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MISSY LeSTRANGE INDUCTED TO NATIONAL HALL OF FAME

Apr 232013

Described as one individual who helped define the landscape of triathlon as it is known today, Missy LeStrange was one of three inductees into the national Hall of Fame for USA Triathlon recognized on Thursday, April 18^th. Legendary Dave Scott introduced Missy to not only Master Swimming and triathlons, but also recommended her for the Hall of Fame. Missy’s current career in the sport that began in 1980 includes 24 Ironman events, which resulted in 14 wins that included a 10-year winning streak and an Olympic-distance age-group world title. She is a three-time USA Triathlon Masters Triathlete of the Year for 1994, 1995 and 1997. Missy is joined by Julie Moss, many of us who may recall the iconic image of persistence as it was reflected in her determination as she crawled to the finish line back in 1982. These two were inducted along with quadriplegic Jim MacLaren who passed away in 2010.

Read the Ironman write-up at (http://www.triradar.com/news/trio-inducted-into-usa-triathlon-hall-of-fame/), or

at EverymanTri.com (http://www.everymantri.com/everyman_triathlon/2013/02/-lestrange-maclaren-moss-named-to-usa-triathlon-hall-of-fame.html), or

listen to Missy’s interview on The Competitor’s Radio Show at http://competitorradio.competitor.com/?powerpress_pinw=1997-podcast.

ALBRIGHT, COBARRUBIAS, JETT, KORENWINDER & NASH FINAL AT FAR WESTERNS

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Apr 232013

Fourteen TNT swimmers qualified and competed at the 2013 Short Course Far Western Championships held at Morgan Hill during the first weekend of April. The swim meet continues to be one of the most prestigious age group competitions in the nation, attracting approximately 2000 swimmers representing teams from multiple states that include Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and some as far away as Virginia. The swim meet honors only the top eight finishers in each event with awards, and TNT had five athletes finish among the top 8 at one of the most challenging meets in any given year.

Seventeen year old Cody Nash of Selma was our only swimmers with multiple top-8 finishes. His strongest events came in the distance freestyles where he had a 5^th place finish in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 17:23.34, a time that swam after a six second drop in the event. The next longest possible event in a short course pool is the 1000 freestyle, and Cody came away with an 8^th place finish in that event, and a time of 10:43.03.

Ten year old Danielle Albright came home with a 7^th place finish in the 50 breaststroke with a time of 35.99. Sixteen year old Joseph Cobarrubias of Fig Garden tied for 4^th place in the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.30, after swimming 22.21 in the preliminary heats. Fifteen year old Sierra Jett of Selma came home with a 7^th place finish in the 50 freestyle with her time of 24.65, nearly repeating her 24.64 in the preliminary heat, both times falling under the 2013 Sectional and Swim Meet of Champions time standards. Fourteen year old Mallory Korenwinder swam to a 3^rd place finish in the 100 breaststroke with her time of 1:04.09, breaking her own team record with a time that ranks 16^th in the nation, and stands as the current CCS record for both the 13-14 and Senior girls division.

Congratulations to all swimmers who participated in a meet that proves to be one of the most challenging meets to even qualify for. Our remaining swimmers, along with their highest placed event, include: Morgan Coddginton (400 IM – 54^th), Peyton Costa (50 free – 42^nd), Lauren Davis (400 IM – 19^th), Jackson Huckabay (200 free – 16^th), Preston Niayesh (200 breast – 22^nd), Priscilla Niayesh (100 breast – 30^th), Alex Roberts (50 back – 20^th), Satoshi Shinkawa (50 fly & 100 IM – 16^th), and Kyle Walker (50 fly – 15^th).

BROWN, FORD, GEIGER & LERRO LEAD TNT TO 53% IMPROVEMENT RATE AT MERCED

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Apr 232013

The 53% improvement rate of our 42 swimmers competing at the Merced Long Course meet in April was led by the 100% improvements maintained by 9-year old Desmond Brown (improving 8 of 8 events), 8-year old Jayce Ford of Visalia (improving 7 of 7 events), 14-year old Lauren Geiger of Visalia (improving 3 of 3 events), and 10-year old Paul Alexander Lerro of Visalia (improving 4 of 4 events). Twenty four of our swimmers improved at least half of their times at the meet, and our remaining swimmers included: Alonso Escobedo (88%), Madison McCarthy (88%), Maya Herrera (86%), Katherine Sullivan (86%), Danielle Albright (75%), Peyton Costa (75%), Emma Pena (75%), Jimmy Koster (71%), Olivia Garabedian (67%), JD Koster (63%), Kaniel Haley (60%), Jacqui Koster (60%), Janessa Bringe (57%), Tomas Contreras (57%), Owen Ansel (50%), Tristan Gaines (50%), Amanda Garabedian (50%), Jeremiah Santillana (50%), and Emily Sullivan (50%).

Ten year old Danielle Albright came away with the only undefeated performance wining all four events she was entered in (100 free, 50 fly, 100 breast & 200 IM). Other event champions included 15-year old Owen Ansel (100 back & 200 back), 16-year old Josh Avila (200 breast & 200 IM), 11-year old Janessa Bringe (100 fly, 100 free & 800 free), 7-year old Damian Brown (100 free, 50 fly & 50 back), 16-year old Joseph Cobarrubias (100 free & 100 breast), 10-year old Tomas Contreras (100 fly, 50 breast, 100 back, 50 fly & 100 breast), 9-year old Peyton Costa (100 free, 50 back & 200 IM), 15-year old Lauren Davis (100 free & 100 breast), 13-year old Alonso Escobedo (200 free & 200 IM), 8-year old Jayce Ford (200 free, 50 breast, 50 free, 100 free, 50 fly & 100 breast), 11-year old Skylar Ford (200 free, 100 back & 50 back), 14-year old Lauren Geiger (200 free & 100 back), 13-year old Parker Giles (100 free), 9-year old Daniel Haley (50 breast & 50 fly), 15-year old Katelyn Herrera (200 breast, 50 free & 200 fly), 10-year old Maya Herrera (200 free, 50 free & 50 back), 8-year old Natali Herrera (50 free), 13-year old Jacqui Koster (200 IM), 12-year old JD Koster (100 fly, 100 back, 50 free, 100 free, 50 fly, 100 breast & 50 back), 15-year old Jimmy Koster (200 free, 100 fly & 200 IM), 17-year old Josh Koster (100 back, 200 fly & 200 back), 18-year old Colin Landweer (200 free, 100 fly, 50 free, 100 free & 200 IM), 10-year old Paul Alexander Lerro (50 back), 15-year old Khloe McCarthy (200 free, 200 breast, 100 back, 100 breast, 200 back & 200 IM), 12-year old Madison McCarthy (100 back, 50 fly & 100 breast), 11-year old Emma Pena (200 free & 50 breast), 18-year old Nathan Rhea (100 fly, 200 breast, 50 free, 100 breast & 200 IM), 16-year old Jeremiah Santillana (100 free), 11-year old Katherine Sullivan (50 fly), and 8-year old Emmie Walker (100 breast).

13 FINAL AT JUANITA ALLINGTON MEMORIAL SWIM MEET

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Mar 112013

Twenty-four TNT swimmers competed at the Juanita Allington Memorial Senior Meet that was held during the last weekend of February, and over half of our swimmers earned a second swim in the championship, consolation, or bonus final, becoming one of 30 athletes in each event to do so.

Six swimmers finished among the top 10 athletes in their respective events. Our championship finalists were led by Kohlton Norys who came away with wins in both the 200 freestyle (1:39.54) and 100 backstroke (48.49) events, as well as two third place finishes that included the 50 free (20.92) and 100 fly (49.16). Mallory Korenwinder had our next highest finish with two second place performances in both the 200 breaststroke (2:18.90) and 100 breaststroke (1:04.60) events, as well as an 8^th place finish in the 200 IM (2:10.24). Chris Nolan came home with a 4^th place finish in the 200 fly (1:50.66), along with a 5^th place finish in the 100 fly (50.89), both of which are lifetime best swims. A female counterpart from Selma also doubled up fly events in the championship final as Emily Goodbar finished 5^th in the 200 fly (2:06.80) and 6^th in the 100 fly. Katelyn Herrera came home with a 6^th place finish in the 1650 freestyle (17:49.90) with her lifetime best, while Selma swimmer Jillian Hatch came in 8^th in the 200 free (1:53.68), and Colin Landweer finished 9^th in the 50 free (21.99).

An additional sixteen events resulted in scoring consolation swims that included the 18^th place finish of Emily Goodbar in the 400 IM (4:39.11), and 17^th place finish of Kyle Grissom in the 50 free (22.14). Jillian Hatch had three consolation swims that included her 13^th place in the 100 free (52.68), 12^th place in the 500 free (5:03.66) and 15^th place in the 50 free (24.62) events, while Mallory Korenwinder returned to consolations with both a 13^th place finish in the 400 IM (4:34.81) and a 14^th place finish in the 100 fly (58.71) events. Colin Landweer swam a total of seventeen swims at the meet, and came back to consolation finals in four of them, including a 19^th place finish in the 100 free (48.36), 17^th place in the 200 free (1:44.73), 20^th place in the 100 fly (54.52) and 16^th place in the 100 breast (1:02.72). Khloe McCarthy made it back with a 16^th place finish in her specialty event of the 400 IM (4:37.69), while Matlyn Morris came away with a 17^th place finish in the 50 free (24.65). Chris Nolan swam in the consolation heat for his 14^th place finish in the 500 free (4:44.41) and 11^th place finish of his 400 IM (4:08.46), while Nathan Rhea swam on day one, scoring in the 16^th place position in the 200 back (1:58.17).

Bonus heat finalists included: Lauren Davis (100 breast), Emily Goodbar (200 IM), Kyle Grissom (100 fly), Jillian Hatch (100 breast), Katelyn Herrera (1000 free & 200 fly), Colin Landweer (200 back, 200 breast & 100 back), Matlyn Morris (100 free, 200 back, 100 fly & 100 back), and Cody Nash (100 breast).

Nine team records were set at the meet, and were led by the four broken by Jillian Hatch who newly enters the 15-18 age group. Shortly after setting team records in the 13-14 age group, Jillian now sets the 100 free team record as a 52.68 in her new age group by outperforming Megan Eppler’s time of 53.38 that was set at the Terrapins meet in 2007. Jillian’s time now stands as the 150^th fastest time in the nation for girls at age 15. Her 5:03.66 in the 500 freestyle was well under Megan Eppler’s 5:09.37 that was set at the Belmont Grand Prix in 2007, and Jillian’s new record now stands as the 135^th fastest time posted this year. Her final record for the meet was in the 200 freestyle, where her time of 1:53.68 is nearly three full seconds under Megan Eppler’s previous record of 1:56.29 set at the Salinas meet in 2007. This is the 156^th fastest time posted nationally. Jillian’s final record came in the 100 breaststroke, where her time of 1:09.19 slid under Lauren Davis’s previous team record of 1:09.97 that was set at Sectionals this past December. Jillian’s time is currently ranked as the 350^th fastest nationally for 15-year old girls.

Our remaining team records were shared among five swimmers. Emily Goodbar reset the team record in the 15-18 100 fly to a 58.28. She had previously set the record as a 59.81 at the Terrain meet in November, and her time now stands as the 177^th fastest in the nation for 15-year old girls. Katelyn Herrera reestablished her team record in the 1650 freestyle to a 17:49.90 after swimming 17:54.75 at this past November’s Terrapin meet. Her time now stands as the 111^th fastest in the nation for girls her age. Mallory Korenwinder took down the 13-14 400 IM record with her swim of 4:34.81, surpassing Megan Eppler’s standard of 4:36.02 that was set at Junior Olympics in 2005. Mallory’s new record now stands as the 92^nd fastest time posted nationally for girls of age 14. Sixteen year old Chris Nolan came home after resetting his team record in the 200 fly to a 1:50.66 by a tenth of a second. His previous record was set at Sectionals in December, and only 15 other swimmers anywhere across the nation of the same age had swum that fast this year. Kohlton Norys was our final team record breaker in the senior division of the 100 fly where he swam a time of 49.16, repeated at both the preliminary heat, and the final heat, and going under his 50.22 that he swam as a 16-year old at the Winter Invitational in 2005. The time currently stands as the 204^th fastest nationally, irrespective of age.

Congratulations to all swimmers, including Owen Ansel, Josh Avila, Joseph Cobarrubias, Morgan Coddington, Allyson Duffy, Tracy Hannan, Chris Hansen, Noah Haworth, Sierra Jett, Jeremiah Santillana, and Jennifer Yarbrough for a successful competition over the weekend.

TNT WINS JUNIOR OLYMPICS

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Mar 112013

Tule Nation Tritons made an impact at both the 15-18 and 14-under divisions at the 2013 Junior Olympics winning its first title as a unified team of 71 individual swimmers representing the towns of Fig Garden, Hanford, Selma, Tulare and Visalia. Swimmers training in each of these towns actually represent towns such as Corcoran, Coalinga, Fig Garden, Hanford, Kingsburg, Lemoore, Porterville, Sanger, Selma, Tulare and Visalia as many swimmers sacrifice the time to commute to a central location with intent to achieve their desired goals on an individual level. Our overall team points placed the team in first by a margin of 1,142 with our senior swimmers (15-18) scoring 1,080 points on their own. Our 14-under swimmers alone combined to 2,382 points which would have maintained a margin of 191 points for the win if considering only the younger swimmers.
Thirty-three of our swimmers performed well enough in the preliminary heats to move on to the championship finals in a swim meet that hosted approximately 800 age group and senior swimmers. Scores from individual events alone contributed to 2,662 of the total team score. Congratulations to the following 33 swimmers for making it to the top-8:

Additionally, consolation finalists contribute to the team’s score, and these additional swimmers include: Janessa Bringe (age 11), Quinton Davis (12), Alonso Escobedo (13), Tristan Gaines (15), Parker Giles (13), Tracy Hannan (16), Jonas Huckabay (12), Toby Jones (9), Jakob Koorey (13), Jimmy Koster (15), Paul Alexander Lerro (10), Peyton Mckinzie (9), Madison Pallares (11), Micah Ruiz (13), Jeremiah Santillana (15), Taylor Shaw (17), and Bryan Wong (8).

Our total team points of 3,402 were led by our sole high point recipient, Skylar Ford of Visalia, who accumulated 134 points from individual events winning five of her seven events that included the 50 back (32.72), 200 free (2:16.53), 50 free (28.02), 100 free (1:01.37), and 50 fly (30.38) events. Skylar, swimming in her last meet as a 10-under, set three additional team records that included the 50 back, 200 free and 100 IM. Her 50 back time broke her preexisting record that she had set at the Age Group Invitational in December as a 32.84. Her time currently ranks 134th nationally for girls at age 10. Her 200 freestyle time at JO’s topped her 2:17.44 that she swam at the All Star meet the previous month, and that time stands as the 190th among 10-year old girls. The 100 IM record was a new record for Skylar as her time breaks Melissa Lindley’s 1:12.20 that she had set at Junior Olympics in 1990. Skylar’s 100 IM time of 1:11.77 is the 153rd fastest for all 10-year old girls who swam the event since this past September.

Two team records fell to 10 year old Jackson Huckabay of Selma who takes on the sprint tradition of the program by taking down both the 50 freestyle (28.78) and 100 freestyle (1:01.76) events. The 50 freestyle record was previously held by Parker Giles, who set the record at Far Westerns in 2010. Jackson’s time is currently 252nd fastest nationally among all 10-year old boys. Only 130 ten-year old male swimmers have swum as fast a Jackson in the 100 yard freestyle since September, and his time of 1:01.76 from Junior Olympics also broke Parker Giles’s record that once again was set at Far Westerns in 2010.

Fourteen year old Mallory Korenwinder posted a time of 1:04.22 in the 100 breaststroke that outperformed her time that was swum at Short Course Junior Nationals this past winter. Her time not only takes down her previous team record, but also improves both the CCS 13-14 record, which she set Junior Nationals, as well as the CCS Senior record that was held by Jorie Caneta as a 1:04.27 and set at Sectionals this past December. Mallory’s time currently stands as the 8th fastest time in the nation for all girls of age 14.

Colin Landweer was another swimmer who topped his fully rested, shaved and tapered time by swimming 1:55.88 in the 200 IM, going under his 1:55.93 swam at Winter Sectionals in 2011 at Golden West College. Colin’s time currently stands as the 171st fastest nationally for all 18-year old males.
Joining Skylar Ford in the winning circle was Colin Landweer who came away with four wins in the 15-18 division, and these included the 50 free (22.03), 400 IM (4:19.11), 200 IM (1:55.88) and 100 free (47.32) events. Fourteen year old Mallory Korenwinder had the next highest number of wins totaling three, and her events included the 100 breast (1:04.22), 400 IM (4:37.24) and 200 breast (2:20.49) events. Ten year old Danielle Albright doubled up her wins with the 50 breaststroke (35.89) and 100 breaststroke (1:20.62) events. Our remaining event champions included fourteen year old Allyson Duffy (500 free – 5:20.28), fifteen year old Kyle Grissom (200 fly – 1:57.78), and ten year old Jackson Huckabay (100 free – 1:01.76).

THREE TEAM RECORDS FALL AT ALL STARS

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Feb 252013

Ten year old Skylar Ford of Visalia continues her dominating performance by swimming undefeated in all six events she competed in at the All Star meet over the 19-20 weekend in Poway, California. Central California Swimmings 2013 All Star Team competed against the All Star Teams representing San Diego Imperial and Sierra Nevada over the weekend. Twenty-two TNT swimmers comprised a large portion of the All Star Team for this year. Skylar not only became the champion in all six events, she also broke her team record in the 200 freestyle event with a time of 2:17.44. Skylar currently holds four of our twelve 10-under girls short course records. She had set the 200 freestyle record at the Tulare meet only one month prior to the All Star Meet with a time of 2:17.86. Her new record currently stands as the 203^rd fastest time in the nation for girls 10 years of age.

Danielle Albright was our only other event champion as she won the 50 breaststroke event with a time of 38.08. Her 5^th place finish time of 6:12.98 in the 500 freestyle resulted in a new team record for the 10-under girls division, and the time currently stands as the 210^th fastest in the nation for 10-year old girls. The record stood for nearly five years, and was set by Khloe McCarthy at the Tulare meet in 2008.

Jonas Huckabay of Selma our other swimmer with a team record breaking performance, and he did so by improving his 200 backstroke by over 12 seconds to a 2:32.73, placing his swim under the preexisting team record of 2:42.03 by nearly ten seconds. The previous record was set by Luke Gregory, also nearly five years ago, while competing at the San Luis Obispo meet. The time is posted as the 978^th time out of 2,430 in the nation among boys of age 12 who have competed in the event.

Top 8 finishers include:

Congratulations to all swimmers who qualified and competed at the meet including: Lauren Geiger, Annlyn Haworth, Toby Jones, Janessa Bringe, Tomas Contreras, Peyton Costa, Quinton Davis, Jacqui Koster, JD Koster, Emily Milton, Preston Niayesh, and Katherine Sullivan.

SIERRA JETT WINS 100 BACK AT FRESNO SENIOR MEET

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Feb 252013

Twelve TNT swimmers competed at the first senior-level meet hosted in Central California by Fresno Dolphins over the last weekend of January. This was a trials and finals formatted swim meet where nine of our swimmers earned a second swim in either the championship final, or consolation final.

Nine TNT swimmers earned a spot in the championship final, led by the sole event champion, and newly 15-year old, Sierra Jett of Selma as she won the 100 backstroke event with a time of 1:02.92, defending her first place seed that she established in the preliminary heats. Her two other championship swims included a 5^th place finish in the 200 back (2:20.90) and 6^th place finish in the 100 free (57.50).

Fourteen year old Jillian Hatch of Selma competed in the championship finals in all six events at the meet with her highest place being second in both the 50 free (25.13) and 100 fly (1:00.18) events. He earned two third place finishes in the 100 free (53.51) and 200 free (1:57.61) events, a six place finish in the 100 back (1:06.37) and finally a 7^th place finish in the 200 IM (2:15.86).

Fourteen year old Morgan Coddington, Emily Goodbar, and Cody Nash all of Selma each earned four top-8 finishes. Morgan did so in the 100 back (3^rd 1:04.92), 200 back (3^rd 2:18.91), 400 IM (6^th 4:57.48) and 200 breast (7^th 2:40.47) events, while Emily finished third in both the 100 fly (1:00.44) and 400 IM (4:49.53) events. She also finished 4^th in the 1650 (18:38.02) and 6^th in the 200 IM (2:14.45) events. Cody Nash rounded out the quadruple finalists with a 2^nd place finish in the 200 breast (2:24.46), a 3^rd place finish in the 100 breast (1:05.25), a 4^th place finish in the 400 IM (4:49.60) and a 7^th place finish in the 200 IM (2:13.22).

Joseph Cobarrubias of Fig Garden finished in the top-8 in two events that included the 50 free (3^rd – 22.95) and 200 free (6^th 1:51.29), while team mate Laruen Davis, also of Fig Garden, finished third in the 100 breast (1:11.31) after returning from world travels. Both Tracy Hannan and Noah Haworth also became championship finalists at the meet with Tracy finishing 7^th in the 200 back (2:17.73) and Noah finishing 3^rd in the 200 fly (2:14.53).

Twenty additional events for our swimmers earned spots in the consolation heat:

Congratulations to all swimmers who qualified to compete at the meet, including Alonso Escobedo, Chris Hansen, Shaan Heugly, and Audrey Waddle.

SANTILLANA GOES UNDEFEATED AT RIDGECREST

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Feb 252013

Twenty TNT swimmers competed at the Beat the Cold swim meet hosted by Indian Wells in Ridgecrest during the last weekend of January. This meet is the only indoor swim meet hosted in Central California Swimming. Perhaps due to the controlled weather/temperature based on being an indoor meet, our swimmers attending this meet maintained the highest improvement percentage of any of our three groups attending any of the three swim meets over the same weekend.

Jeremiah Santillana of Hanford was the only TNT swimmer to swim uncontested, winning all nine events that he entered in the meet. His team mate from, also from Hanford, Taylor Shaw came close by winning seven of her eight events, and swimming to a second place finish in the 100 back. Needless to say, both swimmers became High Point recipients for the 15-over division. Other event champions included Danielle Albright (100 back), Jillian Gaines (500 free), Gage Price (50 free), Garrison Price (100 fly, 100 IM & 50 fly), and Alexa Wong (25 back).

Garrison Price, Aubrie Walker and Emmie Walker each led the teams 63% improvement rate by each improving 100% of their times at the meet. Others who improved 50% or more of their times included Jillian Gaines (86%), Benjamin Wheeler (83%), Danielle Albright (80%), Layla Flores (75%), Megan Pedro (75%), Daniel Haley (67%), and Annlyn Haworth (57%).

7 OF 7 FINAL AT CAL INVITE

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Feb 252013

Seven TNT swimmers competed at the Cal Invitational hosted and run by the Cal Berkley Mens swim team over the January 19-20 weekend. This approved meet that serves as a fundraiser for the defending NCAA Cal mens team offered a trials and finals formatted meet with the top 16 swimmers being considered finalist for each event. All seven TNT swimmers finished in the top-16 in at least one event at the meet.

Top 16 finalists were led by our top finisher, Chris Nolan, who swam to three championship finishes including a 3^rd place finish in both the 200 fly (1:55.65) and 200 IM (2:00.77), a 6^th place finish in the 400 IM (4:16.73) and a 7^th place finish in the 100 breast (1:02.82). Only two other TNT swimmers finished in the top-8, and these included Matlyn Morris who swam to a 4^th place finish in the 100 back (1:01.05) as well as a 6^th place finish in the 200 back (2:18.30), along with Khloe McCarthy who finished 5^th in the 100 back with a time of 2:13.37.

Our consolation swims included Owen Ansel (200 free 11^th & 100 free 12^th), Josh Avila (200 IM 11^th and 14^th in both the 200 breast and 100 breast), Katelyn Herrera (400 IM 14^th), Conor Martin (100 fly 11^th & 100 breast 16^th), and Khloe McCarthy (200 IM 12^th, and 13^th in both the 200 breast and 100 breast).

KORENWINDER, NOLAN & McCARTHY FINISH TOP-8 AT FULLERTON

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Feb 252013

Fullerton Aquatic Swim Team (FAST) hosted the first long course meet for the year taking place in California, and TNT had 14 swimmers attend their event over the January 26-27 weekend. At a swim meet with initial timelines that ran well past 5:00 PM prior to scratches, our team still maintained three swimmers with top-8 finishes. Mallory Korenwinder was our only event champion winning the 100 meter breaststroke event with a time of 1:14.29. She also swam to a 3^rd place finish in the 200 meter breaststroke with a time of 2:47.50. Chris Nolan had our next highest finish with two 5^th places in both the 100 meter fly and 200 meter fly with times of 59.26 and 2:10.25 respectively. Our remaining top-8 finisher was Khloe McCarthy who came away with a 7^th place finish in the 400 meter IM after swimming a time of 5:26.32.

Colin Landweer and Matlyn Morris each came away with top-16 finishes with Colin finishing 9^th in the 50 meter free (25.68), and Matlyn finishing 12^th in the 100 meter backstroke (1:12.78) events.

Time improvements were rather sparse after three weeks of training into the season; however, Matlyn Morris and Alex Metzner still managed to come away with 100% improvement rates. Matlyn improved six of six events, while Alex improved both qualified events, and swam the 100 meter freestyle for the first time with the club.

View the LiveSwim interview of the team at http://takeitlive.tv/liveswim/?p=2881

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