Records Fall at the Open Air Classic

Our first meet of the 2022 – 2023 Short Course Season was outside!  CSP traveled to Cape Girardeau with over 100 swimmers to compete at the Open Air Classic.  It was a perfect weekend to race outside!

Austin Chu broke a record in almost every race he competed in:  50 Free, 100 Free, 50 Back, 100 Breast, 50 Fly, 100 IM and 200 IM.  His 100 IM was a new Ozark Record as well.

Winning events with the 10 & Unders were Indie Layton, Elsa Moore and Finn Ziolkowski, while Lucas Theodos finished as high as 2^nd Place.

Winning events for the 11 – 12 Year Old Swimmers were Austin, Colin Cunneen, Emma Fouke, Marissa Kelley, Mason Voss and Kevin Wu.  Placing in the Top 8 were Olive Agustin, Lucy Baley, Jackson Brinton, Kate Brinton, Sadie Cole, Jacob Corbett, Charlie Fan, Graham Hall, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Prairey Maxwell, Kaedyn Miller, Klara Miller, Molly Moriarty, Curtis Murawski and Sam Ulrich.  Finishing in the Top 16 were Leela Anadkat, Kya Baker, Lilah Orlando and Eve Unger, while also swimming at Cape was Berkli Dias.

In the 13 – 14 Age Group, winning events were Claire Chumley, Kate Punnewaert, Hannah Renaud, Noel Rice, Ema Stojicevic and Camden Theodos.  Placing in the Top 8 were Reese Anderson, Keegan Brown, Harrison Frost, Elise Hamelink, Jordyn Hamrah, Olivia Hanes, Henry Hassenstab, Wenxu He, Sam Hoberman, Aiden Kim, Maitland Michaelson, Maddie Mug, Mia Panic and Will Plassmeyer.  Finishing in the Top 16 were Nora Cooke, Sam Etherington, Sienna Kelley, Tiernan Miller, Arlo Ziolkowski while also racing at Cape were Frances Igney, Sally Nolan and Sadie Ulrich.

With the 15 & Overs, winning events were MJ Bezzant, Jax Bradburn, Nora Lee Brown, Kathryn Chaves, Avery Cunneen, Josh Noll and Norah Rutkowski.  Placing in the Top 8 were Ella Arbeiter, Drew Baker, Ashlyn Canale, Casey Chu, Asher Cole, Ava Craig, Sam Ellenhorn, Charlie Hill, Jacqueline Hu, Grace Kraeger, Caitlin Kuhlmann, Sean McGinley, Lindsay Naber, Ruby Nussbaum, Juliette Phillips, Leah Renner, Graham Sagel, Madelyn Schoedel, Nina Schuerer, Alex Snyder, Xander Theodos, Emma Welch and Emma Wisker.  Finishing in the Top 16 were Cate Fear, Everdine Ferguson, Emma Kaemmerer, Isabel Phillips, Lauren Randall, Austin Theodos, Ella Welch, Jaden Yarbrough, while also racing at the Open Air Classic was Amalie Gierasch.