CSP Swimmers have a Great Meet at NCSA Junior Nationals finishing 3rd as a Team

Dave McCrary

CSP had 31 athletes attend NCSA Junior Nationals in Huntsville, Alabama this past week from Tuesday August 10th through Saturday August 14th. As a Team we finished in 3rd place which is our lowest finish in Team history. Our boys team finished in 2nd place capturing the boys Runner up team banner. The girls team finished in 5th place. Through the week we set Kledi Kadiu won the 100 Free, 50 Breast, 100 Breast, and 200 Breast. The 50 Breast was a new NCSA record. On the final event of the meet the CSP boys A relay won the 400 Medley relay. In all our athletes broke 16 individual team records and 10 relay team records. We also set 2 new Ozark Individual records and 8 new Ozark Relay records. The boys set all 5 15-18 Ozark Long Course relay records, so now CSP owns all 5 boys and girls 15-18 Long Course relay records. Additionally, we added 3 new Winter Junior National qualifiers: Anna Moehn, JD Suarez, and Niko Theodos. We also added 7 new qualified events for Winter Junior Nationals which will be held in Austin, Texas this December. We now have 7 athletes qualified. All our great accomplishments are listed below:

New Individual Team Records

Caroline Foltz set the 15-16 girls 50 Breast and 200 Breast

Eric Ji set the 17-18 boys 200 Breast

Kledi Kadiu set the 17-18 boys 50 Free, 100 Free, 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 200 Breast, and the Open 100 Free, 50 Breast, 100 Breast, and 200 Breast

Lee Naber set the 17-18 boys and Open boys 50 Back

JD Suarez set the 15-16 boys 100 Fly and 200 Back. The 200 Back is one of our oldest team records having been set in 1991.

New Relay Team Records

Boys 15-18 and Open 200 Free Relay – Kledi Kadiu, Lee Naber, Steven Busch, and Carter Murawski

Boys 15-18 and Open 400 Free Relay – Kledi Kadiu, Lee Naber, Steven Busch, and Jaxon Bradburn

Boys 15-18 and Open 800 Free Relay – Kledi Kadiu, Lee Naber, Niko Theodos, and Jaxon Bradburn

Boys 15-18 and Open 200 Medley Relay – Lee Naber, Kledi Kadiu, JD Suarez, and Steven Busch

Boys 15-18 and Open 400 Medley Relay – Lee Naber, Kledi Kadiu, JD Suarez, and Steven Busch

New Individual Ozark Records

Kledi Kadiu set the 17-18 and Open 50 Breast

New Ozark Relay Records

Boys 15-18 200 Free Relay – Kledi Kadiu, Lee Naber, Steven Busch, and Carter Murawski

Boys 15-18 400 Free Relay – Kledi Kadiu, Lee Naber, Steven Busch, and Jaxon Bradburn

Boys 15-18 and Open 800 Free Relay – Kledi Kadiu, Lee Naber, Niko Theodos, and Jaxon Bradburn

Boys 15-18 and Open 200 Medley Relay – Lee Naber, Kledi Kadiu, JD Suarez, and Steven Busch

Boys 15-18 and Open 400 Medley Relay – Lee Naber, Kledi Kadiu, JD Suarez, and Steven Busch

New Winter Junior National cuts

Anna Moehn - 400 IM

JD Suarez - 100 Fly and 200 Back

Niko Theodos - 800 Free

Eric Ji – 100 Breast, 200 and 400 IM

Top 8 Medalists

Caroline Foltz - 100 Breast 5th, and 200 Breast 5th

Eric Ji – 400 IM 7th, 200 Breast 4th, and 200 IM 4th

Kledi Kadiu – 100 Free 1st, 100 Breast 1st, 50 Breast 1st, 200 Breast 1st, and 50 Free 2nd

Anna Moehn – 100 Free 7th, 200 Free 4th, and 200 Fly 8th     

Lee Naber – 100 Free 7th, 100 Back 4th, 200 Free 6th, 50 Back 2nd, and 50 Free 7th

JD Suarez – 200 Back 6th

Girls A 200 Medley Relay 6th – Sophie Henriksen, Caroline Foltz, Alyssa Dennis, and Anna Moehn

Boys A 200 Medley Relay 2nd

Boys A 800 Free Relay 4th

Boys A 200 Free Relay 5th

Boys A 400 Free Relay 3rd

Girls A 400 Medley Relay 8th - Sophie Henriksen, Caroline Foltz, Alyssa Dennis, and Anna Moehn

9-16 B Finalists

Nora Lee Brown – 400 Free 12th

Trey Cunneen – 800 Free 14th, and 1500 Free 12th

Caroline Foltz – 50 Breast 11th

Sophie Henriksen – 200 Free 15th, 100 Back 12th, and 50 Back 15th

Eric Ji – 100 Breast 10th

Anna Moehn – 400 IM 9th

Lee Naber – 400 Free 9th

JD Suarez – 100 Back 14th, and 100 Fly 10th

Niko Theodos – 800 Free 11th, 400 Free 10th, and 1500 Free 11th

Girls B 200 Medley Relay 14th – Sarah Donohue, Kellen Mottl, Leah Renner, and Madelyn Schoedel

Boys B 800 Free Relay 10th – Cameron Mc Crary, Steven Busch, JD Suarez, and Eric Ji

Girls A 200 Free Relay 10th – Anna Moehn, Madelyn Schoedel, Sophie Henriksen, and Juliette Phillips

Girls B 200 Free Relay 12th – Carsyn Cosman, Caroline Foltz, Campbell Murawski, and Alyssa Dennis

Girls A 800 Free Relay 10th – Anna Moehn, Sophie Henriksen, Nora Lee Brown, and Carsyn Cosman

Girls B 800 Free Relay 16th – Juliette Phillips, Madelyn Schoedel, Campbell Murawski, and Emma Wisker

Girls A 400 Free Relay 12th – Anna Moehn, Sophie Henriksen, Nora Lee Brown, and Carsyn Cosman

Boys B 400 Free Relay 15th – Niko Theodos, JD Suarez, Ryan Mauney, and Cameron Mc Crary

17-24 Finalists

Nora Lee Brown – 200 Free 20th

Trey Cunneen – 400 Free 19th

Carolyn Foltz -  400 IM 17th, 200 IM 18th

Sophie Henriksen – 100 Free 22nd

Franklin Liu – 800 Free 23rd, and 1500 Free 22nd

Cameron Mc Crary - 200 Back 23rd and 200 Fly 23rd

Ned Mehmeti – 400 IM 19th

Anna Moehn – 400 Free 17th, and 200 IM 19th

Kellen Mottl – 50 Breast 21st, and 200 Breast 24th

Madelyn Schoedel – 50 Back 22nd, and 50 Free 18th

JD Suarez – 50 Fly 20th, 50 Back 21st, and 200 IM 22nd

Niko Theodos – 200 Free 19th

Boys B 200 Medley Relay 17th – Graham Zucker, Eric Ji, Jonas Hostetler, and Carter Murawski

Girls B 400 Medley Relay 18th – Leah Renner, Emma Wisker, Maddie Palatt, and Juliette Phillips

25 – 32 Finalists

Jaxon Bradburn – 50 Fly 31st, and 200 Free 31st 

Nora Lee Brown – 50 Breast 27th

Steven Busch – 50 Fly 25th, and 100 Fly 32nd

Alyssa Dennis – 200 Breast 31st, and 200 IM 32nd

Sophie Henriksen – 200 Back 28th

Jonas Hostetler – 50 Fly 27th

Eric Ji – 200 Free 27th

Cameron Mc Crary – 100 Fly 27th, and 50 Back 26th

Anna Moehn – 50 Fly 30th, and 50 Free 31st

Kellen Mottl – 100 Breast 30th

Carter Murawski – 50 Breast 28th

Maddie Palatt – 50 Back 27th

Brooke Punnewaert – 200 Back 31st, 50 Breast 31st, and 200 Breast 28th

Emma Wisker – 100 Breast 31st

Graham Zucker – 200 Back 30th, 100 Back 28th, and 50 Back 28th

Paige Howell also represented CSP at this Junior National Meet.

 

 

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