CSP Wins Division I Champs!

The 2013 Ozark Division I Champs will go down as one of the closest meets in a long time.  After Friday night swims, CSP was in third place, 29 points out of second and 86 points out of first.  Following Saturday morning swims, CSP fell further behind, being outdistanced by 83 points for second and a whopping 137 points out of first. 

Then we came to Saturday night finals.  We went in to Finals that night with more swims than any other team, and our swimmers stepped up and performed amazingly!  By the end of the night, we were still in third place, but now we were 49 points out of second and 51 points out of first.  After morning swims on Sunday, the gap was even narrower than the night before, with CSP 17 points out of second and 27 points out of first. 

On Sunday night of Finals, CSP went in a total of 119 swims, while the first and second place teams each had 77 and 86 swims respectively.  We knew at that point we had a strong shot.  After the first event of the night, the 10 & Under Girls 100 IM, we had pulled in to first place and from that point on we just increased our lead with each event we swam.  By the end of the night, CSP had amassed 3527 points, which was 114.5 more points than the second place team.  No team has come from third place to win this meet on the final day.  What an amazing performance by every single one of our swimmers.

CSP also had two new records set this weekend.  On Friday Night, Lexi Daniels, Erin Kelly, Melissa Melnick and Audrey Kelly set the team record in the 800 Free Relay.  On Sunday, Erin, Melissa, Audrey and Natalie Crocker broke the team and Ozark Record in the 200 Free Relay.

We also want to recognize all of the parents in the stands.  Each night at Finals when CSP had a swimmer announced, you could hear the parents cheering on that athlete.  It was great as coaches knowing that we had whole other group of people cheering on our Tideriders.  The kids did an outstanding job with the posters, and we by far had more spirited posters than anyone in the meet!  Our meet officials are always a huge help on deck.  Thanks to Joanne Graham, Tania Hillmer, Rob Jurotich and Fred Miller for all the hours you put in at the meet this past weekend.

Most importantly, thanks to the athletes.  Each swimmer in this meet outperformed every team.  We had 110 athletes, which is more than anyone else had.  We also had more individual swims and more relays than any other team at Division I Champs.  We had a number of athletes who came back from all sorts of different ailments to shine. 

When we say it was a team effort, this couldn’t be more reflective than the results of the Age Groups. We won the 10 & Under Girls Age Group, and placed second in the 10 & Under Boys, 11 – 12 Girls, 11 – 12 Boys, 13 – 14 Girls and fourth in the 13 – 14 Boys.  With that being said, 10 & Under Boys were only 18 points out of first and the 13 – 14 Girls were only 4 points behind.  Unbelievable team effort for sure, and as coaches we were proud of each and every swimmer that participated!

10 & Under Age Group

In the 10 & Under Girls, we had a total of 29 athletes participating!  Placing in the Top 8 were Meg Bryan, Madeleine Collier, Rebecca Crane, Elisabeth Ragan, Caroline Roderick, Kaitlyn Rowbottom and Elizabeth Wiese.

Finishing in the Top 16 were Anna Scott Baur, Harriet Bezzant, Elizabeth Craig, Carly Fesler, Karissa Kantz, Madigan Kinsey, Olivia Morales, Maddie Palatt and Sophie Thompson.

In the Girls 200 Medley Relay, Maddie, Elizabeth W, Meg and Rebecca were 2^nd while Caroline, Madigan, Kaitlyn and Madeleine were 4^th.  Also swimming in Medley Relays were Anna Scott, Harriet, Margaret Beimdiek, Addie Bitting, Elizabeth C, Izzy Destefano, Sarah Donohue, Maya Esparza, Carly, Sophie Henriksen, Sarah Hickenbotham, Karissa, Olivia, Elisabeth R, Lily Ragan, and Sophie T. 

In the 200 Free Relays, Meg, Caroline, Madeleine and Rebecca were 2^nd, while Elizabeth W, Kaitlyn, Elisabeth R and Carly were 3^rd.  Also swimming in the Free Relays were Anna Scott, Margaret, Elizabeth C, Audrey Dino, Sarah D, Izzy, Maya, Sophie H, Sarah H, Karissa, Madigan, Amelia Koch, Olivia, Maddie, Lily and Sophie T.

Catherine Liao, Noa Longman and Amy Pumm were also part of the 10 & Under Girls Championship Team.

Placing in the Top 8 for the 10 & Under Boys were Koji Barrette, Ben Evra, Danny Gao, Reed Grimm, Nathan Lin and Michael Tu.  Finishing in the Top 16 were Lewis Dennison, Jackson Fox, Henry Hardeman, Maddoc McGowan and Noah Unger. 

In the 200 Medley Relays, Jackson, Ben, Koji and Reed finished in 3^rd.  Also swimming in the Medley Relays were Eric Ji, Graham Mills, Danny and Noah.

In the 200 Free Relays, Koji, Nathan, Reed and Ben were 3^rd, while Danny, Michael, Jackson and Noah were 7^th.

11 – 12 Age Group

In the 11 – 12 Girls, placing in the Top 8 were Michaela Bach, Rachel Crane, Allie Hickenbotham, Katie Knapp, Claire Lin, Cami Nourie and Abbey Owenby.  Finishing in the Top 16 were Lauren Beard, Nicole Beard, Alex Fox, Nancy Hulslander and Meg Ross.

In the 200 Medley Relays, Abbey, Rachel, Allie and Cami were 5^th, while Claire, Michaela, Lauren Bell and Meg were 7^th.  Also swimming on the Medley Relays were Lauren Beard, Nicole, Bailey Hahn and Andrea Morales.

In the 400 Medley Relays, Abbey, Claire, Allie and Cami were 4^th, and Bailey, Nicole, Nancy and Lauren Beard were 7^th.

In the 200 Free Relays, Cami, Claire, Katie and Abbey were 4^th, while Meg, Allie, Nancy and Rachel were 6^th.  Also swimming in the Free Relays were Michaela, Lauren Beard, Nicole, Lauren Bell, Alex, Sophie Fredman, Bailey and Andrea.

In the 400 Free Relays, Cami, Katie, Claire and Abbey were 4^th, while Meg, Lauren, Nancy and Rachel were 7^th.   

In the 11 – 12 Boys, placing in the Top were Jack Bodnar, Alex Miller, Michael Raskin, Jake Varela and Drew Willmann.  Finishing in the Top 16 were Alexander Benduski, Aaron Garner, Wil Welch and Will Young. 

In the 200 Medley Relays, Jake, Alex, Aaron and Jack were 3^rd, while Drew, Michael, Wil and Will were 6^th.  Also swimming in the Medley Relays were Colin Fitzgerald, Avery Fredman, Matthew Graham, and Hutton Murdoch. 

In the 400 Medley Relays, Drew, Alex, Aaron and Jack were 3^rd, while Matthew, Michael, Wil and Jake were 7^th.

In the 200 Free Relays, Jack, Jake, Alex and Alexander were 3^rd, while Colin, Drew, Will and Wil were 7^th.  Also swimming in the 200 Free Relays were Aaron, Matthew, Hutton, Andrew O’Brien. 

In the 400 Free Relays, Jack, Jake, Alex and Wil were 2^nd, while Alexander, Andrew, Aaron and Drew were 6^th.  Stevie Keyes also competed with the 11 – 12 Boys.

13 – 14 Age Group

In the 13 – 14 Girls, Lexi Daniels and Melissa Melnick both won individual events.  Placing in the Top 8 were Jillian Behrens, Rebecca Corzine, Natalie Crocker, Audrey Kelly, Erin Kelly, Evie Mauze and Colleen Young.  Finishing in the Top 16 were Katie Brodersen, Riley Deutsch, Peri George, Christina Jurotich, Geneva Lee and Sophia Marusic.

Hannah O’Brien.

In the 800 Free Relay, Lexi, Melissa, Erin and Audrey set a new CSP Team Record, while placing 2^nd and Evie, Jillian, Natalie and Geneva were 4^th. 

In the 200 Medley Relays, Evie, Erin, Melissa and Audrey were 2^nd, while Geneva, Colleen, Rebecca and Lexi were 5^th.  Claire Albert, Brigid Andrews, Jillian, Katie, Natalie, Caroline Davis, Riley, Sophia Garland, Peri, Sophia M, Carlye Goldenberg, Taylor Korte, Alexa Kouvelis, Christina, Anna Reichert and Julia Tackes.

In the 400 Medley Relay, Evie, Erin, Melissa and Audrey were 3^rd.

In the 200 Free Relays, Melissa, Erin, Audrey and Natalie set a new CSP Team and Ozark Record, while Lexi, Rebecca, Geneva and Sophia were 5^th.   Also swimming in the Free Relays were Claire, Brigid, Jillian, Katie, Riley, Caroline, Peri, Carlye, Sydney Giacin, Christina, Taylor, Sophia, Evie, Anna, Julia and Colleen.

In the 400 Free Relays, Melissa, Erin, Audrey and Lexi were 2^nd and Rebecca, Evie, Natalie and Geneva were 4^th.

In the 13 – 14 Boys, Tiger Chen, Max Goldenberg, Matthew Hillmer, Jeffrey Martin and Iyayi Ogbevoen were all Top 8.

In the 800 Free Relay, Tiger, Iyayi, Jeffrey and Matthew were 4^th, while Tristan Belzer, Sammy Keyes, Eric Graham and Lucas Doll were 8^th. 

In the 200 Medley Relays, Iyayi, Tiger, Max and Jeffrey were 3^rd and Sammy, Matthew, Eric and Lucas were 9^th. 

In the 400 Medley Relays, Iyayi, Tiger, Max and Jeffery were 3^rd, while Sammy, Matthew, Eric and Lucas were 9^th.

In the 200 Free Relays, Iyayi, Tiger, Max and Jeffery were 3^rd, while Sammy, Lucas, Matthew and Tristan were 9^th.

In the 400 Free Relays, Iyayi, Tiger, Max and Jeffery were 3^rd, while Sammy, Matthew, Lucas and Spencer Anderson were 7^th.

To see a video of the coaches getting pushed in by the athletes at the end of the game, click here.