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DAVIS & JETT SWIM TO CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS AT SECTIONALS

Jan 292015

Seven swimmers from three different towns competed at the 2014 Winter Sectionals held at East LA College over the third weekend of December, and this year two of our swimmers earned second swims into the championship heat.

Fig Garden swimmer Lauren Davis earned two scoring swims in both breaststroke events, thereby earning the most points for the team. Her lifetime best of 1:05.34 in the 100 yard breaststroke took her to the consolation heat, and eventual 11th place finish there. Her top performance came in the 5th place finish of the 200 breaststroke that resulted from her back-to-back best times that ended with a 2:19.90 in that final heat. Lauren maintained the highest improvement percentage for any of our swimmers, improving four of her five events.

Selma swimmer Sierra Jett was our other finalist, and she did it with not only a championship final, and 5^th place finish, in the 50 freestyle, but also with a team record. Sierra had previously set the team record as a 24.10 during Junior Olympics earlier this year, but had lost that record to training partner, Jillian Hatch, who had broken it one week prior to Sectionals to a 24.03 while at Junior Nationals. Now Sierra’s new team record, swimming twice under the 24-second mark at Sectionals, stands as 23.83, and is the 71^st fastest nationally among all female 16-year old swimmers.

Our next highest finisher was Selma swimmer, Emily Goodbar, who swam 2:09.64 in the 200 fly, and finished 32^nd in that event. Khloe McCarthy had her fastest 200 freestyle time at the meet with her 1:57.44, but her highest place came with the 45^th place finish in the 500 freestyle (5:08.73). Owen Ansel finished 46^th in his 200 breaststroke, after swimming 2:16.44 during the preliminary heats, while Katelyn Herrera had her highest finish as 88^th in the 500 free (5:23.44). Making her first Sectional appearance at only 13-years old, Visalia swimmer Megan Ridenour showed no signs of backing down to the seasoned competition as she blasted a lifetime best of 1:08.96 in the 100 breaststroke, with sure signs of future accomplishments.

GRISSOM & KORENWINDER EARN SECOND SWIMS AT JUNIORS

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Dec 192014

Three swimmers competed in Federal Way for the 2014 Winter USA Swimming Junior National meet that took place over the second weekend of December in Federal Way, Washington, two of whom competed there following USA Nationals in North Carolina. Both National swimmers earned a second swim in the bonus heat while at Junior Nationals, and both swimmers had their highest finish as 23^rd. Kyle Grissom swam a 20.73 in the 50 freestyle in the preliminary heats to earn a spot in the bonus final, and his time is his lifetime best, swimming just under his swam at Nationals of 20.78 what was the team record for the 15-18 division. As a new 17-year old, his time stands as the 27^th fastest nationally. Kyle also set a team record in the 100 fly when his preliminary performance was close enough to a final heat to earn a swim-off, in which he swam a time of 49.20. This is a new team record by .01 seconds under a swim he had at Sectionals last winter. He stands alone as the 15^th fastest national for his age.

Mallory Korenwinder is our most experience swimmer at the National level, and she came away with a 23^rd place finish in the 100 breaststroke, after swimming a 1:02.94 in the preliminary heats. Mallory competed in the highest number of events, which included the 200 IM (2:06.82), 100 fly (56.96), 100 breast, 100 free (52.82) and 200 breast (2:18.25) events.

Selma swimmer Jillian Hatch competed at her first Junior National meet, and swam the 100 free, 200 free and 100 fly at the meet, with her highest place being 66^th in the 200 free. Her 200 freestyle time of 1:51.40 was well under her previous team record of 1:53.35 that she swam at the NCSA Junior National meet this past March. The time stands as the 79^th fastest nationally among all 16-year old female swimmers. Jillian set three team records at the meet, including the 100 free where her time of 52.20 was under the 52.57, again from the NCSA Junior National meet. This time stands as the 133^rd fastest nationally since September of this year. Her final record was the 24.03 in the 50 free time trial, and this is a new record for Jillian as she goes under Sierra Jett’s previous record of 24.10 swam at Junior Nationals in February. This time is the 110^th fastest nationally.

FORD, RIDENOUR, SHINKAWA GO UNDEFEATED AT TNT WINTERFEST

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Dec 192014

The number of event champions were plentiful among the 77 TNT swimmers who had competed at the Winterfest meet that took place during the first weekend of December, of those three remained undefeated in all events. Twelve year old Skylar Ford made her return appearance, winning all eight events that took place over the two-day meet. Swimming entirely in the A-division, Skylar swam times of 26.52 in the 50 free, 58.69 in the 100 free, and 2:06.69 in the 200 free. She won the 50 fly with a 28.74, and 50 back with a 30.39, and the 100 back with a 1:08.08. Her final two wins included the 100 breast (1:17.65) and 100 IM (1:06.77). Her training partner in Visalia, 13-year old Megan Ridenour, swam uncontested in five events. A Sectional qualifier in the breaststroke, Megan won the 200 breast with a time of 2:36.42. She swam 26.65 and 58.50 in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle events respectively, won the 100 fly with a 1:07.72, and the 200 IM with a 2:23.88. Fourteen year old Selma swimmer Satoshi Shinkawa was untouched in the six events that he competed in over the weekend, winning the sprint free in a time of 24.63. He took home wins in both fly events with times of 1:00.26 in the 100, and 2:10.69 in the 200, and won the 100 back with a time of 1:02.88. His final two wins came in the 100 braststroke (1:07.30) and 400 IM (4:36.49) events.

Going into the Winter Age Group Championships, eleven of our 77 swimmers competing at the TNT Winterfest over the first weekend of December improved 100% of their times in events at least 50 yards in length. Congratulations to Ciena Clarke (age 5) for improving her two events, Dominic Colvin (age 10) for improving all five, Mallory Colvin (age 6) for improving the 50 free, Mackenzie Garza (age 13) for improving six of six, Lucas Huckabay (age 7) improved three, Sarah Plummer (age 10) improved both the 50 fly and 50 free, Garrison Price (age 13) improved five events, Sydnee Wilson (age 8) improved the 50 breaststroke, and swam four additional new events, Alexa Wong (age 8) improved three, Bryon Wong (age 10) improved two, and Bryce Wong (age 12) improved the 200 IM.

KYLE GRISSOM SETS TWO TEAM RECORDS AT NATIONALS

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Dec 192014

Tule Nation Tritons has two pre-collegiate qualifiers to the 2014 Winter USA Swimming Nationals that were held in Greensborough, North Carolina over the first weekend of December. Kyle Grissom qualified, and competed in two individual events, along with a time trial in the 100 yard freestyle. He came away with his highest place of 57th in the 100 butterfly with a time of 49.68. His other event, 50 freestyle, resulted in a life-time best of 20.78, and a new team record after swimming under his previous 15-18 team record of 20.84 that was set last year at this very same pool, but at the Winter Junior National meet. His time currently stands as the 13th fastest among 17-year old swimmers, in a reporting period that began this past September. Kyle also broke the 15-18 team record in the 100 freestyle, with a time of 46.32, swimming under Colin Landweer’s previous record of 46.72 that he had set two years ago at Sectionals. This time ranks 56th nationally.

Mallory Korenwider was our only other pre-collegiate qualifiers, and she qualified in three individual events. She had the highest place finish of the two, with a 52nd place in the 100 yard breaststroke, after swimming 1:03.52.

FIVE EARN HIGH POINT AT MERCED

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Oct 292014

Five of our nineteen TNT swimmers were among the 307 total athletes who attended the Merced Halloween meet over the fourth weekend of October came home with High Point distinctions, accumulating enough points from their combined events to place first, second or third in their respective age divisions. Two of our swimmers took home the top honors, and these included 11-year old Danielle Albright with 56 points, outplacing the next 11-12 swimmer by three points. Danielle was the event champion in three of the eight events she swam over the weekend, including the 50 breaststroke (34.29), 100 breaststroke (1:12.89) and 100 IM (1:09.41) events. Our other first place high point went to Selma’s Jeremiah Santillana who outscored the next 15-over contender by eleven points. Jeremiah was also the event champion in three of his eight events, winning the 100 fly (59.72), 50 free (24.34) and 100 back (1:01.46) events.

Visalia’s stand-out swimmer, 10-year old Layla Flores, went home as our only 2^nd place high point recipient for the 10-under division, outscoring the 3-place by 13 points. Layla matched the largest number of 1^st place finishes on our entire team, winning four of her eight events, and was our only swimmer to place second in all her remaining events, thereby accumulating the most points for any TNT swimmer. Layla won the 100 free (1:02.92), 100 back (1:13.01), 100 IM (1:12.28) and 500 free (6:24.05) events. Two of our swimmers were recognized as the third place high point recipients, and these included 12-year old Katherine Sullivan who edged out the next competitor by one point, and was the event champion in 100 back (1:07.47), 200 IM (2:30.52), 100 fly (1:07.97) and 50 back (31.67) events. Hanford’s Tristain Gaies was the other 3rd place high recipient, outplacing his next competitor by nine points, and doing so by winning the 1000 freestyle event (11:29.44). He had a second place finish in the 100 back (1:06.91) and four third place finishes including the 100 breast (1:14.50), 100 fly (1:02.25), 50 free (25.06) and 200 IM (2:21.20) events.

Other event champions included Peyton Costa who won the 11-12 boys 1000 free (12:02.46), and Alex Roberts who won the 11-12 girls 200 free (2:16.41). Two swimmers improved 100% of their times at the meet, and this feat was accomplished all by Hanford swimmers, including 7-year old Drew Black, 8-year old Kate Frost, 10-year old Nathan Hunt, 9-year old Isabella Klawitter, and 13-year old Matthew Ross. Both 11-year old Dylan Hunt and 12-year old Katherine Sullivan maintained the next highest improvement rate at 75%. Congratulations to all.

HUCKABAY DUO DOMINATE TULARE MEET

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Oct 292014

Ninety-nine TNT swimmers returned to the Selma pool to compete at the meet that played host to over 400 athletes from throughout Central California Swimming, and two of our 99 came away undefeated. Twelve year old Jackson Huckabay seems intent on qualifying for next summer’s Zone meet in Hawaii, and his six wins are an indication that if any 12-year old boy can make the All Star Zone Team, he can. Seven year old brother, Lucas Huckabay, although on the bottom end of the 10-under spectrum for Western Zones, won’t be dissuaded by his age as he not only wins all five of his events, but drops chunks of time such as the nearly 9-second improvement in the 7-8 division of the 50 breaststroke.

Our additional event champions were plentiful, and included Sienna Abernathy (winning 2 events), Danielle Albright (winning 6), Isa Arueta (1), Emma Bettencourt (2), Janessa Bringe (4), Devon Cardoza (1), Morgan Coddington (2), Paige Coddington (2), Dominic Colvin (1), Peyton Costa (4), Alonso Escobedo (2), Layla Flores (5), Kate Frost (1), Jillian Gaines (3), Tristan Gaines (2), Keith Garcia (1), Lauren Geiger (1), Kyle Grissom (2), Daniel Haley (2), Brandon Hatch (2), Jillian Hatch (1), Annlyn Haworth (1), Isaac Herrera (1), Maya Herrera (2), Natali Herrera (1), Jonas Huckabay (1), Dylan Hunt (1), Toby Jones (4), Jakob Koorey (4), Mallory Korenwinder (3), JD Koster (1), Jimmy Koster (2), Rylee Lord (1), Khloe McCarthy (1), Priscilla Niayesh (1), Mariah Oliveira (2), Ashley Olson (1), Ava Olson (1), Kaylee Pallares (2), Maison Pallares (1), Emma Pena (1), Gage Price (5), Parker Princewill (1), Megan Ridenour (4), Alex Roberts (1), James Savage (5), Satoshi Shinkawa (5), Katherine Sullivan (1), Nicholas Vassylenko (1), Kylie Walker (3), Benjamin Wheeler (2), Alexa Wong (1), Blake Wong (2), Brett Wong (1), Bryan Wong (1), and Bryce Wong (1).

Congratulations to the following 13 swimmers for improving 100% of their times while at the meet: Dylan Burr, Jonna-Lee Bush, Dominic Colvin, Mallory Colvin, Keith Garcia, Isabella Klawitter, Preston Niayesh, Joseph Oliveira, James Savage, Nicholas Vassylenko, Hannah Williams, Alexa Wong, and Bryce Wong.

MISSY LeSTRANGE FINISHES 2nd AT 2014 IRONMAN

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Oct 292014

Few know that they are among a legend of triathletes when training alongside one of the likes of Missy LeStrange, mainly because her demeanor would suggest otherwise. One of the most approachable individuals on the face of the earth, most of us would hardly know that our very own Missy holds the all-time record for the most age-group titles for the world Ironman. She is considered the “Most Successful Age-group Champion” winning 14 of her 24 showings at the World Ironman competitions held at Kona. The Ironman competition for 2014 ended last week, and Missy had yet another successful race finishing 2nd in the age group this year.

Many of us recall that Missy was inducted into the 2013 USA Triathlon Hall of Fame this past year. Congratulations to the continuing phenomenal success.

133 COMPETE AT DUAL MEET

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Oct 092014

The most impressive outcome from the Double Dual Meet versus visiting team Conejo Simi of Ventura and Roadrunner of Bakersfield was not the winning point total of 1,103 but the fact that TNT had 133 swimmers participating at the meet, exceeding the 100 swimmer mark for the first time in history, with the bulk of the team represented by the 56 swimmers of host Selma. This early-season short course meet resulted in one TNT team record by 12-year old Jackson Huckabay of Selma who swam a time of 11:54.34 in the 1000 freestyle swimming under the 12:11.48 that was set by Greyson Canterbury at the Selma meet back in 2009. Jackson’s time is currently the top time in the nation for any 11-year old boy, and the only time currently under the 12-minute mark.

Jackson was also one of the top point getters on the team, winning six of his ten events. Six year old brother Lucas Huckabay was our only undefeated swimmers as he swept his events, winning all six individual events entered. Eight-year old Devon Cardoza was another nearly undefeated swimmer winning five of his seven events, and placing 2nd in an additional one. He is joined by Layla Flores who won nine of her events, and placed second in the tenth event. Danielle Albright assisted the team’s victory by winning four of her ten events. Eight year old Drew Johnston came home with a pair of wins, as did 10-year old Gage Price and 11-year old Kylie Walker, while Mallory Korenwinder took home three first place finishes as did 11-year old Wyatt Ward. Eight Year old Maribella Marin won the 100 backstroke, while 9-year old Ava Olson became the champion in the 100 breaststroke, along with 8-year old Nicholas Vassylenko who took home a win in the male 100 back. Another backstroke champion was 12-year old Alex Roberts winning the 50 backstroke. Eleven-year old Peyton Costa took home the win in the 50 back event, while Alonso Escobedo won the 1000 freestyle. Kyle Grissom’s one day resulted in two first place finishes, and two second place finishes, while Jillian Hatch took home three wins for the meet.

Those improving 100% of their times included: Danielle Albright, Bridget Benegar, Drew Black, Dylan Burr, Devon Cardoza, Colin Chase, Jason Clausen, Kilah Contreras, Layla Flores, Amanda Garabedian, Jake Goodbar, Yasmin Guerrero, Brandon Hatch, Maya Herrera, Dylan Hunt, Bek Jett, Gabriel Jett, Tanner Kelm, Isabella Klawitter, Corinne Maxfield, Genoveve Mcilwaine, Michael Mendoza, Parker Princewill, Trent Regier, Matthew Ross, Alexandria Salazar, Seiji Shinkawa, Shoji Shinkawa, Michael Vassylenko, Nicholas Vassylenko, Blake Wong, Brett Wong and Bryce Wong.

71.5% IMPROVEMENT AT HANFORD FALL CLASSIC

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Oct 082014

81 TNT swimmers competed at the Hanford Fall Classic over the second Saturday of September, with 64 of them having previously recorded times in a distance of 50 yards or longer with the team. An astounding 71.5% of those preexisting times were improved upon, with 37 swimmers maintaining a 100% improvement rate throughout the meet, beginning with Sienna Abernathy who improved 4 of 4 events. She is joined by Drew Black (2 of 2), Asher Broussard (2 of 2), Madelyn Brumit (1 of 1), Dylan Bur (2 of 2), Colin Chase (1 of 1), Ciara Clarke (4 of 4), Jason Clausen (3 of 3), Dominic Colvin (2 of 2), Kilah Contreras (2 of 2), Makenna Dean (1 of 1), Layla Flores (4 of 4), Jillian Gaines (5 of 5), Mackenzie Garza (4 of 4), Sean Guerrero (1 of 1), Yasmin Guerrero (1 of 1), Lily Hodges (4 of 4), Dylan Hunt (4 of 4), Nathan Hunt (2 of 2), Jakob Kitt (3 of 3), Isabella Klawitter (2 of 2), Alyssa Logan (1 of 1), Rylee Lord (4 of 4), Madison Martin (2 of 2), Corinne Maxfield (3 of 3), Genoveve Mcilwaine (4 of 4), Nathaniel Miskey (1 of 1), Gabriela Mora (4 of 4), Mariah Oliveira (3 of 3), Ava Olson (1 of 1), Dylan Poore (2 of 2), Megan Ridenour (4 of 4), Matthew Ross (3 of 3), James Savage (2 of 2), Mason Storey (1 of 1), and Grant Woods (2 of 2).

Additionally, seventeen swimmers recorded their first short course times with the team. A warm welcome goes to: William Alcocer, Ella Benttencourt, Emma Benttencourt, Andrew Branscom, Jonna-Lee Bush, Emma Chase, Ciena Clarke, Mallory Colvin, Dillon Daniel, Elias Dean, Lorelei Dean, Shannell Flores, Ragan Jessup, Korryn Kennedy, Trent Regier, Olivia Storey and Hannah Williams.

Three of our swimmers were undefeated, winning all events entered at the meet, and these individuals were led by 10-year old Visalia swimmer and 2014 CCS Western Zone team member, Layla Flores, who took home first place finishes in all five events that included the 50 breast (37.58), 100 fly (1:18.53), 50 back (35.16), 100 IM (1:14.89) and 500 free (6:45.32) events. Six-year old Selma standout Lucas Huckabay came home with the next highest number of wins, with four, that included the 25 free (17.33), 25 breast (25.84), 50 fly (49.71) and 25 back (31.32). Lucas was followed by 16-year old Mallory Korenwinder with three wins, including the 50 free (25.59), 100 back (1:01.78) and 200 IM (2:12.06). Our final undefeated swimmer was 8-year old James Savage who won the 50 free (37.90) and 50 back (45.50) events. Other event champions included: Sienna Abernathy (50 fee & 50 back), Danielle Albright (50 breast, 100 IM & 1650 free), Nadia Garabedian (50 free), Daniel Haley (500 free), Jackson Huckabay (50 free & 100 fly), Preston Niayesh (100 breast & 200 fly), Megan Ridenour (100 breast), and Alex Roberts (50 back).

MALLORY KORENWINDER FINALS AT SWIM MEET OF CHAMPIONS

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Sep 162014

The winning time in the women’s 100 breaststroke at this year’s Swim Meet of Champions was a 1:07.97 by former two-time World Record holder Jessica Hardy. Mallory Korenwinder missed the championship heat by only three places, and swam to a third place finish in the consolation heat with a time of 1:13.45. Mallory had the largest time drop on the team, improving over seven and a half seconds in the 200 fly where her time of 2:29.35 finished 67th in the event.

Owen Ansel was our only swimmer improving 100% of his times, repeating his life-time best time to the hundredth of a second in two of the four events that he competed in. Owen’s highest finish was 54th place in the 100 breaststroke, where his time of 1:09.99 is a new Sectional qualifying time. Other improvements came from Selma swimmer, Emily Goodbar, who improved over a half second in the 50 free to a 29.01, and training partner, Jillian Hatch, who also improved her 50 freestyle by a tenth of a second (27.45). Selma swimmer Noah Haworth improved his 100 freestyle by nearly a third of a second (58.70), while Khloe McCarthy dropped nearly a half second in the 200 IM (2:30.38).

The following lists the top finish for each of our swimmers:

Mallory Korenwinder 100 breaststroke 11^th 1:13.45
Kyle Grissom 100 fly 32^nd 28
Emily Goodbar 200 fly 37^th 2:24.42
Jillian Hatch 200 free 37^th 2:08.97
Owen Ansel 100 breaststroke 54^th 1:09.99
Khloe McCarthy 400 IM 62^nd 5:17.46
Jimmy Koster 100 back 95^th 1:05.32
Noah Haworth 50 free 135^th 65

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