(Oak Ridge, TENN.) Atomic City Aquatic Club swimmers had an incredible fall season and are ready to take on the new year. In Fall 2024, the team competed in four highly competitive meets and saw strong swims and personal wins. Red Piranhas Kick-off In September, 35 athletes attended the 2-day Red Piranhas Kick-off in Morristown, Tenn. Overall the team took home 47 first place finishes, 39 second place finishes and 24 third place finishes. Highlights of this meet included: Emmy Zimmer (14), Jude Sayler (9) and Mateo Volcansek (12) took...

(OAK RIDGE, Tenn.) Atomic City Aquatic Club hit an exciting milestone recently, being named as the region’s only USA Swimming Safe Sport recognized club. The team, which boasts nearly 80 swimmers ranging from seven to 18 years old, has focused on providing a safe environment for athletes to learn, grow and thrive in the sport. "ACAC is dedicated to providing a safe, healthy environment — that is free from abuse,” said Head Coach Sarah Corcoran. “Our organization has taken a big step toward providing that safety by educating our members...

(OAK RIDGE, Tenn.) Atomic City Aquatic Club has taken the long course season by storm, with three meets in the past few weeks. As ACAC does not typically practice the long course distance until the outdoor pool opens in Oak Ridge, these meets presented a test of endurance early in the season. “I encouraged the athletes to use these meets as a way to test the waters of the long course season and they rose to the challenge,” said ACAC Head Coach Sarah Corcoran. “It has been an intensive start...

(ATLANTA, Georgia) A group of 16 Atomic City Aquatic Club swimmers showed out at the Speedo Southern Premier meet during the first weekend in March. The athletes pushed hard through the 2023-24 short course to achieve necessary cut times to attend this championship level meet and trained to swim personal best times at this meet, which draws some of the best teams from Texas, Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio, and South Carolina in addition to Georgia and Tennessee. “Competition was fierce across the board and ACAC’s athletes were up for the challenge....

(OAK RIDGE, Tenn.) Atomic City Aquatic Club continued to see personal successes and exceptional swim times as its athletes completed the regular short course season and began championship level competition. At the SE Region 2 Championships held in Chattanooga at the end of January, 32 ACAC swimmers worked to achieve personal bests and attain the cut times needed for further short course competition. Nearly every swimmer accomplished at least one personal best! A few athletes stood out at this meet, showing grit and growth, fighting through strong competition. Hollins Grubb,...

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) Atomic City Aquatic Club swimmers excelled at the Meet of Champs in Brentwood, Tenn. the weekend of December 1. This mid-season championship meet is a prelim-finals format, which allows swimmers who qualify in preliminary competition to race again in finals with a goal of further improvement. “ACAC’s swimmers showed resilience and growth at this meet,” said Head Coach Sarah Corcoran. “They were prepared for highly competitive races and rose to meet these challenges while accomplishing their goals.” While every ACAC athlete posted best times at this meet, a...

ACAC kicks off short course season with strong swimming (KINGSPORT, Tenn.) Nearly 50 swimmers from Atomic City Aquatic Club made a splash at the 2023 Red Piranha Swimming Fall Kickoff meet in Kingsport. “Our athletes had an incredible showing at this meet,” said ACAC Head Coach Sarah Corcoran.”Most of our swimmers came out with at least one personal best time and the team recorded nearly 150 top 3 finishes.” The Kingsport meet marked the first short course meet of the season, which runs from September through March. The first meet...

USA SWIMMING ZONES AND FUTURES CHAMPIONSHIPS By Emilie Cooper What do Cary, North Carolina and San Antonio, Texas have in common? They are the locations where four of Oak Ridge’s finest swimmers and members of Atomic City Aquatic Club (ACAC) were demonstrating their ATOMIC power and attitudes swimming in the USA Swimming ZONES and FUTURES Championships July 26-29! Emmy Zimmer & Dorian Volcansek ZONES: After their outstanding performance at the Southeastern Swimming Championship, Emmy Zimmer (12) and Dorian Volcansek (12) were both selected for the 11-12 year-old team of 24...

ACAC AT SOUTHEASTERN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS By: Emilie Cooper and Coach Sarah Corcoran Emmy Zimmer swims 100m Fly July 14 - 17, ten swimmers from Atomic City Aquatic Club traveled to Huntsville, Alabama for the long course championship. With personal bests, top placements, a new record, and national rankings, the weekend had a lot of highs but also some lows as the team encountered some hard lessons-learned across the members of the team. SES (SouthEastern Swimming Championship) also serves as the selection meet for the upcoming Age Group Zones Championship in...

ACAC ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO CHAMPIONSHIP By: Emilie Cooper Sophie Volcansek cheers for team Atomic City Aquatic Club returned to the Kingsport Aquatic Center for the last chance meet of the long course season. This meet stood just 1 week before the Southeastern Swimming Championships in Huntsville, AL. With many swimmers fighting to achieve a new personal best and hoped-for SES championship cut, the team came together to cheer and push each other forward. When asking parents about their favorite moments at the meet, multiple parents commented on the sportsmanship....