Nation’s Capital Swim Club, of Washington, DC, earned the top position in the 2015 USA Swimming Club Excellence program, recognizing the organization’s highest-performing clubs in the development of athletes 18 years and younger.
NCAP, whose top youth athletes include Katie Ledecky and Andrew Seliskar, tallied 52,942 points to edge three-time champion SwimMAC Carolina, which placed second in this year’s rankings.
“Nation’s Capital Swim Club is honored to be named as the winner of the Club Excellence program this year,” said Tom Ugast, Chief Executive Officer of Nation’s Capital Swim Club. “This is truly a team effort by our athletes, coaches and families to work hard throughout the year to achieve the highest level in our sport. This is the first time we have won this award because of all the great other teams throughout the country. We are all proud to carry this honor for the next 12 months.”
In its 14th year, the Club Excellence program identifies clubs that execute strong, well-rounded age group and senior swimming programs to produce elite 18-and-under athletes. The top 20 clubs earn Gold level and those ranked 21-100 are designated as Silver. The next 100 clubs are recognized as Bronze.
“Club Excellence is one of our most popular programs and earning a Gold, Silver or Bronze ranking is highly coveted by coaches and clubs,” said Pat Hogan, USA Swimming’s Club Development Managing Director. “Our clubs nationwide demonstrate incredible commitment to improve the performance of their athletes.”
The following clubs achieved the Gold Medal for 2015, with Local Swimming Committee (LSC) designation. Sixteen (16) different LSCs are represented in the Gold Medal level.
1. Nation’s Capital Swim Club (Potomac Valley) 52,942
2. SwimMAC Carolina (North Carolina) 40,540
3. Aquazot Swim Club (Southern California) 36,574
4. Dynamo Swim Club (Georgia) 33,504
5. Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics (Pacific) 32,819
6. North Baltimore Aquatic Club (Maryland) 29,513
7. SwimAtlanta (Georgia) 28,840
8. Lakeside Swim Team (Kentucky) 24,186
9. Nitro Swimming (South Texas) 23,392
10. Bolles School Sharks (Florida) 21,203
11. Santa Clara Swim Club (Pacific) 21,162
12. Carmel Swim Club (Indiana) 20,897
13. Sarasota YMCA Sharks (Florida) 20,102
14. NOVA Aquatics Inc. (Virginia) 18,858
15. Wilton Y Wahoos (Connecticut) 17,331
16. Y-Spartaquatic Swim Club (South Carolina) 16,460
17. York YMCA (Middle Atlantic) 14,319
18. Davis Arden Racing Team (Sierra Nevada) 14,260
19. KING Aquatic Club (Pacific Northwest) 14,238
20. Gator Swim Club (Florida) 14,009
Davis Arden Racing Team and Gator Swim Club both achieved the Gold Medal level for the first time this year. NOVA saw the biggest jump from last year, moving 11 spots from number 25 and into the gold medal category. Since the inception of this program, 69 different clubs have earned the Gold-Medal ranking at least once.
Southern California Swimming led all LSCs with 15 clubs recognized, followed by Pacific Swimming at 12. Florida Swimming, Illinois Swimming and Middle Atlantic Swimming each had nine clubs represented.
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. Final grant awards will be announced by April 17, 2015.
Click here to view the complete 2015 Club Excellence Program results.
Swimming News is courrtesy of USA Swimming.
They did great
I agree. They worked their buts of and did great
Katie is such a remarkable person. I hope to be like her in a few years
Congrats to the NCAP coaches and swimmers!
At just completed Junior Nats, Nitro Swimming finished 4th in the combined team scoring.
Go Nitro!
Well deserved!
I agree