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MACKENZIE GARZA BREAKS 28-SECOND BARRIER AT AGE 14

Aug 032016

Seven TNT swimmers competed at 2016 Summer California-Nevada Sectional Championships over the fourth weekend of July at the Roseville Aquatics Complex, and intent on achieving the time standard to move on to the USA Swimming’s Futures meet, Visalia’s fourteen year old Mackenzie Garza did just that. Mackenzie recently broke the team record in the 13-14 girls 50 meter freestyle event with a 28.06 at the LA Invitational meet only one week earlier, just missing being the first 14-under girl in the history of our team to swim under 28 seconds in the event; however, well exceeded that milestone, not just once, but twice, while competing at Sectionals. Mackenzie’s first attempt left her with a time of 27.92, under the 28-second mark, but just shy of the Futures cut of 27.49. Her second effort would not disappoint. She swam her lifetime best of 27.28 during her second attempt, well under the Futures time standard, well under her previous team record of 28.06 set the previous week, and now just over a tenth of a second off of the CCS Record held by former Porterville resident who trained in Visalia, Kristi Begin, who went on the compete for the University of California, Berkley. Mackenzie’s new record currently stands as the 51st fastest time for any 14-year old girl in the nation.

Four of our swimmers earned second swims at Sectionals which fielded four heats of eight. Our finals were led by Preston Niayesh who was our only swimmer with two second swims, his 100 meter breaststroke preliminary time of 1:09.41 being fast enough to place him in the scoring C-final where he finished 23rd. His other final was a winning performance of the 200 breaststroke non-scoring D-final (25th place) where he improved nearly 15 seconds from his preliminary swim to a 2:32.08. Alonso Escobedo was our only other scoring swim, and he improved nearly nine seconds from his preliminary swim to a 4:55.47 to finish 23rd in the 400 meter IM. Alonso is newly qualified for Sectionals, making the cut in the 200 IM while competing at the LA Invite the previous weekend. JD Koster swam nearly three seconds faster than his preliminary swim, another swimmer to win the non-scoring D-final, of the 200 meter butterfly where he swam 2:13.04 in the event he achieved the qualifying time just one week earlier at LA Invite. Our only other finalist was Visalia’s Megan Ridenour who improved her preliminary swim by over second during the D-final to a 1:15.53, and 28th place finish there.

Our youngest representative at age 13, Danielle Albright, finished 37th in the 100 meter breaststroke with a time of 1:17.85, and competed in four events at the meet. Our most experienced veteran to Sectionals, Khloe McCarthy, competed in five different events, and her highest finish was 36th in the 200 meter backstroke event. Khloe will be attending Pepperdine this upcoming fall.

FIVE FINAL AT LA INVITE

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Jul 202016

Seventeen TNT swimmers traveled to USC over the third weekend of July to compete at the 2016 LA Invitational where swimmers such as Yuliya Efimova missed a World Record by only two seconds. Five of our seventeen swimmers earned a second swim in one of four heats at the meet, and our team’s highest finish was the 18^th place time of 27.31 posted in the 15-18 girl’s 50 meter freestyle by Selma’s Sierra Jett. Sierra also finished 30^th in the 100 freestyle after posting a time of 59.59 in the preliminary heats, earning a spot in the 18-under D-final. Visalia’s Megan Ridenour, along with Mallory Korenwinder, posted the next highest finish for our team, and each swimmer earned spots in the C-final. Megan Ridenour finished 21^st in the 100 meter breaststroke, after posting a lifetime best of 1:15.37 in the preliminary heats. Megan will be traveling to Roseville for Sectionals, and then on to Stanford for Futures in upcoming weeks. Mallory Korenwinder had the highest number of second swims for our team, with her highest finish also being 21^stin the 200 meter breaststroke, she swam 2:44.40 in the C-final. She also finished 27^th in the 18-under final of the 100 free after swimming 59.32 in the preliminary heats, and also finished 28^th in the 18-under final of the 50 meter freestyle after swimming 27.60 in the preliminary heats of that event. Our next highest finisher was Danielle Albright who joined Megan Ridenour in the C-final of the 100 meter breaststroke, and Danielle finished 23^rd there after swimming 1:15.68 in the prelims. JD Koster was our only other finalist, making it into the 18-under D-final of the 200 meter butterfly, and finishing 32^nd, after posting his first Sectional time of 2:13.83 in the preliminary heats.

Only one team record was broken in an individual event at the meet, and that was by Visalia’s 14-year old Mackenzie Garza in the 50 meter freestyle. Mackenzie swam a time of 28.06 which was nearly a tenth of a second improvement from the June Age Group Invitational meet only a few weeks earlier. Her time falls under Samantha Goates previous team record of 28.12 set at Junior Olympics in 2004 when Mackenzie was about two years old. Mackenzie’s new record stands as the 165^th fastest nationally for girls at age 14. And at age 14, Mackenzie will join our Sectional Team as they compete in Roseville the weekend following LA Invite. Her time finished 64^th at the meet, in an event that typically has advantage for much older athletes.

Other TNT swimmers who competed at the meet, along with their highest finish, include: Janessa Bringe (200 fly – 70^th), Morgan Coddington (400 IM – 73^rd), Alonso Escobedo (400 IM – 40^th), Lauren Geiger (100 back – 140^th), Jonas Huckabay (800 free – 47^th),Khloe McCarthy (200 back – 58^th), Katherine Mendyk (200 breast – 98^th), Preston Niayesh (200 fly – 62^nd), Ashley Olson (100 back – 156^th), Satoshi Shinkawa (100 fly – 88^th), and Blake Wong (100 breast – 109^th).

The Los Angeles Invitational is the last chance for swimmers to qualify for the Sectional meet, and our Sectional Team is now established with: Danielle Albright, Mackenzie Garza, Khloe McCarthy, Megan Ridenour on the girls side, and Preston Niayesh, Alonso Escobedo, and JD Koster on the boys side. Shortly following Sectionals is Futures to be held at Stanford University, and our current team consists of: Khloe McCarthy, Danielle Albright, and Megan Ridenour. Good luck at both meets.

BC CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM IMPROVES NEARLY 80% OF TIMES

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Jul 192016

Fifteen swimmers who represented TNT at the Long Course BC Last Chance meet in Bakersfield over the July 16-17 weekend improved 78.8% of all events at the meet, and the high improvement percentage was led by five of our swimmers who improved 100% of their times. These perfect swims were led by Rylee Noronha who improved six of six events, her largest improvement being nearly seventeen seconds in the 11-12 girls 50 butterfly event. Jonna-Lee Bush improved three of three events, while Nathan Hunt improves all four of his swims. Training partner, Isabella Klawitter, improved all three of hers, as did Claire Welborn. Other swimmers who improved over half their times include: Jillian Gaines (86%), Isabel Burrough (83%), Mckenna Pressley (66%), Morgan Garza (60%), and Caroline Mendyk (57%).

Congratulations to those who posted new times while at the meet, including: Jonna-Lee Bush (100 back & 100 breast, Ashley Deal (200 breast & 50 free), Dylan Hunt (200 back), Rylee Lord (100 breast & 200 back), Caroline Mendyk (200 breast), and Mckenna Pressley (1500 free, 100 free & 200 IM).

The entry deadline for Junior Olympics is Wednesday, July 20^th.

LAUREN GEIGER FINALS AT CLOVIS ARENA GRAND CHALLENGE

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Jul 192016

Five TNT swimmers competed at the Clovis Arena Grand Challenge meet over the second weekend of July, and Visalia’s Lauren Geiger came away from the meet as our team’s only finalist. Lauren swam a time of 1:13.09 in the preliminary heats to earn 31^st place seeding, and a spot in the D-final where she dropped over a half second to a 1:12.46; thereby moving up to finish sixth in the heat.

Visalia’s Mackenzie Garza, at age 14, had our team’s next highest finish, tying for an alternate spot in 34^thplace, and forcing a swim-off situation which she won with a time of 28.46 in the 50 meter freestyle event. Our team’s next highest finisher was Preston Niayesh who swam 5:34.76 for a 41^st place finish in the 400 IM, followed by Visalia’s Dylan Burr who swam 1:10.15 in the 100 back for a 49^th place there. Dylan maintained our team’s highest improvement rate by swimming a lifetime best in three of his four events. Our final and youngest swimmer, thirteen year old Priscilla Niayesh, swam 1:34.44 in the 100 meter breaststroke for a 57^th place finish in that event.

FOUR COMPETE AT 2016 OLYMPIC TRIALS

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Jul 082016

Four past and current TNT swimmers competed at the 2016 Olympic Trials, and all four made their first appearance at a meet that defines the National Team to compete at the Olympics in Rio over the August 6^th-13^th week. This year’s Olympic Trials swim meet reflects participation from the largest group of athletes that have gone through our program. Kohlton Norys and Bradley Matsumoto were the two athletes to attend the 2008 Trials, while Kohlton and Megan Eppler both competed at the 2012 Trials. This year Wesley Coles, Kyle Grissom, Mallory Korenwinder and Chris Nolan all competed at the meet.

Wesley Coles has been a TNT swimmer from the 10-under age division, and quickly achieved a Junior Olympic time standard in the butterfly event shortly after joining the club in Tulare. Wesley began his swimming with the Lindsay Skimmers. His 10-under times with our club go back to 2004, and can still be seen on our All Time Top 100 lists, holding position for twelve years. After a few years of no Junior National qualifiers on the team, Wesley was our first athlete to bring our team back to the national stage in 2011 by qualifying and competing at the long course Junior Nationals held at Stanford, and then going on to the Winter Junior National meet at the University of Texas in Austin for the short course meet there. In 2012, Wesley traveled to Omaha with our team to compete in the Swimvitational meet which served as a pre-meet to the 2012 Olympic Trials. Now in 2016, under the guidance and training of Josh Christiansen of Fresno Pacific University, Wesley qualified one year ago to attend the Olympic Trials this year, and swam a lifetime best time of 54.48 to finish 56^th in the 100 meter butterfly event at the meet.

Kyle Grissom achieved an Olympic Trial qualifying time while competing at the Junior National championships in the summer of 2015 in San Antonio, Texas by swimming a time of 54.18 in a consolation final, improving nearly a full second from his preliminary swim. Kyle’s earliest 100 butterfly meter times with club were posted in 2010 and reflects a time of 1:17.30 in May of that year. This is an improvement of over 23 seconds in the span of five years, and he is a product of swimming that began with the Porterville Neptune summer league program, and Visalia’s TNT club program, prior to his training in Tulare. Kyle is one of only a few of our club swimmers who qualified for Olympic Trials prior to entering college, and had entered the Junior National/National levels of competition for the first time at age 15 when he competed at the long course Junior Nationals in August of 2013. He has completed his first year competing for the University of Southern California under the guidance of Dave Salo. Kyle posted a season best time of 55.17 at Trials and a 94^th place finish, and his time is his fourth fastest swim on record.

Mallory Korenwinder is our first athlete to not only qualify for Trials prior to college, but to compete at the meet as a pre-collegiate athlete. There are only eight TNT swimmers listed on our team’s All Time Top 100 performances for the 100 meter breaststroke event for the 15-over division, and one reason so few are listed is because Mallory has posted the top 53 times, leaving only 47 spots for the remaining swimmers, and she has eight of those. She achieved the time standard for Trials at the end of May with a time of 1:11.26 at the Speedo Grand Challenge meet which was four weeks before Trials. The time standard she needed was 1:11.49, and consider that she swam 1:11.56, and 1:11.63 at Junior Nationals in the summer of 2014. Mallory’s earliest 100 meter breaststroke time was from April of 2007 where she swam 1:48.34 in Merced at the age of eight, which is an improvement of over 37 seconds in nearly ten years. Mallory has the most experience of any TNT swimmer at the Junior National/National level as she began competing at that level in 2012 when she was 14 years old. Mallory’s Olympic Trial time of 1:12.96 finished 110^th at the meet. She will be attending, and competing for, the University of Arizona this upcoming fall under the guidance of Rick Demont.

Chris Nolan had the highest place finish for any of our four swimmers competing at Trials, and he is one of the two who posted a time improvement, swimming a life-time best in the 200 meter butterfly with a time of 2:01.14, and finishing 35^th in the event. Chris was the 88^th fastest qualifier in the nation going into the meet, based on a time of 2:01.62 that he posted in the summer of 2014 while competing at Junior Nationals, thereby being another TNT swimmer who achieved the qualifying time standard prior to entering college. The half second improvement in his 200 meter butterfly at a swim meet where only 20% of the athletes improve their times when considering the meet in its entirety, has an impact of moving up 53 places. Chris began his Junior National/National experience at the age of 16 when he competed in the summer at the 2012 Junior National meet. Chris’s earliest 200 meter butterfly time posted with the team is from the May Day Classic in May of 2008 where he swam a time of 2:54.37 at age 11. Eight years later, and 53 seconds faster, Chris is competing at Olympic Trials, and finished a mere 19 places from a semi-final swim. Chris has completed his second year competing for the University of Santa Barbara, under the guidance of Matt Macedo and Gregg Wilson.

2 CHAMPIONS & 9 RECORDS SET AT AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Jun 212016

Twenty TNT swimmers competed at the June Age Group Invitational in Ventura over the third weekend of June, and two of our swimmers came away as event champions in their respective swims. Fourteen year old Janessa Bringe of Visalia took home the first gold, swimming 9:50.26 in the 800 freestyle on day one, and improved nearly 25 seconds in the events to do it. Janessa scored in two additional events, and these included an 11^th place finish in the 400 free (4:46.31) and 13^th place finish in the 200 fly (2:41.91). Thirteen year old Danielle Albright was our only other event champion, and she did this in the 11-14 200 meter breaststroke event, improving nearly two seconds to a 2:45.38 there. Daniella also placed 2^nd in the 100 breast (1:16.77), 3^rd in the 400 IM (5:20.94), 5^th in the 200 IM (2:33.08), 6^th in the 200 free after swimming 2:15.90 in the preliminary heats, and 7^th in the 400 free after swimming 4:44.91 in the preliminary heats.

A total of 16 swimmers scored in individual events, and these included Visalia’s Ella Bettencourt who placed 12^th in the 10-under 50 back, as well as her training partner from Visalia, Ciara Clarke who finished 11^th in the 10-under 100 back, 9^th in the 50 back and 14^th in the 50 free. Visalia’s Layla Flores finished in top-16 spots in all but one event, her highest finish being a pair of 4^th places in the 50 back and 50 breaststrokes, and she finished 5^th in the 100 breaststroke. She also finished 8^th in the 100 back, and 14^th in the 200 IM. Her training partner from Visalia, Mackenzie Garza finished 4^th in the 50 free, and 10^th in the 100 free, while their training partner, Lauren Geiger, finished 16^th in the 200 back. Twelve year old Gage Price scored in two of his events, and these included the 13^th place in the 100 back, and 16^th place in the 50 back. Visalia’s Megan Ridenour doubled up her finals by finishing 3^rd in the 100 breast, and 5^th in the 200 breast, while Alex Roberts doubled up in the 13-14 division with a 14^th place in the 100 back, and 15^th place in the 100 fly. Katherine Sullivan also doubled up, and her scoring events included a 12^th place in the 200 fly, and 14^th place in the 400 IM. Ten year old Alexa Wong scored in every event she swam, and these included a 4^th place in the 50 fly, 8^th place in the 100 fly, 9^th place in the 200 IM, 10^th place in the 50 free, and a pair of 11^th place finishes that included the 200 free and 100 free events. Twelve year old Bryan Wong finished 3^rd in the 50 breaststroke, 5^th in the 100 breast, 14^th in the 200 IM and 16^th in the 100 free, while his brother, Bryce Wong, finished 10^th in the 13-14 200 IM event.

Twelve year old Peyton Costa highlighted record-breaking performances, and was the runner up in the 11-12 200 IM, placed 4^th in the 100 back, 5^th in both the 50 back and 100 free, and 6^th in the 400 free. Peyton came away from the meet with five new team records in the 11-12 boys division, beginning with his 1:12.36 in the 100 backstroke which fell well under Parker Giles’s 1:15.08 he set as the record during Junior Olympics in 2012. Peyton’s time currently stands as the 138^th fastest nationally for 12-year old boys. His next record was in the 200 IM where he posted a 2:31.84 and resetting one of our longest standing records set by coach Jason Ricablanca, and set at Pacifica in 1994 as a 2:36.30. This time stands as the 74^th fastest nationally. Next, Peyton swam a 1:03.03 in the 100 free and this time slid under Jackson Huckabay’s 1:03.05 that he had set as the record last year at JO’s. This time ranks 159^th nationally. Peyton’s medley relay lead-off swim of 33.11 is also a new team record for the 50 meter backstroke, and this time falling under Kyle Grissom’s previous record of 33.87 that was set at JO’s in 2010. Finally, Peyton swam the 200 meter backstroke event, solidifying a record that had been shared between two other swimmers throughout the year. Gage Price had set the record as a 2:46.78 at the Clovis meet last month, and now Peyton falls well below that standard with a 2:37.96 by improving his time over 15 seconds, and establishing a time that stands as the 129^th fastest nationally for his age.

Ava Olson had our team’s only other record-breaking performance, and she had her highest finish as 4^th in the 100 fly where she broke a team record with a time of 1:20.07, sliding under Kylie Walker’s 1:20.11 that she set as the record while competing at Zones in 2013. Ava’s new record stands as the 66^th fastest nationally for girls at age 10. Ava also finished 5^th in the 50 fly, 8^th in the 200 IM, 12^th in the 200 free, and 16^th in the 100 free.

Three team relay records were established at the meet, highlighted by the 13-14 girls’ team of Alex Roberts, Danielle Albright, Janessa Bringe and Mackenzie Garza swimming a time of 2:09.10 in the 13-14 200 meter medley relay, sliding under the team record of 2:09.73 previously held by Mia Newkirk, Mallory Korenwinder, Emily Goodbar and Bre Abell at Junior Olympics in 2011. The highlight comes in the fact that this record is also under the CCS record set in 2013 as a 2:09.59. The new record is the 12^th fastest time posted by any set of four girls in the nation to date. Two additional relay team records were set at the meet, both by the same set of four boys: Peyton Costa, Bryan Wong, Gage Price and Daniel Haley. These four swam 5:02.07 in the 400 medley relay, and 2:16.05 in the 200 medley relay, and placing 3^rd at the meet in both.

Others competing at the meet included Libby Adriaansen who had her highest finish as 25^th in the 13-14 100 breaststroke, Visalia’s Daniel Haley whose highest finish was 22^nd in the 11-12 100 back, 15-year old Garrison Price who finished 23^rd in the 200 fly, and 17^th year old Blake Wong whose highest place was 39^th in the 100 breaststroke. Those swimmers improving 100% of their times included: Libby Adriaansen, Ella Bettencourt, Ciara Clarke, Peyton Costa, Daniel Haley, Ava Olson, Garrison Price, Alex Roberts, Alexa Wong, Bryan Wong and Bryce Wong.

MALLORY KORENWINDER QUALIFIES FOR OLYMPIC TRIALS AT SPEEDO GRAND CHALLENGE

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Jun 212016

Nine TNT athletes that included three 12-under swimmers competed at the 2016 Speedo Grand Challenge, hosted by Irvine Novaquatics, over the last weekend of May, and TNT came away with one second swim. Mallory Korenwinder just missed the top-4 championship heat, and took home the win in the consolation field, placing 5^th overall at the meet, and what a swim it was. After staying within .07 and .02 seconds from the Olympic Trial cut over the last two quadrennials, Mallory has now posted a time that ranks 12^th nationally for girls of age 18 (including one foreign swimmer), and 72^nd in the world for girls born between January 1, 1998 and January 1, 2005 (basically, 18-under), and yes, a new Olympic Trial cut. She will join former TNT swimmers, Wesley Coles, Kyle Grissom, and Chris Nolan as the four travel to Omaha, Nebraska at the end of June to compete at the 2016 Olympic Trials. Mallory’s time of 1:11.26 is a new team record.

Improvements from the meet were led by a pair of 11-12 boys, including 11-year old Bryan Wong who improved over a second in the 50 breast (38.63), over two seconds in the 100 breast (1:25.41), and over three seconds in the 100 free (1:07.26). Twelve year old Peyton Costa was the other swimmer with a perfect meet, improving all his events that included nearly a second improvement in the 50 back (34.79), over a second in the 50 breast (39.36), and over two seconds in the 100 back (1:16.02). Danielle Albright improved her 200 free (2:16.03), Visalia’s Layla Flores improved her 50 breast (39.00), and JD Koster improved his 100 breast (1:11.35). Besides Kyle Grissom of USC, and Chris Nolan of UC Santa Barbara, Alonso Escobedo and Preston Niayesh also competed.

GAGE PRICE SETS 11-12 TEAM RECORD AT MIKE SNYDER MEMORIAL MEET

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Jun 212016

Eleven year old Gage Price was one of thirty seven TNT swimmers who competed at the Mike Snyder Memorial meet, and he was the only swimmer to set a team record at the meet. Improving over five seconds in the 200 meter backstroke event to a 2:46.78. Gage, while still on the bottom of the age group, swam under Ben Wheeler’s previous record of 2:49.17 that he had set at the Reedley meet last month. Gage’s time currently stands as the 75th fastest nationally for boys of age 11.

Five swimmers came away as event champions at the meet. Visalia’s Ciena Clarke took home the gold in the 8-under 50 meter butterfly event, while her teammate from Visalia, Mackenzie Garza, won the 50 free with a time of 28.64. Porterville’s Diego Gutierrez won the 11-12 boys 100 free (1:04.18), while Visalia’s Megan Ridenour won the 100 breast (1:19.01). Our final event champion was Katherine Sullivan who won the 13-14 400 IM with a time of 5:41.25.

Nine of our swimmers improved 100% of their times while at the meet. Congratulations to: Libby Adriaansen, Hanford’s Drew Black (improving 5 of 5), Hanford’s Isabel Burrough (5 of 5), Peyton Costa (1 of 1), Hanford’s Nathan Hunt (5 of 5), Hanford’s Isabella Klawitter (7 of 7), Addison Mccullough (6 of 6), Garrison Price (4 of 4), and Alexa Wong (2 of 2).

BEN WHEELER & GAGE PRICE SWIM UNDER TEAM RECORD AT REEDLEY

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May 092016

TNT hosted a relatively early long course meet at the Reedley complex over the fourth weekend of April where 72 TNT swimmers competed along with teams throughout the central valley, including Fresno State University, and Fresno Pacific University. One team record was broken by two individuals competing in the 11-12 boys division. Both Gage Price and Benjamin Wheeler swam under the pre-existing record in the 11-12 boys 200 meter backstroke event that was set by Parker Giles at the Bakersfield meet four years ago in the summer of 2012 as a 2:52.15. At age 11, Gage Price slid under the pre-existing record with a time of 2:52.09. Gage is our team’s current team record holder in the 100 yard butterfly event for the 10-under age division, and his 200 meter backstroke time currently ranks 43^rd fastest nationally for boys at age 11. Competing alongside Gage was Ben Wheeler who took home the win in the event with a time of 2:49.17, and becomes the current record holder in the event. His new record stands as the 86^th fastest nationally for boys at age 12. Ben is also our team’s current team record holder in the 200 yard backstroke event.

Our team maintained a 56% improvement rate with the following seventeen swimmers improving 100% of their swims that have been previously recorded with our team. Congratulations to: Ella Betancourt (improving 3 of 3 events), Alejandro Cardenas (3 of 3), Ciara Clarke (4 of 4), Audrey Gutierrez (3 of 3), Diego Gutierrez (4 of 4), Isaac Gutierrez (5 of 5), Xavier Gutierrez (3 of 3), Jonas Huckabay (2 of 2), Emma Jimenez (1 of 1), Drew Johnston (4 of 4), Isabella Klawitter (2 of 2), JD Koster (1 of 1), Gage Price (2 of 2), Edward Rodriquez (5 of 5), Shoji Shinkawa (3 of 3), Claire Welborn (2 of 2), and Bryan Wong (7 of 7).

Event champions included those who swam uncontested in their respective eevnts at the meet, and these swims were led by Visalia’s Ciara Clarke who won five of her seven events, Porterville’s Diego Gutierrez who won five of his six events, and 8-year old Luckas Huckabay who remained uncontested in all four of his events. Other quadruple winners included: Porterville’s Isaac Gutierrez, Gage Price, Alex Roberts, and Bryan Wong. Our remaining event champions include: Libby Adriaansen, Danielle Albright, Drew Black, Mikenna Curtis, Kate Frost, Tristan Gaines, Xavier Gutierrez, Logan Huckabay, Dylan Hunt, Tanner Kelm, Isabella Klawitter, Mallory Korenwinder, JD Koster, Rylee Lord, Genoveve Mcilwaine, Ava Olson, Garrison Price, Micah Ruiz, Satoshi Shinkawa, Wyatt Ward, Benjamin Wheeler, Alexa Wong, and Bryce Wong.

Congratulations also go to the following nine swimmers for posting new long course times with the team: Ciena Clarke, Katherine Forbes, Logan Huckabay, Tanner Kelm, Madison Mcginnis, Hunter Sartin, Erika Vandermaarl, Haley Vandermaarl, and Kate Welborn.

SIX FINAL AT LA MIRADA

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May 092016

Nine TNT swimmers, with Kyle Grissom competing for the University Of Southern California (USC), joined the likes of Jessica Hardy as they competed at the La Mirada Senior Long Course Meet over the April 9-10 weekend. Our team presented six finalists at the meet with Mallory Korewnwinder maintaining the highest finish with a third place in the 100 meter breaststroke with a time of 1:14.34. She followed this with a 6th place finish in the 200 IM (2:26.66), and 10th place finish in the 100 fly (1:04.65). Our next highest finisher was Kyle Grissom, attending his first year at USC, and placing 6th in the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 24.69, and then earning the top spot in the consolation heat of the 100 fly.

Our next highest finisher and finalist was JD Koster who came in 12th for the 200 fly event (2:17.06) with an improvement in both the preliminary swim and the final swim. Thirteen year old Danielle Albright was the next highest finalist at 14th in the 200 breaststroke event with a lifetime best of 2:48.82), and she followed that with a 15th place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:18.87) after swimming her lifetime best in the preliminary heats. Alonso Escobedo was the next highest finisher at 14th in the 400 IM (4:59.84), and he also finished 15th in the 400 free (4:27.12) with both prelim and final times under his preexisting best. Khloe McCarthy rounded out our finalist list with a 15th place finish in the 400 IM (5:27.24).
Lauren Geiger of Visalia had her highest finish as 44th in the 100 backstroke event (1:13.06), while Preston Niayesh’s highest finish was 32nd in the 100 breaststroke (1:13.44). Micha Ruiz had his highest place as 57th in the 100 back with a lifetime best of 1:10.99. Micah was also our only swimmer to improve 100% of times.

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