CSP takes 3rd Place at Long Course Speedo Central Sectional Championships

This past weekend 30 swimmers from our Senior Elite group represented CSP at the 2010 Long Course Speedo Sectional Championships in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Our athletes did a great job and we finished in 3rd place overall. Our men placed 3rd as a team and our women were 6th as a team. Evan Noble defended his High Point Award from last year and won the award again this year. Evan won the 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Free, 200 Fly, 100 Back and placed 2nd in the 100 Free. We had 5 athletes make the top 8 and medal for the first time. They were Tim Benage, Hadley Edwards, Alex Glogoza, Elizabeth Krane, and  Maddie Wall. Annie Goessling and Evan Noble also had top 8 finishes. The top 24 athletes qualified for finals and here is a list of the athletes that accomplished this:

Cody Adams - 23rd in the 100 Back

Tim Benage - 7th in the 100 Fly, and 17th in the 200 Fly

Andrew Dalton - 16th 100 Breast, 13th 100 Fly, and 13th 200 Breast

Hadley Edwards - 13th 100 Breast, and 5th 200 Breast

Alex Glogoza - 20th 800 Free, 7th 200 Free, 9th 400 Free, 13th 100 Free

Annie Goessling - 8th 100 Breast, 9th 200 IM, 11th 200 Breast, and 16th 200 Back

Emily Highlander - 24th 50 Free

Mary Beth Howard - 22nd 200 Back

Rachel Kokenyesi - 23rd 200 Back

Elizabeth Krane - 16th 200 Free, 15th 400 IM, 7th 200 IM, 24th 400 Free, and 14th 200 Fly

Morgan Mullenix - 24th 100 Free

Evan Noble - 1st 200 Free, 1st 400 IM, 1st 200 IM, 1st 100 Back, 2nd 100 Free, and 1st 200 Fly

Etinosa Ogbevoen - 12th 50 Free, and 16th 100 Free

Madison Qualy - 17th 100 Breast, and 15th 200 Breast

Adam Sharp - 18th 200 Free, 11th 50 Free, and 11th 100 Free

Tina Sherwood - 17th 200 Breast

Maddie Wall - 18th 800 Free, 12th 200 Free, 8th 100 Fly, 15th 100 Back, 16th 400 Free, and 8th 100 Free

Patrick Wall - 18th 800 Free, 19th 400 Free, and 14th 1500 Free

Nate Weiss - 19th 100 Back

Also CSP did well in the Relay events. Relays in the top 16 score for the team. The following Relays scored:

800 Free Relay

Women's A - 6th - Wall, Mullenix, Howard and Krane

Women's B - 16th - Goessling, Masha Podokshik, Katja Miller, and Ogbevoen

Men's A - 3rd - Glogoza, Sharp, Noble, and Weiss

400 Medley Relay

Women's A - 8th - Wall, Goessling, Krane, and Ogbevoen

Men's A - 6th - Noble, Dalton, Benage, and Sharp

400 Free Relay

Women's A - 6th - Ogbevoen, Mullenix, Krane, and Wall

Women's B - 8th - Howard, Goessling, Qualy, and Podokshik

Men's A - 2nd - Noble, Glogoza, Sharp, and Benage

Men's B - 12th - Weiss, Adams, Destry Newton, and Wall

Other Athletes that competed very well for CSP included Chris Bach, Elliot Barnes, Meghan Glogoza, Easton Noble, Trey Ross, Michael Seifert, Allyson Shurmur, and Michael You.

Congratulations to all these swimmers on such a great job. They represented themselves and CSP with great honor and pride.