CSP was fantastically represented this weekend at the 2014 Missouri State Swimming and Diving Championships held at the St. Peters Rec-Plex. There was some really good swimming by girls from this team representing their respective high schools. Samm Crocker Won the 50 Free by 1/100th of a second, while tying the Girl's Open and 17-18 Team records. We had a bunch of new Sectional cuts as well, with Bridget Andrews, Katie Brodersen, Erin Kelly, Mikayla Kempf (2), Nicole Shearing, and Julia Tackes all getting new cuts. Below is a...

  CSP has a great weekend at the Ozark Senior Championships held this weekend at Pattonville High School Aquatic Center. The Team took 1st place, with the Girls and Boys teams placing 1st also. CSP swept the high point awards for girls with Lydia Welty taking 1st, Lexi Daniels taking 2nd and Sarah Finlay taking 3rd place. On the boy’s side Justin Andrews took home the 2nd place High Point Trophy. The Girls won 10 of the 13 individual events and took 1st and 2nd in all 4 relays. 10...

Congratulations to Cameron Back who has made his college decision to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute next fall. Worcester is a private technological university in the heart of New England. Cameron will also represent Worcester on their swim team. Worcester is a Division III program that competes in the NEWMAC conference, New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference, with MIT, Tufts, and the Coast Guard to name a few.  

Well the CSP Tideriders started the year off with a bang!  We had 117 athletes entered in the Mudsock Classic, which was held in Fishers, Indiana, and after three days of fast swimming, CSP came home with a  2nd place team finish at this meet.  Even though we couldn’t escape the snow, everyone swam incredibly well and we were thrilled with the results. This meet was prelim/final meet for the 11 – 12, 13 – 14 and Open age groups, bringing back the Top 20 for 11 – 12 and...

The challenge was accepted, the practices are completed and all that is left is to get t-shirts that they earned.  We had 60 swimmers complete all of the 10 Days of Torture for the Age Group, Junior Varsity, Varsity and Senior Groups and we are proud of all of them.  Congratulations to the following swimmers who completed the 10 Days of Torture: Age Group:  Nicole Alper-Esko, Nolan Alper-Esko, Sophie Bragg, Chloe Hagemann, Taylor Hamrah, Morgan Hast, Sophie King, Charlie Krasnoff, Erin Lamping, Cameron McCrary, Katie Murdoch, Lee Naber, Alicia Palatt,...

Colleen Young was just named to the 2014 US National A Team for Paralympic Swimming. The team was just announced yesterday and Colleen is just one of seven female athletes across the country to be selected to the team. Colleen was on the National B Team last year Congratulations to Colleen on such a great accomplishment!  

Well the weather outside was frightful, but the pool deck was so delightful.  Waking up to a fresh snowfall was not what anyone had wanted for sure.   But with a three hour time delay, the roads were better, the parking lot was clearer and we had more swimmers swimming this year’s Swim Your Own Age. Thanks so much to everyone who helped make this meet one of the most successful meets in recent memories for the CSP Tideriders.  Countless people spent many hours months leading up to the meet, and...

Parkway Pentathlon a first for CSP.  This is a different format from most, where you must swim the 200 Fly, Back, Breast, 400 IM and 500 Free in order to score.  While we had swimmers competing at Junior Nationals, Swim Your Own Age, and of course studying for Finals, CSP still had a strong showing. Placing in the Top 8 Over All for the Girls was Ashley Daniels (2nd), Cami Nourie (5th) and Christina Jurotich (6th).  Finishing in the Top 16 were Riley Deutsch (9th), Nicole Beard (14th) and Claire...

This past weekend Maggie Cox, Samm Crocker, Lexi Daniels, Sarah Finlay, Evie Mauze, Melissa Melnick, Gabriela Vieira, Lydia Welty, and Helen Wojdylo represented CSP at the Junior National Swim Meet held in Greensboro, North Carolina. Two new team records were set at the meet. Melissa Melnick broke the 13-14 girls 100 yard Butterfly record with a 56.86 time. The Relay Team of Samm Crocker, Melissa Melnick, Gabriela Vieira, and Helen Wojdylo broke the Women's Team Record for the 200 yard Free Relay with their time of 1:36.37. Congratulations to all...

Seniors and Elite Group members Samm Crocker, Sarah Fauska, and Grace Stiegemeyer all make their College decisions.  Samm Crocker commited to Northern Arizona University. Samm will be a wonderful addition to the Lumberjacks sprint group. Sarah Fauska commited to John Hopkins University. Sarah will contribute greatly to the Freestyle events for the Blue Jays next fall. Grace Stiegemeyer commited to Drexel University. Grace will also be a fantastic addition to the Freestyle events for the Dragons. Congratulations to all three girls with such a stressful decision. All three schools get...