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We had a great start of season with the IMX Kickoff hosted at Lindbergh High School this past weekend. Even with a power outage, there was no shortage of fast racing by the Tideriders. Kledi Kadiu set a new 13 – 14 Boys Team Record in the 50 Fly, leading off his 200 IM! This meet was an opportunity for swimmers to either establish their IMX (IM Extreme) Scores or IMR (IM Ready) Scores for the season, and we had a number of swimmers win those events. For the 10...
Congratulations to Colleen Young, this years Female winner of the Vornbrock Award. This award is given yearly to the best female and male swimmer in Ozark as voted upon by coaches.
USA Swimming 2016 Olympic Time Trials Standards Women Event Men 26.19 50 Freestyle 23.29 56.49 100 Freestyle 50.69 2:02.39 200 Freestyle 1:51.89 4:17.99 400 Freestyle 3:58.69 8:49.99 800 Freestyle X X 1500 Freestyle 15:49.99 1:03.39 100 Backstroke 57.19 2:16.59 200 Backstroke 2:03.79 1:11.49 100 Breaststroke 1:03.69 2:34.99 200 Breaststroke 2:18.39 1:01.19 100 Butterfly 54.79 2:14.99 200 Butterfly 2:01.99 2:18.69 200 Individual Medley 2:05.09 4:54.99 400 Individual Medley 4:27.49
2014 Vornbrock Award Winners are Colleen Young (CSP) and Nick Alexander (FAST) Each year Ozark chooses a Female and Male High School Swimmer of the Year. These athletes are engraved on an award known as the Vornbrock Cup. The Vornbrock Cup was established in the name of Ernie Vornbrock, a St. Louis area Swim Coach from the 1930’s through the 1950’s, by his former swimmers and friends, out of respect and gratitude for his guidance; and with the hope that this unique man’s values will be passed on to a...
Special Thanks to all of you who contributed to last year's Swim-A-Thon. We finished the year ranked in the Top 10 Nationally, finishing in 7th place. Each year our Team has increased our fundraising total. We look forward to trying to move into the Top 5 next year. We will run our Swim-A-Thon in January again this year. Information will be sent out as we move closer to January of 2015. This is the one and only fundraiser our team has each year. The efforts from our swimmers and their...
We have taken our 2014 - 2015 Short Course Meet Schedule and set it up so that you may view each by your swimmer's groups. Our first two meets have already been finalized and sent and we have record numbers already for this time of year. Make sure to get your swimmers signed up for meets that we feel are geared towards their group levels. If you can't view the document, click here. 1
Gabby Vieira made the Top 10 list for USA Swimming for the 16 year old Girl's 50 Meter Butterfly. Gabby ranked 7th in the Nation following her 3rd Place finish at the Summer NCSA Junior National Championships in August. Congratulations to Gabby on such a great achievement!
DONUT SOCIAL & TEAM PHOTO IS THIS SATURDAY! We will hold our annual Donut Social/Team Photo and General Parent Meeting this Saturday, September 13th at WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY from 8:00-9:00 am. We will be meeting on the upper area behind the football bleachers, so please park in the lots nearest the football fields, in the front of the schoo, as the pool will be closed. The picture will be taken between 8:00-8:15. T-Shirts for the photo will be given out beginning tonight at practices and anyone that does not pick up their shirt at practice may...
Ashley Daniels, Sarah Finlay, Luke Sloan (2), and Lydia Welty were all named to the 2013-2014 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American List. For Luke it is his second straight year making the list. To qualify to make the list you have to have completed your sophmore year of high school, have a 3.5 or higher GPA, and you must have swam a qualifying time in one of the qualifying strokes and distances. Congratulations to Ashley, Sarah, Luke and Lydia on achieving such a Great Honor!
