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BRYAN WONG SETS TEAM RECORD AT VISALIA

Oct 132016

Bryan Wong was one of over 100 TNT swimmers who competed at the Visalia TNT Fall Meet over the second weekend of October, and he puts on the first of what is surely to be only the beginning of an upcoming series of team record-breaking performances within this new training and competition cycle entering the short course season. Bryan swam the 200 yard breaststroke event for the very first time, and clocked a time of 2:38.02 in the event to take home the win, and slid under Preston Niayesh’s team record of 2:38.06 that was set at Far Westerns three years ago. Bryan’s time currently stands as the 37^th fastest nationally for boys at age 12. The new national reporting cycle began at the beginning of last month, and there are currently 250 times posted nationally for this gender and age.

Our team maintained an improvement rate of 48%, and Bryan also maintained one of the highest improvement rates by improving five of his six events. Sixteen TNT swimmers improved 100% of their times as they perform in the early phase of this next short course season, and they include: Megan Bairstow (improving 2 of her 2 events), Isabel Burrough (4 of 4), Jacob Chambers (2 of 2), Tomas Contreras (6 of 6), Gabrielia Costamagna (1 of 1), Sarah Do-Reynoso (2 of 2), Colin Duffy (2 of 2), Jillian Duffy (1 of 1), Xavier Gutierrez (5 of 5), Jackson Huckabay (2 of 2), Jonas Huckabay (2 of 2), Marlene Mansour (1 of 1), Levi Porter (2 of 2), Ivan Rodriguez (2 of 2), Josh Wee (5 of 5), and Benjamin Wheeler (3 of 3).

A few of our swimmer remained uncontested in the few events that they competed in. Alonso Escobedo was undefeated in both the 15-over 200 back (2:01.90), and 200 IM (2:02.42) events, while Selma’s Logan Huckabay won each of his four events in the 6-under division, including the 25 free (19.56), 50 breast (1:08.01), 50 fly (59.08), and 100 IM (2:00.53) events. JD Koster came in on Sunday to win his three events that included the 200 breast (2:16.23), 200 fly (2:06.98), and 400 IM (4:25.50) for the 15-over division, while Alex Roberts also came in on Sunday where she won the 13-14 100 back (1:02.79) and 400 IM (5:00.42) events. Visalia’s Tyson Phillips took home the gold in the 7-8 50 free (42.30), 25 breast (28.79), and 50 back (50.34) events. Other event champions included: Libby Adriaansen (winning two events), Nathan Boudreaux (2 events), Janessa Bringe (2), Ciara Clarke (1), Layla Flores (6), Mackenzie Garza (4), Lauren Geiger (1), Diego Gutierrez (1), Toby Jones (1), Rylee Lord (3), Mia Nelsen (1), Karuna Perry (1), Gage Price (3), Garrison Price (1), Micah Ruiz (3), Katherine Sullivan (1), Jake Surratt (3), Jacob Wheeler (1), Alexa Wong (2), Bryan Wong (6), and Bryce Wong (7).

MISSY LESTRANGE & AJ REID COMPETE AT IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Oct 132016

The Ironman World Championships took place on Saturday, October 8th, and while our swimmers were competing at the Visalia meet, two current and past TNT athletes were among over 2,000 who competed at the Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The competition involves a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile run, all as one 140.6 mile event. Our own Missy LeStrange clocked an overall time of 12 hours, 56 minutes and 13 second to finish 3rd in her division that consisted of 35 contestants, splitting 1 hour 8 minutes and 30 seconds for the swim 6h 24m 38s for the bike, and 5h 11m 21s for the run. Her swim time was the fastest in the field by three seconds over Brazil’s Marise Nunes who finished 8th overall with a time of 14h6m5s.

AJ Reid competed in the 18-24 division, and finished 20th in his field of 38 athletes. AJ’s time was 11:02:17, and he was the 4th fastest American to finish in the division. AJ swam 57:57, and then followed that with a bike split of 5:30.57, and finally the run of 4:22.33. This was AJ’s firs Ironman World Championships.

24 COMPETE AT CLOVIS MEET

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Sep 302016

Twenty-four TNT swimmers competed at the Clovis Fall Classic on September 24th and maintained a 50% overall team improvement rate. This improvement rate was led by six swimmers who improved 100% of their times over the one-day meet. Tegan Hunt had the highest number of swims, improving 3 of 3 events, followed by her training partner, Addison McCullough who improved two of her two events. Xavier Gutierrez of Porterville, along with Alex Roberts, each improved both of their two events that had previously been recorded with the team. Both John Bailey and Laney Cox of Porterville each improved the one event which was previously recorded. Ten of our 24 swimmers swam a combined total of 18 new events at the meet, setting the foundation for their future. Our next highest improvement rates came from Visalia’s Layla Flores , Hanford’s Nathan Hunt , and Caroline Mendyk, all 75% of their times.

Five of our swimmers came away as event champions in their respective events. Danielle Albright won both the 200 butterfly (2:24.08), and the 400 IM (5:00.08) events for the 13-14 girls division, while Visalia’s Layla Flores took home the gold in both the 11-12 girls 200 breaststroke (2:40.59) and 200 freestyle (2:12.15) events. Alex Roberts doubled up wins in the 13-14 girls 100 free (57.75), and 100 back (1:01.35) events, while Porterville’s Fynn Stadtherr went uncontested in both the 7-8 25 breaststroke (24.13), and 25 butterfly (22.89) events. Fifteen year old Preston Niayesh was our only other event champion, as he won the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:00.63.

LAYLA FLORES, LUCAS HUCKABAY & ALEXA WONG UNDEFEATED AT RAISIN AGE GROUP INVITE

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Sep 232016

One hundred nineteen TNT swimmers were among the total 193 who competed at the Raisin Age Group Invitational at Selma High School over the third weekend of September, marking the second short course swim meet of the new season, and three swimmers came away winning all events they competed in.

Visalia’s 12-year old, Layla Flores, competed in eight events, and came away unchallenged in all eight. Layla is our premier 100 meter backstroker who established herself as the fastest long course swimmer in the event for the history of the team when she competed in Utah this last summer where she set the team record for the 11-12 age division. She continues to prove herself as not only the fastest on the team, but the fastest at the meet, and not only in backstroke, but also establishing herself as a well-rounded athlete by winning all eight events.

Selma’s eight-year old Lucas Huckabay also competed in eight total events, two of them for the very first time (100 back & 200 IM), and one of those in the 10-under division (200 IM), and he still managed gold-medal performances in all events. Lucas also improved over 13 seconds in the 200 freestyle, swimming a time of 2:31.07 as an 8-year old. He is one of the few 8-under swimmers fast enough to post times on our TNT All-Time Top 100 lists for the 10-under division.

Our final sweeping performance came from 10-year old Alexa Wong who also competed in a full slate of events, and established her dominance, winning all eight. She also improved 7 of her 8 swims, the largest being over 11 seconds in the 200 IM, marking what could be a pivotal, or break-through, meet for her. Alexa has a summer birthday (June), and she is already posting times that rank among the top 10 for the team, sitting within three to four seconds from some of our team records.

Ten-year old Nicholas Vassylenko came away winning seven of his eight events, and earned a second place in his remaining one, and Nicholas was one of 25 swimmers to improve 100% of their times; his largest improvement being over 11 seconds in the 100 IM. Bryan Wong came home with the next highest number of wins, swimming to a first place finish in five of his eight, and improving over 42 seconds in the 200 IM. Other event champions included: Sienna Abernathy (winning the 100 back), Danielle Albright (100 & 200 breast), Alonso Escobedo (200 back), Noah Haworth (100 fly), Logan Huckabay (50 fly), Tanner Kelm (50 breast & 200 free), JD Koster (200 fly), Cody Nash (100 & 200 breast), Jade Perez (100 back), and Sydnee Wilson (50 breast & 100 fly).

The top 8 swimmers scored in each event, and besides those who were event champions, these included: Eric Amador, Maguire Barteau, Ella Bettencourt, Drew Black, Nathan Boudreaux, Dylan Burr, Jonna-Lee Bush, Devon Cardoza, Duncan Champagne, Ciara Clarke, Ciena Clarke, Morgan Coddington, Dante Corasco, Jasmine Corpuz, Elias Dean, Colin Duffy, Jillian Duffy, Gabriela Durtra, Nadia Garabedian, Mackenzie Garza, Lauren Geiger, Noah Gutierrez, Daniel Haley, Caolinn Hardy, Noah Haworth, Jackson Huckabay, Jonas Huckabay, Sydney King, Isabella Klawitter, Carlos Lopez, Rylee Lord, Makayla McGuire, Michael Mendoza, Bella Navarretti, Sophie Nelsen, Preston Niayesh, Ava Olson, Tyson Phillips, Joshua Ramirez, Megan Ridenour, Alex Roberts, Ivan Rodriguez, Micah Ruiz, Delbert Salvadalena, Satoshi Shinkawa, Clara Shinn, Ethan Unruh, Addia Watson, Chesney Watson, and Jacob Wheeler.

Congratulations also go to the following swimmers who improved 100% of their times: Edmond Aguinaldo, Precious Aguinaldo, Ella Betencourt, Ella Bettencourt (yes – two different swimmers), Connor Bruton, Devon Cardoza, Ciara Clarke, Elias Dean, Lorelei Dean, Colin Duffy, Kate Geiger, Toby Jones, Genoveve Mcilwaine, Jaden O’Bosky, Edward Miguel Ong, Taylor Phillips, Tyson Phillips, Parker Princewill, Ivan Rodriguez, Edward Rodriquez, Luke Vanwoudenberg, Maryn Vanwoudenberg, Nicholas Vassylenko, Matthew Wheeler, and Bryan Wong.

41 NEW TNT SWIMMERS COMPETE AT HANFORD MEET

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Sep 232016

A total of 178 swimmers competed at the Hanford meet held at the Tulare Western pool on the second weekend of September, marking the first short course meet following this past summer’s long course season. Of these, 107 were TNT swimmers, and of the 107 TNT swimmers 41 swam in a club swim meet for their very first time, establishing baseline times that will mark the beginning of their move toward Junior Olympics, Winter and June Age Group Championships, Far Westerns, Western Zones, and well beyond. Congratulations to the following 41 swimmers for taking their first step to achieving their future dreams:

A total of 59 additional swimmers competed who had previously recorded times with the team, and well over half of them improved 100% of their times, leading the team to a 76% improvement rate. The following 34 swimmers had a perfect meet starting off the short course season as they move into the winter championship meets:

Although having competed for TNT sometime in the past, the following seven swimmers expanded their repertoire by competing in events that they had never experienced in the past. These included:

Noah Gutierrez (age 10): 50 free & 50 breast
Mckenna Pressley (15): 50 free, 200 fly, 200 IM & 1650 free
Delbert Salvadalena (8): 50 free
Erika Vandermaarl (11): 50 free, 50 breast, 50 back & 100 IM
Haley Vandermaarl (10): 50 breast, 50 back & 100 IM
Kate Welborn (7): 50 free
Bryce Wong (14): 200 fly

FIVE OF FIVE FINAL AT AGE GROUP ZONES

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Sep 142016

One month ago, five TNT swimmers competed at the 2016 Western Zone Age Group Championships held in Salt Lake City, Utah with CCS Head Zone Coach, Joclyn Thiessen while representing Team CCS, the All Star team that represents Central California Swimming. Our five include Visalia’s Janessa Bringe (13-14), Peyton Costa (11-12), Visalia’s Layla Flores (11-12), Ava Olson (10-under), and Alexa Wong (10-under).

Layla Flores was our first finalist, swimming to the championship finals in the 100 meter backstroke on day 1, and improved nearly three seconds to a 1:11.61 in the preliminary heats, swimming well under Samantha Goates team record of 1:12.24 set at the Senior Q meet in 2002. Samantha Goates is among our all-time top performers, becoming nationally ranked, competing for LSU at the D1 NCAA Championships. On day 1, Janessa Bringe earned a scoring top-16 finish swimming 10:21.83 in the time based 800 meter freestyle, and finishing 15th in the event.

Day 2 was Thursday; Alexa Wong swam to a consolation final in the 100 meter freestyle after swimming 1:13.13 in the preliminary heats on that day, and also qualified for the consolation heat in the 200 IM. Peyton Costa also made the consolation heat, swimming a 2:36.03 in the preliminary heats, and then winning the consolation heat with a time of 2:33.48.

On day 3, Ava Olson advances to the consolation final of the 100 meter breaststroke, improving her time by nearly two seconds to a 1:34.80, and finishing 15th in that final heat. Layla Flores sat in the 1st alternate position of the same event after swimming her best time of 1:24.28, and then went on to place 10th in the 50 meter backstroke improving her preliminary swim to a 33.54, after swimming her fastest time of 33.82 in the prelims.

Day 4 resulted in Layla Flores not only being the only TNT swimmer to improve 100% of her times, the only TNT swimmer to advance to a championship top-8 final heat, but also earned the most second swims for any TNT swimmer as she competed in the 11-12 200 meter breaststroke event, and improved her time by over two seconds to a 3:01.74, and finished 15^th in the event. Layla was joined as a finalist for the day by Ava Olson, competing in her first Zone meet, and second final event, where her time of 1:20.21 was enough for a 14^th place finish there, and an improvement from her preliminary swim.

MALLORY KORENWINDER – ONE OF THREE ACADMIC ALL AMERICA SWIMMERS FOR CCS

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Sep 112016

Swimmers who are eligible annually submit their information for consideration as a USA Swimming Scholastic All America athlete. Swimmers are eligible beginning their sophomore year in high school, and must maintain a 3.5 grade point average, in addition to achieving a challenging time standard in at least one event. Mallory Korenwinder is one of three swimmers throughout all of Central California Swimming who are on the list for this past academic year, and she remained on the list for all three years of eligibility. Mallory had posted the eighth fastest time in the nation for the 100 yard breaststroke during this past high school year with her time of 1:01.14. She is the most recent of the three TNT swimmers in the history of the team who achieved the USA Swimming Academic All-America recognition all three years, joining Kyle Grissom, Nathan Rhae and Chris Nolan as those who had reached the milestone all three years to date. For the 2013-2014 academic year, TNT alone fielded four swimmers onto the list, and included: Owen Ansel, Lauren Davis, Kyle Grissom, and Mallory Korenwinder. In the 2012-2013 school year, TNT alone presented six swimmers that included: Lauren Davis, Emily Goodbar, Kyle Grissom, Jillian Hatch, Mallory Korenwinder, and Chris Nolan, establishing TNT swimmers as balancing their focus on both academic and athletic accomplishments to a degree beyond any other team within Central California Swimming in most recent years. Annually, swimmers from Central California Swimming represent only a handful of recipients, and this year totals only three throughout CCS, a geographical region that spans Bakersfield in the south, to Merced in the north, and from Ridgecrest in the east to Coalinga in the west. Past TNT recipients also included: Colin Landweer, Bradley Matsumoto, Patrick Ota, and Kellie West.

Swimmers should contact their coach, or Phil, on qualifying criteria, and application timelines in case of questions. Time standards can be found in the TNT Swimmer Handbook, and at www.tritonswim.org.

THREE COMPETE AT FUTURES IN STANFORD

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Aug 192016

Two of three swimmers competing at Futures made their first appearance at the meet, qualifying only weeks prior to the swim meet. Visalia’s Mackenzie Garza qualified for the meet while competing at Sectionals the previous weekend, and came away with the team’s only time improvement by swimming a time of 2:24.84 in the event. She achieved her Futures cut in the 50 meter freestyle while at Sectionals.

Attending her second Futures meet is Visalia’s veteran, Megan Ridenour who swam to the highest place of any TNT swimmer at the meet, placing 71st in the 100 meter breaststroke with a time of 1:17.42. Megan attended the inaugural Futures meet in Oregon last summer.

Our youngest qualifier was 13-year old Danielle Albright, and her highest finish was 74th in the 200 meter breaststroke where she swam a time of 2:51.13. Danielle qualified for the meet in the 100 meter breaststroke while competing at the LA Invitational in mid-July.

As a result of their performances over the summer, all three swimmers qualify for travel funding.

TNT PLACES 2nd AT JUNIOR OLYMPICS

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Aug 192016

Fifty-one TNT swimmers and were among the 500 who competed at the 2016 Central California Swimming Long Course Junior Olympic Championships over the last weekend of July, and the team came away with a second-place finish scoring 2,560 points behind Clovis whose team of 110 athletes scored 6,319 points. Thirty-one teams scored at the meet.

Points from individual events were led by our highest scoring individual in each age and gender division, and these included:

8-under girls: none scoring
8-under boys: Lucas Huckabay ranked 2^nd 97 points
10-under girls: Ava Olson ranked 6^th 93 points
10-under boys: none scoring
11-12 girls: Layla Flores ranking 6^th 110 points
11-12 boys: Peyton Costa ranks 4^th 128 points
13-14 girls: Janessa Bringe ranks 8^th 90 points
13-14 boys: Bryce Wong ranks 12^th 76 points
15-18 girls: Maddie Pallares ranks 17^th 32 points
15-18 boys: Satoshi Shinkawa ranks 12^th 49 points

Our event champions were led by Selma’s 8-year old Lucas Huckabay who swam to first place finishes in four of his five events, and placed 2^nd in the final one. His wins included the 50 back (42.34), 50 free (35.54), 50 fly (41.97), and 100 free (1:17.90). Our only other event champions came from one age division and gender (13-14 girls), and included: Danielle Albright (100 back – 1:13.85), Visalia’s Janessa Bringe (400 free – 4:45.89), and Visalia’s Mackenzie Garza (50 free – 28.48).

A premium is placed on swimmers who advance to a championship final from the preliminary heats in any event, and our team representation was plentiful. Championship finalists included:

Sienna Abernathy (age 9): 7^th in the 200 free
Libby Adriaansen (14): 3^rd in the 200 breast & 100 breast, 4^th in the 200 IM
Danielle Albright (13): 2^nd in the 1500 free
Tristin Bennett (16): 7^th in the 100 breast
Janessa Bringe (14): 2^nd in the 800 & 200 free, 5^th in the 1500 free, 6^th in the 100 fly
Dylan Burr (17): 2^nd 100 back & 3^rd 200 back
Ciara Clarke (10): 3^rd 50 back, 5^th 100 back & 100 free, 6^th 50 free & 7^th 50 breast
Peyton Costa (12): 2^nd 50 back, 200 IM & 100 free; 3^rd 50 free & 100 back; 4^th 400 free, 100 fly & 50 fly
Layla Flores (12): 2^nd 50 back; 3^rd 100 & 200 breast, 200 IM, 100 back & 50 fly. Layla also competed in the 11-14 age division as a 12-year old and finished 4^th in the 200 breast, and 5^th in the 200 back.
Daniel Haley (12): 8^th in the 400 free & 100 back
Jackson Huckabay (13): 8^th in the 800 free
Drew Johnston (10): 5^th in the 50 back & 50 free
Rylee Lord (13): 5^th in the 100 fly, 200 IM & 50 free; 6^th 100 free; & 7^th 200 free
Ava Olson (10): 4^th 100 fly & 200 IM; 6^th 100 breast & 200 free; & 7^th in the 50 fly
Madison Pallares (15): 2^nd in the 100 breast & 4^th in the 200 breast
Emma Pena (15): 4^th in the 100 back
Gage Price (12): 7^th in the 100 back & 8^th in the 100 fly
Garrison Price (15): 4^th in the 200 fly
Micah Ruiz (16): 6^th in the 100 back & 100 free
Satoshi Shinkawa (16): 2^nd in the 200 back, and 3^rd in the 200 free & 200 fly
Katherine Sullivan (14): 2^nd in the 400 IM and 200 back; 3^rd 200 IM; & 6^th 200 fly
Sydnee Wilson (10) 3^rd in the 50 breast & 8^th in the 100 breast
Alexa Wong (10): 4^th in the 50, 100 & 200 free, and 6^th in the 50 & 100 fly
Bryan Wong (12): 3^rd in the 50 & 100 breast, 5^th 200 free, 6^th 200 IM & 7^th 100 free
Bryce Wong (14): 3^rd 100 back, 6^th 200 IM & 200 back; 7^th 100 breast; and 8^th 100 free

Individuals whose top performance took them to a consolation heat included: Drew Black, Isaac Gutierrez, Xavier Gutierrez, Maya Herrera, Logan Huckabay, Dylan Hunt, Addison Mccullough, Caroline Mendyk, Priscilla Niayesh, and Benjamin Wheeler.

Two of our swimmers set new team records at the meet, and these record-breaking performances were led by Peyton Costa who is continuing to improve the records he has set earlier in the year. His improvements include the 50 back, dropping his 33.11 to a 32.73 and now ranking 139^th nationally, dropping his 200 IM from 2:31.84 to 2:31.24 and ranking 135^th, improving his 100 back from 1:12.36 to 1:12.26 and ranking 274^th, and improving his 100 free from a 1:03.03 to a 1:02.94 and ranking 315^th in that event. Peyton also set a new team record for himself, and this was in the 50 freestyle where his time of 28.71 fell under Jackson Huckabay’s 29.13 that was set last year at the very same swim meet. Peyton’s new record now stands as the 307^th fastest time posted in the nation for boys at age 12.

Our only other record breaking performance came from Visalia’s Ciara Clarke as she led off the 10-under girls 200 medley relay that finished 2^nd in the event. Her lead-off split of 38.22 in the backstroke leg is a tenth of a second under one of the longest standing remaining records on our team. Brook Wilson set the record as a 38.32 in Bakersfield twenty-two years ago in 1994. Ciara’s time places her as the 284^th fastest 10-year old girl in the nation for the event.

An astounding 80% of times were improved at this championship-level swim meet, which is significant considering that many of these swimmers are not relatively new to the sport, and have already achieved time standards for much higher-level swim meets prior to their performance at Junior Olympics. Swimmers who improved 100% of their times at the meet included: Sienna Abernathy, Bridget Benegar, Tristin Bennett, Dylan Burr, Ciara Clarke, Ciena Clarke, Peyton Costa, Isaac Gutierrez, Xavier Gutierrez, Logan Huckabay, Lucas Huckabay, Drew Johnston, Rylee Lord, Corinne Maxfield, Addison Mccullough, Madison Pallares, Satoshi Shinkawa, Seiji Shinkawa, Benjamin Wheeler, Sydnee Wilson, Brett Wong, and Bryce Wong.

Our 29 relays generated 948 points of the total team score for the second place team finish and four of our relays came away as Gold Medal finishes. Three of the first place relay finishes were captured by the 13-14 girls. The 13-14 girls team of Katie Sullivan, Danielle Albright, Janessa Bringe and Mackenzie Garza led the first & third place finish of the 400 meter medley relay with a time of 4:53.75, while Katie Sullivan, Danielle Albright, Rylee Lord and Mackenzie Garza took home the gold in the 200 meter medley relay with a time of 2:11.49. Mackenzie Garza, Danielle Albirght, and Rylee Lord teamed up with Janessa Bringe to win the 200 meter freestyle relay with a time of 1:57.01. Our final winning relay was from the 15-18 girls team, and Emma Pena, Tristin Bennett, Megan Ridenour and Maddie Pallares teamed up to swim 5:06.61 to win the 400 meter medley relay.

Four team relay records were broken at the Junior Olympic Championships, beginning with the 11-12 boys 200 meter medley relay led off by Peyton Costa, then Bryan Wong, Gage Price and Danielle Haley. They swam 2:15.72, swimming under their own June Age Group Invitational time of 2:16.05. The 10-under girls’ team of Ciara Clarke, Sienna Abernathy, Ava Olson and Alexa Wong swam 2:13.42 in the 200 meter freestyle relay, swimming again under a June Age Group relay time of 2:15.55 established by Ciara Clark, Ella Bettencourt, Ava Olson and Alexa Wong. The 10-under girls posted a time that currently stands as the 21^st fastest nationally for the age and gender division. Our 15-16 boys team of Micah Ruiz, Satoshi Shinkawa, Garrison Price and Brett Wong set a new team record in the 200 medley relay with a time of 2:00.65, swimming well under a previous team record of 2:09.72 set in 2008 by Brian Brown, Nathan Rhea, Alex Hansen and Thomas Brown at that year’s Junior Olympics. The final team record was set by the 11-12 boys 200 freestyle team of Bryan Wong, Daniel Haley, Gage Price and Peyton Costa as a 2:02.69, swimming under the 2:04.57 set in 2013 by JD Koster, Preston Niayesh, Bryan Wong and Quinton Davis at the Junior Olympics that year.

HOLBERT & NIAYESH FINAL AT SENIOR ZONES

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Aug 122016

Five TNT swimmers represented our program at the Senior Zone meet held in Clovis over the August 2nd weekend, and Selma’s Aubrey Holbert, along with Preston Niayesh, both earned second swims in their respective events. Preston earned his final swim in the 100 meter breaststroke event after swimming a time of 1:10.49 in the preliminary heats to earn a 5th place spot in the C-final. Preston finished sixth in the heat, placing 22nd overall in the event after improving his preliminary swim to a 1:10.05.

Two swimmers improved one time each, and both improved events were the 100 meter backstroke. Selma’s Aubrey Holbert swam a lifetime best of 1:10.10 to finish 27th overall during the preliminary heats of the event, fast enough to scratch into the C-final where she finished 24th overall. Fourteen year old Alex Roberts was our youngest contender at age fourteen, and she improved her 100 meter backstroke over a second to a 1:11.30, and finishing 57th in the event.

Visalia’s Lauren Geiger finished 88th as her highest place, and this was in the 100 meter backstroke (1:12.86), while Micah Ruiz’s highest finish was 173rd in the 50 meter freestyle (27.32) event.

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