Nadador Panameño.
Selección Nacional y Olímpica de Panamá.
Ha participado en eventos regionales (Juegos Centroamericanos, Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Juegos Panamericanos) y mundiales de natación representando a Panamá.
Ha participado en 3 Juegos Olímpicos: Beijing 2008, Londres 2012 y Río 2016.
Crespo compitió en los 50 y 100 metros pecho. Foto/Cortesía
El panameño Edgar Crespo finalizó su participación en el XI Mundial de Piscina Corta que se disputa en Turquía al terminar en la posición 27 entre 101 nadadores que compitieron en los 50 metros pecho.
Crespo completó la distancia con tiempo de 27.56 en el tercer «heat» donde fue el mejor frente a sus rivales Dmitriy Balandin de Kazanstan (28.36), Abdulrahman Albader de Kuwait (28.86), Ensar Hajder de Bosnia y Herzegovina (29.14), Chelok Camara de Guinea (33.26), Eloi Imaniraguha de Ruanda (36.01) y Moris Beale de Sierra Leona (37.48).
El mejor tiempo de todos los nadadores fue el del noruego Aleksander Hetland con 26.60, mientras que a nivel latinoamericano, Crespo tuvo el cuarto mejor registro por detrás de Felipe Lima de Brasil (26.72), Joao Gomez Junior de Brasil (26.83) y Martin Melconian de Uruguay (27.46).
En la otra prueba donde participó el tritón panameño fue en los 100 metros pecho donde fue el número 28 entre 95 participantes con tiempo de 59.68.
El nadador panameño Edgar Crespo terminó en el puesto número 28 de 100 competidores que participaron en las pruebas de los 100 metros pecho en el Campeonato Mundial de Piscina Corta, cuya sede es el Sinan Erdem Dome en la ciudad de Estambul, en Turquía.
Crespo fue el primero en su heat eliminatorio al finalizar la competencia en 59.68 segundos. Sin embargo no le bastó para pasar a las semifinales ya que quedó 0.65 segundos sobre el tiempo que hizo el décimo sexto y último clasificado a esa instancia.
Según informes emitidos por la Universidad Critiana de Texas (TCU), el panameño tuvo una partida rápida que le permitió recorrer los primeros 50 metros en 27.73 segundos. Eso le ayudó a obtener el mejor tiempo de su heat.
El istmeño fue primero en su heat de los 100 metros, pero no alcanzó las semifinales, ahora competirá en su especialidad
PANAMÁ.
El nadador panameño Edgar Crespo se esforzó al máximo en el debut de la delegación panameña que participa en el XI Campeonato Mundial de Piscina Corta que se desarrolla en Estambul, Turquía.
DESEMPEÑO. Crespo espera cosechar buenos resultados en los 50 metros pecho, su especialidad. Foto: Archivo | La Estrella
Crespo, quien representó a Panamá en los pasados Juegos Olímpicos de Londres, ocupó el puesto 28 entre los 95 tritones que vieron acción en los 100 metros pecho.
El istmeño saltó a la piscina del coliseo Sinan Erdem Spor Salonu, y ocupó el primer lugar de su heat al detener el cronómetro en 59. 68 segundos, tiempo que no le bastó para avanzar a las semifinales.
‘Sé que no fue suficiente para el objetivo (avanzar a semifinales) que se tenía, pero de seguro que en la segunda prueba (50 metros pecho) mejores cosas saldrán’, dijo ayer Crespo a La Estrella mientras descansaba en la comodidad de su habitación en Estambul.
Crespo mostró un progreso en su desempeño. En el pasado Mundial de piscina corta celebrado en Dubai del 2010, registró un tiempo de 1:00. 13 minutos en los 100 metros pecho.
Entre los atletas latinoamericanos, el panameño tuvo el tercer mejor tiempo
El olímpico hará su reaparición el próximo sábado a las 5:05 a. m (12:05 p. m. en Estambul) en su especialidad, la prueba de los 50 metros pecho.
En el Mundial del 2010 el panameño registró 27. 78 segundos en los 50 metros pecho.
‘Pasé (ayer) los 50 metros en 27. 74 segundos en los 100 metros, es una buena señal’, opinó Crespo, refiriéndose a la prueba que se le avecina.
Para la madrugada de hoy jueves, veían acción Zamantha Hoss y Alexander Keller, los otros dos panameños que completan la representación criolla en la cita mundial.
La nadadora Hoss defendía los colores patrios en los 100 metros libres, mientras que Keller hacía lo propio en los 400 metros combinados.
Keller participará en 200 metros combinados el próximo viernes.
Hoss acompañará a Crespo el sábado, pero en los 50 metros libres femeninos.
El nadador panameño Edgar Crespo debuta el miércoles 12 de diciembre en el XI Mundial de piscina corta que se disputará en Estambul, Turquía.
Crespo competirá en los 50 y 100 metros pecho. Foto/Cortesía
Crespo tendrá su primera prueba en los 100 metros pecho compitiendo en la serie clasificatoria número uno de las 10 que han sido programadas. La salida está programada para la 11:19 a.m en Estambul (4:19 a.m en Panamá) y de avanzar a semifinales competirá en horas del mediodía.
Los rivales del tritón panameño serán Román Trussov (Kazakhstan), Kgosietsile Molefinyane (Botswana), Yunkun Huang (China), Miguel Rodríguez (Venezuela), Dmitriy Balandin (Kazakhstan), Joshua Hall (USA), David Kitururu (Tanzania) y Andrew Poznikoff (Canadá)
La siguiente participación de Crespo será el sábado 15 de diciembre en los 50 metros pecho que inician a la 12:05 pm en Estambul (5:05 a.m en Panamá).
Los contrincantes que tendrá en la serie clasificatoria 2 de las 11 establecidas serán Yunkun Huang (China), Ensar Hajder (Bosnia y Herzegovina), Abdulrahman Albader (Kuwait), Athoumani Youssouf (Comoros), Aonzoudine Chaoili (Comoros), Dmitriy Balandin (Kazakhstan), Miguel Rodríguez (Venezuela), Joshua Hall (USA) y David Kitururu (Tanzania).
Crespo participó en los pasados Juegos Olímpicos Londres 2012.
Edgar Crespo competes on the TCU’s official NCAA swimming & diving team and represents his home country of Panama, as well. He even competed in the Olympics last summer.
By Steffon Nickson
Posted November 16, 2012
Courtesy of Go Frogs
Athletes dream of days like this. To reach the top of their game. Compete for their country. Claim a gold medal.
Unfortunately, all of these achievements cannot often be accomplished for athletes. There are a few people who take on America’s topmost national competition and the world’s toughest international competition.
But that’s the life of TCU fifth-year breaststroke swimmer Edgar Crespo.
Now in his fifth year, Crespo cannot compete for TCU due to NCAA regulations. However, he continues to practice with the team despite the fact that he swims for his home country of Panama, as well. He even competed in the Olympics last summer.
Crespo’s climb up the proverbial swimming ladder in Panama is an unusual one. He started swimming when he was eight years old because his mom wanted him to. She made him take lessons just to get use to the idea of swimming. He said he did not really want to do it, especially after he realized he was allergic to the chlorine in the water.
As he began to swim more often, Crespo said he began to like it more and more. He said he eventually started to focus on swimming after he realized how much more he could travel if he swam rather than playing another sport.
“I like [swimming] more in that aspect than soccer,» he explained.
Even before going to the Olympics, Crespo was featured in a parade in Panama. He said despite achievements like this, the fact that he enjoys what he is doing makes him feel good about his athleticism. “If you don’t have passion then you won’t achieve anything.”
Crespo said he typically shared his Panamanian team schedule with his TCU coaches. From there, he lays out a schedule of his travel and plans accordingly. There are some minor tournaments and meets that Crespo does not go to if his TCU coaches do not want him to, but Crespo said he’s never had a conflict that was that unsolvable.
In most cases, Crespo said his international competition did not get in the way of competing for TCU. But from time to time, he has hit some bumps in the road.
A memorable moment is when he swam in a tournament overseas for Panama two days before a TCU meet against Wyoming in Fort Worth, he said.
After the meet for the Panama team was over, Crespo headed to the airport. He found out his flight was cancelled due to weather. By the time he was able to fly, it was the day of the TCU meet. Crespo said he arrived in Fort Worth the morning the meet started, and somehow was able to win three events for the school.
Crespo said his coaches were still proud of him and allowed him to continue to compete for Panama even after tricky instances like that. He said he carries the TCU brand and name along with him when he competes, which he thinks gains international attention for the university.
Crespo hopes to graduate in December with a degree in international marketing. After school, he would like to continue swimming, own his own business or even continue his studies.
But where are his sights set in 2016? A gold medal in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
The 2012 London Summer Olympic Games arrived and London bled purple.
The world’s best athletes have come together and among those are TCU’s Edgar Crespo and Sarah Scherer.
‘A dream come true’
Junior Edgar Crespo swims the breast stroke against Utah in 2011. Photo by Multimedia. Editor Matt Coffelt.
Four years ago, Edgar Crespo competed at the Olympics in Beijing for the first time. Since then, Crespo trained in preparation for the moment that many athletes only dream of- competing for their country in front of the world.
“I mean anything can happen, so I will do my best as I always do and swim as fast as I can, so I can reach the goal I have right now,” Crespo said before the competition.
Crespo competed at the London Games in the 100-meter breaststroke representing his home country, Panama. Crespo placed fourth in his heat at the Olympics. At TCU, Crespo holds the record in both 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke.
“TCU has been my second house, my second family, so it’s almost the same feeling that I have representing Panama,” Crespo said before the competition.
The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing were a great experience but now the proud Panamanian and Horned Frog felt ready for the London Games, he said.
“When you’re a kid, you want to be like big stars,” he said. “ I still want to be like the really good stars Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps, so I have to work harder.”
Bill Koppelman, assistant coach for TCU Swimming and Diving, joined Crespo at the Olympics as Panama’s assistant coach swimming and diving coach.
“It’s an amazing honor,” Koppelman said before the competition. “It’s something that Edgar has earned and I’m just helping him along the way.”
Koppelman joined the TCU swimming and diving team as an assistant coach in the fall of 2006. He has trained with Crespo for four and a half years and is coaching at the Olympics for the first time.
“Everything about the Olympics is such a great opportunity, “ he said. “It only comes around every four years and it’s the biggest event in swimming.”
Koppelman said Crespo is a dedicated and humble person that makes coaching easy for him because he is a hardworking athlete.
For Koppelman, coaching comes first and after Crespo’s event, he looks forward to observing and learning the most that he can, watching swim meets and supporting the other Panamanian athletes.
Koppelman also had the opportunity to work with another Olympian, Alejandro Gomez during his first year coaching at TCU.
Gomez, who is a TCU graduate, competed in the long distance swimming competition for Venezuela at the London Games. He trained in Florida with another TCU alum, Gregg Troy, who is the head coach for the men’s swimming and diving team.
“When we’re sending multiple people to the Olympics, including our alumni, that’s definitely something we can hope to build upon and hopefully get some more in 2016,” Koppelman said.
By Lexy Cruz and Bailey McGowan of TCU 360
Posted July 19, 2012
These Frogs will compete in the 2012 London Summer Games.
Sarah Scherer
Senior Sarah Scherer competed in the 2012 Olympics and placed seventh out of eight athletes in the women’s 10 meter air rifle event. Scherer is a NCAA Champion with many rifle honors as a part of TCU’s rifle team. Scherer shot a perfect 600 against the University of Alaska-Fairbanks last fall, an accomplishment she said she did not expect at this point in her career. TCU Coach Karen Monez said Scherer was the fourth person in NCAA history to attain a perfect score and the second woman to do so.
Edgar Crespo
TCU’s Edgar Crespo placed fourth in the men’s 100 meter breaststroke representing Panama. Crespo holds the TCU record in both the 100 meter and 200 meter breaststroke. He competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and in the Pan-American games this past fall.
Alejandro Gomez
TCU graduate Alejandro Gomez will swim for Venezuela in the Olympics this summer. He swam the men’s 1500 meter freestyle in 15:24.29 placing third. He previously held the TCU record for the 1,000 meter freestyle. Gomez will compete on Aug. 3.
Khadevis Robinson
TCU graduate Khadevis Robinson earned a place on the U.S. team for the London Games with a time of 1:44.64 as a runner-up in finals of the men’s 800 meters. He previously placed first overall with a time of 1:45.83 in the semifinals of the men’s 800 meters.
Justyn Warner
TCU graduate Justyn Warner will compete in London for Canada in the men’s 100 meters. He placed first overall in the men’s 100 meters at the Canadian Track and Field Championships. His time was 10.15 seconds. The three time All-American finished third overall at the Mountain West Conference Championships in 2009 and qualified for the NCAA Regional.
Darvis “Doc” Patton
TCU graduate Darvis Patton will run in the 4×100-meter relay for U.S. In 2000, he became the first TCU athlete to win an indoor conference long jump title and the first Horned Frog to win a conference long jump crown of any kind since 1970 when he won the WAC indoor title. The ten time All-American graduated from TCU in 2001.
Gregg Troy
Former Frog Gregg Troy is the head coach for the men’s Olympic swim team. Troy graduated from TCU in 1972 and is currently the University of Florida head coach.
Bill Koppelman
Bill Koppelman is the assistant coach for Panama’s swimming and diving team. Bill Koppelman joined the TCU staff as the assistant coach for TCU Swimming and Diving in the fall of 2006.
Edgar Crespo 