NSEA Swim | Competitive Swim Team in Wilmington, NC

Upcoming Events & Deadlines

OCT 30 – NOV 1

BAC Halloween Bash

Dinah E Gore Fitness & Aquatics Center · All groups / all swimmers

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Entries closed

NOV 13 – 15

GAME Turkey Invitational

Carolina Natatorium @ USC · Breakers / Surge / Senior

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Sign up by 10/27, 11pm

Volunteer sign-up links will be added once they're posted in Captyn.

Meet Recap — October Suprise

Friday, October 9 · Earl Jackson Pool

42

Swimmers

126

Swims

54

Best Times

15

First-Time Swims

★ NC Age Group Championship Cuts

Everett Cassidy Hits Two AGC Cuts

Both in one meet, at age 10:

Boys 10 & Under 50 Fly 34.18

Boys 10 & Under 100 IM 1:17.06

♥ Thank You, Volunteers

The Meet Doesn't Happen Without You

Meet Setup

Liz Mariia

Timing & Running

Cassandra Jessica Allison Kristen Richard Laura Beth Martin Annette Victoria Jess Christine Michael M Suzanne Beth

Officials

Matt Michael B

Time Standards

13 new USA Swimming Motivational cuts by 9 swimmers.

Everett Cassidy

50 Fly 34.18 — AA AGC
100 IM 1:17.06 — A AGC

Emilia Cassidy

50 Breast 39.34 — BB
100 IM 1:18.86 — BB

Ada Hovis

100 Back 1:18.99 — BB
100 Breast 1:28.85 — BB

Lilah Taylor

50 Fly 32.14 — BB

Kai Farrell

100 Fly 1:52.50 — B
100 Breast 1:53.65 — B

Jaxon Kehn

100 Breast 1:19.73 — B

Kirin Lee

50 Breast 51.24 — B

Banks Smith

50 Fly 43.50 — B

Alexis Williams

100 Fly 1:23.61 — B

New to the Top 10

17 swimmers earned 28 spots on the SCY Top 10 Performers board (all-time rank shown).

10 & Under

Everett Cassidy #2 100 IM · #2 50 Fly

Kira Stepantsova #7 25 Back

Matthew Lance #7 25 Fly

Banks Smith #8 50 Fly · #10 100 Breast

Kai Farrell #8 100 Fly

Kirin Lee #8 50 Breast

Lily Clifford #8 25 Back

11-12

August Howell #5 100 Back · #7 50 Fly

Carter Frank #7 100 IM · #8 50 Free · #9 50 Fly

Corbin Tinney #10 100 Free · #10 50 Fly

13-14

Annderson Petroff #5 50 Fly · #6 50 Breast

15-16

Lila Paukovich #4 100 IM

Cullen Frank #8 50 Fly

Lilah Taylor #8 50 Back · #9 50 Fly · #10 50 Breast

17-18

Behr Petroff #2 50 Breast · #6 100 IM · #9 50 Free

Violet Derry #4 50 Fly

Sophie Wert #5 50 Back

Biggest Drops

Matthew Lance · 25 Fly 35.09 → 26.73 −23.8%

Will Lance · 50 Breast 1:15.17 → 57.54 −23.5%

Eleanor Stevens · 50 Free 1:32.78 → 1:14.73 −19.5%

Kirin Lee · 50 Free 50.58 → 41.55 −17.9%

Ada Hovis · 100 Back 1:35.41 → 1:18.99 −17.2%

Jones Bowen · 50 Fly 1:06.66 → 55.34 −17.0%

Claire Taylor · 25 Back 29.94 → 25.15 −16.0%

Best Time Club

29 swimmers dropped time. Multiple best times are marked ×2, ×3, ×4.

Emilia Cassidy ×3 Charlotte Cook ×3 Carter Frank ×3 Ada Hovis ×3 Will Lance ×3 Kirin Lee ×3 Jones Bowen ×2 Everett Cassidy ×2 Kai Farrell ×2 Cullen Frank ×2 August Howell ×2 Jaxon Kehn ×2 Matthew Lance ×2 Emmy Morrow ×2 Kira Stepantsova ×2 Claire Taylor ×2 Lilah Taylor ×2 Corbin Tinney ×2 Sebastian Ventura ×2 Harper Adams Lily Clifford Abigail Fitzgerald Lila Paukovich Behr Petroff Banks Smith Eleanor Stevens Annaliese Tomes Sophie Wert Alexis Williams

Best times are measured against entry times, and first-time swims are events swum with no prior time. Updated Top 10 boards are on nseaswimteam.com. New swims since 9/1/2026 are highlighted in coral.

Volunteer Opportunities

SATURDAYS

Free Community Swim Lessons · NSEA Foundation — volunteers needed to help our community learn to swim

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Weekly Schedule — Oct 19 – Oct 25

Group		MON 10/19	TUE 10/20	WED 10/21	THU 10/22	FRI 10/23	SAT 10/24	SUN 10/25
Splash	PM	Off	4:30 - 5:15	4:30 - 5:15	4:30 - 5:15	4:30 - 5:30	Off	Off
Tidepool	PM	4:30 - 5:30	4:30 - 6:00	4:30 - 5:30	4:30 - 6:00	4:30 - 5:30	Off	Off
Riptide	PM	5:15 - 6:45	5:15 - 6:45	5:15 - 6:15	5:15 - 6:45	5:30 - 7:00	Off	Off
Breakers	AM	Off	Off	Off	Off	Off	8:30 - 10:00	Off
	PM	5:15 - 6:45	5:15 - 6:45	6:15 - 8:15	5:15 - 6:45	5:30 - 7:00	Off	Off
Surge	AM	Off	Off	Off	Off	5:30 - 7:00	6:30 - 8:30	Off
	PM	6:45 - 8:15	6:15 - 8:15	6:15 - 8:15	6:15 - 8:15	Off	Off	Off
Senior	AM	Off	5:30 - 7:00	Off	5:30 - 7:00	5:30 - 7:00	6:30 - 8:30	Off
	PM	6:45 - 8:15	6:15 - 8:15	4:15 - 6:15	6:15 - 8:15	Off	Off	Off

This schedule is unofficial — Captyn is the source of truth for practice times. If the Newsletter and Captyn conflict, go with Captyn, or ask your child's group coach.

Team Info & Reminders

Parking

Team activities are underway at Earl Jackson Pool — please take a moment to review the Parking Guidelines.

Team Assistance — Parent Volunteers

We're looking for parents to help with the Spring Banquet & Senior Celebration, team celebrations, events and outings. Email brittany@nseaswim.com or devin@nseaswim.com to volunteer.

New & Updated Resources

New

IMX / IMR Progress Chart — Link
Relay Team Records — SCY · LCM
Relay Top 5 — SCY · LCM

Updated

SCY Team Records — Link
SCY Top 10 Swimmers — Link
SCY Top 10 Performances — Link
College Swimmers — Link

2026–2027 Calendar of Meets & Team Events ↗ Holidays Holiday Break Practice Schedules ↗

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