Of 93 TNT swimmers who attended the Tulare meet over the first weekend of November, only one swimmer set new team records, and did so in two events. Peyton Costa left the 10-under short course team record board by setting eight of the twelve records – leaving only four untouched, and is now making his mark in the 11-12 division, and starts by setting a new team record in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 11:41.41 which falls under Jackson Huckabay’s 11:54.34 record that was set at the Selma meet last year. Peyton’s time currently stands as the 74th fastest in the nation for boys at age 12. His second record resulted from the 2:28.39 in the 200 butterfly event, and this time slid under the 2:28.94 that Chris Nolan had set at the very same pool in October of 2008 – a notable feat considering that Chris Nolan went on the qualify for the 2016 Olympic Trials in this very event. Peyton’s time stands as the 149th fastest nationally.
Peyton was also one of fifteen TNT swimmers to improve 100% of their times at the meet. Congratulations to: Abigail Baker, Tomas Contreras, Toby Jones, Rylee Lord, Corinne Maxfield, Sofia Mora, Joseph Oliveira, Jade Perez, Seiji Shinkawa, Katie Tikkanen, Luke Vanwoudenberg, Maryn Vanwoudenberg, Bryan Wong, and Jenna Yeates for their perfect performance. Congratulations also goes to the following swimmers for competing in one or more events for the very first time: Libby Adriaansen (200 free), Allie Benegar (200 free), Bridget Benegar (200 free), Ella Betancourt (50 free & 100 IM), Lauren Betancourt (50 free & 100 breast), Jacob Chambers (50 back, 50 free, 100 IM & 50 breast), Aidan Champagne (200 free), Duncan Champagne (200 IM & 100 back), Gabriella Cox (50 free & 100 free), Laney Cox (50 fly, 50 back & 50 free), Shannell Flores (50 free & 50 back), Gabriel Jett (100 breast), Drew Johnston (200 IM), Sydney King (200 free), Jakob Koorey (1000 free), Corinne Maxfield (200 free), Jeffrey Mcphetridge (50 free), Tara Oliveira (50 free), Gage Price (200 back), Ceca Quintero-Munoz (100 IM & 50 breast), Alex Roberts (200 breast), Seiji Shinkawa (100 fly), Shoji Shinkawa (200 free), Daniel Thompson (100 breast), Katie Tikkanen (100 back & 50 breast), Maryn Vanwoudenberg (50 back & 100 breast), Davis Ward (200 IM), Sydnee Wilson (200 IM), and Alexa Wong (500 free).
At a meet with over 300 competitors, two of our swimmers remained undefeated, winning all events they had entered. Nine year old Sienna Abernathy took home the gold in the 7-8 200 free (2:51.37), 50 free (33.90), 100 IM(1:30.95), 50 breast (48.12), 50 back (41.94), 50 fly (37.72) and 100 free (1:17.62) events, while five year old Logan Huckabay won both the 6-under 50 free (59.09) and 6-under 25 back (37.42) events. Our other event champions included: 11-12 Danielle Albright (400 IM, 200 breast, 1000 free, 100 IM, 50 breast & 500 free), 13-14 Janessa Bringe (1000 free), 6-under Ciena Clarke (25 back), 15-over Morgan Coddington (200 free, 400 IM, 200 breast & 200 IM), 11-12 Peyton Costa (400 IM, 50 back, 1000 free, 200 fly & 50 breast), 11-12 Layla Flores (200 back), 15-over Jonas Huckabay (500 free), 7-8 Lucas Huckabay (50 free, 25 fly, 100 IM, 25 back, 50 fly & 25 free), 11-12 Toby Jones (200 IM & 100 IM), 7-8 Tanner Kelm (50 breast), 15-over Jakob Koorey (400 IM & 1000 free), 11-12 Rylee Lord (100 fly & 50 free), 13-14 Katherine Mendyk (200 free, 200 breast & 50 free), 9-10 Ava Olson (100 fly), 11-12 Gage Price (100 fly), 13-14 Alex Roberts (100 back & 200 back), 15-over Micah Ruiz (100 back & 200 back), 15-over Satoshi Shinkawa (200 IM), 13-14 Katherine Sullivan (200 IM), and 11-12 Benjamin Wheeler (200 back).