Congratulations to Colleen Young on being named to the 2013 U.S. Paralympics National B Team. The U.S. Paralympics, a divison of the United States Olympic Committee, announced both its National A and National B Team's on this past Friday, January 18th. Sixteen athletes were named to the National A Team, and only 5 athletes including Colleen were named to the National B Team.   

This past Wednesday, Age Group, JV, Varsity and Senior had their swim a thons at Westminster Christian Academy and what a great night of swimming it was!  Between all four groups, about 150 of the 170 possible athletes were in attendance to support the team.  AMAZING! Don't forget that you have until February 15 to get pledges.  We are off to a great start and as always, your generosity and hard work is much appreciated. Big thanks go out to the parent reps who helped to organize drinks, food and...

SWIM A THON 2013 Wow! Check out the team website!  We have already made it over the $10,000 mark and several of our groups have yet to swim. THE SWIM A THON DOES NOT END THIS WEEK.  MONEY AND PLEDGES CAN BE COLLECTED AND TURNED IN UNTIL FEBRUARY 15TH. However, let’s see how quickly we can get to our $35,000 team goal. You can follow the team and individual progress easily on the team website. Many of our swimmers have had great success persuading relatives and friends to donate by...

  The Fishers Mudsock Classic was a first for the CSP Tideriders, and from the results of this meet, it looks as if it won’t be the last.  What a great meet to start off the New Year with for the Tideriders.  As a team, we finished in third place, only behind the host team and another team from Indiana.  Luke Sloan and Lydia Welty both won High Point awards for the Open age group, and the ice cream social that the parents held for the swimmers at the hotel...

Meghan Glogoza has made her choice to attend the University of Arkansas Little Rock for academic and swimming opportunities. Meghan who is a member of the Elite Group is a Senior at St. Joseph's Academy.  Taylor Maurer has also just recently made her decision to attend Kenyon College next fall for both academics and swimming. Taylor is also a member of the Elite Group and is a Senior at Parkway West High  School. Congratulations to both Meghan and Taylor!  

Come join us for a night of fun at the CSP Tideriders Swim Banquet.  Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at The Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel.  The doors will open at 5:30. All of our swimmers in attendance will be recognized and receive an award highlighting their USA Swimming Accomplishments this past season.  Please fill out and mail in all reservation forms right away so that you can be part of this fun night.  There will be no practices held this night.   For Banquet Flyer, click here.

  The Rec-Plex Holiday H2O Invitational was the last swim meet of the 2012 season, and the CSP Tideriders showed up in big numbers once again.  Coming off a meet where most our swimmers were able to swim sprints at the Swim Your Own Age, it was good to see our swimmers racing some longer events. In the 10 & Under Events, winning individual events was Lauren Beard, while those swimmers who placed in the Top 8 were Koji Barrette, Anna Scott Baur, Ben Evra, Jackson Fox, Dan Gao, Olivia...

Gabriela Vieira, Sarah Finlay, Lydia Welty, and Grace Stiegemeyer swam at Junior Nationals this weekend. The meet was held at the University of Tennessee Thursday December 6th to Saturday December 8th. Gabby swam the 500 Free placing 41st, 100 Fly placing 31st, 100 Back placing 25th, 200 Back placing 42nd and the 200 Fly placing 49th. Sarah Finlay also swam individually finishing 76th in the 200 Back and 146th in the 100 Back. Gabby, Sarah, Lydia and Grace teamed up to swim the 800 Free Relay where they placed 22nd....

  As CSP is about to embark on its 75 Year of swimming, the Swim Your Own Age Meet was a great meet to end its 74th year.  We had more CSP athletes at this meet than ever before in our history, Lydia Welty broke a pool record in the 100 Back Stroke and CSP swimmers looked sharp in their new silver anniversary commemorative swim caps.  In the 6 & Under Age Group, winning events were Luke Gill, Piper Hoekel andEva Kasal.  Placing in the Top 8 were Christian Marren,...

  What an amazing weekend at the Ozark A Champs meet that was held in Carbondale, Illinois.  As a team, the CSP Tideriders walked away with the 3rd Place trophy, but that is only the start of a great team accomplishment.  CSP won all of the girl’s age groups at this meet, meaning that the 10 & Under Girls, 11 – 12 Girls, 13 – 14 Girls and 15 & Over Girls scored more points than all of the other teams in their age groups!  On the Boys side of...