2009 High School Region Meet Writeup January 30, 2009 NAC SWEEPS MENS EVENTS AT HIGH SCHOOL REGION MEET Fifty one Nashville Aquatic Club swimmers represented their respective schools in the High School Region meet last Friday and the results were staggering. On the mens side NAC swimmers won every individual event and swept the top three spots in six of eight individual events. On the womens side NAC swimmers won half of the individual events and accounted for two of the top three individual spots in all but two events....

NAC swimmers Parker Camp, Deirdre Jones, and Alexandra Pierce competed this past weekend at the 2008 USA Swimming Short Course National Championships. The three day meet was hosted at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia, site of the 1996 Olympic Games...

The Nashville Aquatic Club was once again well represented collegiately as eight swimmers qualified to compete in the NCAA Championships. The women’s meet took place in College Station, TX this past weekend with California winning the meet with a new US Open record on the final relay. Cal just edged out Georgia and Arizona who finished second and third respectively. NAC swimmers, Jacqueline Martin Lacey and Sarah Peterson represented the University of Texas and the University of Florida. Jacqueline competed in the 200 butterfly where she was 35th and Peterson...

XCEL Mardi Gras Meet Writeup January 31 - February 1, 2009 BLACKWOOD BREAKS 200 BREAST RECORD AS NAC PREPARES FOR CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON The Nashville Aquatic Club swimmers were in fine form over the weekend with great swims at the Excel Mardi Gras Invitational at the Indoor Sports Complex in Brentwood. NAC was once again led by dominating performances from the 10 and under and 11-12 girls. The 10 and under girls claimed victory in 9 out of 12 individual events, with wins from Erika Giuse, Annie Kyriakides, and Xiuya Yao....

5 NAC Alumni Participate in the SEC Championships! 2009 Southeastern Conference Swimming & Diving Championships Feb. 18-21 • James E. Martin Aquatics Center • Auburn, AL Additional Links: Host Web Page | SECSports.com Article Andrew Mitchell 9th in 200 IM 1:45.25 NCAA “B” Cut SO Auburn 10th in 200 Fly 1:45.49 NCAA “B” Cut 16th in 400 IM 3:52.62 NCAA “B” Cut Sarah Peterson 100 Back 54.43 NCAA “B” Cut JR Florida 200 Back 2:00.61 500 Free 4:53.06 Sydney Witzky 50 Free 24.08 JR Kentucky 100 Free 52.33 200 Free...

Brad Kale Takes Head Coaching Position! Congratulations Coach Brad! Nashville Aquatic Club would like to congratulate Senior Coach Brad Kale who was recently chosen as the new Head Coach of the Bluewater Barracudas in Niceville Fl. We want to wish Brad and his family the best in their new challenge and look forward to seeing them soon. The Barracudas are a Southeastern Swimming team who train in the Ft Walton / Destin area of the panhandle. Coach Kale has been a part of the NAC family for many years as...

The Yale women's swimming and diving team have elected junior Annie Killian their captain for the 2010-11 season. Click here to read more...

Before he could crawl or walk – or even sit up – Curtis Lovelace was in the water. He swam his first 25-yard length of the pool without anyone's help by the time he was 4, and by the age of eight, he started competing year-round for a local swim club in Old Hickory, Tenn. Despite his promise, Larry Lovelace, Curtis' dad, never pressured his son to be the best. Before he could crawl or walk – or even sit up – Curtis Lovelace was in the water. He swam...

2009 NAC Summer Sizzler June 26-28, 2009 NAC Heats Up At Sizzler!!!! The Nashville Aquatic Club looked very impressive this past weekend distancing themselves from the competition at the Summer Sizzler held at the Centennial Sportsplex and Indoor Sports Complex. NAC finished over 500 points ahead of Lakeside Swim Club of Louisville and Swim Atlanta finished a distant third. NAC had fantastic performances from most of its swimmers but three in particular were busy rewriting the NAC record book. Dakota Hodgson broke Andrew Mitchell’s 200 fly record from 2008 with...

2010 Flood - Great Acts of Heroism During the weekend of May 1st, 2010, Nashville experienced an unprecedented rainfall event that as of this writing, left 27 counties designated federal disaster areas. During the weekend, more that 13 inches of rain fell on middle Tennessee, completely overwhelming the population and state agencies. As the waters are slowly subsiding, incredible acts of heroism are beginning to emerge involving members of our own local swim community. The photos above are of Neelyann Sheucraft and her daughter Lowell Ann being helped from canoes...