{"id":168816,"date":"2015-12-16T17:33:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T00:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=168816"},"modified":"2015-12-16T17:33:13","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T00:33:13","slug":"nations-capital-swim-club-claims-second-consecutive-usa-swimming-club-excellence-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nations-capital-swim-club-claims-second-consecutive-usa-swimming-club-excellence-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Nation\u2019s Capital Swim Club Claims Second Consecutive USA Swimming Club Excellence Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the second year in a row Nation\u2019s Capital Swim Club of the Washington, D.C., area, earned the top position in the <a href=\"http:\/\/usaswimming.org\/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1616&amp;Alias=Rainbow&amp;Lang=en\">USA Swimming Club Excellence<\/a> program, recognizing the organization\u2019s highest-performing clubs in the development of athletes 18 years and younger.<\/p>\n<p>NCAP, whose top athletes include Olympian <strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong>, National Team members <strong>Cassidy Bayer <\/strong>and<strong> Andrew Seliskar <\/strong>and seven Junior National team members, tallied 68,604 points, finishing 30,000 points ahead of second-place finisher SwimMAC Carolina. Lakeside Swim Team of Louisville, Kentucky, placed third and jumped up from number nine a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis honor reflects the collective hard work of athletes and their coaches, along with the tremendous support of our team families and the club officers of Nation\u2019s Capital Swim Club,\u201d said <strong>Pete Morgan<\/strong>, head coach of Nation\u2019s Capital Swim Club. \u201cWith less than eight months remaining before USA Swimming selects the 2016 Olympic Team, Nation&#8217;s Capital Swim Club is proud to be recognized for Olympic event performances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In its 14<sup>th<\/sup> year, the Club Excellence program identifies clubs that execute strong, well-rounded programs to produce elite 18-and-under athletes. The top 20 clubs earn Gold level ranking and those rated 21-100 are designated as Silver honorees. The next 100 clubs are recognized at the Bronze level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarning a Gold, Silver or Bronze ranking has become a highly coveted honor for our club teams. The competition to earn a Club Excellence ranking continues to be more and more challenging.\u201d said <strong>Pat Hogan<\/strong>, USA Swimming\u2019s Club Development Managing Director. \u201cOn behalf of USA Swimming, I want to congratulate each of 200 clubs that have earned a ranking in the 2016 program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following clubs achieved the Gold Medal ranking for 2016, with Local Swimming Committee (LSC) designation. Fourteen different LSCs are represented in the Gold Medal level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Club\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LSC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationscapitalswimming.com\/\">Nation&#8217;s Capital Swim Club<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Potomac Valley)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 68,604<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/swimmaccarolina.org\/\">SwimMAC Carolina<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(North Carolina)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 36,509<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamunify.com\/Home.jsp?team=kslst\">Lakeside Swim Team<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Kentucky)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 34,573<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamunify.com\/Home.jsp?team=gsdsc\">Dynamo Swim Club<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Georgia) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 31,514<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nitroswim.com\/\">Nitro Swimming<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(South Texas) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 30,009<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamunify.com\/Home.jsp?team=scmvn\">Mission Viejo Nadadores<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 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Since the inception of this program, 72 different clubs have earned Gold Medal ranking at least once and North Baltimore Aquatic Club is the only club to retain its Gold Medal ranking each year since the program began in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the 200 clubs recognized as Gold, Silver and Bronze programs, Southern California Swimming led all LSCs with 13 clubs recognized, followed by Middle Atlantic at 12 and Southeastern had 11 clubs represented.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to recognizing high-performing teams, the program provides grant funding that enable clubs to expand and enhance the services already provided to athletes. A total of $450,000 in grants will be distributed to the 100 Gold- and Silver-level clubs.<\/p>\n<p>In conjunction with the USA Swimming Club Excellence program, USA Swimming introduced the Podium Club. Beginning in 2016, a club achieving a Gold Medal ranking for four consecutive years will be named to the Podium Club. In addition to earning Gold grant dollars, Podium Club members will receive a financial bonus from a pool of dollars to be divided equally among the number of teams in the Podium Club each year.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the following eight teams that were inducted into the Podium Club for 2016:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aquazot Swim Club<\/li>\n<li>Bolles School Sharks<\/li>\n<li>Dynamo Swim Club<\/li>\n<li>Lakeside Swim Team<\/li>\n<li>Nation\u2019s Capital Swim Club<\/li>\n<li>North Baltimore Aquatic Club<\/li>\n<li>Sarasota YMCA Sharks<\/li>\n<li>SwimMAC Carolina<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/ViewMiscArticle.aspx?TabId=1706&amp;Alias=Rainbow&amp;Lang=en&amp;mid=1071&amp;ItemId=7053\">here<\/a> to view the complete 2016 Club Excellence Program results.<\/p>\n<p><i>The above article is a press release submitted to Swimming World. 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