Édgar Crespo

In this championship, Crespo placed 27th in the United States in the 100 yards breaststroke.

During this season, he focused more on the 100 and 200 yards breaststroke.

Crespo had a record of nine won and one lost.

He led the swim team of Texas Christian University (TCU) in won races (9 individually).

Edgar Roberto Crespo Echeverría (born 11 May 1989 in Panama City, Panama) is a Panamanian swimmer, who has been representing Panama in swimming competitions around the world.

Edgar Crespo was a top swimmer at the college level.

He received a scholarship as student/athlete to Texas Christian University.

While he was in college he competed in events for both the university and his country.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (International Marketing and Entrepreneurship Management).

He also competed in the 200 yards breaststroke, finishing fourth place with a time of 1:58.60, breaking the record of Jason Flint (1:59.45) which was set in 1996.

He became only the second TCU athlete since 1997 to participate in the National Championships.

This gold medal represented the seventh (7th) medal won by an athlete in swimming since TCU joined the Mountain West Conference (MWC) in the 2005–2006 season.

He competed in the 4 x 50 yards and 4 × 100 yards medleys, TCU finished second in both races.

He also competed in the 200 yards breaststroke finishing seventh in the finals of that event, and sixth in the 100 yards butterfly.

During this season he stopped competing in college level swim meets in order to focus on his studies but did represent his county in meets from August 2008 to July 2009.

This season was his first year as an official swimmer at Texas Christian University (TCU).

During the season, Crespo did not lose any of his individual races (14 - 0) in the 100 and 200 yards breaststroke.

He went undefeated against the universities of Utah, BYU, Air Force, UCSD, and UNLV.

He won two (2) TCU Weekly Award (Prix Week TCU) on 23 October 2009 and 12 January 2010 for his performances during competitions with the team.

Also on 10 November 2009 and 9 February 2010, Crespo was recognized as Best Swimmer of the Week of the Mountain West Conference (MWC) for his performance.

On 6 February 2010, Crespo broke the 100 yards breaststroke record of the All-American, Jason Flint (who set a time of 55.24 in 1996) at the TCU vs. UNLV swim meet, held at the TCU Recreation Center.

Crespo's new record time was 55.01.

On 26 February 2010, Crespo became Champion of the Mountain West Conference (MWC Championship) in the 100 yards breaststroke (53.32), setting a record for TCU.

On 1 March 2010, he received a mentioned as an All-MWC from the Mountain West Conference (MWC) in the 100 butterfly and 100 yards breaststroke.

With his time of 53.32 in the 100-yard breaststroke, Crespo was selected to participate and represent Texas Christian University at the 2010 NCAA National Championships (2010 NCAA Championship) in Columbus, Ohio.

He achieved first place in the 100 yards breaststroke, breaking his record of 53.26 that was established in 2010.

On 11 January 2011, Crespo was named TCU Athlete of the Week for his performance (he won the 100 and 200 yards breaststroke) in a competition against UNLV in Las Vegas.

On 25 February 2011, he placed second in the Mountain West Conference Championship with a time of 53.35 in the 100 yards breaststroke.

He helped TCU finish second in the 4 x 50 yards and 4×100 yards medleys.

On 1 March 2011, he was recognized by the Mountain West Conference as an All-MWC in the 100 yards and 200 yards breaststroke as well as in the 4×50 yards and 4×100 yards medleys.

On 10 March 2011, Crespo was selected, for the second time, to participate and represent Texas Christian University at the 2011 NCAA National Swimming Championships in Minnesota, Minneapolis.

At this championship, Crespo placed 20th in the 100-yard breaststroke (with a time of 53.50) and 30th in the 200 yards breaststroke (with a time of 1:57.91 - breaking his own record set during Mountain West Conference Championship) in the United States.

This season was his last one as swimmer for Texas Christian University.

During this season, Crespo did not lose any of his individual races in 100 and 200 yards breaststroke.

He went undefeated against universities such as Notre Dame, Michigan, Wyoming, SMU, and UCSD.

He achieved two TCU Athlete of the Week awards on 19 October 2011 and 25 January 2012 for his performances during competitions with the team.

He also won the 200 yards breaststroke, beating his own record of 1:56.30 that was established in 2011.

Also on 1 February 2012, Crespo was recognized by TCU as Scholar-Athlete (student-athlete) of January at Texas Christian University.

This award was given for his performance in school and in his sport.

15 February 2012, was Crespo's last meet as an athlete of Texas Christian University in the Conference USA Championship.