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SIERRA JETT SWIMS TO WINTER JUNIOR NATIONAL CUT

Oct 052015

Not to be denied, Selma’s Sierra Jett achieved her first USA Swimming Junior National time standard while competing at the inaugural 2015 Futures meet in Gresham, Oregon over the last weekend of July, swimming 26.92 in the first half of the 100 meter freestyle, and becoming our first swimmer in the history of our team to swim under the 27-second mark. She is our only finalist at the meet, competing in the bonus final for the individual 50 freestyle event. She is the 74^th fastest female 17-year old swimmer in the nation, among all foreign and domestic athletes. The previous fastest time for our team was posted as 27.02 by past Olympic Trial Qualifier, and University of Kentucky graduate, Megan Eppler set at the Speedo Grand Challenge in 2011 at age 19. At age 17, Sierra’s time is the fastest on record in the history of Central California Swimming as the previous CCS Record for 17-18 year old female swimmers stood at Megan’s time of 27.02, and held by Mary Hanson and set in 2009.

Sierra was joined by Khloe McCarthy who had her highest finish as 49^th in the 400 IM after swimming 5:17.01 during the preliminary heats, and fourteen year old Visalia swimmer, Megan Ridenour who finished 57^th in the 100 meter breaststroke with a time of 1:17.23.

OWEN ANSEL MAKES FUTURES CUT AT SENIOR ZONES

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Oct 052015

Twelve TNT swimmers competed at the Senior Zone meet in Clovis over the last weekend of July, and TNT came away with one swimmer to earn second swims in one of three heats. Owen Ansel swam a 1:08.34 in the 100 meter breaststroke to finish 17^thin the event from the bonus heat, and with a time that would have qualified him under the 1:08.69 time standard for this year’s Futures meet that took place in Oregon over this same weekend. Owen’s time is a new team record, as he swims under Chris Nolan’s previous 15-18 record of 1:08.72 that he set at the LA Invitational last summer. Owen’s time currently ranks 207^th nationally for swimmers of age 17. He had also earned a second swim in the 200 meter breaststroke with a time of 2:30.89, which is nearly a two-second drop for him.

Our other competitors in the meet included Bre Abell who finished 75^th in the 50 free (28.84), along with Visalia’s Justin Bos who finished 223^rd in the 100 fly (1:06.07), and his training partner, Janessa Bringe who finished 40^th in the 1500 freestyle as a 13-year old, while their training partner, Lauren Geiger finished 94^th in the 100 fly. Alonso Escobedo placed 111^th in the 400 IM (5:05.46), while Selma’s Noah Haworth finished 63^rd in the 100 fly (1:01.45), along with his training partners, Jonas Huckabay, who swam to a 41^st place finish in the 1500 free (17:52.31), and Satoshi Shinkawa who finished 119^th in the 200 breast (2:47.87). Josh Koster’s highest place was 109^th in the 100 back (1:06.76), while Blake Wong finished 128^th in his 100 breast (1:16.55) event.

A new Sectional cut was achieved by Visalia’s 13-year old Mackenzie Garza during a time trial swim in an event where she had achieved an LA Invitational cut just this summer, and now her 28.45 is under this past summer’s Sectional cut. Her time in the individual event placed 97^th there.

EIGHT RECORDS FALL AT JUNIOR OLYMPICS

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Oct 052015

Fifty six TNT swimmers competed at the 2015 summer Junior Olympics resulting in a second place finish overall. Eight team records fell, led by Selma’s Jackson Huckabay who improved upon his preexisting 50 meter freestyle record that he set as 29.23 at the Clovis meet one month earlier. His new record of 29.13 ranks 400th nationally for boys of age 12. A clear freestyler, Jackson went on to set a new record in the 100 meter freestyle, improving Parker Giles’s 1:04.83 that was set at the Speedo Grand Challenge in 2012. The new standard of 1:03.05 ranks 279th nationally. Not stopping there, Jackson also set a new record in the 200 freestyle, taking down one of the oldest records on the books of 2:16.67 previously held by current TNT Visalia coach Jason Ricablanca, and set in the same Clovis pool back in 1994. Jackson’s time of 2:14.70 ranks 140th in the nation for boys at the same age. Reflecting his range in ability level, Jackson also set a new team record in the 400 meter freestyle with a time of 4:44.10, and again going under Jason Ricablanca’s previous record of 4:47.35 set in Deanza Cupertino in 1994, eight years before Jackson was even born. This was Jackson’s highest national ranking among his new records, as it stands as the 134th nationally.

Danielle Albright set two new team records, beginning with the 100 meter breaststroke that she previously set a month earlier at the June Age Group Invitational in Ventura as a 1:19.65. During Junior Olympics, Danielle swam a full second under her previous record with a 1:18.62, and resulting in a national ranking of 29th in the event. This time is also under the Central California Swimming record of 1:18.66 that was held by Taylor Jones, and set in 1997. Danielle’s highest national ranking among records she broke was the 18th fastest time nationally among 12-year old girls of 18:40.49 in the 1500 meter freestyle, sliding under Allyson Duffy’s previous record of 18:47.69 set at the Clovis meet four years earlier in 2011. This new record is also a new CCS record that was held by Caitlyn Snyder, and set in 2012.

Two additional team records were set, both in the 13-14 boys division as JD Koster established a new team record in the 200 IM with his time of 2:20.50, swimming under Nathan Rhea’s previous record of 2:21.71 set at JO’s in 2009. His new records stands as the 190th fastest nationally for boys of age 14. Preston Niayesh set the only other team record, and he did this in the 100 meter breaststroke with his time of 1:10.79 that was under Nathan Rhea’s 1:11.13 from the Zone meet in Hawaii back in 2009. Preston’s time ranks 56th nationally.

Twenty six teams competed at the meet, and TNT’s 56 swimmers scored a total of 3,455 points, once again placing second behind Clovis Swim Club’s 6,534 points generated from their team of 120, and TNT was led by Selma’s Jackson Huckabay who was the 11-12 boys runner high point runner up with 145 points resulting in his three wins that included the 400 free, 50 breaststroke, and 200 freestyle events. Preston Niayesh was the next highest point getter at 138 points from the 13-14 boys division, and he was the event champion in both the 100 fly and 100 breaststroke events. Our remaining dual event champions included JD Koster, also of the 13-14 age division, who won both the 200 IM and 200 breaststroke events, and eight year old Sienna Abernathy who took home the gold in both the 50 freestyle and the 50 butterfly events of the 8-under division. Other event champions included: Danielle Albright (100 breaststroke), Lauren Geiger (100 freestyle), Jonas Huckabay (400 IM), Jakob Koorey (100 breaststroke), Jimmy Koster (800 free), and Megan Ridenour (100 breaststroke).

Five team relay records were set at the 2015 long course Junior Olympics, and these included the 11-12 girls 200 Medley relay team of Pricilla Niayesh, Danielle Albright, Maya Herrera and Layla Flores, the team swimming a time of 2:17.35, and the same four teamed up to break the 11-12 girls 400 freestyle record, swimming a time of 4:33.11. These times fell under the previous records of 2:19.37 (previously held by Coddington, Korenwinder, Newkirk and Duffy) and 4:34.02 (previously held by Sullivan, Bringe, Albright and Ford) respectively. The 11-12 boys team of Peyton Costa, Benjamin Wheeler, Diego Gutierrez and Jackson Huckaby swam 4:27.77 in the 400 free relay, breaking the previous record of 4:39.91 set by Escobedo, Huckabay, Niayesh and Giles, and the four also went on the set the 400 medley relay record with a time of 5:14.75, breaking the 5:16.71 set by Giles, Niayesh, Shinkawa and Escobedo. The 13-14 boys 200 medley relay record was also broken with a time of 2:04.12 by Bryce Wong, Preston Niayesh, JD Koster and Brett Wong, swimming under the 2:05.53 set by Escobedo, Niayesh, Shinkawa and Koorey.

Twenty six swimmers improved 100% of their times, and these included: Sienna Abernathy, Gwendolyn Adriaansen, Dylan Burr, Isabel Burrough, Kate Frost, Amanda Garabedian, Nadia Garabedian, Lauren Geiger, Isaac Gutierrez, Xavier Gutierrez, Annlyn Haworth, Maya Herrera, Cyrus Hill, Dylan Hunt, Tanner Kelm, JD Koster, Jimmy Koster, Ethan Merritt, Sofia Mora, Preston Niayesh, Priscilla Niayesh, Emma Pena, Micah Ruiz, Elizabeth Torres, Brett Wong, and Bryan Wong.

FOUR FINAL AT LA INVITE

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Aug 112015

Fourteen TNT swimmers competed at the Los Angeles Invitational held at the University of Southern California alongside swimmers such as Nathan Adrian, Simone Manuel, and Matt Grievers, and among teams representing establishments such as Cal Berkley, USC, and Stanford. Four of our swimmers performed well enough to earn a spot in one of four finals, one CCS Record was broken, and five team records had been set.

Veterans to the meet included graduating senior Kyle Grissom who came away with the most second swims with his highest place of 13th in the consolation heat of the 100 meter butterfly resulting from his time of 55.57 that tops his best time, and team record that was previously set as 55.71 at Junior Nationals last summer. Kyle’s time currently stands as the 12th fastest nationally among male 17-year olds. His next highest finish came in the 22nd overall place finish from the bonus heat in the 50 free after swimming a 24.06 in the prelims. Kyle also improved over three seconds in the 200 freestyle during prelims (1:57.74), and then finished 30th overall from the 18-under D-final. Entering high school senior, Mallory Korenwinder, earned two second swims, her highest also a 13th place finish overall, but in the 100 meter breaststroke event from the consolation heat where she swam a time of 1:12.80. Her second final resulted from her time 2:42.96 in the 200 meter breaststroke where she finished 28th overall from the 18-under D-final. Our next highest finisher was Selma swimmer, Sierra Jett, setting a new team record of 27.10 that breaks a shared record in the event that was set by Jillian Hatch at Sectionals last year, and tied by Sierra this past March while competing at the NASA Junior National meet in Florida. Her time currently stands as the 61st fastest nationally for all girls of age seventeen. Visalia’s Megan Ridenour was our only other finalist, an impressive accomplishment considering she is only 14 years old. Megan established a new Futures time standard in the 100 meter breaststroke with her time of 1:15.85 in the preliminary heats, and she finished 31st overall from the 18-under D-final.
The most impressive record came from the 2:49.10 in the 200 meter breaststroke event of Danielle Albright. At age 12, Danielle’s time is not only a team record, but is also the fastest time posted in the history of Central California Swimming for any female 12-year old swimmer. This time surpassed one of the remaining long-standing records on our books, and held by Danielle’s coach, Joclyn Theissen (formerly Ford) who is responsible for Danielle’s success. Danielle’s time is also the highest national ranking time resulting from TNT swims over the weekend, as it stands as the 11th fastest for girls of age 12, a mere one position away from national recognition. She was also the only TNT swimmer to set multiple team records, and she added the 800 freestyle where her time of 9:45.81 was under Allison Duffy’s 9:53.75 set at the Clovis meet four years ago, and her current time is the 19th fastest nationally for the age and gender. Her final record came in the 400 IM where her time of 5:25.93 topped her own previous record of 5:38.36 that she set at the Reedley meet in March, and now stands as the 35th fastest nationally.

FIVE SCORE AT JUNE AGE GROUP INVITE

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Aug 112015

Five of our fifteen TNT swimmers who competed at the 2015 June Age Group Invitational in Ventura over the June 18-21 weekend scored in their individual events this summer. Twelve year old Danielle Albright placed in each of the six evets she entered, and became the event champion in the 50 meter breaststroke where her time of 36.52 was a new team record, breaking Mallory Korenwinder’s record of 36.94 that was set at the Zones in Hawaii in 2009 when Mallory was 11 years old. Danielle’s new record currently stands as the 30th fastest nationally for girls at age 12. Danielle was the runner up in the 100 meter breaststroke, and her time of 1:19.65 once again went under Mallory Korenwinder’s team record that was set at the Merced meet in 2011. This time ranks 32nd nationally, and was the second of only two team records broken over the weekend. Danielle also finished 2nd in the 200 IM (2:36.34), 5th in the 200 free (2:20.42), 7th in the 11-14 200 breaststroke (2:55.69), and 11th in the 400 free (5:00.34).

Our next highest point getter was Selma’s 12-year old male counterpart, Jackson Huckabay who finished both in both the 200 free (2:19.49) and 50 free (29.86). He had an 8th place finish in the 50 fly (33.15), and a 10th place finish in the 400 freestyle (5:02.92) event. Jackson also scored in all six events he competed in, and he finished his scoring performance with a 12th place finish in the 100 free (1:06.47) and 14th place finish in the 200 IM (2:43.76).

Other scoring performances came from Visalia’s 13-year old, Janessa Bringe, who finished 13th in the 11-14 400 IM (5:37.57), and 14th in the 11-14 200 fly (2:38.07), along with her training partner, 11-year old Layla Flores who finished 8th in the 11-12 50 breaststroke (40.50) and 13th in the 11-12 100 breaststroke (1:29.97) events. Peyton Costa was our only other point getter, and like Layla, while on the bottom of the age group, finished 15th in the 11-12 100 backstroke (1:19.40), and 16th in the 11-12 50 backstroke (37.22) events.

Our other competitors, along with their highest placed event, included:

Alonso Escobedo (age 15): 22nd in the 15-over 200 back (2:25.64)
Tristan Gaines (age 18): 26th in the 15-over 1500 free (20:00.53)
Mackenzie Garza (age 13): 17th in the 13-14 50 free (29.46)
Gage Price (age 11): 31st in the 11-12 100 fly (1:24.42)
Garrison Price (age 14): 44th in the 11-14 200 back (2:49.21)
Katherine Sullivan (age 13): 19th in the 11-14 400 IM (5:46.47)
Benjamin Wheeler (age 12): 18th in the 11-12 100 back (1:20.23)
Alexa Wong (age 9): 22nd in the 7-10 50 fly (39.74)
Blake Wong (age 16): 31st in the 15-over 100 breast (1:16.00)
Bryan Wong (age 11): 19th in the 11-12 50 breast (42.24)

72.6% TIME IMPROVEMENT AT FRESNO MEET

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Aug 112015

An astounding mid-season improvement percentage of 72.6% was maintained by 25 TNT swimmers who attended and Fresno AB Modified Invitational long course meet over the July 19-21 weekend, and this high percentage was led by ten swimmers who improved 100% of their times. Perfect performances were had by Gwendolyn Adriaansen (improving 3 or 3 events), sister Libby Adriaansen (4 of 4), Isabel Burrough (3 of 3), Katie Frost (3 of 3), Amanda Garabedian (3 of 3), Audrey Gutierrez (2 of 2), Xavier Gutierrez (5 of 5), Lucas Huckabay (5 of 5) and Sofia Mora (6 of 6). Three additional swimmers were above the average, and these included: Jillian Gaines (80%), Gabriela Mora (80%), and Dominic Colvin (75%).

Eight year old Sienna Abernathy became our only event champion by winning the 8-under 50 meter freestyle event with a time of 41.50. Top-8 finishers included Visalia swimmer Justin Bos who finished 3rd in the 13-over 100 fly (1:07.08), Selma Swimmer Katie Frost who finished 6th in the 9-10 50 breast (52.77), Selma’s Olivia Garabedian finishing 4th in the 13-over 50 free (29.78), Porterville’s Diego Gutierrez who claimed a 5th place in the 100 breast (1:35.00), 6th in the 50 breast (45.29) and 8th in the 50 fly (38.53) along with his brother, Xavier Gutierrez, who finished 5th in the 50 breast (44.37) and 6th in the 100 breast (1:35.94). The Selma Huckabay duo of Jonas and Lucas once again proved competitive as Jonas Huckabay placed 2nd in the 1500 free (18:53.46), 3rd in the 200 breast (2:56.33), 200 back (2:37.13), and 7th in the 200 free (2:14.42) and 200 IM (2:34.22) events for the 11-over and 13-over events. His brother Lucas Huckabay was our highest point getter, finishing 2nd in four events that included the 8-under 100 fly (1:45.11), 50 back (48.91), 50 breast (55.47), and 100 back (1:41.33), as well as a pair of 3rd place finishes in the 50 free (40.43) and 50 fly (49.74) events for the 8-under division. Hanford’s 12-yer old Rylee Lord came away with a pair of 6th place finishes in the 50 fly (38.34) and 100 free (1:15.22), while Genoveve Mcilwaine had a pair of 7th place finishes in the 50 back (41.94) and 50 breaststroke (45.49) while competing on the bottom of the 11-12 girls division. Visalia’s Sofia Mora had three top-8 finishes that included a pair of 7th place finishes in the 11-12 girls 100 fly (1:33.45) and 50 fly (38.52), along with an 8th place finish in the 200 free (2:42.08). Ava Olson was another multi top-8 finisher for the 9-10 division by placing 5th in the 200 IM (3:23.26), 6th in the 50 fly (41.72), and 7th in a pair of events that included the 200 free (3:01.08) and 100 breast (1:56.92) events. Elizabeth Torres also finished 8th in the 11-12 girls 100 breaststroke event with a time of 1:37.35.

SIX HIGH POINTS EARNED AT MIKE SNYDER MEMORIAL MEET

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Jun 152015

Gage Price was one of only a handful of our 57 swimmers who competed at the Mike Snyder Memorial meet during the last weekend of May who came away as an event champion, but Gage stood well apart in being the only swimmer to be undefeated at the meet, winning all eight of his events in the 9-10 boys division. He led our six high point winners of the meet by being the only one to take home the top honors, and outscoring the next contender by 30 points. Bryan Wong was in a tied position for the second place for high point in that age division, and he accomplished this by winning two of his six events at the meet. Other second place high point recipients included Alexa Wong whose three wins placed her five points behind the leader in the 8-under division, and Danielle Albright whose three wins also was five points behind in the 11-12 girls division. Preston Niayesh was a two-time champion, and was a third place high point finisher, while Alex Roberts and Mallory Korenwinder finished up in fourth place for high point.

Another highlight of the meet was the 50 meter freestyle swim of 13-year old Mackenzie Garza from Visalia during the lead-off of the 200 free relay. Her time of 29.07 is a new qualifying time for the LA Invitational, a meet that plays host to teams like USC, Cal Berkley, Stanford, as well as international programs. Mackenzie will join 15 other swimmers from our team who have made the qualifying time for this senior-level meet, including training partner Megan Ridenour, who was our other event champion, winning both the 100 and 200 breaststroke event for the 13-14 division. Megan recently returned from the Speedo Grand Challenge, where at age 14 was our teams highest finisher in the 13-over division.

Our team as a whole maintained an improvement rate over 60%, a high rate which was led by 19 swimmers who improved all times that they entered: Mackenzie Garza, Isaac Gutierrez, Xavier Gutierrez, Daniel Haley, Cyrus Hill, Genoveve Mcilwaine, Adelyne Merritt, Ethan Merritt, Mariah Oliveira, Emma Pena, Garrison Price, Seiji Shinkawa, Elizabeth Torres, Alexa Wong, Blake Wong, Brett Wong, Bryan Wong, Bryce Wong and Jenna Yeates.

12-YEAR OLDS SHINE AT SPEEDO

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Jun 152015

Six TNT swimmers competed at NOVA Grand Challenge alongside the likes of Jessica Hardy, Simone Manuel, Elizabeth Pelton, and Caitlin Leverenz on the female side, as well as male Olympians such like Vlad Morozov, and David Nolan (known to be the first individual to swim under the 1:40 barrier in the 200 yard IM by breaking Ryan Lochte’s American Record of 1:40.08). Swimmers competing at the meet represented schools such as Cal Berkeley, Stanford and USC.

Our 12—year old girls dominated the outcome performance, each of the two improving 100% of their times, and setting a new team record each. Danielle Albright made her second appearance at the meet in the 12-under division, and set a team record in the 200 IM after finishing 7th with a time of 2:36.08, and swimming twice under the preexisting record of 2:39.30 that was set by Megan Eppler at the Clovis meet back in May of 2004. Danielle’s time stands as the 39th fastest in the nation for any 12-year old girl at this point in time. Danielle swam three events at the meet, and earned a championship final spot in all three. Her highest place was 2nd in the 100 breaststroke (1:21.52), and she followed that place with a bronze medal performance in the 50 breaststroke (37.74) event. The other 100% improvement from the 12-under division came from Alex Roberts who competed in her first Speedo Grand Challenge meet, and she too earned the right to compete in the championship final in all three events. Alex set a new team record in the 50 fly with a time of 31.45, and the time set her as the fourth place finisher in the event. The record was one of the longest standing times in the books, set back at the 1989 Western Zone meet by Lynnie North as a 31.71. Alex’s time stands as the 390th fastest nationally for females of age 12. Alex also earned a 5th place finish in the 100 back (1:14.21) and a 7th place finish in the 50 back (34.41).

Our top performer in the 13-over division was Visalia’s Megan Ridenour who also made her first appearance at the meet, and at only 14 years of age. Megan was the only other individual to improve 100% of times, and she also had the next highest finish of 34th in the 100 breaststroke event (1:17.74), when all swimmers, including Jessica Hardy, are combined into the results.

Remaining TNT swimmers who also competed at the meet, along with their highest placed event, include Owen Ansel (age 17) who finished 57th in both the 100 breaststroke (1:10.99) and 200 breaststroke (2:36.23) events, Alonso Escobedo (age 15) who finished 77th in the 200 IM, and Preston Niayesh (age 14) who finished 61st in the 200 breaststroke.

DANIELLE ALBRIGHT CONTINUES RECORD BREAKING TREND

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May 202015

Eighty-four TNT swimmers competed at the second long course meet hosted by TNT at the Reedley long course pool, this time in the rain and cold for day one, over the last weekend of April. Despite the weather, seven of our swimmers were still able to maintain a 100% improvement rate. These perfect performances came from Isaac Gutierrez of Porterville who improved four of four events, Emma Pena who improved six of six, Seiji Shinkawa of Selma who improved three of three, his brother Shoji Shinkawa who improved two of two, and three siblings who reside in Coalinga: Blake Wong who improved five of five, brother Brett Wong who improved two of two, and their brother Bryce Wong who improved four of four.

An additional 21 swimmers improved 50% or more of their times, and they include: Danielle Albright (88%), Ava Olson (83%), Lucas Huckabay (75%), Alexa Wong (75%), Tomas Contreras (71%), Maya Herrera (71%), Allie Benegar (67%), Noah Haworth (67%), Ashley Olson (67%), Nicholas Vassylenko (67%), Gage Price (63%), Corinne Maxfield (60%), Satoshi Shinkawa (60%), Bryan Wong (60%), Dylan Hunt (57%), Isabel Burrough (50%), Paige Coddington (50%), Jillian Gaines (50%), Diego Gutierrez (50%), Garrison Price (50%), and Maryn Vanwoudenberg (50%).

Sixteen additional swimmers competed in the Olympic length course (50 meters) for their very first time. Congratulations to the following for posting their first long course times with the team: Alondra Arroyo-Rico (age 10), Ella Bettencourt (9), Emma Bettencourt (9), John Cemo (10), Emma Jiminez (10), Drew Johnston (9), Isabella Klawitter (9), Amanda Lawrence (11), Olivia Machado (8), Adelyne Merritt (8), Ethan Merritt (11), Lawrence Noelle (13), Jacquelyn Oliveira (9), Joseph Oliveira (12), Emma Pullin (12), and Sydnee Wilson (9).

One team record was set at the meet as 12-year old Danielle Albright just returned from setting a new CCS record in the 1000 yard freestyle while competing at Far Westerns. Only two weeks later, she now sets a new team record in the 200 meter butterfly, swimming the event in a meter pool for the very first time. Her time of 2:46.62 slid under Janessa Bringe’s previous record of 2:47.14 that she had set at the Clovis Arena Grand Challenge meet in July of 2014. Danielle’s new record now stands as the 30^th fastest time by any 12-year old girl in the nation.

Four of our swimmers swam undefeated at the meet in Reedley, and these included 8-year old Ella Bettencourt who won the 50 breast and 50 free events, 8-year old Adelyne Merritt who won the 50 breast, 100 back and 50 free events, 14-year old Satoshi Shinkawa swept six events that included the 100 fly, 100 back, 400 IM, 200 fly, 200 back and 200 IM, 8-year old Alexa Wong who won the 100 fly, 50 breast, 50 free, 100 free (consequently with a time that currently ranks her as the 4^th fastest 8-year old girl in the country), 50 fly and 200 IM.

KORENWINDER & GRISSOM RACE JESSICA HARDY & CULLEN JONES

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May 202015

Tule Nation Tritons was represented at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series at Mesa in early April, and they competed alongside the world’s greatest including eighteen year old Katie Ledecky who had broken two world records this past summer when she was only seventeen. Mallory Korenwinder and Kyle Grissom join Ledecky and others like Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte as they competed at the fourth stop on the Pro Swim circuit that includes six locations across the country.

Mallory Korenwinder was our only swimmer to earn second swims, and she did so in both breaststroke events. Her 1:13.97 in the preliminary circle-seeded heat finished three places in the heat behind Trojan swimmer and 2012 Olympic medalist, Jessica Hardy who swam 1:11.03 in that heat. Mallory’s other final was the 200 breaststroke where her time of 2:44.43 earned her a spot in the D final.

Kyle Grissom made his first appearance at a Grand Prix/Pro Swim level of competition, and his first race placed him side-by-side Olympic Gold Medalist, and in-kind sprinter, Cullen Jones, during the 100 meter butterfly event. Kyle’s highest finish was 53^rd in that 100 fly after swimming 57.58 in the preliminary heat and finishing 5^th there.

Chris Nolan is completing his first year of college and represented UC Santa Barbara in his third appearance at the Mesa meet. He made the televised heat (places 1-16) last year in the 200 fly, and again this year with his time of 2:04.65 during the preliminary heats – a time that took him into finals in 15^th place, where he maintained that place. Chris competed against the likes of Tom Shields and Bobby Bollier.

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