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KYLIE WALKER LEADS TNT AT ALL STARS

Feb 012014

Ten TNT swimmers teamed up with other CCS All Star qualifiers to represent Central California Swimming at the 2014 Tri-meet against San Diego Imperial and Sierra Nevada teams. Ten-year old Visalia swimmer, Kylie Walker was TNT’s only event champion, and she also contributed the most amount of points from individual events, winning three of her six events (100 fly, 50 fly and 50 free), and placing second in the other three (50 back, 100 IM and 50 breast). Kylie also reset her team record by a significant margin in the 100 fly event, after setting it as a 1:08.42 most recently at the Tulare meet in December. Kylie’s winning time was 1:07.77 at the Tri meet, and this new record ranks Kylie as the 26^th fastest 10-year old girl in the nation so far.

Our highest improvement percentages were maintained at 50%, and both Layla Flores and Skylar Ford improved three of their six events. Other top-8 finishers included Skylar Ford (4^th 50 free, 4^th 100 free, 5^th 100 back, 8^th 100 fly & 8^th 500 free), Naomi Haworth (8^th 50 free), Preston Niayesh (3^rd 100 breast, 3^rd 200 breast, 8^th 100 fly), Madison Pallares (4^th 100 breast, 7^th 100 free & 8^th 50 free), and Satoshi Shinkawa (8^th 200 IM).

Congratulations also go to Janessa Bringe, Layla Flores, Jonas Huckabay, and Priscilla Niayesh for also making the team.

MALLORY KORENWINDER BREAKS CCS RECORDS IN 200 BREASTSTROKE

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Feb 012014

One year after placing 2^nd in the Small Teams Division at Sectionals with 14 swimmers, a mere five swimmers competed at the 2014 Short Course Sectionals and placed 9^th from a field of approximately 40 teams that fall into the division.

Our highest place finish came in the 2^nd place performance by Mallory Korenwinder’s 200 breaststroke swim in a time of 2:17.12 that becomes a 15-16 CCS Record in the event, a record of 2:17.64 that was set one year after Mallory was born, in 2000 by Shallene Catalano. This was also the CCS Senior Record that was shared by Jenni Brelsford from the 17-18 age division, and set in 1996 prior to Mallory’s birth. Mallory’s time currently stands as the 6^th fastest time nationally for girls at age 15. Her second highest finish was third in the 100 breaststroke, where her time of 1:02.85 is a new team record topping her National performance of 1:03.33 one month earlier. Only three other 15-year old girls had gone as fast anywhere in the nation since September of 2013 (one of the three being questionable). Mallory’s time was under the 2013 US Open time standard. Mallory’s next highest finish resulted from her 56.80 in the 100 butterfly event, and was enough for a 17^th place finish, winning the bonus heat. The time also went under the 15-18 team record that was set as 57.82 by Sierra Jett at the Terrapin meet in November, and was also under the Senior team record of the same time that was shared by Sierra and Ana Mitchell. The new record now stands as the 67^th fastest nationally. Mallory earned a second swim in all but one event. Her final team record came in the 200 IM, where she had previously set the record at Junior Nationals in December as a 2:08.47. Her 2:05.59 at Sectionals finished 20^th, and stands as the 56^th fastest nationally. Her final second swim was in the 400 IM where her time of 4:33.15 was enough for a 23^rd place finish there. Mallory was our only swimmer to improve 100% of times.

Our next highest point-getter was Kyle Grissom who set a new team record in the 100 fly with a time of 49.21 that finished 4^th in a heat where the National Age Group Record was broken. Kyle had set the 15-18 team record at Junior Nationals at a 50.16 last month. Kyle just got into the 16-year old age division, and already his time ranks among the top 10 nationally, at eight. Kyle’s second scoring swim also came in a championship heat, and 7^th place finish in the 50 free.

Chris Nolan earned his spot on the Central California – Nevada All Star Team that will compete against Japan next month. After earning his spot on the team based on his performance at Junior Nationals in the 200 fly, Chris improved his time, and therefore team record, in the event to a 1:49.05 and 5^th place finish there. Chris’s time stands as the 17^th fastest nationally among boys at age 17. Chris’s next highest finish was 20^th in the 100 fly (50.73), and 20^th in the 400 IM (4:05.83). Chris earned second swims in five of his six events, his final one coming in the 23^rd place finish resulting from his time of 1:43.34 in the 200 freestyle.

Distance swimmer Katelyn Herrera competed in the 1650 freestyle, improved over five seconds in the event to a 17:45.35 and finished 15^th in the event. Her time is an improvement over her own preexisting team record of 17:49.90 that was set at the Clovis meet early 2013. Her time is ranked 89^th nationally to date.

Khloe McCarthy is one of the few who are able to return to Sectionals following the stringent time standard changes, and her highest finish came as 32^nd in the 400 IM where she improved her time to 4:36.52 from a performance just weeks earlier. Another improvement came with the 25.84 in the 50 freestyle.

TWO NEW NCSA SPRING CHAMPIONSHIPS MADE AT WINTER SENIOR MEET

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Dec 312013

Thirteen TNT swimmers competed at the recent return of the Southern California Swimming Winter Senior swim meet held over the December 19-22 weekend resulting in two new qualifying times for the NCSA Spring Championship meet to be held in Orlando, Florida over the March 18-22 week. This is a meet that is steeped with competition, and has as its time standard an earlier USA Junior National time in order to qualify.

A our current team record holder in the 100 yard butterfly event, fifteen year old Selma swimmer Sierra Jett already had one cut in the event when she swam 57.82 at the Terrapin meet this past November. Now, being one of only two championship finalists for the team at the Winter Senior Meet, Sierra made her second cut in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.19 resulting in a championship final, and a new team record in the event. Megan Eppler swam at this very meet (Winter Invitational) in 2007 with a time of 24.42 as the previous record. Sierra’s current time now stands as the 90^th fastest nationally for all 15-year old girls. She also swam to a 13^th place finish in her 100 fly, posting a time of 58.42 in that event.

The second NCSA cut came from Selma teammate, Emily Goodbar, who swam 2:05.49 in her specialty event, the 200 fly. Emily is our team record holder in the meter version of the event, maintaining the top 7 times in the long course pool, while holding eight of the top nine times in the history of the team for the short course race. Emily was our top finisher at the meet with a bronze medal performance in the 200 fly, moving from a sixth place seeding into finals, and was thereby our top point getter. She also finished 15^th in the 100 fly after swimming a preliminary time of 58.27. Emily earned second swims in three of her four events with a bonus showing, and 20^th place finish, in the 200 IM after swimming a 2:12.08 in the preliminary heats.

Her freestyle prowess, exemplified by currently holding eight of the team’s freestyle records when considering short course and long course races and combining the 13-14 and 15-18 age groups, was further demonstrated by earning second swims in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle events at the Winter Senior Meet. Jillian Hatch, also of Selma, was our next highest point contributor as she scored from the consolation heat in three of her five events, the highest place being 12^th in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:54.31. She followed this with a 13^th place finish in the 100 free (52.90), and a 15^th place finish in the 50 free after swimming a 24.48 in the preliminary swim.

Our final swimmers moving into a scoring finals was Khloe McCarthy, who did so with a time drop to 4:36.78 in the 400 IM, and a 13^th place finish there. Khloe competed in five individual events, and earned a second swim in four of those five. Her next highest finish came in the 500 freestyle, swimming her second fastest time of 5:09.42 in the event. Her 200 backstroke time of 2:09.35 was second only to her Terrapin performance of November, and was enough for a 19^th place finish there. She swam her fastest club time in the 100 back event with a time of 1:02.07 resulting in a 20^th place finish there.

Chris Hansen earned his spot for a second swim in the 200 breaststroke event, where he moved up three places from 24^th to 21^st and a time of 2:14.56. He was one of only two swimmers to improve all events entered at the meet, dropping nearly three seconds in the 200 breaststroke alone. Joining Chris in the bonus finals was Selma swimmer Cody Nash, swimming a 2:16.31,and finishing 23^rd in the event. Katelyn Herrera was our other bonus finalist, finishing 21^st in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:15.93.

Significant time improvements occurred among several of our swimmer, who included Owen Ansel improving 4 of his 5 events. His highest finish was 32^nd in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.89). Josh Avila improved five of six events, finishing 29^th in the 200 breaststroke (2:17.47), while Jimmy Koster improved all four events he competed in. His highest finish was 56^th in the 100 free (49.84). Matthew Tashima improved two of his four events, and finished 34^th in the 50 free (22.51). Morgan Coddington finished 32^nd in the 400 IM (4:51.03) after qualifying for the meet just last month, while Conor Martin had his highest finish of 44^th in the 500 free with a time of 5:15.40.

TNT AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM PLACES 10th IN SAN DIEGO

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Dec 312013

Twenty two TNT swimmers competed at the 2013 San Diego Imperial Winter Age Group Championships in late December, where six team records were set, four event champions, one relay win, and 40 swims earning team points in finals that contributed to a team placing of 8^th among nearly 40 teams, were only a handful of the highlights defining this successful meet.

Point accumulations were led by ten year old Danielle Albright, and Visalia’s ten year old Kylie Walker with each swimming to a final heat in nine and eight events respectively, earning 146.5 and 135 points from their individual events.

Danielle Albright took home wins in the 50 breaststroke and 500 freestyle events, where her 500 free resets her previous team record of 5:55.66 to a 5:47.12, and a time that currently stands as the 10^th fastest nationally. Although not a team record, her 34.33 in the 50 breaststroke is the second fastest time posted in California to date within this reporting cycle, and stands as the 5^th fastest nationally. Danielle also finished 3^rd in the 200 IM, and broke the team record in that event with her time of 2:32.06. Her previous record was set at the Tulare meet in October and the new record is the 71^st fastest time posted nationally for a 10-year old girl. Her final record came in the 4^th place finish of the 200 free, where her time of 2:15.62 slides under Skylar Ford’s previous record of 2:16.53 that was set at Junior Olympics in February of 2013. This new record ranks 80^th among 10-year old girls in the nation. Danielle also placed 5^th in the 100 free (1:04.63), 2^nd in the 100 breast (1:15.05), 2^nd in the 100 IM (1:11.48), 6^th in the 200 breast (2:45.98), and 6^th in the 50 free (29.62).

Kylie Walker came home with wins in both the 100 fly (1:08.49) and the 50 back (33.46) events. Her second place finish in the 50 fly resulted in being the first 10-under female TNT swimmer to go under 30 seconds in the event, breaking a team record that was set by Skylar Ford at the Tulare meet last year as a 30.06. Kylie’s 29.41 currently stands as the 6^th fastest nationally for girls at 10. Kylie also swam to a 6^th place finish in the 50 breast (37.45), 3^rd place finish in the 100 free (1:03.45), 3^rd place finish in the 100 IM (1:11.45), 3^rd place finish in the 100 back (1:12.68), and a 2^nd place finish in the 50 free (28.01).

A team record-breaking performance also came in the 10-under boys 50 backstroke event where Peyton Costa set his first team record with a 33.77 which is under the record of 33.96 that Jonathan Granada had set at the Selma meet four years ago in April of 2009. Peyton’s time ranks 200 among boys across the nation at age 10. Peyton also placed 7^th in the 50 fly (32.45), 7^th in the 200 free (2:19.57), 8^th in the 50 free (29.00), and 10^th in the 500 free (6:14.96).

Additional finalists included Janessa Bringe who finished 8^th in the 200 fly (2:29.43) that resulted from a time improvement of over 15 seconds, 14^th in the 400 IM (5:18.42), and 14^th in the 500 free (5:46.96). Visalia swimmer Skylar Ford placed while still on the bottom of the age group, finishing 5^th in the 50 fly (29.17), 8^th in the 50 back (31.62), 16^th in the 100 back (1:09.29), and 16^th in the 50 free (27.34). Ten year old Toby Jones came home with finals from his 6^th place finish in the 50 breast (39.71), and 7^th place finish in the 100 breast (1:25.66), while Preston Niayesh, also on the bottom of an age group, finished 5^th in the 100 breast (1:07.23), 13^th in the 100 fly (1:00.69), 4^th in the 200 breast (2:24.20) improving nearly 14 seconds, and 13^th in the 200 fly (2:17.13). Megan Ridenour of Visalia swam to multiple finals that included a second place finish in the 50 breast (33.22), a 2^nd place finish in the 100 breast (1:13.11) and a 15^th place finish in the 50 fly (30.61). Selma Swimmer, Satoshi Shinkawa, is another one of our athletes competing at the bottom of the age group, and he finished 11^th in the 200 fly with a time of 2:16.63. Our final top-16 swimmer was ten year old Benjamin Wheeler who scored with a 14^th place finish in the 500 free (6:30.25).

Our winning 10-under 200 freestyle relay time of 2:02.52 was composed of Toby Jones (who split 30.58), Benjamin Wheeler (31.86), Tomas Contreras (34.01) and Peyton Costa (26.04). These boys also placed 2^nd in the 200 medley relay (2:22.20), and 3^rd in the 400 free relay (4:38.24) with Daniel Haley replacing Tomas Contreras. Our top scoring female relay was the 11-12 girls 200 medley relay team of Katherine Sullivan (34.98), Megan Ridenuor (br-33.81), Skylar Ford (fly-29.56) and Janessa Bringe (fr-29.33) combining for a 2:07.68 and a 6^th place finish. These same girls finished 10^th in the 400 free relay (4:17.20). The girl’s 200 free relay, where Priscilla Niayesh replaced Katherine Sullivan, finished 8^th and a time of 1:54.15.

Our remaining athletes along with their highest placed event who also competed at the meet include: 16-year old Justin Bos (32^nd in the 100 fly – 58.48), 10-year old Desmond Brown (21^st in the 50 breast – 45.70), 10-year old Tomas Contreras (11^th in the 50 breast – 42.89), 13-year old Quinton Davis (48^th in the 200 free – 2:11.05 and 100 free – 57.42), 10-year old Layla Flores (12^th in the 100 breast – 1:27.09), 15-year old Lauren Geiger (21^st in the 100 fly – 1:04.93), 9-year old Daniel Haley (23^rd in the 500 free – 7:00.19), 14-year old Jacqui Koster (21^st in the 100 breast – 1:17.27), 13-year old Madison McCarthy (19^th in the 100 back – 1:06.35), 11-year old Priscilla Niayesh (34^th in the 100 breast – 1:23.17), 11-year old Alex Roberts (36^th in the 100 back – 1:13.26), and 11-year old Katherine Sullivan (20^th in the 400 IM – 5:28.73).

CHRIS NOLAN FINALS AT JUNIOR NATIONALS

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Dec 192013

Four TNT swimmers competed at the USA Swimming Junior National Championships in Greensborough, North Carolina over the second weekend of December. Graduating senior, Chris Nolan, was the sole finalist for TNT making his first finals at a Junior Nationals while he took the team into scoring position on the men’s side. Chris swam three events and a time trial, capping his performance on the final day with a 1:49.29 in the preliminary heats of the 200 yard butterfly which was fast enough to move him to a 12^th place seeding into finals, after being seeded 27^th going into the meet. Chris swam his second time under the 1:50 mark during finals where his 1:49.57 finished 13^th in the event. He swam twice under his previous team record of 1:50.66 that he set in February at the Clovis meet, and his current record stands as the 12^th fastest nationally among all 17-year old male swimmers, just over three months into the reporting cycle. Chris also set a new team record in the 200 IM which was his time trial event. He improved well over four seconds in the event to a 1:55.55, and a time that slides under the previous team record of 1:55.88 that was set by Colin Landweer at Junior Olympics this past February. This time stands as the 122^nd fastest nationally.

Mallory Korenwinder returned from Nationals that was held in Tennessee the week prior, and along with Kyle Grissom while at Junior Nationals, had our team’s next highest finish at 32^nd place. After improving upon her team record to a 1:03.33 at Nationals in the 100 breaststroke, Mallory’s 1:03.77 was her highest finish at Junior Nationals. She did set a new team record at Nationals, and her time from that meet currently stands as the 5^th fastest nationally for girls at age 15. Mallory had the highest number of qualified events for Junior Nationals, competing in four events that included the 200 breaststroke, and 200 IM, both of which resulted in new team records. She had re-set her own 15-18 team record in the 200 breaststroke at Nationals one week earlier with a 2:20.29, and improved that time once again at Junior Nationals. Her current time of 2:18.28 is the 10^th fastest on record nationally, six of the top ten performances occurring at Junior Nationals. Her final team record came with her 2:08.47 in the 200 IM, and this time slid under Megan Eppler’s previous team record of 2:08.72 that was set in 2007 at the Winter Invitational at the City of Commerce pool. This time stands as the 105^th fastest nationally. Mallory dropped over a half second in the 100 fly to a 58.02.

Although ten swims out of 15 resulted in improvements over previous times, Kyle Grissom was our only swimmer to improve 100% of swims that included two qualified events, and one time trial. His highest place came in the 32^nd place finish from his bonus event, 50 free, where his time of 20.84 broke Bradley Matsumoto’s 15-18 team record of 21.18 set in 2004 at Winter Invite. A time of 20.72 earned a top-24 final spot. Kyle’s new team record currently stands as the 9^th fastest nationally after just entering the age division. Kyle also broke the team record in the 100 fly where his time of 50.16 was under Kohlton Norys’s previous record of 50.22 set in 2005 at the Winter Invitational. This time currently stands as the 22^nd fastest nationally. His final improvement was his 46.79 that resulted from nearly a two second drop in the 100 free.

Lauren Davis of Fig Garden attended her second Junior National meet, and first short course Junior Nationals. She came away with her highest finish of 100^th in her qualified event of the 200 breaststroke, and a lifetime best of 2:21.96 which was over a half second improvement. Her largest drop came in the time trial 100 free event where her 55.45 was 1.36 seconds faster. She also competed in the 100 breaststroke, where he 1:05.96 was enough for a 119^th place finish in a field of over 140 athletes.

LARGE IMPROVEMENTS AT CONEJO SIMI TRI-MEET

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Nov 272013

Despite the cool (borderline cold) weather experience at the Conejo Simi Tri-meet that took place during Friday, November 20^th and Saturday, November 21^st, five swimmers still managed to maintain a 100% improvement rates. Seven year old Katie Frost improved all four of her events, the largest drop being over seven second sin the 50 free (35.22). Katie also came home with two 1^st place finishes that included the 50 free, and the 50 fly. Eleven year old Gabriel Jett entered five events, and improved all of his, and his largest improvement was over five seconds in the 100 free (1:16.62). Seventeen year old Ashley Lamascus impvoed nearly two seconds in the 100 free (1:03.00), while 11-year old Molly Obannon improved both of her events, the largest margin being nearly five seconds in the 50 back (46.82). Thirteen year old Conor Righetti went 38 seconds faster in the 200 IM over his previously recorded club time in the 200 IM (3:06.93), and improved two other events by 9 and 8 seconds as well. The largest improvement came from Jonas Huckabay who improved one minute and 18 seconds in the 1650 free (18:51.03) from a time that was swam just one month earlier.

Eight additional swimmers improved 50% or more of their events in the cold weather, and these included: Bennett Frost (66%), Jackson Huckabay (80%), Lucas Huckabay (66%), Toby Jones (66%), Madison Pallares (50%), Emma Pena (60%), Satoshi Shinkawa (60%), and Emily Vagim (75%).

A total of 199 swimmers competed at the tri-meet, primarily composed of the 113 swimmers of Conejo Simi. Tule Nation Tritons presented a team of 42 versus the 41 swimmers of Pleasant Valley Swim Team. If scored to eight places, the points of TNT (581.50) would have placed behind both Conejo Simi (1,130.5 points) and Pleasant Valley (601). If scoring the top-16 places, TNT points (2,009.50) would have placed behind host Conejo Simi (4,072) and ahead of Pleasant Valley (1,835.5). Our team points would have been led by six-year old Lucas Huckabay and ten-year old Peyton Costa, each with four first place finishes. Lucas was undefeated in the 5-6 division, and took home first place finishes in the 50 back (54.85), 50 free (42.79), 50 fly (58.04) and 100 free (1:44.71) events, while Peyton won the 9-10 boys 50 back (35.55), 50 free (30.96), 50 fly (35.28), and 500 free (6:25.63) events.

Other event champions included: Janessa Bringe in the 11-12 girls 200 IM (2:35.13), Skylar Ford in the 11-12 girls 50 back (31.80), Kate Frost in the 7-8 girls 50 free (35.22) and 50 fly (52.84), Jackson Huckabay in the 11-12 boys 100 breast (1:23.80) and 100 free (1:01.49), Chloee Obannon in the 7-8 girls 50 breast (49.23) and 100 breast (1:53.06), and Madison Pallares in the 11-12 girls 50 breast (34.81) and 100 breast (1:18.56).

26 NEW EVENTS POSTED AT HANFORD IMX

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Nov 272013

Thirty one TNT swimmers competed at the Hanford Short Course IMX meet on November 9^th, and sixteen of our swimmers entered an event 50 yards or longer for the first time. Six your old Drew Black swam the 50 free and 50 back events, while 11 year old Madelyn Brumit took on the 100 breaststroke for the first time. Seven year old Rylie Conway successfully competed in the 200 free, 100 breast and 100 back events. Jazmine Dugan braved the 500 free, along with 100 yard events in the breaststroke, fly and back while only 12 years old. Jillian Gaines took on the 100 fly for the first time, and the Gibson duo competed in their first races that included the 100 fly for Jordon Gibson, and the 200 free and 100 back for Tobin Gibson. Twelve year old Jacob Kitt completed the 100 breaststroke, while 10-year old Rylee Lord completed both the 200 free and 100 back events. Ten year old Genoveve Mcilwaine took on two new 200 events that included the 200 free and 200 IM. Sofia Mora completed the 100 breaststroke for her first time, while Megan Ridenour posted her first 100 fly time on the team. Matther Ross took on the 500 free and 200 IM, while Carlo Ruiz posted his first 100 breaststroke time. Thirteen year old Brittney Vierra swam her first 200 fly, while 10-year old Svannah Williams competed in her first 200 IM.

Ten year old Danielle Albright, along with 16-year old Emily Vagim both came home undefeated, Danielle winning all five events (200 free, 100 breast, 100 fly, 100 back & 200 IM) while Emily won both of the events (200 breast & 200 IM) she competed in. Other event champions included Skylar Ford (100 back), Jacqui Koster (500 free), JD Koster (100 fly, 100 back and 200 IM), and Benjamin Wheeler (200 free).

Congratulations to the following swimmers for improving all events that had been previously recorded with the team in distances 50 yards or longer, thereby maintaining a 100% improvement rate for the meet: Ciara Clarke, Genoveve Mcilwaine, Megan Pedro, Megan Ridenour, Alex Roberts, Katherine Sullivan, and Emily Vagim.

7 TEAM RECORDS FALL AT TULARE MEET

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Nov 012013

Four TNT swimmers combined for a total of seven team records, three of them with a pair of performances that resulted in the new milestone. Ten year old Danielle Albright came home with wins and new team records as she improved on her Selma performance in the 200 IM. Her new time of 2:33.35 is about a second and a half faster, and currently stands as the 28^th fastest nationally since September for all 10-year old girls. She also went under the 6:00 mark in her 500 freestyle, again breaking her own team record with a 5:55.66, a time that ranks 13^th nationally in the early phase of reporting.

Fifteen year old Mallory Korenwinder topped her earlier swims of the season for two new team records in both breaststroke events. Her 1:05.98 in the 100 moves her from 12^th in the nation (1:07.29) to 5^th for 15-year old girls, while her 2:22.17 in the 200 moved her from 15^th to 4^th just over a month into the reporting cycle.

Preseton Niayesh came home with two new team records that began with his 31.98 in the 50 breaststroke. The previous 11-12 boy’s record was held by Satoshi Shinkawa, and set as 32.86 at Far Westerns in March this year. Preston’s time stands as the 28^th fastest nationally for all 12 year old boys. His second record came in the 100 breaststroke where his 1:09.27 was an improvement of his own record set last month. This event is the 27^th fastest nationally.

Finally, Kylie Walker came home with new team record in the 100 IM where her time of 1:10.37 took down Danielle Albright’s previous record of 1:11.07 that was set at the Selma meet just over a month ago. Kylie’s time stands as the 25^th fastest nationally in the event for 10-year old girls. She had set the 100 fly record during the Hanford meet about a month ago, and now at the Tulare meet, she matched that time of 1:09.60, maintaining the 27^th fastest swim on record in the nation since the beginning of September.

Kylie was also undefeated at the meet with eight wins, and she is joined by Sienna Abernathy who had back-to-back undefeated performances at meets. Kyle Grissom swam two events, and won both of his, while six-year old Lucas Huckaby of Selma swam uncontested in six of his events. Our team record holders, Preston Niayesh, along with 13-year old Satoshi Shinkawa each took home six 1^st place finishes.

Several of our swimmers improved all 50-yard or longer events that they had entered into the meet, and these included: Damien Brown (5 events), Mackenzie Coates (1 event), Ivy Freeman (1), Audrey Glynn (2), Gabriel Jett (4), JD Koster (8), Michael Mendoza (2), Alexandra Milliorn-Feller (1), Preston Niayesh (6), Maycee Prado (4), Megan Ridenour (3), Alex Roberts (6), and Kashvii Vaistra (1).

11 IMPROVE 100% AT EL DIAMANTE

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Nov 012013

In a sport that values improvement as athletes creep ever so closer to their individual goals, eleven TNT swimmers maintained a 100% improvement rate while competing in an early October meet held at the El Diamante pool in Visalia. The team’s improvement rate was led by: Sienna Abernathy, Damian Brown, Desmond Brown, Ivy Freeman, Alyssa Logan, Madison Martin, Megan Ridenour, Brittney Vierra, Blake Wong, Bryan Wong and Bryce Wong.

In addition to maintaining perfect improvement rates, Sienna Abernathy and Damian Brown also swam undefeated, with Sienna winning all four of her events in the 6-under division. Eight year old Damian took home gold in all three of his events. Sienna and Damian are joined by10-year old Peyton Costa who had a clean sweep of eight events in the 9-10 division, Preston Niayesh who won all four of his events in the 11-12 boys division, and 17-year old Chris Nolan taking home seven first place finishes in the 15-over division.

One team record was broken at the early October meet, and that came in the 15-over girls 100 breaststroke event. After setting the record in Selma with a time of 1:07.66, Mallory Korenwinder swam to the 12^th fastest time in the nation for a 15-year old girl with 1:07.29 at El Diamante.

ALBRIGHT & KORENWINDER COMBINE FOR 4 TEAM RECORDS

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Nov 012013

The first North-South split meet took place at the Selma pool over the last weekend of September, and 86 TNT swimmers competed in the meet to maintain an astounding 63% team improvement rate during the second short course meet of the season.

Although it’s an early meet in the season, four team records were still set by two swimmers. Ten year old Danielle Albright broke the team record with her time of 2:34.85 in the 200 IM – a record that was set by Mallory Korenwinder four years ago as a 2:35.99 at Far Westerns. Danielle’s time is the 7^th fastest swam since the beginning of the month by any 10-year old girl in the nation. The current top time is 2:30.17 set by a Florida swimmer. The 100 IM record was also reset by Danielle. Her time of 1:11.07 is the seventh fastest time posted since the beginning of September and is an improvement on Skylar Ford’s record of 1:11.77 that was set at JO’s earlier in February of this year.

Fifteen year old Mallory Korenwinder came home with the two breaststroke records, beginning with the 100 breaststroke. Her time of 1:07.66 was her first 15-over short course swim at a club meet, and her time is under Jordan Morillo’s 1:08.95 record set at the Clovis Senior Q meet in 2010. Although not her best time, it still stands as the fastest time posted nationally prior to the weekend in a recording period that begins this month. The breaststroker that she is, Mallory also posted the current top national time in the 200 breaststroke for the month with a time of 2:25.07 – a time that is under Lauren Davis’s previous record of 2:26.94 set at Sectionals last December.

Three of our swimmers were undefeated at the meet. Kyle Grissom swam eight events, and was the event champion in all eight, while five year old Lucas Huckabay of Selma was the event champion for all five events that he competed in. Preston Niayesh came home with wins in all eight of his events, improving seven of the eight. Other event champions, along with the number of events they won, include: Sienna Abernathy (6), Danielle Albright (4), Owen Ansel (1), Josh Avila (1), Janessa Bringe (1), Damian Brown (6), Morgan Coddington (1), Brianna Colado (6), Tomas Contreras (5), Peyton Costa (3), Quinton Davis (1), Skylar Ford (2), Emily Goodbar (3), Chris Hansen (1), Katelyn Herrera (1), Jackson Huckabay (1), Mallory Korenwinder (4), Cody Nash (2), Chloee O’Bannon (6), Madison Pallares (2), Katherine Sullivan (1), Kylie Walker (6), and Benjamin Wheeler (2).

Twenty-four swimmers of the 72 who had previously recorded times with the team improved all events, thereby maintaining a 100% improvement rate. Congratulations to: Everett Anez, Jason Clausen, Paige Coddington, Brianna Colado, Tomas Contreras, Quinton Davis, Erica Garcia, Jake Goodbar, Maya Herrera, Lily Hodges, Jackson Huckabay, Jonas Huckabay, Lucas Huckabay, Alexander Meyer, Chloee O’Bannon, Shanti Reisinger, Alex Roberts, Nolin Santillan, Satoshi Shinkawa, Savannah Williams, Blake Wong, Brett Wong, Bryan Wong, and Bryce Wong.

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