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FOUR HIGH POINTS EARNED AT BULLARD

Feb 082013

The CCS Invitational held at Bullard High School and hosted by Fresno Dolphins as the first swim meet in the new year recognized high point recipients for each age from six to fourteen. Four of our 47 TNT swimmers performed at a level that deserved such recognition, and led the team to its second place finish behind the 157 member Clovis Swim Club.

Natali Herrera of Selma led all seven year old girls in points as she took home the high point for that age by swimming seven events for the meet, and scoring in six of them. Her 29 points made her the only 7-year old girl with a double-digit score. Her highest place was second in the 7-8 age group 100 yard backstroke (1:44.68). Damian Brown took home the honor by leading all boys who were seven years old. His 31 points led the second place by 20 points. Damian swam six events in the 7-8 division, and placed no lower than 5^th in any of them. He had three 3^rd place finishes in the age group that included his 50 breaststroke (1:00.38), 50 free (40.01), and 100 IM (1:56.62). Daniel Haley was the winner among 8-year old boys with 47 points. Daniel scored in seven events, and was the event champion in both the 7-8 boys 50 backstroke (46.59) and 8-under 100 IM (1:40.45) events. In his seven events, Daniel placed top two in five of them. Danielle Albright led all 9-year old girls, an age division that fielded the top four point getters as TNT swimmers (Danielle Albright, Kylie Walker, Peyton Mckinzie, & Layla Flores in that order). Danielle competed in eight events, and was the event champion in four of the eight events that she competed in, including the 50 breaststroke (37.15), 200 free (2:25.93), 100 breaststroke (1:21.96) and 100 IM (1:16.45) events.

Our additional event champions included Joseph Cobarrubias of Fig Garden who took home the win in the 13-over 50 freestyle (22.51), Skylar Ford of Visalia who was the event champion in thee of her four 9-10 girl events on day 1, including the 100 free (1:01.55), 50 fly (30.63) and 100 back (1:13.75) events. Ten year old Jackson Huckabay went undefeated in the 9-10 boys division, winning all four of his events on Saturday: 100 free (1:05.70), 50 breast (39.62), 200 IM (2:42.16), and 200 free (2:23.08). London Jones was the event champion for the 6-under girls 25 fly (25.08), while Matlyn Morris marked her return with four wins in the 13-over division that included the 100 free (54.66), 200 back (2:17.58), 50 free (25.27), and 100 back (1:02.99) events. Ten year old Alex Roberts took home the win in the 50 backstroke (35.70), while Selmas Satoshi Shinkawa was the event champion in the 11-12 boys 50 fly (29.15). Runner-up high point swimmer, nine-year old Kylie Walker became the event champion in the 9-10 division in both the 50 free (30.35) and the 100 fly (1:20.49) events.

Nine year old Peyton Mckinzie was one of only two TNT swimmers to maintain a 100% improvement rate among the 47 who entered the meet. She swam improvements in five events that had been previously recorded with the team (100 free, 50 breast, 200 free, 50 free and 100 IM), and swam three events for the first time (100 back, 100 breast and 100 fly). Her highest finish was in the 9-10 girls 100 fly event where her time of 1:28.47 was fast enough for a third place finish in the event. Our other 100% improvement came from Brittney Vierra who improved her 50 freestyle by over two and a half seconds. She also swam the 200 breaststroke event in the 13-over division for the first time.

A welcome to the team goes to 12-year old Brandon Hatch who records five new times with the team in the 11-12 boys division. His highest finish came in the 200 freestyle where his time of 2:20.64 earned a 4^th place finish in the event.

TNT PLACES 2nd AT 2012 WINTER SECTIONALS

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Feb 082013

Despite a missed relay that had a potential of bringing in at least 40 points based on the entry time and final results, and illness that befell the team, our 14 Tule Nation Triton swimmers were able to still maintain a 2^nd place finish in the small teams division, a mere 44 points behind the first place Roadrunner team of Bakersfield, accumulating enough points to outscore all but one of the 32 teams that scored in the small team division at the 2012 Winter Sectional meet. Swimmers who earned points in individual events were led by Kohlton Norys who accumulated 52 points that resulted from a 1^st place finish in the 100 backstroke (46.77) that became not only a new team record, but was nearly two seconds under the previous meet record of 48.03 that was set in 2010 by former Big West 100 back Champion, and former US Pan American Games Qualifier, Eddie Erazo. Kohlton had also set a team record in the 50 freestyle (20.16) by winning the consolation final by a rather large margin.

Our next highest point source came from Christopher Nolan contributing 29 points to the team effort, the bulk of which came from his 5^th place finish in the 200 fly (1:50.76). His time improved his team record that he had set at the Terrapin meet this past month, and stood as the 11^th fastest in the nation at the time of the swim meet for all boys of age 16, only one place out of what will be nationally recognized. Chris also placed 21^st in the 100 fly (51.46) scoring points in the bonus heat.

Mallory Korenwinder scored on the first day of the meet with an 11^th place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.29) and a time improvement that followed her improvement at Junior Nationals one week earlier while competing at the University of Tennessee. Her time improves her team record by over two seconds, stands now as the CCS record that previously belonged to Jenni Brelsford of Fig Garden who set the record as 2:18.61 in 1992, and is currently the fifth fastest time nationally for the gender and age. Her 200 IM time of 2:09.94 was achieved in a time trial event, and is nearly two seconds under Samantha Goates team record 2:11.43 that was set at Junior Olympics in 2005. This time was the 73^rd fastest nationally at the time it was swum.

The next highest point source from individual events came from Nathan Rhea who earned the largest number of second swims when compared to anyone on the team. His 400 IM time of 4:04.16 was better than his previous team record of 4:05.39 that was set in 2010 at the same pool. The time stood at 63 for a national ranking among 17-year old male swimmers at the time it was swum. Nathan had also set the team record in the 200 breaststroke (2:08.01) that was an improvement of 2:09.46 that was set at Sectionals in 2010 by Sam Hansen, and Nathans time ranked 67^th for the national age and gender during the weekend. His final second swim came in the 200 backstroke (1:52.96). Nathan placed 20^th in the 400 IM, and 23^rd in the other two events.

Colin Landweer made it back in the 100 freestyle (46.72) event on our first day of the meet with a 22^nd place tie and a time that was is under 2008 Olympic Trial qualifier, Bradley Matsumotos team record of 46.88 set at the Winter Invitational in 2004. Colins time stood as the 91^st fastest nationally among all 18-year old male swimmers at the time of the meet.

Team records were also set by Lauren Davis of Fig Garden who improved her own 15-16 team record in the 200 breaststroke (2:26.94) from the time she had set at the Selma meet three months ago as 2:33.23 for a national ranking of 113. She had also gone under Katherine Bristows previous record of 1:10.25 that was set at the Tulare meet in 2008 in the 100 breaststroke event. Laurens new record is now 1:09.97 and currently stands as the 274^th fastest nationally for all girls at age 15.

A relative newcomer to the team, fourteen year old Jillian Hatch who trains in the Selma program had reestablished three team records belonging to two of our most successful swimmers of the past. Jillian swam a time of 24.26 in the 50 freestyle, thereby breaking the record belonging to Samantha Goates that she had set at the Winter Invitational in 2003 as a 24.47. The new record now stands as the 50^th fastest nationally for girls of age 14 during the weekend of the meet. Her 100 free time of 52.70 was also under Samantha Goats record 53.36 that was set at Junior Olympics in 2005, and Jillians time stood as the 59^th fastest nationally when it was swum. Finally, Megan Eppler had set the 500 freestyle record as a 5:08.10 in 2005 at the Winter Invitational, and Jillians 5:07.58 now stands as the new record, and was the 84^th fastest time swam nationally for the gender and age during that weekend.

Our remaining qualifiers for the meet included Emily Goodbar of Selma who finished 32^nd in the 200 fly (2:06.53), Kyle Grissom who finished 36^th in the 200 fly (1:59.52), Devan Marshall of Visalia who finished 62^nd in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.56), Matthew Tashima who finished 75^th in the 50 free (22.22), Khloe McCarthy who finished 82^nd in the 400 IM (4:44.84), Joseph Cobarrubias of Fig Gardenwho finished 102^nd in the 100 free (49.05), and Josh Avila who finished 128^th in the 50 free (23.30).

SKYLAR FORD & JACKSON HUCKABAY LEAD TNT TO 12th PLACE FINISH AT WINTER AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Jan 042013

Although not all teams attending the Winter Age Group Championships maintain a quality of athlete to score points at the meet, where only the top 8 individuals swim finals and the top 16 individuals score points, 37 teams did score with points ranging from Mission Viejos 3,478 points to Max Aquatics 3 points. Our TNT Winter Age Group Team of 27 swimmers scored enough points (826) to place the team as the 12^th highest performing team at one of the largest age group championship meets in Southern California Swimming.

Sixteen of our 27 athletes generated scores in individual events while at the meet, and these were led by 10-year old Skylar Ford of Visalia who swam away with a championship win in the 50 yard butterfly event with a time of 30.33, three runner up events that included the 100 breaststroke (1:19.20), 50 free (27.61) and 50 breaststroke, as well as third place finishes in two events where she set team records. These two events included the 50 back (32.84) and 100 free (1:00.99) events. Skylar had set the 100 free record at the Merced meet earlier as a 1:02.57. Only 41 other 10-year old girls swam as fast in the 100 free anywhere in the nation this year. Jill Edminster had previously set the 50 backstroke record at Far Westerns in 1990 with a time of 32.96, and now Skylars new record stands as the 82^nd fastest time in the nation for any 10-year old girl.

Jackson Huckabay of Selma led all male TNT swimmers in point accumulation from individual events. Jackson joined Skylar in scoring in all events entered, with his highest performance coming as a second place finish in the 50 breaststroke (37.96) event. He followed this by two third place finishes including the 100 breaststroke (1:23.13) and 50 free (29.06) events. Jackson also finished 6^th in the 100 free (1:03.83), 7^th in the 100 IM (1:13.91) and 15^th in the 50 fly (35.04).

The table below reflects all 16 swimmers point accumulation from individual events.

RELAYS

The remaining team points came from relay swims that contributed to well more than half of the overall team points. Every relay that TNT participated in scored while at the meet, and three of them resulted in new team records. Our first record-breaking relay was the 15-over 800 freestyle relay composed of Josh Koster, Noah Haworth, Cody Nash and Conor Martin whose time of 7:27.58 was under the 7:36.13 that Colin Landweer, Nathan Rhea, Sam Hansen and Thomas Brown had set as the record in 2010 at Junior Olympics. The 11-12 boys relay of Alonso Escobedo, Preston Niayesh, JD Koster and Jonas Huckabay reset the 11-12 boys 400 Medley Relay by a large margin swimming 4:27.00 for a 3^rd place medal and resetting the 4:42.06 record established by Micah Ruiz, Preston Niayesh, Parker Giles and JD Koster at Junior Olympics last year. The CCS Record in that event is 4:17.65 and our TNT boys time currently stands as the 30^th fastest time nationally, with eight of the top-30 times resulting from one of the three Winter Age Group Championship meets that took place over the weekend. Our final relay record was set by the 10-under girls Priscilla Niayesh, Daniel Albright, Skylar Fordand Katherine Sullivan whose time of 2:19.94 in the 200 Meldley Relay went under the 2:21.13 time that was set as the record by Janessa Bringe, Daniellle Albright Pricilla Niayesh and Skylar Ford also at last years Junior Olympcis. The current CCS Record stands as 2:12.52.

Preston Niayesh joined Skylar Ford as the only other individual to set a team record at the meet, and he did so with a time of 2:40.80 in the 11-12 boys 200 breaststroke event with nearly a six-second improvement in the event. The previous record was held by Chris Hansen as 2:42.23, and set at the San Luis Obispo meet three years ago in 2009. Prestons time currently stands as the 118^th fastest in the nation for any boy at age 12.

Preston was also among eight TNT swimmers who improved 100% of their times at the meet. He is joined by Jonas Huckabay of Selma who improved 6 of 6 events, Sierra Jettwho also trains in Selma, and Conor Martin who all improved all six allowable events. Visalia swimmers Jimmy Koster and Paul Alexander Lerro improved each of their three events at the meet, while Andrea Morales improved both of her events.

The following is a list of each swimmer along with an event that reflected one of their highest place finishes. Many of our swimmers competed while on the bottom of the age group, and are in prime position for a top-8 finish when they move to the top of the age group.

4 NATIONAL TOP-10 TIMES SWAM AT TERRAPIN MEET

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Dec 112012

Eight team records were established while our team competed at the Pacific Senior Championships hosted by the Terrapin team in Concord with Kyle Grissom setting records in three of his four events, and each record was previously his. His time of 22.38 in the 50 freestyle topped his Merced time of 22.58, and now the time stands as the 9^th fastest time on record by any swimmer in the nation at age 14. His 100 freestyle time of 50.40 also bettered his Merced time of 50.70, and becomes the 66^th fastest time in the nation. His most impressive current national ranking came in the 100 fly where his time of 52.56 is posted as the second fast time nationally.

Mallory Korenwinder improved her Merced record in the 100 breaststroke with her 1:05.52 by a tenth of a second. Her time stands as the fifth fastest nationally for all 14-year old girls. Chris Nolan swam another top-10 ranking swimming 1:51.20 in the 200 fly event that went under Kohlton Noryss 1:51.38 that he swam at the Winter Invitational in 2006. Chriss time currently stands as the 4^th fastest in the nation for any male swimmer at age 16.

Katelyn Herrera came away with two team records in the distance events, beginning with her 10:41.57 in the 1000 freestyle on Friday. Katelyn had set the record earlier in the year with a 11:07.57 at the Selma meet. Her time currently stands as the 43^rd fastest in the nation for all 15-year old girls. Her 1650 time of 17:54.75 went under Sherlyn Ricablancas team record of 19:05.61 that was set in Lemoore back in 1992. Katelyns time is the 24^th fastest time on record by any 15-yer old girl in the nation.

Butterflyer, and fifteen year old Emily Goodbar of Selma improved her team record in the 100 fly to a 59.81, becoming the first female in the history of the team in the 15-18 age group to swim under the minute mark. Her time is the 122^nd fastest nationally for the age as she swam twice under her previous team record of 1:00.35 from the Selma meet.

The top 30 competitors in each event in Concord earned the right to swim in the Championship, Consolation or Bonus final heats. No surprise that Kohlton Norys maintained the highest place finish competing undefeated at the meet winning all five events he had entered: 100 back (47.74), 50 free (20.62), 200 free (1:40.59), 100 free (44.46) and 100 back (47.74). Our next highest finish was second, and both Nathan Rhea and Chris Nolan accomplished the runner-up finishes in their respective events. Nathan finished second in the 400 IM (4:09.14), while Chris finished 2^nd in the 200 fly (1:51.20). Nathan swam to the championship heat in two additional events that included an eighth place finish in the 200 IM (1:57.44) and 10^th place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:11.66-prelim), while Chris finished fifth in the 100 fly (51.71-prelim) and 9^th in the 200 breaststroke (2:13.02-prelim).

Other championship swims came from Emily Goodbar who finished 8^th in the 200 fly (2:07.39) and 9^th in the 400 IM (4:34.38), Katelyn Herrera who finished 8^th in the 1000 free (10:41.37), Mallory Korenwinder finished 4^th in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.52-prelim) and 7^th in the 200 breaststroke (2:24.41). Colin Landweer had his highest finish in the 1000 free at 5^th (9:51.97). Consolation finalists included Emily Goodbar in the 200 IM (2:11.91 – 17^th) and 100 fly (1:00.12 – 17^th). Kyle Grissom in the 100 fly (52.56 – 12^th) and 50 free (22.38 – 13^th), Mallory Korenwinder in the 200 IM (2:12.65 – 20^th), Colin Landweer in the 50 free (22.23 – 12^th) and 100 free (48.28 – 12^th), Nathan Rhea in the 100 breast (1:00.48 – 14^th) and 100 back (54.54 – 15^th), and Matt Tashima in the 50 free (22.51 – 20^th).

Our remaining finalists earned a spot in the bonus finals, the they included Josh Avila in the 200 breaststroke (24^th), Emily Goodbar in the 500 free (28^th), Chris Hansen in the 200 breast (29^th), Katelyn Herrera in the 500 free (28^th), Mallory Korenwinder in the 100 back (30^th), Colin Landweer in the 200 IM (21^st), 100 fly (26^th), 100 breast (25^th), and 100 back (25^th), Nathan Rhea in the 200 fly (23^rd), and Matt Tashima in the 100 free (29^th).

The list below reflects selected events from some of our team. Congratulations to first time participant: Owen Ansel, Joseph Cobarrubias, Morgan Coddington, Laruen Davis, Tracy Hannan, Noah Haworth, Sierra Jett, Conor Martin, Alex Metzner, Cody Nash, and Jeremiah Santillana:

17 HIGH POINTS EARNED IN MERCED

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Nov 202012

Sixty-four TNT swimmers competed at the Gil Williams Memorial Meet held in Merced over the October 27^th weekend, and seventeen of them performed at a level to take home one of the top three High Point awards that were distributed at the end of the meet.

Korryn Kennedy of Hanford took home the third place honors for the 6-under girls division by winning the 6-under 25 back (30.01) and being the runner up in the 6-under 25 free, while James Savage was the top point getter in the 6-under boys division resulting from five event wins that included the 25 breast (33.88), 25 fly (28.65), 50 back (58.28), 50 fly (1:09.78), and 25 back (27.28). Five year old Lucas Huckabay of Selma scored enough points to tie for a second place position in the same division. Jayce Ford of Visalia swam undefeated winning all eight of his events, and was thereby among our top point getters earning 72 points and taking home the first place high point award for the 7-8 boys division, while sister Skylar Ford matched his points and undefeated status and took home the top honors in the 9-10 girls division. Katie Sullivan earned the third highest points in the 9-10 girls division by placing no higher than fourth place in any one event.

Our 9-10 boys swept that division with Jackson Huckabay of Selma taking the top honors with the 72 points reflecting first place finishes in all eight events, while Peyton Costa and Toby Jones finishing second and third respectively, each only nine years old. Peyton had three championship swims including the 100 back (1:24.51), 200 IM (3:02.78), and 100 fly (1:27.20), while Toby placed no higher than fourth place in any of his events. Alonso Escobedo had three wins that included the 100 free (58.73), 200 IM (2:22.47), and 50 back (31.10) events, as he took home the top honors in the 11-12 boys division. He was followed by Selmas Jonas Huckabay who won the 100 back (1:14.30) and 200 free (2:16.95) events. Mallory Korenwinder was the runner-up in the 13-14 girls division winning five of her events, including the 100 breast (1:05.63), 200 back (2:19.67), 50 free (25.64), 200 breast (2:22.60) and 200 IM (2:11.87). On the boys side of the 13-14 division, Kyle Grissom was our only other undefeated swimmer who swam away with the honors by scoring the maximum 72 points that reflect the undefeated status.

Lauren Davis of Fig Garden was the high point recipient in the 15-16 girls division, and she did this by winning the 100 free (58.50), 200 back (2:29.97), 50 free (27.49), and 200 IM (2:25.12) events. There was a sweep in the 15-16 boys division with Chris Nolan, Conor Martin and Josh Avila taking home the first, second and third place trophies respectively. Chris was the event champion in the 200 free (1:47.90), 50 free (23.03), 200 breast (2:15.22), and 200 fly (1:55.26) events. Although the 17-18 division was not awarded trophies, Nathan Rhea was the runner up in the male side of that division by winning both the 100 back (55.41) and 200 IM (2:01.97) events.

Five team records were established by three individuals at the meet. Ten year old Skylar Ford of Visalia continues her record breaking performance by improving her 100 free record to a 1:02.57. She had broken the record recently at the Selma meet the previous month with a 1:02.77, and her current time stands as the 71^st fastest time in the nation for any 10-year old girl. Kyle Grissom came away with two team records for the 13-14 boys division in the sprint freestyle events, beginning with his time of 50.70 in the 100 freestyle. His time slid under Kohlton Noryss previous record of 50.85 that was set at Junior Olympics in 2004. Kyles time currently stands as the 56^th fastest in the nation for 14-year old boys. His 22.58 in the 50 freestyle event surpassed his own record that he had set at Far Westerns in March (22.86). Only six other swimmers in the nation at age 14 have swam a time faster than his so far in this short course season. Mallory Korenwinder was our final swimmer to break team records, and she did so in both breaststroke events. At age 14, Mallory swam 1:05.63 in the 100 breaststroke which is under the 1:05.85 record that she had set at Far Westerns in March, and matched at the Hanford meet one month prior to Merced. The time is currently the second fastest time in the nation behind the 1:04.30 by Meghan Small of Maryland. Mallorys 200 breaststroke record-breaking swim of 2:22.60 matched her national ranking of second, again outperforming her Far Western swim of 2:23.19. The top time in the nation currently stands as 2:19.38.

SKYLAR FORD BREAKS TEAM RECORD AT HANFORD MEET

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Nov 202012

A total of 108 TNT swimmers entered into the Hanford Fall Classic which was the first scheduled short course meet of the new season, and only one swimmer came away with a team record. Ten year old Skylar Ford training in Visalia had established herself as our top 10-under girl of all time in the 50 meter freestyle event by swimming the top four times during the long course season, as well as holding the top three times in the 100 meter freestyle, and top two times in the 50 meter fly event. She now begins her short course season with an early record-breaking performance at the Hanford meet, posting the fastest time on record in the 50 yard event with a time of 28.50 thereby surpassing Melissa Lindleys team record of 28.87 that was set at Far Westerns in 1990. This becomes her first short course record of surely several to come. With the advent of the new reporting cycle that began at the beginning of the month, Skylars time currently stands as the 3^rd fastest time in the nation. Skylar swam undefeated at the meet, winning all five events entered.

Only two other swimmers were undefeated at the meet, and its not the first time that 8-year old Ian Belflower training in Bakersfield swam uncontested. Our other undefeated swimmer was 12-year old Satoshi Shinkawa of Selma who also came home with four first place finishes with improvements that included an over 14-second drop in the 100 fly. Besides Skylar, Ian and Satoshi, we had 45 additional event champions in each respective time category (A, B, C). The following table reflects these 45 additional swimmers along with the number of individual events they won:

Thirty-eight of our swimmers recorded times in 50-yard events or longer for the first time with the team, while 65 swimmers entered 50-yeard or longer events that had been previously attempted. Of those who maintained previously recorded times, the teams time improvement was an astounding 71% with 31 swimmers improving 100% of their times. Congratulations to the following 31 swimmers for their perfect improvement rate as we enter the new short course season:

THREE TNT SWIMMERS NAMED TO 2012 USA SWIMMING SCHOLASTIC ALL AMERICA TEAM

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Nov 202012

USA Swimming has published the list of the 2012 Scholastic All-America Male and Female Teams, and this year’s male team includes three TNT swimmers who are among a total of five swimmers from all of Central California Swimming, based on this past academic year. Information, including the team lists can be found by clicking on the USA Swimming Scholastic All America Team link which will take you to the USA Swimming site.

Congratulations to:

Nathan Rhea, a Senior at Tulare Western making the list for the second time.
Colin Landweer, a Senior at Lemoore High making the list for the first time, and
Christopher Nolan, a Junior at Corcoran High School making the list for his first time.

Athletes are eligible for the Scholastic Academic All America recognition if they have maintained a 3.5 grade point average or higher during their sophomore year or later, and who have also attained the minimum time standard

MALLORY KORENWINDER FINISHES 8th AT JUNIOR NATIONALS

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Nov 202012

Tule Nation Tritons fielded two swimmers in four qualified events at the 2012 Summer Junior National Championships held at Indiana University in Indianapolis this past month. After achieving her first Junior National qualifying time at the LA Invitational in July, Mallory Korenwinder made her second cut at Sectionals in the 200 meter breaststroke being our sole dual automatic qualifier. Her second fastest time on record in the 100 breaststroke preliminary heats with a time of 1:12.74 was enough to not only earn her a second swim in the event, but placed her in the championship finalist heat. Fourteen year old Mallory placed eight in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:13.41, and she also finished 62^nd in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:45.10.

After missing the Junior National time standard by three one hundredths of a second at the Swimvitational in Omaha, Chris Nolan achieved his cut at the Sectional meet this summer. Already having established a bonus cut in the 100 fly, Chris also competed in two events at Juniors. His highest place came in the 200 fly where his 2:06.11 earned a 33^rd place finish in the event. Chris came away with the only time improvement by swimming 57.96 in the 100 fly which was an 86^th place finish at the meet.

Good luck to both, and all others, as they gear up for Winter Nationals and Winter Junior Nationals coming up in December.

SEVEN OF TEN TNT SWIMMERS FINAL AT AGE GROUP ZONES

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Nov 202012

Seven of our ten TNT swimmers who participated at the Western Zone meet held at Mesa University in Colorado this past month performed well enough to place them into scoring position, and among the top eight in their respective events. Fourteen year old Kyle Grissom was our only event champion at the meet for TNT, becoming so in two events brining home first place finishes in both the 50 meter free (25.56) and the 100 fly (59.33) events. He also had a second place finish in the 100 free (57.31).

The next highest finishers were both from Fig Garden, and they included Laruen Davis who swam to a second place finish in the 15-16 200 breaststroke (2:45.60), and a third place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:17.60). Joseph Cobarrubias of Fig Garden also earned the silver medal in the 50 free (25.26), and also came home with a fifth place finish in the 100 free (55.98).

Fifteen year old Emily Goodbar of Selma came home with the highest number of top-8 finishes of any member of our team by placing third in both the 100 fly (1:05.91) and 200 fly (2:30.93) events. She had also finished fifth in the 1500 free (19:04.91) and seventh in the 200 IM (2:35.15).Katelyn Herrera was our other multiple top-8 performer with a fourth place finish in the 800 free, and a seventh place finish in the 15-16 1500 freestyle event. Bre Abell of Selma finished fifth in the 100 free for the 15-16 division with a time of 1:01.76, while Josh Avila earned a second swim finishing fifth in the 200 breaststroke (2:41.86) in the 15-16 division. Congratulations to each of our ten swimmers who qualified and competed at the meet, including fourteen year old Noah Haworth of Selma whose highest place was 12^th in the 50 free (27.29), ten year old Janessa Bringe who had her highest place of 18^th in the 100 fly (1:26.40), and thirteen year old Morgan Coddington of Selma whose highest place was 25^th in the 13-14 200 breaststroke (3:06.31) while competing on the bottom of the age group.

CHRIS HANSEN PLACES 28th AT SENIOR ZONES

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Sep 252012

Improving his time by over five seconds in the 200 meter breaststroke event, fifteen year old Chris Hansen swam to a 28^th place finish with a time of 2:36.96, becoming the highest place finisher of any of the eight TNT swimmers who competed at the 2012 Senior Zone Championships. Chriss time was a mere .3 seconds from the Winter Sectional time standard of 2:36.69. Chris swam the two highest place finishes for the team, placing 43^rd in the 100 breaststroke with a near two second drop to a 1:13.07 in that event.

Our next highest finisher was the 52^nd place finish in the 200 breaststroke of Cody Nash of Selma who swam a time 2:43.02. Cameron Weas of Hanford was our only swimmer to improve 100% of times, and this is after competing at both the LA Invitational and Sectional meet earlier in the summer. Camerons highest place was 67^th in the 50 freestyle where he swam a time of 25.94. He will be attending and competing for Questa College this upcoming year. Hannah Giles who will begin her college swimming career at Western State College in Colorado this upcoming year had her highest place as 77^th in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:24.85. Josh Koster of Visalia improved nearly two seconds in the 100 fly where his time of 1:05.86 was enough for a 124^th place finish in the event. Taylor Shaw of Hanford finished 126^th in the 100 fly with a time of 1:14.47, while Coach Bobby Yribarren finished 191^st in the 50 free with a time of 27.54 as he begins his recovery from injury. Tracy Hannan competed in the 50 freestyle where his 198^th place was a result of his time of 27.62.

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