Our first meet of the year was a great way to start the year.  We really don't keep score at this meet, however, they were posting the scores of the meet as if they were.  We were a point and a half behind a team from Peoria for second place.  What a fun finish!  This meet can be confusing for some as they allow us to convert times from the Short Course Season.  These conversions can be frustrating for some, but then when the final numbers come and Age Group...

 Will Derdeyn   A senior, Derdeyn had two goals and three assists in the Jr. Bills' 9-4 victory over DeSmet in the district championship game. In three games last week he totaled six goals, seven assists and 10 steals, and he had 34 goals and 42 assists for the season. A first-team All-Metro swimmer, Derdeyn was the only area swimmer to win four gold medals at state. He plans to attend Dartmouth.

 Etinosa Ogbevoen a member of the Senior Elite group has been chosen to be an Athlete Representative to the Central Zone. While Nate Weiss and Mary Beth Howard also of the Senior Elite group have been chosen as Athlete Representatives to our Ozark LSC. All three athletes will go to the USA Swimming convention held in September to represent the athlete view and vote for the sport. This is a special honor for all 3 athletes and a wonderful opportunity for them as well.

Scott Jostes a CSP swimmer who now competes for the University of Texas had a tremendous showing at the NCAA Division I Championships this past weekend at Texas A & M University. Scott a sophmore for Texas swam on 3 relays that set American records. They were the 200 Free Relay which placed 4th, the 200 Medley Relay which placed 5th and the 800 Free Relay which placed 1st. The 800 Free Relay was the fastest in history breaking the NCAA record and meet record, US Open Record, and as...

 Etinosa Ogbevoen was selected to attend USA Swimmings Diversity Camp which is held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado from April 23 - 26, 2009. Sixteen female athletes from United States Swimming are chosen to the Camp. So this is a tremendous honor for Etinosa, her family, and for us at CSP.

To follow the meet live, you can click here. CSP’s first day at Sectionals was a fast one!  Maddie Wall finished in 14th place in the 1000 Womens Free, while Elizabeth Krane, Merrill Thomas, and Megan Luhrsen also competed in that event.  On the Men’s side, Daniel Miller won the 1000 Free, while setting a new CSP 17 - 18 and Open Team Record.  Evan Noble (4th), Charles Du (13th), and Bobby Jones (16th) also scored points for the Men.  Patrick Wall and Alex Glogoza also competed in the 1000...

2009 Ozark Short Course Champs What an incredible meet!  CSP was “tunedý up for the meet and it showed.  In one of the closest meets in years, CSP finished in second place, only 90 points behind Rockwood Swim Club.  CSP won more Team Age Groups than any other team, winning the 10 & Under Girls, 11 – 12 Boys, 13 – 14 Girls, 15 & Over Girls, and the 15 & Over Boys!  On Individual High points, CSP had more swimmers placing in the Top 3 than any other team,...

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Media Contact: Joanie Benage, [email protected], 314-727-7946                        CSP TIDERIDERS COMPETE AT JUNIOR NATIONALS   ST. LOUIS, MO (January 9, 2009) – CSP TIDERIDERS, a swim program founded in 1938 and one of the first swimming programs in the United States, is pleased to announce several of their swimmers competed at the 2008 Speedo Short Course Junior National Championships in Austin, Texas (Dec.11-14).  Many of the CSP swimmers swam their best times and several records were broken.   Daniel Miller, who will be swimming...