS Spring National Championships. Competition will begin on Thursday, April 26 and conclude on Sunday, April 29 and feature a field of 1,865 swimmers, including 12 Olympians. The event marks the first time North Carolina has hosted a Masters national competition in 20 years, dating back to the 1992 USMS Short Course National Championships in Chapel Hill.
"I am particularly excited that this will be not only the...
The Greensboro Aquatic Center and STAR Aquatics will host 680 swimmers and over 80 teams from all over the Southeast for the 2012 ESSZ (Eastern Section Southern Zone) Championships beginning tomorrow (March 8) and running through Sunday, March 11.
The meet will feature 10 current members (eight male and two female) of the USA Swimming National team including Greensboro native and 100 backstroke NCAA champion Eugene Godsoe. Also competing in the star-studded field will be former NC State great...
Levente Bathory swam a 2:01.79 in the 200yd. backstroke at the January Jump Start meet (1/13/12) at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
His time ranks him No. 1 in the Nation for 12-year-old boys. He is also ranked 10th in the 100yard back with his time of 58.06 from the January Jump Start meet.
Congratulations Levente!
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Daniel Le set an unofficial North Carolina State Record for the 15-16 Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke at the GSA John Dewey Invitational swim meet this past weekend (Nov. 19-20) at Greensboro Aquatic Center.
The 16-year-old Le, who competes for Greensboro Swimming Association (GSA), won the event with a time of 56.03 seconds, beating the previous state record of 56.24 seconds. Le just returned from the USA Swimming National Select Camp in Colorado Springs which he attended with GSA’s head coach,...
Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford announced today that the Greensboro Aquatic Center has been selected as the site for the 2013, 2014 and 2016 ACC Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Championships.
“The Atlantic Coast Conference has a special relationship with the City of Greensboro and the Greensboro Coliseum Complex," said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. “Bringing the ACC Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championships to this tremendous facility will provide our...
Greensboro, North Carolina will be a hotbed for diving next summer, with three national-level competitions coming to the brand new Greensboro Aquatic Center in August, 2012.
Approximately 600 of the nation’s top young divers will participate in the USA Diving Age Group National Championships from August 2-4 and the USA Diving Junior National Championships from August 5-10.
The diving events will culminate with the AT&T National Diving Championships from August 14-19. One of the premier...