Here are go - for the last month of the Age Group Throwdown Challenge. This month is the FINAL month! Results from the last several months: October: Blue group won with leadership and ownership November: Green group won the attendance challenge with 59% attendance. December: White group won the goal sheet reflection challenge. January: Red group won the repeat 100s challenge with 127 points. February During the month of February, it’s very important that athletes are preparing to swim fast leading up to and during the championship season. It is...

Age Group Parents & Swimmers: The December Age Group Throwdown Challenge was to complete and return reflection goal sheets. The results are in: Green: 30% return rate White: 100% Red: 30% return rate Blue: 79% return rate We are ringing in 2018 with the yearly test set January challenge. Find more information HERE! Good luck & GO NAC!

NAC Alumni Interview with Lindsay McIlvain 1) You swam at NAC in the early-mid 2000s. Can you tell us a little bit about your career/background at NAC? My family moved to the Nashville area from California in July 2000 and I graduated from Brentwood High in 2005. My parents ultimately chose the NAC program and I was very glad! The success of the program spoke for itself, but NAC's reputation was already well known in the area, so it was an easy decision. Oh, and my family knew of Coach...

8&Under Rock n’ Races Last Saturday, the 8&unders battled it out for the best meet of the year. All 8&unders were divided into 2 separate teams – The Red Reindeer and The Green Elves. Coaches coached and swimmers swam. Red Reindeer boys scored 242 points and girls scored 643. Green Elf boys scored 697 points and the girls scored 621. Below are the top 3 swimmers who placed in each event! Great racing by all! 25 freestyle: Kumi Sasaki, Aurora Brame-Goldthwaite, Eleonore Ness, William Booker, Wyatt Horne, Cai Sisk 25...

Penny Pounding: The Christmas Campaign NAC has decided to create a holiday giving challenge between all groups. While creating great athletes, we also want to be building better people. One of our very own coaches and NAC Alum, Dakota Hodgson, works for the nonprofit ProjectR12. Project R12 is a foundation that stands on: joy, love, selflessness, bravery, boldness, truth, justice, and unity for all people. The Project R12 goes into villages of Uganda to help orphans, abused, and vulnerable people. They provide tools, resources, and education to people within the...

Nashville Aquatic Club welcomed teams from all over the country last weekend to compete in the 2017 Music City Invite! It was a rocking fast meet with new meet records set, first time Southern Premier qualifiers, and 1000s of personal bests. Top performances included Ian Marshall as he clocked in at 4:06.86 punching his first Futures time standard in the 400 IM The 11-12 girls relays of Abby Carter, Abby Cook, Annie Lea Choate, and Lilly Zhang (200 Free relay) and Lilly Zhang, Bella Guillamondegui, Abby Cook, and Abby Carter...

After hosting the first faceoff at home in Nashville, NAC traveled to Newburgh for the second faceoff with the Sea Creatures as well as the Northern Kentucky Clippers. It was the perfect meet for NAC swimmers to tune-up their racing skills heading into the Music City Invite at home in December; several swimmers picked up new qualifying times for MCI and Southern Premier. The highlight swim of the weekend was Gretchen Walsh's new personal best of 22.77 in the 50 free! Congratulations to each of the following swimmers on placing...

Age Group THROWDOWN! This year we will be posing challenges for our age group training groups to compete against each other, each month, to raise the bar and increase the competitive excitement! Teams will be competing each month to develop skills and implement habits, not only at the pool, but away from the pool. Month by month we will be going over new elements to help each swimmer understand the different elements that contribute to success while working together as a training group towards a common goal! The group with...

Nashville Aquatic Club welcomed athletes from all across the southeast this past weekend to the 2017 October Open for a great weekend of racing! Several athletes picked up new qualifying times, competed in new events, and gained race experience to better eqiup them as we look to travel in November and prepare for the first team effort meet of the season in December- the Music City invite. Congrats to the following athletes on their top 8 finishes, as well as Music City and Southern Premier qualifying swims: 8&Under Kumi Sasaki...

Fall Face Off: Top 8 This past weekend NAC swimmers started off their 2017 short course season at the Fall Face Off. With just a few weeks into the season, swimmers are getting back into the groove of things. Lots of best times out of the age group program. Swimmers will continue to work hard for our next meet in October! (*) indicates winning an event 13-14 girls: Rachel Dick: 200 free*, 100 fly, 200 IM Sue Zhang: 200 free, 100 free Hannah Hrstic: 200 free, 100 free, 100 breast...