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TNT FIELDS THREE SCHOLASTIC ALL-AMERICA SWIMMERS

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USA Swimming annually recognizes individuals as Scholastic All America swimmers if they have been successful both in the classroom and in the swimming pool. This year, Central California Swimming lists four individuals who have met the minimum requirements, and three of them are TNT swimmers. Scholastic requirements include a minimum grade point average of a 3.5 during their sophomore year, while at the same time attaining a challenging time standard.

Our most recent Scholastic All America team includes Nathan Rhea, Christopher Nolan and Kyle Grissom.

Entering his first year competing for the University of the Pacific, Nathan Rhea had been known as one of the top graduates in his class from Tulare Western this past year. Nathan is one of a few who qualified for the Scholastic All America status his sophomore year, and remained there for all of the three consecutive years. He had already been recognized as the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Scholar-athlete Section winner for the entire Central Section which is one of ten sections throughout the entire state of California. Nathan was one of only nineteen recognized Scholar-athletes among all athletes throughout the state. The list of nineteen students can be seen in The CIF News, September 2013 issue.

Current Corcoran High School Senior, Chris Nolan, obtained the All-America status his sophomore year, and now once again receives the recognition following his junior year of high school. Chris is a repeat Junior National qualifier whose performance at this past winter Junior National meet resulted in a first alternate finish. He is currently scheduling recruiting trips to colleges such as Wyoming, Utah, and UC Santa Barbara.

Our final All-America recipient is Kyle Grissom who is in his third year at Porterville High School, after his academic performance during his sophomore year qualified him for eligibility onto the selective list of academic scholars. Kyle competed at his first Junior Nationals this past summer, and has already received inquiries from Division 1 programs. He is scheduled to compete at this upcoming winter Junior Nationals to be held in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The application deadline is typically near the end of August for those who intend to apply this next year. Please ask your coach or Phil for any needed details.

SHORT COURSE SEASON STARTS WITH A BANG!!

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Nov 012013

Sixty TNT swimmers who had previously recorded times with the club competed at the one-day Hanford meet in September; with 30 of them improving all times that they entered. This carried the team improvement percentage to 68%. Additionally, 48 swimmers either had entered only 25-yard events, or competed in their first USA Swimming meet with the club, brining the grand total of participation to 108 TNT swimmers in the meet. Swimmers with 100% improvement rates included: Danielle Albright, Everett Anez, Desmond Brown, Peyton Costa, Quinton Davis, Layla Flores, Jillian Gaines, Amanda Garabedian, Lauren Geiger, Jordan Gibson, Tobin Gibson, Naomi Haworth, Maya Herrera, Shaan Heugly, Dylan Hunt, London Jones, Toby Jones, Jakob Koorey, Michael Mendoza, Alexander Meyer, Seth Michaels, Preston Niayesh, Madison Pallares, Megan Pedro, Preston Shaw, Seiji Shinkawa, Shoji Shinkawa, Kylie Walker, Benjamin Wheeler, and Savannah Williams.

The meet marks the first short course meet of the season, providing our athletes a benchmark as they move toward qualifying for the winter championship meets that include: Age Group Championships, Terrapin Senior Meet, Winter Invitational, Sectionals, Junior Nationals and Senior Nationals.

Two team records were set at this first meet of the season. Ten year old Danielle Albright had set the 500 freestyle record as a 6:07.38 during Far Westerns during this past April, and now improves on that by over six seconds with a time of 6:01.26. Given that the new national ranking reporting cycle begins September 1, Danielle’s time currently stands as the 3^rd fastest nationally.

The only other team record set at the meet was also a time improvement, and this time by 12-year old Preston Niayesh. Preston also set the 100 breaststroke record at Far Westerns as a 1:13.71, and at the first short course meet of the season, topped that time with a 1:10.93. This time stands as the 6^th fastest nationally in the new reporting cycle.

A few swimmers swam uncontested at the meet, winning all events that they had entered, and they include 10-year old Peyton Costa (5 of 5), 14-year old Lauren Geiger, 15-year old Mallory Korenwinder (4 of 4), 12-year old Preston Niayesh (5 of 5), and 6-year old Samuel Noricumbo (1 of 1). Other event champions included: Sienna Abernathy, Danielle Albright, Josh Avila, Justin Bos, Damian Brown, Lauren Davis, Quinton Davis, Layla Flores, Skylar Ford, Jillian Gaines, Tristan Gaines, Amanda Garabedian, Kyle Grissom, Chris Hansen, Annlyn Haworth, Katelyn Herrera, Maya Herrera, Toby Jones, Jakob Koorey, JD Koster, Jimmy Koster, Seth Lopez, Madison McCarthy, Seth Michaels, Chris Nolan, Madison Pallares, Shanti Reisinger, Alex Roberts, Jeremiah Santillana, Kylie Walker, Benjamin Wheeler, and Svannah Williams.

USA SWIMMING SLATES TNT FOR MASTER COACH VISIT

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Sep 252013

Primarily based on 18-under swimmers’ national top-10 rankings, our program has been slated to participate in the USA Swimming Master Coaches program. United States Swimming’s Club Excellence Program schedules about 45 teams from the thousands of teams across the nation for each Master Coach to visit, and TNT has been put on the list for this year. Our dates for the visit are from September 8^th through September 11^th. Our visitor, Coach Ed Spencer, will provide opportunity to interact with our coaches Sunday night on his arrival with plans to schedule the next few days.

Plans include a meeting-type sessions with any coaches who would like to attend, and pool-side meetings with swimmers and coaches during practices. Currently, our plans are for Coach Spencer to interact with swimmers and coaches during Monday at the Tulare practice, speaking to younger swimmers between 5:30 and 6:30, then interacting with older swimmers beginning at 6:30. Coach Spencer will travel to Selma on Tuesday to interact with swimmers and coaches there, and will visit the Visalia program on Wednesday prior to his departure. Any coach or athlete are welcome to participate in any one or more of the sites to experience the interaction.

If you’d like information on the Master Coach program, visit the USA Swimming clicking on this link to the USA Swimming Master Coach Program. Ed Spencer’s bio is given on that page, and is provided here as well:

Ed Spencer has been a Master Coach Consultant with USA Swimming since 2005. Ed was the Head Coach of the Dynamo Swim Club from 1998-2004. While there, he led the Dynamo Swim Club to several 18 & under National Championships, six consecutive years as Southeastern Senior Sectional Champions and three consecutive second-place finishes in the USA Swimming’s Club Excellence Program.

Prior to coaching at Dynamo, he was the Head Coach at the Reno Aquatic Club (1990-1998) where he had several National Champions. Ed was the distance and IM coach (1979-1983) and Head Coach at the Industry Hills Aquatic Club (1983-1990) where four of his swimmers set more than 10 American Records and won more than 20 USA Swimming National titles. His swimmers represented the USA on the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympic Teams.

Other California teams that have participated in the Master Coach Program include: Terrapins, Palo Alto, Pleasanton, Santa Clara, North coast, Peak, La Mirada, and AZOT. Although participation might be requested by a swim team, ours is by invitation, and Coach Spencer has 13 teams that he visited this year that were among the top-20 in the Club Excellence Gold Medal team recognition division.

CCS PLACES 10th AT 2013 WESTERN ZONE AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Sep 252013

Sixteen teams scored at the Western Zone Age Group Championships, and our Central California Swimming All Star team finished 10^th with a team size of only 31 while a full team is considered staffed at 64 (two relays per age group per gender).

Our TNT swimmers that scored were led by 10-year old Selma swimmer Jackson Huckabay, his 80 points resulting from three second place finishes that included the 200 free (2:20.03), 100 free (1:06.37) and 50 free (30.89) events, all of which were under his previous team records. Jackson was nearly four seconds under his pre-existing 200 free record that was set at Junior Olympics, and his new time stands as the fifth fastest time in the nation for all 10-year old boys. Although USA Swimming does not recognize top-10 standing for the 10-under division, being so late in the long course season, Jackson’s time will undoubtedly remain among the top-10 nationally for this long course season. His 100 free was over a second under his record that was set at Junior Olympics, and that time stands as the 12^th fastest nationally. Finally, his 50 free slid under his Junior Olympic record setting performance, and marks the 40^th fastest time nationally. Jackson’s remaining points came in the breaststroke events, where his 41.24 in the 50 was enough for a 4^th place finish, and his 1:31.82 was enough for a 5^th place finish in the championship heats.

Twelve year old Preston Niayesh was the next largest contributor from TNT with a total contribution of 46 points, and championship swims that included a seventh place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:52.77). His time is two seconds under his own team record that he set at the Clovis meet one month earlier, and the time stands as the 77^th fastest nationally for boys of age 12. Preston had championship finishes in the 100 breaststroke (7^th place with a 1:20.26), as well as an eighth place finish in the 200 fly with a time of 2:40.91. His remaining points came from consolation finals that included the 50 breast (13^th – 38.07), 100 fly (14^th – 1:10.77) and 50 fly (15^th – 32.22).

Ten year old Kylie Walker was our next highest point getter with 34.5 points that resulted in a championship swim, and bronze medal performance in the 50 fly event where her time of 33.56 improved her previous team record set at Junior Olympics by a half second. Her time currently stands as the 36^th fastest nationally for girls of the same age. Kylie’s consolation swims came in the 50 free (9^th – 32.37), 100 fly (11^th – 1:20.11), and 50 back (13^th – 38.85) events.

Our remaining finalist was ten-year old Danielle Albright who came away with two championship swims for Central California Swimming beginning with a 5^th place finish in the 50 breaststroke (40.62), and then later with a 6^th place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:29.93) events. Her remaining points came in the 200 free (13^th – 2:36.32) and 200 IM (16^th – 2:57.49).

Congratulations to those finalists, and our entire TNT delegation for competing on the Central California Swimming Age Group Zone Team. This recognition includes our remaining swimmers, represented here with their highest placed event: Priscilla Niayesh (18^th in the 50 back – 40.27), Maya Herrera (24^th in the 50 back – 41.04), and JD Koster (18^th in the 100 fly – 1:15.39).

FOUR COMPETE AT JUNIOR NATIONALS

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Sep 252013

The summer of 2013 was the year of the most Junior National swimmers to date in representing TNT. Four swimmers qualified for, and attended the Summer Junior National Championships held at the Irvine complex, just days after the conclusion of the US Open at the very same facility.

Lauren Davis of Fig Garden led off the week of competition, competing in the 200 meter breaststroke event, after qualifying for the meet only days prior during the championship heat of the Senior Zone meet in Clovis. Lauren, who is our current 200 meter breaststroke team record holder, swam 2:42.15 for a 96th place finish in the event.

Each of our remaining swimmer competed in two events each. First-time qualifier, Kyle Grissom, competed in the 100 fly, where his 56.22 was a half second improvement, and good enough for his highest place finish of 47th. His second event was the 50 freestyle, where he too earned the bonus cut at the Clovis Senior Zone meet only a few days earlier. His 24.89 at Junior Nationals finished 158th in the event.

Returning to her second summer Junior Nationals, Mallory Korenwinder came home with our team’s highest place finish of 27th in her specialty event, the 100 meter breaststroke. A former championship finalist in the event from last year, Mallory’s time of 1:12.91 just missed a second swim for a 2nd alternate position, and 27th place finish.

Also returning was Chris Nolan who earned an alternate position in his specialty event, the 200 fly, during last winter’s Junior Nationals. His 2:04.84 in this summer’s meet was enough for a 35th place finish. Chris rounded out his events with half second improvement in the 100 fly, where his time of 56.81 finished 78th in that event.

2 NEW JUNIOR NATIONAL CUTS = 2 NEW TEAM RECORDS

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Sep 252013

Eight TNT swimmers competed at the Western Zone Senior Meet that was hosted by Clovis Swim Club over the July 31-August 4 weekend. The meet was host to over 1000 swimmers from throughout the Western United States.

One of several goals for our swimmers was to achieve new time standards, and Lauren Davis of Fig Garden, and Kyle Grissom each achieved new cuts for the Summer Junior Nationals meet at Irvine over the August 5-8 week. Lauren made her first Junior National cut in the 200 meter breaststroke with a time of 2:39.47, and a time that takes back her team record that Mallory Korenwinder broke at Sectionals this past month with a 2:40.47. Lauren’s time currently stands as the 39^th fastest time nationally for all 16-year old female swimmers. Kyle Grissom achieved a bonus cut in the 50 free with his time of 24.54, and swam under Colin Landweer’s 15-18 team record that was set as 24.65 at Junior Olympics in 2011. His time ranks 22^nd nationally for all male 15-year old swimmers. Additionally, brothers Jimmy Koster and Josh Koster from Visalia achieved last year’s Sectional time standards in the 100 free (56.04) and 100 back (1:03.93) swam in time trials and the relay lead-off respectively.

Finals involved the top 32 swimmers at the meet, and three of our swimmers competed in finals for one event each. Fig Garden swimmer, Joseph Cobarrubias swam to a 21^st place finish in the 50 free (25.17), while his training partner, Lauren Davis, swam to a 10^th place finish in her Junior National event of the 200 breaststroke (2:39.47). Kyle Grissom entered one event, and swam to an 11^th place finish in his 50 free.

Our other swimmers competing in the meet, along with their top finish, include: Owen Ansel (55^th in the 100 breast – 1:11.89), Chris Hansen (50^th in the 200 breast – 2:36.56), Jimmy Koster (115^th in the 100 free – 56.56), Josh Koster (55^th in the 100 back – 1:04.22), and Andrea Morales (263^rd in the 50 free – 30.43).

TNT WINS LONG COURSE JUNIOR OLYMPICS

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Aug 072013

Tule Nation Tritons managed to squeeze out a win to become the 2013 CCS Long Course Junior Olympic Champions, prompting a protest related to the scoring of swimmers in the 15-18 age division. Our swimmers accumulated 4076 points to outscore all other teams by a slight margin of 172.

Our team score was led by high point recipients, four of which came home with the award. Peyton Costa was the high point recipient for the 9-year old boy’s division with 122 points, while Jackson Huckabay of Selma led all 10-year old boys at the meet with 174 points. Skylar Ford of Visalia came home with the honor in the 11-year old girls division with 59 points. On the 15-18 side, Khloe McCarthy and Colin Landweer were the recipients in the 15-18 division with 134 and 175 points respectively.

Individuals who were in the next two runner-up positions included: Danielle Albright (2nd 10-year old at 148 points), Kylie Walker (3rd 10-year old at 146 points), Toby Jones (3rd 10-year old at 93 points), Preston Niayesh (2nd 12-year old at 126 points), Morgan Coddington (2nd 14-year old at 144 points), Cody Nash (2nd 15-18 year olds at 111 points).

Tule Nation Tritons had multiple event champions that contributed to the first place team finish, and these were led by 18-year old Colin Landweer and 10-year old Jackson Huckabay who won eight and seven events respectively. Colin took home first place finishes in the 100 fly (59.75), 200 IM (2:17.33), 100 back (1:03.77), 400 IM (4:54.70), 200 free (2:01.37), 50 free (24.92), 400 free (4:22.63), and 100 free (54.97). Selma swimmer Jackson Huckabay came home with wins in the 50 breast (40.37), 100 breast (1:32.08), 200 free (2:24.33), 50 free (31.27), 200 IM (2:49.04), 50 back (37.80) and 100 free (1:07.67) events.

Several other swimmers were event champions, and they included 10-year old Danielle Albright (50 breast – 41. 37, and 100 breast – 1:29.89), Morgan Coddington (1500 free – 19:02.68), Chris Hansen (200 breast – 2:41.66), Katelyn Herrera (200 fly – 2:32.93), Mallory Korenwinder (100 fly – 1:04.95, 200 IM – 2:26.52, 200 breast – 2:41.68, and 100 breast – 1:13.90), Khloe McCarthy (400 IM – 5:21.62, 200 free – 2:14.31, and 200 back – 2:29.00), Matlyn Morris (50 free – 28.01, and 100 free – 1:00.73), Cody Nash (800 free – 9:30.34, and 1500 free – 18:28.80), Preston Niayesh (50 breast – 36.30, and 100 breast – 1:18.33), Taylor Shaw (1500 free – 20:20.82), and Kylie Walker (50 fly – 34.13, 50 free – 32.64, 50 back – 38.88 and 100 fly – 1:21.17).

INDIVIDUAL TEAM RECORDS

There are only eleven nationally recognized events for the 10-under boys, and Selma Swimmer Jackson Huckabay reset six of those eleven team records. Parker Giles had set the team record in the 50 free as a 31.28 at the Clovis meet in 2010, and Jackson’s 31.27 now stands as the 64th fastest in the nation. He also set the 100 free team record as a 1:07.67, swimming under his preexisting record of 1:11.60 twice while at the meet. The new standards stands as the 31st fastest nationally among all 10-year old boys. Jackson had also previously set the 200 free team record as 2:34.85, and swam nearly ten seconds under it with his 2:24.33 – a time that only ten other 10-year old boys had matched anywhere in the nation. He had also become our top 10-under backstroker as his 37.80 went under Parker’s 39.24 that was set at the Age Group Invite in 2010. Parker also held the 100 back record set as a 1:23.87 at Junior Olympics in 2010, and Jackson again slid under the standard with a time of 1:23.55. Jackson’s backstrokes rank 174th and 284th respectively. Finally, Jackson improved upon Preston Niayesh’s 200 IM team record that was established at Junior Olympics in 2011 as a 2:55.97, and Jackson’s time of 2:49.04 now stands as the 53rd fastest nationally.

Preston Niayesh reestablished two records, one for the 50 and the other for the 100. Preston had set the 50 breaststroke record at the Age Group Invitational earlier this year as a 37.47, and his swim of 36.30 at JO’s now stands as the 76th fastest nationally for boys of age 12. His 100 time of 1:18.33 went well under the record of 1:20.92 that he set in the championship heat at Speedo Grand Challenge earlier this year, and currently ranks 46th nationally.

On the 10-under girls side, Danielle Albright came away with a new team record in the 200 free with a time of 2:35.42, swimming twice under Janessa Bringe’s previous team record of 2:37.68 that was set at the Age Group Invite last summer. Danielle’s time ranks 211th among all 10-year old girls nationally. Kyle Walker continued improving team records that she set in both butterfly events, this time swimming 34.13 in the 50 fly improving her Age Group Invitational time of 34.44 and ranking and ranking 60th among all 10-year old girls nationally. Kylie also went under Janessa Bringe’s 100 fly record that was set as 1:24.50 at Junior Olympics last year. Kylie’s new record of 1:21.17 stands as the 167th nationally.
Mallory Korenwinder doubled up new team records, beginning with the 100 fly and a time of 1:04.95 that currently stands as the 82nd fastest time nationally, and is under the 1:05.91 that Emily Goodbar swam as she set the team record at Zones last summer. Mallory also swam 2:26.51 in the 200 IM, going under Megan Eppler’s previous team record of 2:27.72 that was set at Junior Olympics in 2007. Mallory’s time ranks 88th nationally.

RELAYS

Although relays contribute significant number of points, results from the individual events carried the momentum and made up much needed ground. Any relay event that fielded two Clovis relays were lost to Clovis based on awarded points, despite whether the single TNT relay place first or second. The only relay division supporting two TNT relays was the 15-18 boys (5 total relay events for the meet), and this division was not supported by Clovis in mass. Clovis teams won 15 relays, and had two relays participating in 22 relay events out of the 36 possible relay. In comparison, TNT won 13 relays and only had two relays in five of those. Clovis outscored TNT in relays by a margin of 1,692 to 1,130 which is a 562 point discrepancy that the individual events needed to offset. If only 14-under relays contributed to the overall team score, TNT would have scored a mere 682 points, not only behind Clovis’s 1,298 points, but also behind the 748 points scored by Santa Maria’s 14-under relays.

Team Relay records were broken in the 11-12 girls 400 Medley composed of Madison McCarthy, Maddie Pallares, Janessa Bringe and Skylar Ford. The team swam a time of 5:12.62 for a second place finish, and slid under the previous team record of 5:12.94 set by Khloe McCarthy, Mallory Korenwinder, Mia Newkirk and Allyson Duffy at Junior Olympics in 2010. Our 15-16 male 400 free relay of 4:09.86 by Jeremiah Santillana, Justin Bos, Chris Hansen and Tristan Gains placed 4th and set the team record in that event. The previous record of 4:19.06 was set at Junior Olympics in 2009 by Nathan Rhea, Chris Hansen, Chris Nolan and Nick Orton. Our 11-12 boys 200 medley relay of Quinton Davis, Preston Niayesh, JD Koster and Brett Wong swam a time of 2:19.06 which was well under the team record of 2:21.79 set by Michael Jia, Alonso Escobedo, Parker Giles and Luke Dignan at JO’s in 2011. The 10-under girls team of Maya Herrera, Priscilla Niayesh, Danielle Albright and Kylie Walker , who broke the CCS record in the 200 medley relay earlier this summer, swam 2:15.53 in the 200 free relay, taking out the previous team record that was set as 2:18.85 a JO’s last year by Janessa Bringe, Priscilla Niayesh, Alex Roberts and Skylar Ford. The 11-12 boys 200 free relay of JD Koster, Preston Niayesh, Brett Wong and Quinton Davis swam 2:04.57, well enough to reset the team record in that event which was set as 2:05.36 in 2010 by Owen Ansel, Luke Dignan, JD Koster and Kyle Grissom.

7 TO COMPETE AT AGE GROUP ZONES

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Aug 072013

Tule Nation Tritons is proud to field seven of our top age group swimmers who qualified to represent Central California Swimming (CCS) as part of the 31-member CCS Western Zone Team. Besides our own TNT swimmers, this year’s team is represented by swimmers from: Bakersfield Aquatic Club, Clovis, Fig Garden, Indian Wells, Merced, and Roadrunner. Our all-star team travels to Roseville to compete against other teams representing states such as Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Western Zone Championships is scheduled to begin on August 7th and end on August 10th. Best of luck, and congratulations to our following seven swimmers, listed below with their entered event and seeding:

15-18 GIRLS 400 MEDLEY RELAY QUALIFIES FOR WINTER JUNIOR NATIONALS

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Jul 252013

Time improvements from Jillian Hatch and Matlyn Morris while competing at Sectionals over the July 17-21 weekend enabled an aggregate qualifying time for the upcoming Junior Nationals to be held in December. Selma swimmer Jillian Hatch led off the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 59.27, while Matlyn Morris swam 1:08.27 in the individual 100 meter backstroke event. These two times, combined with Mallory Korenwinder’s best 100 meter breaststroke time of 1:12.21 and Selma swimmer Emily Goodbar’s top 100 fly time of 1:05.91 combines for a 4:25.66 sliding just under the 4:25.79 minimum time standard for Winter Junior Nationals to held in Greensboro, North Carolina over the December 12-14 weekend. Our girls are 1.97 seconds off of the summer Junior National standard that stands at 4:23.69.

Our 15-16 girls of Jillian Hatch, Katelyn Herrera, Emily Goodbar and Khloe McCarthy swam a time of 8:53.21 in the 800 freestyle relay to break the CCS record of 9:04.87 that the TNT team of Katelyn Herrera, Mallory Korenwinder, Lauren Davis and Emily Goodbar had set at the LA Invitational earlier in the month.

Our top point getter at 41.5 points, and highest place finisher was Chris Nolan who finished 4th in the 200 fly with a time of 2:04.74 missing the winter National cut by just over a tenth of a second. Chris had a consolation swim in the 100 fly with a time of 57.39, placing 13th which was just behind teammate Kyle Grissom who swam a time of 57.30 for his 12th place finish. Chris also had the most second swim opportunities on our team, with a bonus scoring swim, and 23rd place finish, in the 400 IM with a time of 4:44.70. Kyle doubled up his second swims with a D-final time of 2:10.41 in the 200 fly and a 27th place finish there.

Mallory Korenwinder had the next highest accumulation of points with her championship 6th place finish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:13.83, combined with her consolation swim, and 11th place finish, in the 200 breaststroke that resulted from her 2:40.47 time. Jillian Hatch had the next highest place doubling up her finals with a 14th place finish in the 200 free after swimming 2:07.47 in that event, and a 28th place finish in the D-final for the 400 free with a time of 4:30.13. Fig Garden swimmer, Lauren Davis, scored in the 200 breaststroke after swimming a 2:40.88 that finished 18th there, while Emily Goodbar earned a 31st place spot in the D-final of the 200 fly with her time of 2:26.39.

Other swimmers, along with their top placed event, include: Matlyn Morris (100 back – 35th), Katelyn Herrera (400 free – 49th), Khloe McCarthy (200 back – 52nd), Nathan Rhea (200 breast – 56th), Sierra Jett (100 fly – 78th), Joseph Cobarrubias (50 free – 107th), and Josh Avila (50 free – 148th).

Jillian Hatch not only swam to two individual event finals, but also led the team in the number of team records broken. She began with the 200 free by swimming under her preexisting team record of 2:08.77 not just once, but three times while at Sectionals, her fastest being 2:07.47 swam at finals in the individual event. The time stands as the 35th fastest nationally for girls of age 15. She went on to swim 4:30.13 in the 400 free and break the record that Katelyn Herrera had set as 4:36.81 just the previous weekend at Clovis. Jillian’s time stands as the 30th fastest nationally. Her final record came in the lead-off leg of the 400 free relay where her time of 59.27 set the 15-18 team record that was set by Megan Eppler at Junior Olympics in 2008. The new record stands with a national ranking of 25.

Mallory Korenwinder took back her team record in the 200 breaststroke, ownership of which seems to toggle between her and Lauren Davis. Lauren had set the record as a 2:41.27 at the LA Invitational earlier in the month, and along with Mallory, went under that preexisting record. Mallory’s time of 2:40.47 currently stands as the 14th fastest nationally for girls of age 15. Mallory’s championship swim of 1:13.83 in the 100 breaststroke improved her preexisting record of 1:14.66 that she swam at Mission Viejo last month, and the time ranks among the top 8 nationally.

Our only other team record-breaking performance in individual events came in the 200 fly where Chris Nolan’s 2:04.74 topped his own team record in the event that previously stood at 2:05.46 set last year at the very same meet and pool. Only four other 17-year old swimmers had gone that time or faster anywhere in the nation this year.

18 OF 26 TNT SWIMMERS FINAL AT CLOVIS SENIOR Q

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Jul 152013

Tule Nation Tritons had 26 swimmers enter the Arena Grand Challenge meet at Clovis in mid-July, and 18 of them, or nearly 70%, earned a second swim in one of three final heats. Nine of our swimmers performed well enough for a spot in the championship heat.

Sixteen year old Joseph Cobarrubias of Fig Garden doubled up his championships swims with a pair of 7^th place finishes, one in the 50 meter freestyle (25.34) and the other in the 100 free (55.73), while 16-year old teammate of Fig Garden, Lauren Davis, also doubled up her championship swims with a 5^th place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:18.24), and a 3^rd place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:42.49). Lauren is our current team record holder in the 200 breaststroke, and is on the verge of obtaining a Winter and Summer Junior National cut in that event that stand as 2:40.09 and 2:39.49 respectively. Our Fresno Pacific collegiate swimmer who returned to compete for TNT for the summer, Wesley Coles, finished 4^th in the 100 fly (58.95) and 5^th in the 200 free (1:58.74) events. Emily Goodbar of Selma finished 8^th in the 100 fly (1:07.31), an event where she too currently holds the team record. Emily’s 15-year old teammate from Selma, Jillian Hatch, is our current team record holder in the 200 freestyle, and she had a 4^th place finish in the 50 freestyle (27.55) as she too nears the Junior National cut in that event which stands as a 26.89. Katelyn Herrera entered one event with the intent of re-qualifying for the Sectional meet that is to be held this next weekend, and she improved over three seconds to do so with a time of 4:36.81, a time that resulted in an 8^th place finish in the event, and a new team record for both the 15-18 division, and the Senior division. Her time stands as the 158^th fastest time in the nation for a 16-year old girl. Fifteen-year old Selma swimmer, Sierra Jett, achieved her bonus Sectional cut in the 100 fly during the preliminary heats, making this her second qualified event for the meet next week with a time of 1:06.85, and her championship swim at Clovis earned a 7^th place finish in the event. Seventeen year old Christopher Nolan had our team’s highest finish of 2^nd, and he did this in the 100 fly with a time of 57.54. He doubled up championship swims with a 6^th place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:35.44) event. Cameron Weas of Hanford, who completed his first collegiate year at Cuesta Community College, finished 7^th in the 100 fly event (1:01.63), where Cameron joined Wes Coles and Chris Nolan as TNT fielded three of the eight championship finalists at the meet.

Consolation finalists, placing among the 9^th – 16^th places, included: Owen Ansel who finished 10^th in the 100 breast (1:13.07), 12^th in the 200 breast (2:43.94), 15^th in the 100 back (1:09.21), and 13^th in the 200 back (2:28.96); Joseph Cobarrubias who, in addition to his championship swims, finished 15^th in the 100 back (1:09.21); Lauren Davis, who in addition to her championship swims, finished 10^th in the 400 IM (5:22.41), and 15^th in the 200 back (2:40.31); twelve year old Madison McCarthy competed at her first Senior-Q meet and finished 14^th in the 200 back (2:39.85), while age contemporary teammate twelve year old Preston Niayesh finished 16^th in the 200 fly with a time of 2:39.78. Preston’s time also resulted in a new team record for the 11-12 boys by breaking Chris Noland’s record of 2:41.83 that was set in Bakersfield in 2009. Preston also set a team record in the 200 breaststroke, breaking his own standard in the event that he set at the Age Group Invite as a 3:01.51 last month. Preston ranks 126^th and 59^th in the nation respectively for all 12-year old boys. Adding to his championship swim, Cameron Weas also finished 14^th in the 100 free with a time of 57.11.

Bonus swims came from Janessa Bringe (24^th in the 800 free [11:30.62]), Joseph Cobarrubias (19^th in the 200 free [2:05.76], 19^th in the 200 IM [2:24.26] and 23^rd in the 400 free [4:38.40]), Noah Haworth (17^th in the 1500 free [20:31.46]), Sierra Jett (17^th in the 50 free [28.12]), Jakob Koorey (23^rd in the 200 breast [3:01.89]), Jimmy Koster (22^nd in the 200 IM [2:27.26]), Madison McCarthy (22^nd in the 100 back [1:15.47]), Cody Nash (19^th in the 100 breast [1:17.49]), Preston Niayesh (21^st in the 200 breast [2:54.75]), Chris Nolan (17^th in the 200 fly [2:11.12]), and Taylor Shaw (19^th in the 200 back [2:39.82], and 23^rd in the 100 back [1:15.55]).

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