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News Round-Up: Ledecky’s Nation’s Capital Home Tops USA Club Excellence League
- Updated: December 15, 2016
News Round-Up:
For the third successive year, the Nation’s Capital Swim Club, the Washington, D.C. program led by coach Bruce Gemmell that was home to Katie Ledecky on her way for four gold medals as the top woman swimmer of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, has topped the USA Swimming Club Excellence program.
The scheme recognises the “highest-performing clubs in the development of athletes 18 years and younger”. NCAP, with Ledecky and Cassidy Bayer, national junior teamster Sam Pomajevich among its number, notched up 90,635 points (performance points for swims , more than 40,000 points more than next home. Tom Ugast, NCAP CEO, said through USA Swimming:
“Nation’s Capital Swim Club is honored to be named the No. 1 Swim Team in the nation for the third year in a row in the Club Excellence Program. This achievement is reached because of the dedication of our 18 & Under athletes, their coaches and parents. It’s truly a ‘team effort’ for us to help every young athlete in our program reach their highest potential. Thanks to USA Swimming for the recognition.”
The full result and more on the Club Excellence program. More Than 300 athletes …
