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DANIELLE ALBRIGHT FINALS AT FAR WESTERNS

Apr 082016

Eight TNT swimmers traveled to Pleasanton over the last weekend of March to compete at the 2016 Speedo Short Course Far Western Championships which plays host to many of the top age group swimmers from within California, and also attracts participation from across the western United States. This year teams traveled from Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, and the state of Washington to compete at this prestigious meet.

Our team’s highest finisher was Danielle Ablright, competing at the bottom of the 13-14 age division, and finishing 7th in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 17:53.52. She also a championship final with a 9th place finish in the 500 freestyle with her time of 5:08.74 which was a two-time improvement after swimming her lifetime best of 5:09.26 in the preliminary heats. Both events were exemplary performances considering that Danielle competed as a 13-year old in the 13-14 division.
Alexa Wong was another qualifier who competed at the bottom of the age division, and at age 9 her highest finish was 26th in the 100 fly (1:13.23). Following Danielle, our next highest finisher was Ava Olson who finished 18th in the 100 fly (1:11.80) for the 10-under division, and she was followed by Porterville’s Diego Gutierrez who finished 19th in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.84) for the 11-12 division. Peyton Costa was our next highest finisher at 21st, and he did this both the 11-12 girls 400 IM (4:58.01) and 1650 free (19:02.80) events. Visalia’s Janessa Bringe finished 23rd in the 13-14 division of the 1000 freestyle (11:15.97) event, while her training partner, Layla Flores, finished 33rd in the 11-12 50 breaststroke (34.16). Hanford’s Rylee Lord made her first appearance at Far Westerns, and finished 41st in the 11-12 girls 100 free (59.37).

JETT & HOLBERT FINAL IN FLORIDA

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Mar 242016

This is the second year that TNT has participated in the NASA Junior National Cup in Clearwater, Florida, and it is the second year that Sierra Jett of Selma earned second swims. Last year Sierra swam the 50 fly, 50 free and 100 free in finals, and this year she repeated the experience in the 50 fly and 50 free, then made it back in the 100 butterfly event. She was the top finisher in the consolation heat of the 50 meter butterfly (28.53) after swimming to a 12th place finish in the short course 50 free (23.82). Her other finals included a 13th place in the 100 fly (56.60 prelim yards and 1:05.02 final meter), and a 14th place finish in the 50 free (23.82 prelim yards and 27.35 final meter).

Aubrey Holbert of Selma made her first trip to the meet, and earned a second swim in the 200 butterfly event on the last day of the meet with her yard time of 2:15.19 in the preliminary heats placing her as third alternate. Two seeds in the bonus heat, and one alternate scratched, pushing her into the heat. The preliminary swim was her highest place of 27th.

TNT PLACES 5th AT SWAGR

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Mar 242016

A mere fourteen “attached” TNT swimmers attended the inaugural South Western Age Group Regional meet hosted by Clovis, and without entering a single relay over the four day meet, TNT managed score 400 points to place 5th behind Davis-Arden Hills (1640 points), Clovis (1564), Mission Viejo (800), and Tucson Ford (565), and ahead of California Capital (374). Twenty eight teams entered the meet with team sizes ranging from the 58 swimmers of Clovis, to a single swimmer from each team that included Bakersfield Aquatics, Bakersfield Swim Club, Fresno Dolphins and Spare Time (of course, many swimmers were unattached who may have represented these teams). There were 291 swimmers attending the meet. The meet format included final heats in individual age divisions that included the 11, 12, 13 and 14 divisions. The 10-under swimmers competed in one age division.

Our event champions included Danielle Albright who won the 1650 free (17:40.29), and 200 breaststroke (2:29.00) events in the 13-year old division, Visalia’s Janessa Bringe who took home the gold in the 1650 free (18:36.43) for the 14-year old division, Hanford’s Rylee Lord who won both the 100 fly (1:03.67) and 100 free (57.43) in the 12-year old division, Gage Price was a double winner in the 200 free (2:07.11), and 1000 free (11:51.48) for the 11-year old group, and Benjamin Wheeler won the 200 back (2:22.36) for 12-year olds. Every swimmer competing for TNT earned a final swim, and scored in the championship heat. Our other finalists included: Peyton Costa, Layla Flores, Mackenzie Garza, Diego Gutierrez, Ava Olson, Katherine Sullivan, Alexa Wong, Bryan Wong, and Bryce Wong.

Performance at the Clovis meet has increased our team’s participation in the upcoming Far Western Championships in Pleasanton within two weeks. Our Far Western team of eight no longer has any individual qualified in only one event. Congratulations, and good luck to our 2016 Far Western Team of Danielle Albright (13-14), Visalia’s Janessa Bringe (13-14), Peyton Costa (11-12), Visalia’s Layla Flores (11-12), Porterville’s Diego Gutierrez (11-12), Hanford’s Rylee Lord (11-12), Ava Olson (10-under), and Alexa Wong (10-under).

Time improvements at the Clovis meet reflect what may be an unprecedented percentage at 86% with six of our 14 swimmers improving 100% of their times. Congratulations to Danielle Albright (8 of 8), Visalia’s Layla Flores (7 of 7), Visalia’s Mackenzie Garza (6 of 6), Hanford’s Rylee Lord (3 of 3), Gage Price (7 of 7), and Bryan Wong (5 of 5). Individuals who improved 80% or more of their times included: Visalia’s Janessa Bringe (86%), Peyton Costa (86%), Porterville’s Diego Gutierrez (80%), and Ava Olson (83%).

Six team records fell at the meet, and these were led by Danielle Albright whose 17:40.29 in the 1650 freestyle was not only a new 13-14 team record, but also stands as the team’s Senior record, making her time the fastest in the history of the team, regardless of age. Her time went well under Megan Eppler’s previous record of 17:54.47 set over ten years ago at Sectionals in 2005 while she too was 13 years old. The Senior record was held by Katelyn Herrera, set when she was 16 as 17:45.35 at Sectionals in 2014. Danielle’s new record stands as the 42nd fastest nationally for girls at age 13. Danielle also slid under Mallory Korenwinder’s 4:34.81 in the 400 IM by swimming 4:33.96. Mallory had set the record at Clovis three years earlier in 2013. Danielle’s record in the 400 IM is posted as the 59th fastest nationally. She swam twice under the team’s existing 1000 free record, once as an intermediate split of the 1650 (10:37.87), but then improved that split to a 10:34.19 during the individual event. She improved her own record that she set as a 10:40.02 at Junior Olympics last month in February. Her time now is the 45th fastest nationally.

Peyton Costa doubled up with team records, also breaking two in one swim. He swam the 1650 freestyle with a time of 18:59.00, being the first TNT swimmer in the 11-12 boys division to post a time under the 19-minute mark, thereby improving his previous team record of 19:33.65 that he set at the Tulare meet this past December. His time stands as the 161st fastest nationally for 12-year old boys. He split 11:30.18 at the 1000 freestyle point in the race, and this split took him under his 11:41.41 that he set as the team record last November in Tulare. This time stands as the 241st fastest nationally.
Benjamin Wheeler was the only other record-breaking swim, in an event that seems to go back and forth between he and Peyton, and from one meet to the next. Benjamin originally set the team record as 2:25.29 at the Age Group Championships in San Diego while training in Visalia this past December. Peyton subsequently broke the record with a time of 2:24.72 at the Canyons meet last month. Now Benjamin regained the title, swimming under the pre-existing record twice, and now setting the new standard as a 2:22.36. The new record stands in the 700th spot nationally for boys at the same age.

FIVE FINAL AT MISSION SENIOR INVITE

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Mar 112016

Six TNT swimmers competed alongside Olympic Gold medalists Ous Mellouli, Anthony Ervin, and Melanie Thomas, as well as China Olympians such as Wang Shijia, at a long course meet in Mission Viejo over the March 4-6 weekend that played host to nearly 500 swimmers.

Our finalists were led by Mallory Korenwinder who finished 5^th in the 100 breaststroke (1:14.88), 7^th in the 200 breaststroke (2:46.09), 9^th in the 200 IM (2:27.24), and 10^th in the 100 fly (1:05.47). JD Koster had the next numerous finals earning second swims in three events that included a 16^th place finish in the 200 fly (2:17.53 in prelims), a 16^th place finish in the 200 breast (2:38.85 in prelims), and 19^th place finish in the 100 breast (1:11.82 in prelims). Alonso Escobedo had his highest finish as 14^th in the 200 IM (2:20.07), and doubled up with an 18^th place finish in the 400 IM (4:47.66), while his training partner, Preston Niayesh doubled up with a 21^st place finish in the 200 breast (2:38.49) and 24^th place finish in the 100 fly (1:03.35 in prelims). Visalia’s Lauren Geiger posted a lifetime best in the 100 backstroke finals, swimming 1:11.71 to finish 20^th there. Our youngest qualifier who competed at the meet was Visalia’s 14-year old Janessa Bringe who finished 40^th in the 200 fly (2:46.99).

ALBRIGHT, ANSEL & RIDENOUR FINAL AT JUANITA ALLINGTON

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Mar 112016

Ten TNT swimmers competed at the Juanita Allington Memorial meet held in Clovis over the last weekend of February, and three of our swimmers earned a second swim in one of three heats of ten. Our highest finish was from 13-year old Danielle Albright who finished 14th in the 100 breaststroke with a lifetime best of 1:08.44. She was followed by Visalia’s Megan Ridenour who was our only swimmer with multiple finals, finishing 30th in the 200 breaststroke, and 15th in the 100 breaststroke. Owen Ansel was our only other finalist who touched 29th in the 200 breaststroke event.
Thirteen-year old Alex Roberts was the only swimmer to improve 100% of time, improving four of four events. Her highest finish was 71st in the 100 back. Our remaining six swimmers, along with their highest finish, include: Janessa Bringe (154th – 200 free), Tristan Gaines (41st – 1000 free), Laruen Geiger (48th – 100 back), Ashley Olson (47th – 100 back), Micah Ruiz (52nd – 200 back), and Katherine Sullivan (53rd – 200 fly).

TNT PLACES 3rd AT JO’s

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Feb 222016

Fifty seven TNT swimmers competed over the February 12-15 weekend at one of two championship meets. The largest group of our swimmers (35) competed at the Junior Olympics where the team held a third place finish among the 32 teams that scored at the meet. Twenty eight of our thirty five swimmers scored in individual events, and this effort was led by Danielle Albright who accumulated 140 points in individual events, and taking home wins in the 400 IM (4:40.82), 500 free (5:13.04), and 1000 freestyle (10:40.02) events. Her swim in the 1000 freestyle is a new team record in the 13-14 age division that she just entered. Her time slid under Megan Eppler’s record of 10:40.93 that was set also when she was 13 in 2005 at the Junior Olympics. Danielle’s time currently ranks 40^th nationally for swimmers at age 13.

Porterville’s Diego Gutierrez was our next highest point getter at 92, generated partly by his winning swim in the 11-12 boys 100 freestyle, where his 55.75 was over a four second improvement in the event. Our next highest point accumulation came from Hanford’s Rylee Lord at 85 points, and her highest finish was a 4^th place in the 11-12 girls 200 freestyle where her 2:06.38 was over a five second improvement. Tule Nation Tritons had two additional event champions, and these included Tristan Gaines whose 19:02.23 was enough for a win in the 1650 freestyle, and Ava Olson who took home the gold in the 10-under 100 fly with a 1:12.65 which exceeded a three second improvement. Tristan and Ava accumulated the 4^th and 5^th highest points on our team behind Danielle, Diego, and Rylee. Selma’s Lucas Huckabay (76), Visalia’s Layla Flores (66.5), Hanford’s Dylan Hunt (65), Selma’s Sydnee Wilson (37), and Selma’s Drew Johnston (27) rounded out our top-10 point getters for individual events. Other finalists included: Sofia Mora, Emma Pena, Xavier Gutierrez, Ciara Clarke, Madison Pallares, Libby Adriaansen, Wyatt Ward, Ella Bettencourt, Luke Pena, Elizabeth Torres, Daniel Haley, Annlyn Haworth, Tanner Kelm, Sienna Abernathy, Kaden Medeiros, Katherine Forbes, Maya Herrera and Natali Herrera.

Nine of our swimmers improved 100% of their times at the meet, and these included: Diego Gutierrez, Rylee Lord, Drew Johnston, Xavier Gutierrez, Elizabeth Torres, Maya Herrera, Amanda Garabedian, and Nadia Garabedian.

JETT, KORENWINDER & BRINGE ALL WIN AT CANYONS – team places 8th

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Feb 222016

While 35 TNT swimmers competed at the Junior Olympics, 22 swimmers traveled to Santa Clarita to compete at the Southern California Canyons Q meet. This meet fielded two heats of finals for the 10-under and 15-18 age divisions, and a top-8 final for individual ages of 11, 12, 13 and 14.

Points from individual events at Canyons were led by Khloe McCarthy with a total of 60.5 that resulted from two 3^rd place finishes that included the 500 free (5:02.49), and 1000 free (10:31.21), both events and times of which fall under current team records. Khloe swam under the current team record twice in the 500 free, first during the preliminary swim where her time of 5:03.28 went under Jillian Hatch’s 5:03.66, and then at finals where she improved the preliminary time to a 5:02.49. Her time stands as the 131^st fastest nationally among 18-year old female swimmers. Her time of 10:31.21 is also a new record for her, and it falls under Katelyn Herrera’s 10:41.57 that was set at the Terrapin meet in 2012, and now Khloe’s new record stands as the 59^th fastest nationally to date. Our only other team record was from Peyton Costa who swam 2:24.72 in the 12-year old 200 backstroke event. He was an original record holder in the event, prior to Benjamin Wheeler setting a new standard as a 2:25.29 at the Age Group Championships in San Diego this past December. Peyton’s reclaimed record ranks 670^th nationally for boys at age 12.

One of the most exciting finals resulted in a 1^st and 2^nd place finish in the 15-18 female championship final 100 fly event. Our Junior National senior swimmers, Mallory Korenwinder and Selma’s Sierra Jett, who will be attending the University of Arizona and Auburn University respectively, dominated the event with a 1-2 finish (56.59 and 56.74). Mallory Korenwinder went on to win the 100 breaststroke (1:03.71), while Sierra Jett became the event champion in the 50 free (23.80). Our only other event champion at the meet was Visalia’s Janessa Bringe who took home the gold in the 14-year old 1000 freestyle event with a time of 10:58.32. Other championship finalist included: Owen Ansel (200 breast, 100 breast), Morgan Coddington (400 IM), Peyton Costa (400 IM, 50 back), Alonso Escobedo (500 free, 400 IM), Aubrey Holbert (200 back), Jonas Huckabay (1650 free, 1000 free), Sierra Jett (50 free, 100 fly, 100 free), Mallory Korenwinder (100 breast, 100 fly, 200 breast), Khloe McCarthy (500 free, 200 free, 400 IM, 1000 free), Gage Price (500 free, 50 fly, 1000 free), Satoshi Shinkawa (100 back), Katherine Sullivan (500 free, 200 back, 400 IM, 100 back), Benjamin Wheeler (1000 free), and Bryan Wong (50 breast).

An additional highlight resulting from the meet is our 17-18 female relay teams setting Central California Swimming records in four distinct events. Our teams won three of the four relays, and placed second in the short medley while competing apart from the winning team. New CCS records are posted for:

15-18 women 400 free relay (3:34.85)
M. Korenwinder, M. Coddington, A. Holbert, S. Jett

15-18 women 400 medley relay (3:58.91)
A. Holbert, M. Korenwinder, L. Geiger, S. Jett

15-18 women 200 free relay (1:39.42)
M. Korenwinder, A. Olson, M. Coddington, S. Jett

15-18 women 200 medley relay (1:50.56)
A. Holbert, M. Korenwinder, L. Geiger, S. Jett

Two swimmers improved 100% of their times in Canyons, and they included Bryan Wong and Bryce Wong.

10 TNT SWIMMERS AT COLLEGE CONFERENCE MEETS

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Feb 212016

Ten TNT swimmers have, or will be competing at their respective college conference meets as the college swim season nears its end. Our swimmers are currently competing in the states of Mississippi (Katelyn Herrera – Delta State), California (Wesley Coles – Fresno Pacific, Matlyn Morris – Fresno Pacific, Bre Abell, Fresno Pacific, Haley Baker – Biola, Lauren Davis – UOP, Chris Nolan – UC Santa Barbara, and Kyle Grissom – USC), and Pennsylvania (Matthew Tashima – Saint Vincent College).

Katelyn Herrera attends her first conference championship meet swimming for Delta State at the New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference Championships (NSISC) that takes place over the week of February 17-20. Katelyn scored 22 points with a championship swim, and 8^th place finish, in the 1000 freestyle swimming 10:40.03 in the event, being the third Delta State swimmer in the race. She went on the finish 13^th in the 400 IM, improving over three seconds to a 4:41.57 during the preliminary heats, and then shaving off hundredths during finals for a 4:41.52. She is the top seed in the consolation heat for the 500 free after swimming 5:08.71 in the preliminary heats.

Wesley Coles is competing for Fresno Pacific in his senior year, and swam at the Pacific College Swimming Conference (PCSC) Championships over the February 12-15 week. Wesley had a 3^rd place finish in the 500 free with a time of 4:32.28, as well as a third place finish in the 200 free with at time of 1:39.23 after swimming 1:39.07 in the preliminary heats. He was the event champion, being the only swimmer at the meet to go under the 1:50.00 mark with a 1:49.50 in the 200 fly.

Matlyn Morris joined Wesley as she returns from multiple injuries, and scores by finishing sixth in the B-final of the 50 free with a time of 24.45, and seventh in the B-final of the 100 free where she swam a time of 53.35. She makes the A-final in the 100 back swimming a time of 58.68 and finishing seventh there. Fresno Pacific women finished fifth at the meet behind UC San Diego, Cal State East Bay, Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine.

In her second year of collegiate swimming for Fresno Pacific, Bre Abell earned second swims in the scoring C-final of the 50 free swimming 24.84 and finishing 6^th in that heat. Her highest place was third in the B-final of the 200 free where she swam 1:56.15 there. She also scored in the C-final of the 100 free where her 53.63 was enough for a 5^th place finish.

A former Hanford TNT swimmer, Haley Baker, also competed at the PCSC meet for Biola, and finished 33^rd while competing in the D-final in the 50 free with a time of 25.61, and swam to a C-final in the 200 free after swimming 1:58.97 in the preliminary heats. She also swam 54.54 in the 100 free D-final

Lauren Davis, competing in her first year for the University of the Pacific (UOP), has made the travel team for the University, and competes at the MPSF Championships that runs from February 17^th to 20^th. She squeezed into the C-final in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:07.75, and is currently seeded 14^th in the 200 breaststroke.

Joining Lauren at the MPSF Championships is Chris Nolan competing for UC Santa Barbara, and who is seeded 1^st in the 200 fly with his time of 1:46.81. Chris did move from 16^th in the preliminary heats of the 500 free where he swam 4:36.07 to 15^th during finals in the event. He held on to a championship seeding in the 100 fly swimming a lifetime best of 48.81 going into finals in 8^th place.

Cody Nash is currently competing at the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Championships for Wilmington College, and he earned a 3^rd place finish in the B-final of the 500 free with a time of 4:57.20 after being seeded 21^st in the event. He is the 2^nd highest scoring Wilmington swimmer for the 500 free. He was seeded 13^th in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:03.61, and then swam 1:01.35 in the preliminary heats to go into the B-final heat in 2^nd. Cody is seeded 9^th in the 200 breaststroke with a 2:19.11.

Matthew Tashima competed at the President’s Athletic Conference (PAC) Championships for Saint Vincent College during his second year of collegiate competition, and his conference meet concluded on February 13^th where he finished 2^nd in the B-final of the 50 free with a time of 22.02, and 4^th in the B-final of the 100 fly with his time of 54.11. His highest finish was 3^rd in the A-final of the 100 free as a sophomore, swimming 47.68 there, and being the second fastest Saint Vincent swimmer in the event. Saint Vincent finished 4^th at the meet.

Kyle Grissom’s Pac-12 Championships are scheduled for March 2^nd through 5^th as he competes for the University of Southern California (USC).

10 FINALISTS AT FRESNO SENIOR MEET

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Feb 212016

Twelve TNT swimmers competed at the Fresno Dolphin Senior Meet in late January, and ten of our swimmers earned second swims during this early-season competition. Championship finalists included Danielle Albright who was the event champion in the 200 breaststroke (2:34.82), and had two 2nd place finishes that included the 100 breast and 200 back events. She also finished 3rd in the 100 fly, and 4th in the 100 back. Our only other event champion was Visalia’s Lauren Geiger who won the 100 fly (1:02.60). She also had two 2nd place finishes that included the 100 back and 50 free events. Lauren finished 5th in the 100 free, and 7th in the 200 free.

Other championship finalists included Libby Adriaansen who swam to a 5th place finish in the 200 breast, and 7th place finish in the 100 breast. Owen Ansel had a pair if 2nd place swims that included the 100 breast and 100 fly, and he finished 4th in the 50 free. Visalia’s Janessa Bringe came home with a 3rd place swim in the 100 fly, a 5th in the 200 back, a 7th in the 100 free, and an 8th place in the 200 free. Twelve-year old Peyton Costa finished 3rd in the 200 back, and 5th in the 1650 free, while Katherine Mendyk finished 4th in the 100 breast, and 5th in the 50 free. Katherine Sullivan was our only other female championship finalist, finishing 6th in the 100 back, and 8th in the 200 IM, while Selma’s Wyatt Ward was our only other male championship finalist, finishing 6th in the 100 back.

Consolation finalists included: Danielle Albright (9th – 100 free), Janessa Bringe (9th – 200 IM & 12th – 100 back), Peyton Costa (15th – 200 IM & 14th – 500 free), Jackson Huckabay (11th – 200 IM & 10th – 500 free), and Katherine Sullivan (16th – 100 free).

AVA OLSON & RYLEE LORD LEAVE RIDGECREST WITH HIGH POINTS

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Feb 062016

Eleven TNT swimmers competed at the Beat the Cold meet in Ridgecrest over the January 23-24 weekend and placed third with 534 points behind Bakersfield’s 696 points generated from their 27 swimmers, and TNT was among the seven teams competing at the meet. Our team was led by two high point recipients that included ten-year old Ava Olson who was undefeated at the meet, winning all eight events, scoring 72 points, and setting a new team record in the 200 IM. Our only other high point recipient was 12-year old Hanford swimmer, Rylee Lord, who swept seven of her eight events and scored 69 points, and improved her 100 backstroke by over two seconds. Runner-up high points included Hanford’s Addison Mccullough who was one point behind the leader in the 7-8 girls division, and Tristan Gaines who earned the second highest points in the 15-18 boys division.

Two of our swimmers swam under existing meet records, and this included High Point recipient, Ava Olson, whose 2:46.20 in the 200 IM stands as the meet record for the 9-10 girls, thereby joining Paige Costa, Skylar Ford, Mallory Korenwinder, Samantha Goates, Megan Eppler, Amber Khieralla, Alex Ellis, Ian Belflower, Peyton Costa, Garrison Price, Nathan Rhea, Devan Marshall and Chris Nolan as a meet record holder. Benjamin Wheeler also swam under the preexisting meet records in two of his events that included the 200 IM where he swam under the record by five seconds, and the 500 free where he swam under the record by six seconds. Benjamin placed second in both events for the 11-12 boys division.

Other event champions at the meet included Sienna Abernathy (50 back), Tristan Gaines (200 breast & 100 breast), Isabella Klawitter (50 back), Addison Mccullough (25 fly), Micah Ruiz (100 free & 50 free), and Benjamin Wheeler (200 free).

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