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National Diversity Select Camp Applications are now available at USASwimming.org. Summary:36 swimmers will be selected to attend the National Diversity Select Camp May 3-6, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Swimmers must meet the qualifying time standards for the camp and represent an ethnically underrepresented population that is less than 10% of the current USA Swimming membership. The fastest male and fastest female in each Olympic event will be selected. Additionally, three swimmers of each gender will be selected based on IMX scores while two additional males and females will be...

Click here for New Top Ten List and New Top 20 List for SC Swimming!

LINK: http://www.ncswim.org/2011/11/how-to-become-a-stroke-and-turn-judge January 14th

· Kent Easty has graciously volunteered to be a meet evaluator for our Short Course State Championship Meet. PLEASE consider being evaluated at this meet if you do not have a current N2 or better qualification as a S&T, Starter or Deck Ref official. Our LSC is hosting this year’s Zone Meet at the Team Greenville pool this summer. The LSC would love to provide a contingent of qualified officials for this meet. At a minimum, one should have a N2 status as S&T to work the meet. Click on...

Dec 2-4 at the Drew Pool 2101 Walker Solomon Way, Columbia, SC Please contact REED BICKERS for more information BICKERSR@mailbox.sc.edu

YMCA and USA Swimming Officials Clinic will be held on December 3 at Middle Tyger YMCA in Duncan SC Level I YMCA will be from 10AM until 2pm Level II YMCA will be from 12noon until 4pm Cost for these two clinics will be $28.00 The USA Swimming Stroke and Turn Clinic will be from 1pm until 2pm The USA Swimming Starter Clinic will be from 2:45 pm until 4pm The USA Swimming Referee Clinic will be from 1:45 pm until 4pm There is no up front cost to the...

Southern Zone Friends. Please find attached the report to the USA Swimming Board of Directors for the November 2011 meeting. If you have items that you would like added to the report, please forward them to me. SouthernZoneReporttoBOD1111 Best regards, Jay ThomasTim BauerSouthern Zone Directors

Topic: Saving Pools Saves Lives Workshop ** Where: Orlando at the Orange County Convention Center ** When: November 30th, 2011** Cost: $45.00 Included in fee: Aquatic Resource Manual, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack Click on the logo to learn more and register for the workshop: ** The USA Swimming Facility Department is asking for your help. If you know of a city or community pool that might be in financial trouble and could possibly close please let them know USA Swimming’s Saving Pools Saves Lives Workshop. The workshop is designed...

Top 10 and Top 20 Rankings are under Times and than Top 10. I have included a list of meets that are in database. Please email me all results for your team if you don't see meet listed. Thanks TCSolo710@yahoo.com -Tim Conley, Age Group Chair

Officials be on the look-out for emails regarding your USA Certification cards, and don’t forget to check your test history on USA Swimming to determine when you must get your recertification tests completed. Per the LSC policies and procedures, certification will be a period of two (2) years, expiring December 31 of the second year. Officials certified after October 31 of the second year cycle are certified until December of the second full year. Prior to October 31, certification will expire on December of the next year. So, if you...