Dec 212011
 

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21 TNT swimmers competed at the Winter Age Group Invitational Championships held initially at the Belmont pool in Long Beach and then moved to Golden West College in Huntington Beach. Our swimmers were among over 1,070 other athletes and placed 16th among the 45 teams that scored at the meet.

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Fourteen TNT swimmers performed at level that contributed to the overall 379.5 team points, and were led by the 84 points accumulated by ten-year old JD Koster of Visalia. Placing among the top seven in any of his six events, his highest place was 3rd in the 50 fly (31.62). JD had two fourth place finishes, one in the 200 free (2:19.11) and 200 IM (2:35.43) along with two 6th place finishes (100 fly – 1:14.86 and 100 free – 1:03.64). His seventh place finish was in the 50 free (29.16).

Included in the fourteen scoring swimmers were:

·   Khloe McCarthy (age 13) earned 55 points including a 5th place in the 200 breast (2:32.26)

·   Skylar Ford (age 9) earned 43 points with a 4th place finish in the 50 free (30.95)

·   Katelyn Herrera (age 14) scored 42 points with two 4th place finishes: 500 free (5:22.09), 200 free (2:00.66)

·   Kyle Grissom (age 14) earned 23 points including a 7th place finish in the 100 fly (56.58)

·   Bre Abell (age 15) earned 20 points including a 4th place finish in the 100 back (1:01.37)

·   Alonso Escobedo (age 11) also earned 20 points including a 9th place finish in the 500 free (5:42.90)

·   Cody Nash (age 16) earned 17 points including a 6th place finish in the 1650 freestyle (17:34.62)

·   Preston Niayesh (age 11) also earned 17 points with a 7th place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:16.20)

·   Jackson Huckabay (age 9) earned 10 points including a 9th place finish in the 200 IM (2:45.45)

·   Dax Korenwinder (age 11) also earned 10 points including an 11th place finish in the 50 breast (35.90)

·   Janessa Bringe (age 10) earned 9 points with her highest finish of 9th in the 200 free (2:25.84)

·   Noah Haworth (age 14) contributed a point in the 1000 free (11:19.46)

·   Josh Koster (age 15) contributed a point and finished 19th in the 500 free (5:03.20)

 

Our team of athletes improved 67% of their times, and these improvements were led by 100% improvement rates of Janessa Bringe (3 of 3 events), Peyton Costa (1 of1 event), Kyle Grissom (6 of 6 events), JD Koster (6 of 6 events), Josh Koster (6 of 6 events) and Andrea Morales (2 of 2 events). Other swimmers who improved at least half of their times included: Noah Haworth (86%), Owen Ansel (83%), Alonso Escobedo (83%), Jackson Huckabay (83%), Cody Nash (80%), Skylar Ford (50%), Katelyn Herrera (50%), Khloe McCarthy (50%), and Preston Niayesh (50%).

 

Congratulations to all swimmers, including Chris Hansen, Javier Morales, Jazmine Niayesh and Megan Nino for qualifying and competing at the meet.

 Posted by at 19:35