The NAC Age Group banquet, which took place last week, honored several of our athletes for their accomplishments throughout the season. The banquet recognized athletes and the accomplishments of the program from the 2014 long course season and 2015 short course season. The awards designated for each training group are based on Coach John Wooden's Pyramid of Success. These awards recognize athletes who represent the complete person, paralleling NAC's mission statement to maximize our athlete's personal, intellectual and athletic potential. The Green group athletes recognized were: Friendship Award: Claire Craddock...

Nashville Aquatic Club swimmers dominated the Middle School and High School Region Championships over the weekend. Athletes represented their middle and high schools at meets held on Friday, January 30 and 31. At the Middle School Championships, NAC athletes dominated the 16 individual events with 12 championship finishes, 6 meet records and over 50 Top 8 swims. At the Region Championships, the NAC women took home individual titles in 5 of the 8 events offered. At the Middle School Championship, NAC athletes not only took home individual titles, but 6...

The Results are in and our judges decided... The Red Group wins the first challenge of the season! Congratulations to all of the Red group swimmers that were there on Saturday to win one for your group! More information on the October Challenge will be announced within the week. Red Group swimmers that competed in the September Spirit Challenge include: Mason Morris Zoe Oldham Abbie Carter Abby Cook Jonas Talbot Annie Schiedemeyer Gunner Sweeney Grace Dyer Spencer Nicholas Madelyn Morgan Allie Jones Bailey Todd Drew Baxter Makenna Reilly Ella Grant...

USA Swimming announced the time cuts for the 2016 USA Swimming Olympic Trials - the fastest swimming meet in the world - on Thursday, September 18. With Trials now more than 500 days away, NAC begins the qualifying season with 4 athletes qualified, including: Taylor Charles - 200 Butterfly Maclin Davis - 100 Butterfly Elizabeth Stinson - 800 Freestyle Tatum Wade - 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke NAC also has multiple athletes who are very close to making qualifying standards two years out! In 2012, NAC had 17 athletes qualify for...

6 NAC athletes have been selected as Scholastic All-Americans for the 2013-2014 season. Congratulations to Elena Escalas, Byron Grant, Carrie Johnson, Sophie Pilkinton, Elizabeth Stinson, and Tatum Wade! Scholastic All-Americans must maintain at least 3.5 GPA as well as achieve a time standard to be able to be recognized for this program. All of NAC's selected Scholastic All-Americans achieved a GPA of 4.0 or better - congratulations!

NAC Associate Head Coach Doug Wharam has been honored as one of the top ten age group coaches in America. The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA), in partnership with the Fitter and Faster Swim Tour recognized ten coaches from across the country for this honor. The award is based on performances of 14 and Under athletes from the Long Course 2013 and Short Course 2013-2014 seasons. Congratulations, Doug!

Ensworth Age Group Parent Meetings Parents with athletes in Green, White, Red and/or Blue Group at the Ensworth pool will have meetings on the following nights. Please plan to have at least one parent attend the meeting as there is a lot of new information for the upcoming season. Monday, August 25 @ Ensworth Red group @ 6p Blue group @ 7p Tuesday, August 26 @Ensworth Green Group @ 5p White Group @ 6p If you are not able to attend, please contact the group coordinator that correlates with your...

Sportsplex Age Group Parent Meetings Parents with athletes in Green, White, Red and/or Blue Group at the Sportsplex will have meetings on the following nights. Please plan to have at least one parent attend the meeting as there is a lot of new information for the upcoming season. Green Group: Thursday, August 28th 5-6p White Group: Thursday, August 28th 6-7p Red Group: Wednesday, August 27th 6-7p Blue Group: Wednesday, August 27th 5-6p If you are not able to attend, please contact the group coordinator that correlates with your athlete's training...

NAC Head Coach John Morse has been selected by USA Swimming as the Team USA men's head coach for the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Championships to be held in Maui, Hawaii at the end of August. This will be the second time Morse has been selected as the head coach of USA Swimming's top 18 and under squad. Morse has also accompanied Team USA to Mexico as a member of the Pan-American Games coaching staff in 2011, as well as several other Junior team trips. More information on Coach Morse...

NAC is excited to welcome two new members of our full-time staff this Fall! Zach Murray comes to Nashville as our SwimFit Coordinator, and Abigail Fish comes to Nashville as our Technology Coordinator. According to Head Coach John Morse, "Zach and Abbie are an excellent, accomplished, and talented group of new members to our coaching staff and will provide a wealth of resources and experience to help our athletes continue to maximize their potential. We are excited to welcome them to Nashville as we continue to provide the best experience...