Forget about the Super Bowl- it's time for Western Open!

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This weekend, over 300 SwimMACers from all SwimMAC practice groups are headed downtown to MCAC for the Western Open hosted by Team Charlotte. Swimmers and coaches are set for a great weekend of swimming!

Warm-up times, swimmers should be ready to jump in the pool at these times:

Friday Evening (all ages)- 5:15pm
Saturday Morning (10 & under, 13 & 14s) -8:15am
Saturday Afternoon (11&12s, Senior) - 1:45pm
Sunday Morning (10 & under, 13 & 14s) - 7:30am
Sunday Afternoon (11&12s, Senior) - 1:00pm

Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center is located at:

800 East Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28202

T-shirt order is: Friday- SwimMAC navy, Saturday- Carolina Blue registration shirt, Sunday- SwimMAC Orange

Stay tuned for information on what to do in case of inclement weather.

GO MAC!

SwimMAC Wins NC Senior Champs!

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It was a busy weekend of swimming for SwimMAC at the Senior Championships. We had almost 100 senior swimmers competing, and despite the Saturday and Sunday sessions being changed to timed finals due to the inclement weather, spirits were high and the swimming was fast. The SwimMAC Men placed 1st over New South 625.5 to 510, the Women placed 2nd to Star 506-464, and, most importantly, SwimMAC won the Combined Team Score over New Wave 1,089.5 to 768. Winning the senior state championship is an important accomplishment. Way to go team!

New Sectional Cuts were made by Billy Murch-Elliot (1000Fr), Peter Brumm (1000Fr), Logan Heck (500Fr, 1000Fr), Andrew Wrist (1000Fr), Sam Ormand (100Br), Lee Ward (100Fly), Jonathan Peterson (400IM), Heather Isetts (50Fr), Kevin Glen (100Bk), Caroline Bryant (500Fr), Dillion Love (500Fr), Katherine Plevka (200Bk). Good work everyone.

David Marsh Message

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NC Senior Champs: Let's Go MAC!

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It’s January again and that means two things:  Charlotte weather is unpredictable and Senior Championship Meet is upon us at SwimMAC!  This weekend promises to be a busy and exciting weekend at HFFA with lots of fast swimming.  As with every championship meet SwimMAC will be gunning for the title.

Please be aware that seating will be limited as this will be a large meet.  Warm-ups will be divided by site to accommodate all the teams that are attending the meet.  Please see below for when specifically swimmers from each site will be warming up.  Also please be aware that there will be specific places to park at HFFA and the surrounding areas, so look for signs indicating where appropriate.

Meet Schedule:

Thursday:        Warmups – 4:00-5:20pm         Finals – 5:30pm
Friday:             Warmups – 6:30-7:20am (Latin swimmers) / 7:20-8:10 (North swimmers)
Prelims – 8:30am                     Finals – 6:00pm
Saturday:         Warmups – 6:30-7:20am (North swimmers) / 7:20-8:10 (Latin swimmers)
Prelims – 8:30am                     Finals – 6:00pm
Sunday:           Warmups – 6:30-7:20am (North swimmers) / 7:20-8:10 (Latin swimmers)
Prelims – 8:30am                     Finals – 5:30pm

Especially as this is a home meet be sure and wear our TEAM COLORS, swimmers and parents alike.

T-shirt Order:

Thursday - Any SwimMAC T-shirt
Friday - Registration Blue T-shirt
Saturday - Navy Blue T-shirt
Sunday - Orange T-shirt

See you on deck and good luck to all the swimmers!

2010 NC Senior Champs Psych Sheet

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To view Psych Sheet, please click on document below. Live Results
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SwimMAC Had an Amazing Weekend in Rock Hill, SC

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Last weekend, SWIMMAC took over 200 swimmers to the Stingray Invitational in Rock Hill, SC and definitely proved that best times and great swims can be achieved even after a hard holiday training schedule! For the senior swimmers, the meet was a great opportunity to step up to the plate by swimming fast enough in prelims to get a best time, make it back to finals and swim best times again! The meet also gave them the chance to implement the racing strategies they will take into the championship phase of the season. Many Senior Champ cuts were achieved by Senior II and III swimmers from both the Latin and Huntersville locations.

For the 12&Under swimmers, the meet was a huge boost of confidence! Many kids made finals for the first time and a handful of kids became BB swimmers! A few of those swimmers include Andrew VanWingerden, Jack Workman, Mackenzie Westaway, Eric Zhu, Cameron Tully, Alana Williams, Emery Hausmann, Hannah Puckett, and Katherine Egan. The success of the 12&Unders was very noteworthy after a hard holiday training schedule as well.

Parents-thank you for supporting your kids and being their #1 Fans! We wish each swimmer the best of luck as we get closer to our championship meets!

SwimMAC has great showing this weekend at the Larson Allen Invite

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SwimMAC had a great weekend of swimming at the Larson Allen Invite. Many swimmers achieved lifetime best times and in-season best times at the meet. The coaching staff was very encouraged by what they saw at the meet and really look forward to our performance in the upcoming championship season. North Baltimore Aquatic Club won the meet with 7336.5 points followed by SwimMAC with 6243 points and Y-Spartaquatics was third with 4936 points. We want to thank Danen Murray and Stephanie Miller for their leadership and organizational efforts with the meet. In addition, we would like to thank Dave and Lisa Olack for their duties as Meet Referee and Meet Administration. We also would like to thank NBAC, Y-Spartaquatics, Tide, and SMAC for attending the meet. The meet was full of great swimming from all teams. Lastly, we want to thank all of our parent volunteers who helped make the meet a huge success. All of the teams complimented us on how gracious and helpful our parent volunteers were. Thank You Parents!

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Message From David Marsh on MLK Weekend Meets

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LarsonAllen Invite

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For Live Results from the LarsonAllen Invite, click here.

Polar Bear Recap

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This past weekend both White groups attended the Polar Bear Invite, and SwimMAC got off to a great start on Saturday morning in the 50 freestyle with a number of best times. That energy helped propel the athletes through the rest of the session, with many more good swims. Sunday morning was another awesome session with multiple swimmers participating in the 200 butterfly and the 500 freestyle for the first time, which is valuable race experience and something to be proud of. Good job everyone. Another awesome highlight of the weekend was when SwimMAC won all four 13/18 relays using only 13 and 14-year-olds! Let's keep up the hard work in practice as we move closer to the championship meet phase of the season.