18 athletes with Nashville Aquatic Club ties headed to Omaha, Nebraska to participate in the USA Swimming Olympic Team Trials. NAC, which had one of the largest contingents of athletes in the country, including college programs, had an extremely full eight days of competition. Nashville Aquatic Club performances were highlighted by Dakota Hodgson, who stormed through the morning heats to qualify in sixth place in the men's 200 meter butterfly. In the semifinals, televised on NBC, Dakota finished in eight place, earning a spot in the final. In the final,...

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NAC Master's swimmer Jeff Ockerman grabbed a 4th place finish at the FINA World Masters Championships, held from June 3 - 17 in Riccione, Italy. Ockerman picked up his 4th place finish in the men's 55-59 200-meter backstroke, touching the wall in a time of 2:40.08. Congratulations to Jeff! For more information on Jeff, please see his NAC Master's Profile by clicking here. For more information on NAC Master's swimming, please click here.

The NAC Summer Sizzler, held from June 15-17, 2012 at both the Centennial Sportsplex in downtown Nashville, TN, and the Williamson County Indoor Sports Complex in Brentwood, TN produced incredible amounts of fast swimming. The meet produced seven new Olympic Trials qualifiers for teams in attendance. Teams from all across the country attended the meet, including Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Raleigh, and more! NAC performances were highlighted by Olympic Trials qualifications for Savannah Napier in the 400IM, and Elizabeth Stinson in the 800FR. Event winners from NAC included Kallie Chelsvig...

The Summer 2012 Southeastern Swimming Championships landing page has been added, and includes a list of all of our current qualifiers! Check it out at: http://www.swimnac.com/EventShow.jsp?id=195453&team=senac

Congratulations to all of the NAC swimmers who competed at the Excel Stars and Stripes Meet! We had 2 NEW SES qualifiers from the Red Group - Sarah Francis Morris and William Massey. These swimmers are the 9th and 10th SES qualifiers from the Red Group, which means the group is 1/2 way to achieving the Red Group Goal of 20 SES qualifiers this season. Keep up the good work Red Group swimmers! Congratulations also to all of our top 3 finishers: 8&Under Reagan Hurt - 50 Breast William Massey...

Twenty-two members of the Nashville Aquatic Club senior group traveled to the University of Tennessee-Knoxville for the Swim and Tri Olympic Trials qualifier. With stiff collegiate competition from across the eastern seaboard, including Virginia, Harvard, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Georgia Tech, NAC athletes held their own against much older competition. NAC performances were highlighted by Olympic Trials qualifying times by Michelle Chintanaphol (200 Backstroke) and Elizabeth Stinson (400 Freestyle). NAC Alum Jack Murfee (pictured, post-qualifying race), currently representing the University of Virginia, also qualified in the 100 Backstroke. Other Top-8...

The Nashville Aquatic club sent a group of 34 athletes to Louisville, Kentucky last weekend to compete at the Ohio Valley Championships. Despite the cold weather, NAC swimmers stepped up to compete! Kallie Chelsvig, Bailey Flynn, Valerie Bates, Austin Morris and Lettie Williams were among an elite group, winning one or more events at the OVC Championships. Congratulations to all of the athletes that competed in Louisville last weekend! NAC swimmers will be ready to compete again next weekend as they host the 8th annual Nike Summer Sizzler.

Congratulations to the Class of 2012! Our Senior athletes are committed to swim next year at the schools listed below. Sarah Allen Ray will be attending Cornell University! Christina Clayton - Gardner-Webb University Adam Cornett - University of Tennessee Maclin Davis - University of Southern California Anna Grainger - University of Notre Dame Bridget Killian - Bowdoin College Alex Lundy - Grinnell College Allison Maher - Western Kentucky University Jeremy Senn - Virginia Military Institute Nathan Stinson - United States Naval Academy

At the United States Master Swimming National Championships, held in Greensboro, NC this past weekend, Nashville Aquatic Club Master's swimmers represented the club with several exceptional performances! Highlighting the weekend was Jeff Ockerman's national championship in the men's 55-59 200-yard backstroke. Read more about Jeff from his August, 2011 Master's profile by clicking here. Other swims from the weekend came from Chris McPherson (14th - 50FR, 3rd - 200FR, 8th - 50BK, 7th - 100BK, 6th - 50FLY, 7th - 100IM), Dave Turner (47th - 50FR, 21st - 50BK, 19th...