CSP Record Breaking Performances at Sectionals

The CSP Tideriders took to the pool again this past weekend at the Speedo Central Sectional Region VIII Championships held in Jenks, Oklahoma. The meet is a Senior competition requiring qualifying times featuring more than 50 teams from 5 states. The States are Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. CSP came in 6^th place as a combined team, 4^th place as a women’s team, and 12^th place as a men’s team. We had 38 athletes in 162 total events putting us just behind the Kansas City Blazers with 39 swimmers and 173 swims as the 2^nd largest team.

Record setting performances were turned in by Justin Andrews who broke the 15-16 Boys Team record in the 200 IM with a 1:52.89 while placing 5^th place in the A Final. The Women’s 400 Medley Relay team of Sarah Finlay, Lydia Welty, Gabby Vieira, and Samm Crocker made it to the podium with a 3^rd place finish and new team 15-18 and Open 400 Medley Relay records with a time of 3:50.31. Lastly, in an exciting 4 team race at the end of the meet, the 400 Free Relay team of Samm Crocker, Gabby Vieira, Melissa Melnick and Helen Wojdylo took 4^th place while breaking the 15-18 and Open team 400 Free Relay records. Colleen Young broke her own Paralympic American Records in the 100 and 200 Breaststrokes. Congratulations to all our team record breakers.

We also received 6 new NCSA Junior Nationals Times from Justin Andrews in the 200, 500, and 1000 Free, Ashley Daniels in the 100 Breast, Sarah Finlay in the 200 Free, and Helen Wojdylo in the 200 Breast.

Below is a list of all swimmers who medaled at Sectional with A Final swims:

Justin Andrews – 1000 Free 4^th, 200 Free 7^th, 200 IM 5^th, & 500 Free 4th

Samm Crocker – 50 Free 5^th

Ashley Daniels – 100 Breast 6^th

Sarah Finlay – 200 Free 8th

Melissa Melnick – 100 Free 7^th

Gabby Vieira – 100 Fly 4^th, 100 Back 3^rd, & 200 Back 4^th

Lydia Welty – 200 Breast 6^th

Helen Wojdylo – 200 Breast 8^th

Additional Swims that made the Finals or top 24 in the B and C Finals included:

Justin Andrews – 200 Back 20th

Cameron Back – 200 Fly 19^th

Rebecca Corzine – 100 Breast 24^th

Maggie Cox – 100 Breast 20^th, 200 Breast 22^nd

Ashley Daniels – 200 Breast 15^th

Lexi Daniels – 1000 Free 12^th, 400 IM 22^nd, 500 Free 22^nd, & 1650 Free 18^th

Sarah Finlay – 400 IM 16^th, 100 Back 12^th, & 200 Back 9^th

Erin Kelly – 100 Breast 22^nd

Evie Mauze – 1000 Free 20^th, & 200 Back 22^nd

Melissa Melnick – 50 Free 11^th

Luke Sloan – 100 Back 20^th

Lydia Welty – 400 IM 13^th

Helen Wojdylo – 1000  Free 15^th, 100 Breast 12^th, & 500 Free 13^th

CSP also had scoring relay finishes in addition to the record setting Relay’s:

Women’s 800 Free Relay –

CSP A – 7^th Gabby, Sarah, Helen, and Evie

CSP C – 13^th Erin, Melissa, Natalie Crocker, and Rebecca

Men’s 800 Free Relay –

CSP A – 8^th Justin, Peter Crocker, Luke, and Collin Schott

Women’s 400 Medley Relay –

CSP A – 3^rd Sarah, Lydia, Gabby, and Samm

CSP B – 14^th Evie, Ashley, Melissa, & Helen

Men’s 400 Medley Relay –

CSP A – 9^th Chris Reichert, Justin, Luke, and Peter

Women’s 400 Free Relay –

CSP A – 4^th Samm, Gabby, Melissa, and Helen

CSP B – 14^th Mikayla Kempf, Lily Reisinger, Lydia, and Sarah

Men’s 400 Free Relay –

CSP A – 15^th Justin, Luke, Peter, and Jeffrey Martin

CSP Athletes also contributing to this team effort are Brigid Andrews, Jillian Behrens, Katie Brodersen, Tiger Chen, Benjamin Edwards, Sarah Fauska, Peri George, Max Goldenberg, Matthew Hillmer, Vaios Kouvelis, Nicole Maurer, Michael Nester, Nicole Shearing, Bridget Sheridan and Julia Tackes.