The swim teams of the Local Masters Swim Committee in North Carolina are organized in two different ways. Our LMSC chose to have one large club, North Carolina Masters Swimming. Since the number of masters swimmers in North Carolina is small, and only a small number of swimmers go to out of state and national meets, it was decided to form one large club from within the state so those going to these meets could compete together as one club from North Carolina and hopefully form relay teams to participate in the relay events. Generally, there are not enough swimmers from each team to form a relay team at these far away meets. The individual teams in the North Carolina Masters Swimming club are called chapters.
All current teams in North Carolina are chapters of the North Carolina Masters Swimming Club. Even though North Carolina Teams are Chapters, at a National Level, they are commonly called Workout Groups. Each individual team that chose to be a member of the large club North Carolina Masters Swimming is still run independently as a team in North Carolina, and participate at swim meets held in North Carolina as an independent chapter. When North Carolina Meets are held, the individual chapters score points to see which team wins the meet. Swimmers compete in Relays both with their own chapter, and/or can swim for the North Carolina Masters Swimming club in relays. The NCMS club does not score points against any other chapter or club.
Also swimmers can register unattached from any club or chapter, or alternatively, if a swimmer wants to swim out of state with the North Carolina Masters Swimming club, but not belong to a chapter, then they can just register with North Carolina Masters Swimming club and not designate a chapter.
I hope this is not too confusing, but perhaps the following list of teams in North Carolina will explain. Also, if you click on the reference, you will be taken to a page where each team's information is displayed. The information is team name, swim pool location, practice times, person to contact for information, directions to swimming pool, costs to belong and work out with the team, and other information of interest about the team.
Unattached (UNAT) no club or team affiliation
CLUBS
North Carolina Masters Swimming (NCMS) - The large state team, with no affiliation to a specific chapter
CHAPTERS of North Carolina Masters Swimming - NCMS
Asheville Masters Swimming (AMS) - Asheville, NC You will be taken to the Asheville Masters Swimming site, use your browner's back button to return to North Carolina Masters Web Site
Bowker Aquatic Club (BAC) - Winston Salem, NC
Burke/Unifour Masters Swimming (BUMS) - Valdese, NC
Charlotte Swim Masters (CSM) - Charlotte, NC
You will be taken to the Tar Heel Aquatic Team/Duke Aquatics website,
use your browser's back button to return to North Carolina Masters Web Site
Deacon Masters (DM) - Wake Forest University, contact Jessica Finnerty at 336-758-3490
Duke Aquatics (DUKE), formerly Tar Heel Aquatic Team (THAT) - Durham, NC
You will be taken to the Tar Heel Aquatic Team/Duke Aquatics website,
use your browser's back button to return to North Carolina Masters Web Site
Durham Area Masters Aquatics (DAMA) - Durham, NC You will be taken to the Durham Area Masters Aquatics Web site, use your browner's back button to return to North Carolina Masters Web Site
Gaston Gators Swim Team (GG) - Gastonia, NC
Greensboro Community YMCA Masters (GCYM) - Greensboro, NC
You will be taken to the Greensboro Communtiy YMCA web site, use your browser's back button to return to North Carolina Masters Web Site
James J Harris YMCA Masters (HARY) - Charlotte, NC
High Point Swim Club - High Point, NC
SwimMAC Masters - Charlotte, NC
North Carolina Aquatic Masters (NCAM) - Chapel
Hill, NC at UNC-CH
You will be taken to the North Carolina Aquatic Masters website,
use your browser's back button to return to North Carolina Masters Web Site
North Mecklenburg Aquatics Masters (NMAM) - Huntersville, NC
You will be takeng to the Nomad Aquatics website,
use your browser's back button to return to North Carolina Masters Web Site
One Step Beyond Cary (OSBC) - Cary, NC
You will be takeng to the One Step Beyond Cary's website,
use your browser's back button to return to North Carolina Masters Web Site
Raleigh Area Masters (RAM) - Raleigh and Cary, NC
Rocky Mount Y Masters (RMYM) - Rocky Mount, NC
Seahawk Aquatic Club (SAC) - Wilmington, NC
Siskey Family YMCA Masters Swim Team (SYMA) - Matthews, NC
You will be takeng to the Siskey Family YMCA's website,
use your browser's back button to return to North Carolina Masters Web Site
Sports Center of Morehead Masters (SCMM) - Morehead City, NC
Stingray Aquatics (SAM) - Matthews, NC <
Triad Masters Swimming (TMS) - Greensboro and High Point, NC
Triangle Y Recreational Aquatics Masters (TYRA) - Downtown Durham, NC
Twin Rivers YMCA Masters (TRYM) - New Bern, NC
YMCA of Rowan Aquatics and Triathlon (YRAT) - Salisbury, NC
Y of Western North Carolina (YWNC) - Asheville, NC
You will be taken to the Y of Western North Carolina's website,
use your browser's back button to return to North Carolina Masters Web Site
Winston-Salem Area Masters (AWSM) - Winston-Salem, NC
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Updated: November 5, 2008
http://www.NCmasters.org/teamlist.html