ACAC Attends June Spectacular By Emilie Cooper Back: Coach Chris Franklin, Andrew Chou Middle: Coach Sarah Corcoran, Sam Duby, Emmy Zimmer, Dorian Volcansek Front: Colin Sudderth, Leo Karnitz, Avery Fischer June 16-18, Atomic City Aquatics Club attended the June Spectacular hosted by Tennessee Aquatics. This meet had a diverse set of competitors with swimmers traveling from Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Illinois, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and Colorado! Requiring 2 50 meter pools in order to host, the meet took over both the Allan Jones Aquatic Center and Student Aquatic...

ACAC Swims in 2 States By: Emilie Cooper (ATLANTA, GA & KNOXVILLE, TN) Mother’s Day weekend, Atomic City Aquatic Club took on not just 1, but 2 swim meets in the same weekend! When the team found out that the long course pool was not available at TNAQ for the originally planned meet, Coach Corcoran surprised the team with an alternative.13 swimmers traveled to take part in the Dyna Spring Splash long-course meet, while 19 buckled down at home to compete at the TNAQ May Invitational swimming short-course meters. Both...

ACAC celebrates strong finishes, fast times at HSA April Invitational By: Jessica Hill (HUNTSVILLE, Ala.) Atomic City Aquatic Club dove into the long course season with a strong showing at the 2023 Huntsville Swim Association April Invitational. About 15 ACAC swimmers competed at the meet, and every athlete logged at least one personal best time. During long course season, which runs from the end of March to early August, swimmers compete in a 50-meter pool. ACAC athletes have limited access to training in a long course pool, typically utilizing the...

ACAC’s Swimmers are Scholars Too Article by Chip Fischer Atomic City Aquatic Club (ACAC) swimmers are not just athletes but also scholars. This can be seen by the recent success enjoyed by swimmers Avery Fischer (11) and Quentin Delmau (12) at the Middle School Tennessee Technology Student Association (TSA) State Competition. These two swimmers have earned the option to compete at Nationals in Louisville, KY this summer. Quentin Delmau (left) & Avery Fischer (right) at TSA State Competition The Technology Student Association (TSA) is a national organization of students engaged...

ACAC On Fire at Southeastern Championships February 24-26, Atomic City Aquatic Club blazed to the finish line at the 2023 SE Southeastern SC Championship in Huntsville, Alabama! 9 swimmers traveled to the meet and competed in their best events, showing amazing perseverance and positivity. 2 swimmers walked away with team records! Dorian Volcansek, Jessi Schaefer, Emmy Zimmer, and Olivia Foy-McDaniel To go to Southeasterns, the swimmers had to achieve intense qualifying times or bonus cut times during the previous year for the event. Bonus cut times are very slightly slower...

ACAC is Outta This World! By: Emilie Cooper February 17th - 19th, ACAC sent 23 swimmers to Chattanooga to compete in the Southeastern Region 2 Championship hosted by Baylor Swim Club. The team saw a lot of time improvements! Nearly every swimmer dropped time in one or more races, demonstrating just one way it is outta this world to be a part of this team! Sydney Taylor and Olivia Foy-McDaniel wearing the team’s themed Cheer Gear! ACAC kicked off the meet with a strong start. With multiple top 5 finishes...

ACAC Chilling at the BSC Polar Bear Meet By: Emilie Cooper The last weekend of January, ACAC sent a small contingent of swimmers to the 2023 BSC Polar Bear Meet in Kingsport, TN. Hosted by the Barracuda Swim Club of Northeast Tennessee, this meet serves as one of the last opportunities to achieve coveted championship qualifying times before Southeastern or Age-group Sectional commitments. This was also a great meet for young swimmers to try new things as it ranked 9-year-old thru 14-year-old swimmers with their single age groups instead of...

ACAC Experiences New Kind of Growth By: Emilie Cooper Oak Ridge’s Atomic City Aquatic Club showed they had what it takes when the team headed to the Tennessee Aquatics January Invitational. Going into the meet, the team worked on articulating goals for times, skills, and mindset. The team has been shifting from a focus on positive mindset to that of a growth mindset, and by the end of the meet, the team had seen real results with strong finishes and new accomplishments. With a growth mindset, the team brainstormed what...

Oak Ridge Teen Competes at National Swim Meet By: Emilie Cooper December 8th - 10th, Atomic City Aquatic Club watched with anticipation while their teammate, Andrew Chou, competed at the 2022 East Speedo Winter Junior Championships in Greensboro, NC. In a meet with over 1000 athletes competing, he was the only male athlete from the greater Knox County area. Andrew is a sophomore at Oak Ridge High School. He started swimming at age 8 for ORCA and soon followed his older brother, Ethan, to ACAC where he has swam ever...

ACAC EXCELS AT EXCEL By: Emilie Cooper December 3-5, Atomic City Aquatic Club sent 27 swimmers to Brentwood, TN to compete in the TYR Meet of Champions hosted by Excel. While this was a smaller group than the previous meets this season, the team persevered and came together to perform strongly at this fun and challenging meet. This was the first meet of the season that had preliminaries and finals. The 11 and older group could qualify for finals if they placed in the top 18. The top 16 swimmers...