Nation’s Capital Swim Club

2014 Austin Grand Prix: Big names dot 100 free fields after prelims

NCAP’s Katie Ledecky will face her World Championships rival Lotte Friis in the 400 free on Friday night after the two took the 1 and 3 seeds in prelims.

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National Age Group Record Holder Isabella Rongione to Train With Gemmell, Ledecky

National Age Group Record holder Isabella Rongione, a distance swimmer, will join a training group with the world’s best distance swimmer.

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2013 Swammy Awards: Age Group Swimmer of the Year – 11 to 12

There was a lot of fast swimming from the 11 to 12 year-old set in 2013, including several national age group records.

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SwimMAC Carolina Wins 3rd-Straight Club Excellence Title

The Scottsdale Aquatic Club and the Wilton Y Wahoos join SwimMAC on gold medal status for the first time.

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Katie Ledecky Takes Monstrous Chunk Out of 1650 Freestyle American Record

Katie Ledecky causally shattered the American Record in the 1650 yard freestyle on Saturday by 9 seconds.

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NCAP Girls Break Their Third NAG Relay Record of the Meet in 800

The 800 free relay of the Nation’s Capital Swim Club has broken the National Age Group Record in the 15-18 800 yard free relay.

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NCAP Girls Break Another NAG Record; This Time in the 400 Yard Medley Relay

Janet Hu, as part of the NCAP 400 medley relay, got her third National Age Group Record of the day at Winter Nationals.

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Janet Hu Breaks Tie; Now Sole Holder of 17-18 National Age Group Record in 50 Yard Free

NCAP’s Janet Hu has broken a tie for the NAG Record in the girls’ 17-18 50 yard freestyle.

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Janet Hu Ties Faith Johnson’s National Age Group Record in 50 Free

Janet Hu of NCAP has her second National Age Group Record of just the first session in Knoxville.

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NCAP 200 Free Relay Breaks National Age Group Record at Winter Nats Prelims

NCAP’s Janet Hu got her team off to a great start as they roared to a new National Age Group Record on Thursday in Knoxville.

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Katie Ledecky Makes Post-Worlds Return to Pool at DST’s First State Cup

World Record holder Katie Ledecky made her return to competition this weekend in Delaware.

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Katie Ledecky Named USOC Sportswoman of the Year

Katie Ledecky stamped her name among the greats distance swimmers in history at the 2013 World Championships.

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“The SwimSwam Ballot” for the 2013 Golden Goggles Awards

Katie Ledecky is going to be the star of the show at the 2013 Golden Goggles Awards.

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Breaststroker Brooke Malone Thinks It’s Great To Be an Auburn Tiger

The Auburn women have picked up a badly-needed breaststroke recruit for the class of 2014.

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Katie Ledecky Wins ‘Performance Award’ at USAS Convention

Katie Ledecky (center) beat Lotte Friis (left) and Lauren Boyle (right) to win the women’s 1500 free in Barcelona in one of the best racesever. (Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)

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