Carmel Swim Club Earns USA Swimming Gold Medal

Carmel Swim Club is now a Gold Medal Club in USA Swimming's Club Excellence Program.  This is the first time Carmel has earned Gold Medal status.  CSC is the first and only team in Indiana to earn Gold status.

Following are the Gold Medal Clubs for 2010, announced Friday by USA Swimming:

1. North Baltimore Aquatic 56,155
2. Swim Atlanta 53,735
3. Longhorn Aquatics 48,142
4. Swim MAC Carolina 43,685
5. The Woodlands Swim Team 34,334
6. Curl Burke Swim Club 32,685
7. Bluefish Swim Club 32,406
8. Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics 32,344
9. Phoenix Swim Club 30.979
10. Mission Viejo Nadadores 29,699
11. Carmel Swim Club 28,910
12. Bolles School Sharks 26,151
13. University of Denver Hilltoppers 26,115
14. Rockville Montgomery Swim Club 25,984
15. Dallas Mustangs 25,751
16. North Coast Aquatics 22,525

Five clubs achieved the Gold level for the first time: Bolles School Sharks, Carmel Swim Club, Rockville Montgomery, The Woodlands, and the University of Denver Hilltoppers. A record 58 clubs met the criteria for Gold medal eligibility.

The 2010 program results are based on performances in the 2009 calendar year. Clubs have been selected as Gold, Silver or Bronze Medal clubs according to the following parameters:

Gold Level: The top 16 point-scoring clubs eligible for the Gold level.
Silver Level: The remaining clubs ranked through #100 and/or not achieving Gold status.
Bronze Level: Clubs ranked #101 through #200 and/or not achieving Gold or Silver status.

The USA Swimming Club Excellence Program is a program that recognizes USA Swimming clubs for their commitment to excellence in performance. In addition to recognizing the top club teams, the program provides grant funding for resources that enable clubs to expand and/or enhance the services they already provide to athletes. A total of $320,000 in grant dollars will be distributed to 100 Gold and Silver-level clubs. Final grant awards will be announced by June 11.

Click hereto view the complete 2010 Club Excellence Program results.