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USA Local Chapel Hill swimmers attend Junior National Swimming Championships.
 Four local high school swimmers to attend usa swimming junior national championships in Columbus, ohio this weekend.
Meghan Smith, Zoe Gan, Dania Marinshaw and Luke Hoffer will represent Chapel Hill as they attend the fastest swim meet in
the country for swimmers 18 and younger. This meet is extremely popular since it is being held on the east coast.
It will be held at Ohio State University on 12/10-12/13. Time standards for this meet are extremely tough and usa swimming
expects to have approximately 1200 swimmers from across the nation competing.
Swimming is a huge part of
the local Chapel Hill community with thousands of kids competing from summer league to the highest level of club swimming.
Mike Hoffer, co-founder and president of Carolina Closets Plus, is a local referee that works with all swimming events from
high school to NCAA. Swimming is a great sport that is often overlooked by a lot of people. Swimmers dedicate
more time to their sport than just about any other athlete. The highest level swimmers are in the pool over 25 hours
each week, swimming over 45 miles, says hoffer.
Swimming a couple of laps might not be too hard, but try
swimming 66 laps in under 17 minutes.
NC Long Course Swimming Now In Full Swing
Chapel Hill, NC 6/01/2009 Long course swimming is now in full swing in
North Carolina. Mike Hoffer, who is the head of all North Carolina officials, says things are really shaping up well
for the summer season. Because of the Olympics, we’re seeing a rise in swimmers in our state. We currently
have over 7500 swimmers, coaches and volunteers in North Carolina. That’s a huge number of people that are interested
in one of the best forms lifelong exercise there is. Long course swimming is done in a 50 meter (approximately 55 yards) pool.
One length is 50 meters as opposed to the traditional 25 yards that short course swimming is competed in. Long course
swimming starts in April and goes through the end of July. National championship meets are held in August. All
Olympic events and major international competition are competed in long course. The technical aspects of most strokes
are more important during long course because the end walls at the turns are much further away than in short course. The summer swimming season
is building up to the state championships, one of which will be held at the Triangle Aquatic Center http://www.triangleaquatics.org/AboutUs/Directions/ on July 17-19. This will feature the fastest 14 year olds and younger in the state. For a look at the time
standards to enter the meet, click here:
North Carolina High School 4A state swimming championship
Raleigh, NC February 14, 2009, The North Carolina High School 4A state championships for swimming took place on valentines
day at the NC State pool in Raleigh, NC. Some of the top swimmers in the state competed. Chapel Hill High and
East Chapel Hill High were well represented among the top finishers at the meet. Local swimmers Dania Marinshaw, Carly
Smith and Luke Hoffer all won top three honors in a least one event. Carly Smith broke her own state record in the 100
yd. backstroke with a blistering time of 54.95. This was a lifetime best for Smith, who will attend UNC-CH next year
and swim for the lady tarheels. All three swimmers earned All American automatic or consideration times in their events.
Full results can be found here:
http://ncswim.org/2009_NCHSAA/4A_Results.htm NC Senior Short Course Swimming Championships - fast times
and state records.
 Local swimmers swim their way to several NC state championship
titles at the North Carolina Senior Swimming Championships held on 1/30-2/1/2009 in Cary, NC. This meet is the culminating
meet for all swimmers in North Carolina of all ages. One local team, North Carolina Aquatic Club www.ncacswim.org , produced three state champions. Luke Hoffer, a junior at East Chapel Hill High School, won two events and
placed top eight in two others. He won the 1000 yard freestyle in a time of 9:24.00 and the 200 yard breastroke in a
time of 2:05.60. His teammate from Chapel Hill High, Bryce Mendes won the 1650 yard freestyle in a time of 15:56.00.
Bryce also placed top eight in two other events. Swimmers Dania Marinshaw, Zoe Gan and Carly Smith, all from Chapel
Hill placed in the top eight for several events. Complete results are available here.
Chapel Hill continues to produce some of the best swimmers in the state and has several swimmers ranked in the
top 20 in the country in their best events. For more information about swimming, please visit www.usaswimming.org or email the NC Swimming Officials Chairman, Mike Hoffer mike@carolinaclosetsplus.com
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