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DANIELLE ALBRIGHT BREAKS 1000 FREE CCS RECORD AT FAR WESTERNS

May 202015

Eight TNT swimmers traveled to Morgan Hill, California and competed at the 2015 Far Western Championships in early April. Far Westerns has historically been the host to many of the top age-group swimming from across the nation, and is a venue were many national top-10 times have been established. The competition typically attracts well over 1,000 athletes who strive to place among the top ten in each event, thereby earning a position in the final heat.

This year, twelve year old Danielle Albright was our sole finalist, having her highest finish of 2nd in the 1000 freestyle, improving over 13 seconds from her previous best. Her time of 10:43.72 reclaimed a previous TNT CCS record that had subsequently been broken by Clovis’s Caitlyn Snyder in 2012. Danielle’s new CCS (and team) record currently stands as the 30th fastest time in the nation for all girls of age 12. Danielle’s 1000 freestyle was only the final performance that capped one of the most successful meets of her young career. She set three additional team records that included the 200 free where her time of 2:01.43 was an improvement of her Junior Olympic time (and record) of 2:01.53. This time stands as the 275th fastest time nationally. She went on to set the team’s 200 IM record with a time of 2:15.50, which once again she owned as 2:18.25 from JO’s, and her new record ranks 171st nationally. Her fourth team record was the 4:43.59 that she swam in the 400 IM, swimming four seconds under her previous record of 4:47.90 from the Clovis meet in February. This event stands as the 59th fastest nationally. Danielle earned top-10 finishes in five of her seven events. In addition to the 2nd place finish in the 1000 freestyle, she finished 4th in the 400 IM, 6th in the 200 breast (2:30.66), 8th in the 200 IM, and 9th in the 200 free.

Significant time improvements came from Janessa Bringe who improved over 8 seconds in the 13-14 1000 freestyle while competing on the bottom of the age group, along with the 75% improvement by Gage Price, the 86% improvement of Alex Roberts, and the 100% improvement of Satoshi Shinkawa. The highest place finish from each swimming includes: Danielle Albright’s 2nd place in the 1000 free, Owen Ansel’s 15th place finish in the 100 breast (age 17; 1:01.96), Janessa Bringe’s 25th place finish in the 1000 free (age 13; 11:05.84), Jackson Huckabay’s 17th place finish in the 500 free (age 12; 5:25.87), Jonas Huckabay’s 19th place finish in the 1000 free (age 14; 10:20.07), Gage Price’s 12th place finish in the 200 free (age 10; 2:16.78), Alex Robert’s 19th place finish in the 50 back (age 12; 29.99) and 50 fly (28.51), and Satoshi Shinkawa’s 20th place finish in the 200 IM (age 14; 2:04.42).

ALBRIGHT SETS NEW TEAM RECORD AT SELMA LONG COURSE

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Apr 272015

TNT swimmers 90 among the 303 that competed at the long course meet hosted by Selma at the Reedley long course pool over the third weekend of March. Out of 379 events for TNT, one resulted in a new team record, and that was Danielle Albright’s 5:38.36 that she swam in the 11-12 girls 400 IM event. She had previously set the record as a 5:40.57 last year at the Clovis meet held in July. There have only been fifteen swimmers across the nation who are 12-years old, and who have swam that event this year, and Danielle’s time is 9th fastest among that group.

She was also one of only nineteen who improved 100% of their long course times. These perfect performances included: Danielle Albright (7 of 7), Allie Benegar (3 of 3), Bridget Beneger (1 of 1), Kate Frost (1 of 1), Amanda Garabedian (3 of 3), Mackenzie Garza (5 of 5), Morgan Garza (4 of 4), Annlyn Haworth (8 of 8), Brett Hanke (4 of 4), Lucas Huckabay (3 of 3), Dylan Hunt (2 of 2), Rylee Lord (3 of 3), Genoveve Mcilwaine (1 of 1), Gage Price (8 of 8), Garrison Price (3 of 3), Seiji Shinkawa (4 of 4), Elizabeth Torres (1 of 1), Alexa Wong (2 of 2), and Brett Wong (1 of 1).

Mallory Korenwinder was our only undefeated swimmer, swimming only on Saturday, and winning all three events she competed in. Our top place-performer must go to ten-year old Gage Price who won seven of his eight event, and who took second in his remaining event. Our other event champions included Danielle Albright (winning 4), Morgan Coddington (winning 1), Alonso Escobedo (1), Jackson Huckabay (4), Jakob Koorey (1), JD Koster (1), Jimmy Koster (4), Khloe McCarthy (5), Preston Niayesh (2), Megan Ridenour (1), Alex Roberts (4), and Bryan Wong (1).

SWIMMER OF THE YEAR

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Mar 242015

Central California Swimming recently recognized swimmers as Swimmer of the Year recipients within 20 age divisions, not including the alumni division, and TNT swimmers claimed 7 of them. Swimmer of the Year recognition is based on prior year performance, and recognition took place at Junior Olympics for 12-under swimmers, and at the Juanita Allington meet for 13-over swimmers.

Kylie Walker of Visalia was the 10-year old female recipient this year, and she was also the 9-year old recipient last year. Kylie was a Far Western finalist in the 100 fly, 100 free, 50 fly and 50 free events this past spring, and holds five short course 10-under team records, two long course 10-under team records, and already set the 11-12 team record in the 200 yard butterfly event.

Danielle Albright is the 11-year old girl recipient, and she is the current CCS record holder for the 8-under 25-yard breaststroke event, and was a Far Western qualifier on the bottom of the 11-12 age group this past spring. Like Kylie, she was also recognized as the 10-year old Swimmer of the Year last year, and she currently holds three 10-under short course team records, four 11-12 short course team records, three 10-under long course team records, and one 11-12 long course team record.

Peyton Costa was recognized as the 10-year old male Swimmer of the Year, after being the 9-year old recipient last year. He is a Western Zone finalist this past summer while competing in Seattle. Setting eight short course team records, he has the vast majority of the 10-under boy team records, leaving only four untouched, placing him as one of our all-time top 10-under male short course swimmers in the history of the team. He already holds the 11-12 200 backstroke record. Additionally, Peyton holds two long course team records in the 10-under division.

Jackson Huckabay of Selma followed last year’s recognition as the 10-year old male Swimmer of the Year with this year’s 11-year old recognition. Jackson is a multi-finalist at the June Age Group Invitational year after year, and was a Western Zone finalist during the 10-under age group for the 200 free, 50 breast, 100 free, 100 breast and 50 free events. He currently holds the team’s 11-12 1000 yard freestyle team record, and he maintains most of the team’s 10-under boy long course records setting five of the eleven, thereby placing him as our team’s long course standout for the 10-under boys.

Satoshi Shikawa of Selma received his first Swimmer of the Year award this spring for the 13-year old male division. Satoshi is a Far Western, and Western Zone qualifier, and has recently achieved his first cut for the Terrapin meet as he begins his transition to senior-level swimming. Satoshi is our current 11-12 boys 100 IM team record holder, and is a multi-Winter Age Group Championship finalist.

Mallory Korenwinder is the recipient for the 16-year old female division, and her track record includes national rankings in three different age divisions, along with CCS records in the 100 yard, 100 meter and 200 yard breaststroke events. She is a USA Swimming Summer National qualifier, and a Winter Junior National championship finalist. She holds 16 short course team records that span all four age divisions, and 11 long course team records.

Kyle Grissom was the recipient for the 16-year old male division, and he is a recent signee to the USC swimming squad. Kyle had set the CCS record in both 100 yard and 100 meter butterfly events this past year, has been nationally ranked (top 10) in two different age divisions. He is a Winter National qualifier who holds fifteen team records across three different age groups.

LONG COURSE SEASON STARTS

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Mar 242015

An early long course meet was offered in Fullerton in Late February, and TNT had 9 swimmers who traveled for the morning-session only meet to join Olympic hopefuls and young Trial qualifiers such as Katie McLaughlin and Jasmine Margetts, as well as Olympic medalists such as Russians Vlad Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev who currently train with USC.

Mallory Korenwinder was our only event champion, winning the 100 meter breaststroke event with a time of 1:15.10. She had three other top-8 finishes that included a pair of 4^th place finishes in the 100 fly (1:07.62) and 200 breast (2:48.47) events, and a 7^th place finish in the 200 IM (2:32.41). Top-16 finishers included Owen Ansel (13^th, 100 breast), Alonso Escobedo (11^th in the 100 back and 13^th in the 200 back), Jakob Koorey (16^th in the 200 breast), Jimmy Koster (9^th in the 100 back, 10^th in the 200 back, 13^th in the 50 free and 16^th in the 100 free), and Preston Niayesh (13^th in the 100 breast and 14^th in the 200 breast).

Alonso Escoebdo was our only swimmer to improve 100% of his times, and achieved a new Speedo Grand Challenge cut in the 200 meter backstroke (2:23.65) event. Our remaining swimmers, along with their highest place finish included Katelyn Herrera (19^th, 200 fly), Jacqui Koster (36^th, 400 free), and JD Koster (26^th, 200 breast). Additionally, Jimmy Koster swam to a time of 25.78 in the 50 meter freestyle event, which would have qualified for the December 2014 Sectional meet, and based on a recent CA-NV Section decision to maintain those time standards this year, may well have qualified for this upcoming summer’s meet.

ALBRIGHT & JETT SET TEAM RECORDS AT JUANITA ALLINGTON

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Mar 242015

The Juanita Allington Memorial Senior meet hosted by Clovis Swim Club can be considered an introductory level to senior swimming that is offered locally. This year’s meet offered thirty finalist (three heats of ten). Our younger swimmers who are on the brink of readiness for senior-level competition have historically been encouraged to attend. Danielle Albright is one such swimmer, and at age 12, had set a new team record for the 11-12 girls 400 IM with her time of 4:47.90. She had previously set the record as a 4:57.79 during the Age Group Championships in San Diego this past December, and her new record stands as the 76th fastest nationally. Danielle had a top-30 finish with a 25th placing in the 1000 freestyle event.

Our only other team record was set by veteran senior-swimmer from Selma, and Sectional championship finalist, Sierra Jett, who swam to an 11th place finish in the 100 freestyle with a time of 51.52, a time that was over a half second under Jillian Hatch’s 52.50 that was set at the Winter Junior National meet in Seattle this past December. Her time stands as the 114th fastest nationally for females at age 17. Sierra had her highest finish at 9th in the 50 free, and also finished 22nd in the 100 fly.

Ten of our 27 swimmers performed well enough during their preliminary swims to place in the top-30, earning second swims for events under 1,000 yards in length. Our highest finisher came from Mallory Korenwinder who swam to a second place finish in the 100 yard breaststroke event (1:04.41). She also finished 8th in the 200 breaststroke, 11th in the 100 fly, 16th in the 400 IM and 27th in the 200 free for her two days of competition. Kyle Grissiom was our only other championship finalist finishing 4th in the 50 free, 5th in the 100 fly, and also had an 11th place finish in the 100 back.

Other remaining finalists included Owen Ansel, finishing 16th in the 200 IM, 17th in the 100 breast, and 18th in the 200 breast; Visalia’s Janessa Bringe finishing 18th in the 1650 freestyle (at age 13), Selma’s Morgan Coddington finishing 28th in the 200 IM, Fig Garden’s TNT swimmer Lauren Davis finishing 16th in the 200 breaststroke, Khloe McCarthy finishing 13th in the 1650 free, 15th in the 500 free, 22nd in the 400 IM, and 28th in the 200 back; and Visalia swimmer Megan Ridenour finishing 14th in the 100 breaststroke.
Our remaining swimmers, along with their highest place finish, included: Justin Bos (121st in the 100 fly), Tanner Davis (46th in the 100 breast), Alonso Escobedo (59th in the 200 back), Tristan Gaines (45th in the 1000 free), Olivia Garabedian (72nd in the 50 free), Mackenzie Garza (142nd in the 50 free), Lauren Geiger (70th in the 200 back), Naomi Haworth (190th in the 50 free), Noah Haworth (43rd in the 100 fly), Katelyn Herrera (66th in the 400 IM), Jacqui Koster (127th in the 100 back), JD Koster (72nd in the 200 breast), Ashley Olson (101st in the 100 back), Jeremiah Santillana (101st in the 100 back), Satoshi Shinkawa (44th in the 200 breast), Katherine Sullivan (120th in the 100 back), and Blake Wong (62nd in the 100 breast).

TNT PLACES 2nd AT JUNIOR OLYMPICS

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Mar 192015

Tule Nation Tritons fielded 58 athletes at the 2015 CCS Short Course Junior Olympics, the second largest team next to the 99 athletes of Clovis Swim Club, and placed a distant 2nd place accordingly. Clovis scored 3,784.5 points compared to TNT’s 2,450, the two leading the 36 teams that competed at the meet. Three Central California teams placed among the top 10 at the meet:

Thirty-five of our 58 swimmers contributed to the team total as a result of the individual event performance. These points were led by six TNT swimmers who scored in the triple digits with individual events alone. Twelve year old Danielle Albright scored 122 points, winning four of her seven events that included the 50 breast (32.50), 100 IM (1:03.76), 100 breast (1:10.60), and 200 IM (2:18.25). Danielle was also our only individual to set new team records at the meet, and she did this in the 500 free where her time of 5:19.21 went under Allyson Duffy’s 5:21.55 set four years earlier in 2011. Daniell’s time now stands as the 90^th fastest nationally among all 12-year old girls. Danielle also set a new team record in the 200 free event by swimming 2:01.53, which was just over a second under Megan Eppler’s 2:02.51 set at Junior Olympics in 2004. This time ranks 195^th nationally. Her final record resulted from her time of 2:18.25 in the 200 IM, and this time slid under Mallory Korenwinder’s 2:18.64 record that was set at Junior Olympics in 2011. Danielle is the 237^th fastest 12-year old 200 IM swimmer in the nation.

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Visalia swimmer, Skylar Ford contributed 177 points from individual events, being the event champion in both the 50 back (29.66) and 50 fly (28.01) events. Gage Price came in with the next highest point accumulation with 109, his highest finish was a 2^nd place in the 200 freestyle (2:16.33) for the 11-12 boys division. Eight year old Alexa Wong was the event champion in both the 50 fly (35.26) and 100 IM (1:21.26) events, and she brought a total of 108 points to the team total. Selma swimmer Satoshi Shinkawa swam in the 13-14 boys division, and contributed 106 points, his highest finish being a 2^nd place finish in the 100 fly (55.32). His training counterpart, Jackson Huckabay scored 101 points had his highest place as 3^rd in the 500 free (5:17.56).

Other event champions included Selma swimmer, Olivia Garabedian who took home the gold in the 15-18 50 free (25.32), and 100 free (55.09) events, along with 14-year old Jonas Huckabay who won both the 13-14 1650 free (17:13.87) and 1000 free (10:24.01) events. Katie Sullivan was the event champion for the 11-12 girls 100 backstroke (1:04.38), while Selma swimmer Sydnee Wilson won the 8-under 50 breaststroke (43.78) event.

Twenty of our 58 swimmers maintained a 100% improvement rate at the meet, and these included Sienna Abernathy (age 8 improving 5 of 5 events), Danielle Albright (age 12 improving 9 of 9 when including relay lead-off swims), Abigail Baker (age 10 improving 6 of 6), Tristin Bennett (age 14 improving 2 of 2), Ella Bettencourt (age 9 improving 6 of 6), Dominic Colvin (age 10 improved 7 of 7), Jake Goodbar (age 14 improved 6 of 6), Xavier Gutierrez (age 11 improved 1 of 1), Jackson Huckabay (age 12 improved 7 of 7), Jonas Huckabay (age 14 improved 7 of 7), Mariah Oliveira (age 10 improved 7 of 7), Gage Price (age 10 improved 7 of 7), Katherine Sullivan (age 12 improved 7 of 7), Elizabeth Torres (age 11 improved 1 of 1), Aubrie Walker (age 12 improved 5 of 5), Wyatt Ward (age 13 improved 5 of 5), Alexa Wong (age 8 improved 6 of 6), Brett Wong (age 14 improved 2 of 2), Bryan Wong (age 10 improved 7 of 7), and Bryce Wong (age 12 improved 7 of 7).

ANNLYN HAWORTH & DYLAN HUNT EARN HIGH POINT AT RIDGECREST

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Mar 122015

The team improvement percentage of 72% was led by five swimmers who improved 100% of there times at the Beat the Cold meet held indoors in Ridgecrest in late January, and they included: Jakob Kitt, Rylee Lord, Genoveve Mcilwaine, Ava Olson and Annlyn Haworth. Annlyn Haworth not only improved 100% of her times, but went on to compete uncontested, winning all eight events that she was entered into. Needless to say, she was the high point recipient for the 11-12 girls division. Hanford swimmer Dylan Hunt took home first place finishes in the 200 free and 100 breast, while being runner up in the 50 breast, 100 free, 50 free and 200 IM events. Those finishes, along with his 3rd place finish in the 100 IM earned enough points to be the top scoring 11-12 male swimmer at the meet. The only other event champions for TNT at the meet included Hanford’s Jillian Gaines winning both the 13-14 500 free and the 13-14 400 IM events.

Those who improved 50% or more of their times included: Isabella Klawitter (86%), Jillian Gaines (78%), Nathan Hunt (75%), Naomi Haworth (71%), Tanner Kelm (67%), and Devon Cardoza (50%).

18 FINAL AT FRESNO SENIOR MEET

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Mar 122015

At a meet where a vast majority of our swimmers didn’t improve a single event, a Selma duo of Wyatt Ward and Jonas Huckabay lead all TNT swimmers in overall improvement rates. Thirteen year old Wyatt Ward managed to improve 100% of his three events, while Jonas Huckabay improved five of his six events. Wyatt’s largest improvement came in a nearly five second drop in the 200 breaststroke where his time of 2:38.50 finished 3^rd in the senior meet, and being only thirteen. Fourteen year old Jonas Huckabay improved over six seconds in the 500 free (5:06.94), and his highest finish was a 4^th place in the 100 back where he swam a time of 1:04.30.

Our team had one team record broken, and that came from the 2:27.79 swam by 11-year old Peyton Costa in a time trial event. Peyton had set the team record for the first time last month as a 2:29.36 during the Age Group Championships in San Diego. His time ranks 175^th nationally among all boys of age 11 to date.

Championship finalists at the meet included:

Danielle Albright (age 12): 1650 free (4^th), 200 breast (4^th), 100 breast (3^rd), 200 back (6^th)
Morgan Coddington (16): 200 IM (8^th), 200 breast (5^th), 500 free (6^th), 100 breast (4^th)
Lauren Davis (17): 200 IM (4^th), 100 back (6^th), 100 free (6^th)
Lauren Geiger (16): 100 back (7^th), 100 free (7^th)
Jillian Hatch (16): 50 free (2^nd), 100 fly (2^nd)
Noah Haworth (17): 200 IM (6^th), 200 fly (2^nd), 100 free (7^th), 200 free (4^th), 50 free (2^nd), 100 fly (3^rd)
Jonas Huckabay (14): 100 back (4^th), 500 free (6^th), 200 back (5^th)
Sierra Jett (17): 200 free (5^th), 50 free (3^rd), 100 fly (4^th)
James Lamb (17): 200 back (6^th), 50 free (7^th)
Khloe McCarthy (17): 200 IM (3^rd), 100 back (5^th), 200 breast (3^rd)
Megan Ridenour (14): 200 breast (7^th)
Jeremiah Santillana (17): 100 back (3^rd), 100 breast (7^th)
Wyatt Ward (13): 200 breast (3rd)

Consolation finalists included:

Danielle Albright: 100 back (10^th), 100 fly (11^th)
Morgan Coddington: 200 free (9^th)
Justin Bos (17): 100 back (15^th), 100 free (15^th)
Dylan Burr (16): 100 back (10^th)
Mackenzie Garza (13): 100 free (10^th)
Lauren Geiger: 200 IM (10^th)
Jonas Huckabay: 100 free (9^th), 200 free (10^th), 50 free (13^th)
James Lamb: 200 free (11^th)
Megan Ridenour: 200 IM (14^th), 100 free (15^th)
Micah Ruiz (15): 100 back (11^th), 100 free (13^th)
Jeremiah Santillana: 50 free (10^th), 100 fly (9^th)
Katherine Sullivan (12): 100 back (12^th), 200 back (10^th)
Wyatt Ward: 200 IM (15^th)

TEN EVENT CHAMPIONS AT CLOVIS

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Mar 122015

Fifty-five TNT swimmers started the New Year by competing at the first CCS meet for 2015, hosted by Clovis Swim Club. The improvement rate of 41% was respectable considering the early season. Most notable were the performances from Sienna Abernathy, Ciena Clarke, Jake Goodbar, Sophia Guzman, Jonas Huckabay, Tanner Kelm, Wyatt Ward and Bryce Wong who all improved 100% of their times. Selma swimmer Jonas Huckabay had the largest improvement, dropping over 22 seconds in the 13-14 boys 200 breaststroke event.

Tule Nation Tritons fielded ten event champions led by Visalia’s Skylar Ford, Selma’s Jackson Huckabay, and Alex Roberts. Alex Roberts maintained the largest number of wins taking home first place finishes in the 11-12 girls 200 free (2:16.31), 100 breast (1:18.23), 100 fly (1:11.16) and 50 back (32.77) events. Both Skylar Ford and Jackson Huckabay took home three wins each, with Skylar winning the 11-12 girls 50 fly (28.93), 100 back (1:07.17) and 200 IM (2:29.25), and Jackson taking home wins in the 11-12 boys 50 free (27.26), 100 fly (1:10.03) and 100 IM (1:09.81) events.

Our other event champions included: Quinton Davis (100 back – 1:06.28), Mackenzie Garza (50 free – 27.06), Lauren Geiger (100 fly – 1:03.76), Lucas Huckabay (100 IM – 1:41.76), Tyson Phillips (50 free – 51.36 and 50 back 1:00.73), Satoshi Shinkawa (200 breast – 2:28.85 and 200 IM – 2:10.98), and Sydnee Wilson (50 breast – 43.09 and 50 fly – 41.26).

TNT PLACES 9th AT WINTER AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Jan 292015

Twenty eight TNT swimmers, representing each of our programs, traveled to San Diego over the third weekend of December to compete among a total of 800 athletes in this year’s Winter Age Group Championships on Coronado Island. Sixteen of our swimmers contributed points to the overall team place by finishing high enough in their individual events to score for the team in either a final heat, or in a time-based event. Eleven year old Danielle Albright led the team in point accumulation by scoring in all nine events that she competed in, and accumulating 128 points in total. Her highest finish was 2^nd place in both the 11-12 400 IM, and the 12-under 200 breaststroke (2:36.27). Her 400 IM time of 4:57.79 reestablishes a 4-year old record that was previously set as a 4:59.26 by Khloe McCarthy during a meet in Arizona back in 2010. Danielle’s new record currently stands as the 13^th fastest nationally for girls of age 11.

Fourteen year old Preston Niayesh came in with the next highest point count with 58. Preston scored in four of his five events, with his highest finish including a pair of third places, one in the 200 breaststroke where he swam a time of 2:16.38, and the other in the 200 fly, after swimming 2:05.10 in the championship final heat. At 12, Katherine Sullivan also competed on the top of the age group, and swam a full slate of nine events, and accumulated 55 points. She scored in six of her events, with her highest place also being a 3^rd place finish resulting from the time of 30.26 that she swam in the 50 backstroke event. Selma swimmer Satoshi Shinkawa was our next highest point getter with 46, and he scored in four of his events. Like Preston and Katherine, Satoshi’s highest place was also 3^rd, but his resulted from the 56.18 in the 100 butterfly event. Selma swimmer Morgan Coddington was among the veteran Age Group Championship swimmers accumulating 24 points from the three events that she scored in. Morgan’s highest finish was 8^th in the 200 breaststroke after swimming a time of 2:33.60 in the preliminary heats. A similar point accumulation came from Peyton Costa, his 21 points resulting partly from his highest finish of 8^th in the 12-under 200 backstroke. His time of 2:29.36 is a new team record that went under Jonas Huckabay’s previous time of 2:32.73 that was set in January of 2013 during the All Star meet. The time stands as the 165^th fastest nationally for boys of age 11.

JD Koster contributed 16 points from individual events, scoring in three of his seven, his highest place being 11^th in both the 100 breast (1:06.87) and 200 breast (2:20.30) events. His time improvement in those two events alone was nearly 14 seconds. Visalia swimmer, Megan Riddenour, contributed 13 points from her 6^th place finish in the 100 breaststroke after swimming a life-time best of 1:09.54 in the preliminary heats, and then shot off to East LA to compete in the same event at Sectionals. Ten year old Gage Price placed 8^th (11 points) after swimming a 2:24.03 in the preliminary heats of the 10-under 200 free, while Selma swimmer, Jackson Huckabay, scored in two events to contribute 10 points, his highest place being 9^th in the 50 fly with a time of 29.62.

A pair of our swimmers each earned 9 points, and Visalia’s 10-year old Daniel Haley did it in one event, finishing 9^th in the 500 freestyle with a time drop of over 11 seconds. Consequently, Daniel’s improvement total to over 55 seconds at the meet, and this being done in only seven events. Selma’s Fourteen year old Jonas Huckaby scored in two events, his highest being the 11^th place finish that resulted from his time of 1:02.40 in the 100 backstroke. Thirteen year old Visalia swimmer Janessa Bringe also scored in two events, and did so while competing at the bottom of the 13-14 age division. Her highest finish resulted from an improvement of over five seconds in the 200 fly (2:21.06), and 13^th place finish there. A couple of our swimmers contributed two points each, and Visalia’s Benjamin Wheeler also did this while on the bottom of the age group (11-12). His time of 2:34.16 in the 200 backstroke was enough for a 15^th place finish in the 12-under division. Twelve year old Priscilla Niayesh scored in two events, finishing 16^th in each the 50 back (after swimming a 32.61 in prelims), and the 100 back (after swimming a time of 1:09.65 during the preliminary heats. Eleven year old Toby Jones was our only other swimmer to score in an individual event, and he did so by placing 16^th in the 12-under 200 backstroke, his time of 2:34.66 resulting from an improvement of nearly 12 seconds.

Our other competitors at the meet, along with their highest place finish, included: Bryan Wong (15^th – 50 breast & 100 breast), Lauren Geiger (17^th – 100 fly), Layla Flores (18^th – 50 breast), Tristan Gaines (21^st – 1650 free), Quinton Davis (22^nd in the 50 free), Bryce Wong (25^th – 50 fly), Jacqui Koster (26^th – 100 breast & 100 free), Garrison Price (28^th – 100 back), Alexa Wong (who is 8 years old competing in, and placing among, the 10-under division at the meet: 28^th – 50 back), Jeremiah Santillana (39^th – 200 back), Justin Bos (34^th – 100 fly), and Dylan Burr (40^th– 200 back).

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