This picture is from July 4th, the last day of the Senior team summer training camp that started on Friday June 18th.  The Seniors competed 27 workouts in 17 days and swam nearly 200,000 yards.  Shown are some of the Seniors who completed this feat.  Many  were awarded the "Grote" cap for excellence during the camp.  Kurt Grote was NCA's `1996 Olympic Gold Medalist.

Coach Tim's name is mentioned on the Big 10 cable channel.  This is in the 400's for Time Warner.  2009 Big 10 Championship - at the beginning of the 400 IM the announcer mentions that in the prelims Tyler Clary broke an 8 year Big 10 standing record set in 2001 by Tim Siciliano.

NCA's Kendyl Stewart and Eric Hedlin make USA swimming news in Barcelona!!!

The second and final day of the Mare Nostrum stop in Barcelona featured another solid day of swimming from the National Youth Team, as well as strong performances from National Teamers Ariana Kukors, Rebecca Soni and Eric Shanteau.
 
National Youth Teamer Missy Franklin (pictured, left) added to her strong performances in Barcelona with a third-place finish in the women’s 200m back. Franklin swam a 2:10.69, just four-tenths off the first place finisher.  China's Zhao Jing was first in 2:10.21 while New Zealand's Melissa Ingram was second in 2:10.51. Franklin also placed sixth in the 100m free with a time of 55.58.
 
Other top-eight Youth Team performances in Barcelona included swims by Camryne Morris, Chelsea Chenault, Eric Hedlin, Rachel Bootsma and Kendyl Stewart.
 
Rachel Bootsma finished fourth just outside of medal contention in the 50m back with a time of 28.52. Camryne Morris placed fourth in the 400m free in 4:10.00. 4:14. Chelsea Chenault finished seventh in the same event in 4:13.42.In the women’s 200m back, Madison White was sixth in the 200m in 2:13.33. Camille Adams placed eighth in the 200m fly with a time of 2:13.60. Eric Hedlin was seventh in the 1500m free with a time of 15:40.67, while Kendyl Stewart was seventh in the 50m fly in 27.54.

In the women’s 200m IM, Ariana Kukors lowered the meet record with a time of 2:11.24. Scotland's Hannah Miley took second in 2:12.99, while Caitlin Leverenz of Cal Aquatics finished third in 2:13.76.
 
Rebecca Soni added to her Mare Nostrum medal haul in the women’s 100m breast. Soni finished in 1:06.27 to beat Russia's Yuliya Efimova, who was second in 1:06.79. Sweden's Joline Hostman finished third in 1:08.95.

Eric Shanteau earned the top spot in the men’s 200m breast with a time of 2:11.59. Japan’s Kosuke Kitajima was a very close second in 2:11.64, while Russia's Grigory Falko was third in 2:13.65.

Robert Margalis finished third in the men’s 400m IM in 4:20.37. Brazil's Thiago Pereira earned the top spot in the event with a time of 4:16.85, while South Africa's Chad Le Clos was second in 4:20.23.

Jessica Hardy placed second in the women’s 100m free with a time of 55.16. Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom had a strong swim to get the win in 54.87, while Canada's Victoria Poon rounded out the top three in 55.29. Kara Lynn Joyce was fourth in 55.48.

Katie Hoff also picked up a medal on the final day of competition in Barcelona, finishing third in the women’s 400m free in 4:09.37. Australia's Blair Evans won the event in 4:07.70, while Denmark's Lotte Friis placed second in 4:07.92.

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Congratulations to Ariel Jordan and Lauren McClure.  They competed in the 5K Open water National Championships event in Long Beach this weekend.  Both came in at 1 hour 6 min.  We are very proud of you girls!!!  Way to go!!!

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 USA Swimming is proud to honor the commitment of our clubs as we introduce the ninth year of the USA Swimming Club Excellence Program. The focus of this voluntary program is to identify and reward up to 200 USA Swimming clubs that have attained a high level of athlete performance as well as organizational success.

North Coast Aquatics, headquartered in Carlsbad, Vista and La Jolla,California offers a complete program from the novice to world-ranked swimmers.

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North Coast Aquatics was founded in 1979 by Head Coach Jeff Pease as one of the first coach-owned swim teams and is currently the largest competitive swim team in the San Diego area. NCA has 375 swimmers and 9 highly qualified coaches, consistently fielding the strongest swim program in the county.

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