CSP athletes traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana to compete this past week at the NCSA Junior Nationals. The team did a great job. We finished 38th as a combined team, with the Women's Team finishing in 20th place. We were represented by Brigid Andrews, Justin Andrews, Samm Crocker, Ashley Daniels, Lexi Daniels, Evie Mauze, Melissa Melnick, Chris Reichert, Gabby Vieira, Lydia Welty, and Helen Wojdylo.  The meet started on Tuesday night very well with Lexi Daniels placing 18th in the 800 Free. Then Samm, Melissa, Gabby, and Helen teamed up...

The CSP Tideriders had 15 Swimmers representing the 2014 Ozark Zone Team that went to Oklahoma City and had a fantastic meet!  CSP was also well represented by having three of its own officials working the meet!  As a team, Ozark finished in 3rd place, well above their 5th place finish the previous year. Payton Dunn set a new team record en route to her 4th place finish in the 200 Fly, while Matthew Hillmer’s 800 Free and 1500 Free were the 2nd fastest times ever by a CSP Tiderider....

Sarah Finlay swam the 200 Backstroke at the USA Junior Nationals held this past week in Irvine, California. Sarah raced to 65th place.

What a great weekend we had at the Long Course Championship Meet.  While we took a small group to the meet, those swimmers performed amazingly!  As a team, the Tideriders finished strong in fourth place.                The 13 – 14 Boys 800 Free Relay of Matthew Hillmer, Alex Benduski, Michael Raskin and Jack Bodnar                shattered our team record by over 20 seconds!                 Payton Dunn was third place High Point in the 11 – 12 Girls!                Margaret...

This past weekend, during the Long Course Championship Meet, there was another competition on going.  There was the race for the Ozark Age Group Coach of the Year.  Of the seven coaches nominated, two were from the CSP Tideriders.  Both Lanette Imig and Mark Imig were nomiated by their peers. After three days and countless votes, Lanette Imig has been named Ozark's Age Group Coach of the Year for the 2013 - 2014 Season.  With placing seven swimmers on the Central Zones team, and winning the 10 & Under Boys...

  Congratulations to our CSP athletes that competed all last week at the 2014 Summer Central Sectional Championships held at the University of Missouri. Our Team took 14th overall out of more than 50 teams competing at the meet. Our Women’s Team placed 9th and our Men’s Team placed 25th. Special individual accomplishments at the meet were achieved by Lexi Daniels who won the Women’s Distance Award. The award accumulates time in the 400 Free, 800 Free, 1500 Free, and 400 IM and the swimmer with the lowest time wins...

What a great facility to attend a fun out of town meet!  This past weekend 40 athletes traveled to South Bend, IN to swim in the Irish Aquatics Summer Spectacular that was hosted at the University of Notre Dame.  Many fast swims were done, including a new team record for Payton Dunn in the 800 Meter Free.  She broke a record that had stood since 1990!  Also, achieving new AAA times were Payton Dunn, Benjamin Edwards, Andrew O’Brien and Drew Willmann.  While this wasn’t a meet where scores were announced,...

The 76th CSP Summer Invitational was threatened by weather all weekend, but in the end, the swimmers won out!  We had over 800 swimmers and some 20 teams, from five different states.  CSP had the largest entry ever, with over 200 athletes attending!  We also went with a  Swim Your Own Age format for the 12 & Unders, which resulted in many new meet records, many more awards and lots of best times! Swimmers making new Sectional Cuts were Brigid Andrews, Lexi Daniels, Evie Mauze, Abbey Owenby and Helen Wojdylo....

Wow!  We don’t know what else to say at this point about the results from the meet this past weekend at the Rec-Plex.  CSP showed up in force, with more than 150 athletes attending.  There were NCSA Junior Cuts, Sectional Cuts and Zone Cuts achieved and even a new team record!  With over 75% best times as a team, the coaching staff couldn’t have been more pleased. In the 8 & Under Age Group, Lily Hsieh set a new team record in the 50 Free!  Winning events were Aidan Brawer...

The Long Course Meet Season has officially begun for the CSP Tideriders!  This past weekend, our team participated in two different meets.  The Elite Squad traveled to Bloomington, Indiana to participate in the Bucceto’s Open.  This was a prelim/final meet where the Top 24 came back and competed. Gabby Vieira achieved a 100 Fly NCSA Junior Nationals cut, and Sarah Finlay did as well in the 200 Back. Winning individual events was Gabriela Vieira, while placing in the Top 8 were Rebecca Corzine, Maggie Cox, Benjamin Edwards, Sarah Finlay, Peri...