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PAIGE & PEYTON COSTA, TAYLOR SHAW AND CHRIS NOLAN WIN HIGH POINT AT RIDGECREST

Feb 012012

Forty-one TNT swimmers were among the 154 athletes competing at the Ridgecrest meet during the last weekend of January earning combined points totaling 1,451 to outscore the nine teams present, including the host IWV by over 200 points. Team points were led by four TNT high point recipients, beginning with the youngest brother-sister duo, Paige and Peyton Costa. Six-year old Paige Costa took home the honors by scoring 88 points in the 6-under division while the runner up from Bakersfield accumulated a distant 58 points. Paige was the event champion in nine of her ten events winning the 50 free (44.16), 50 back (57.53), 50 fly (59.49), 100 IM (2:05.09), 100 free (1:42.84), 25 back (24.92), 25 free (19.42), 25 fly (23.43) and 25 breast (30.20). On the boys side of the 7-8 age division, brother Peyton Costa led the group with 84 points. Peyton became the event champion in seven of his ten events winning the 50 free (32.85), 50 fly (42.99), 500 free (7:19.13), 100 free (1:17.02), 25 back (19.79), 25 free (15.52) and 25 fly (18.10). The top five male point getters in the 7-8 division were all TNT swimmers with Peyton leading Toby Jones, Jayce Ford, Daniel Magargee and Mason Amble respectively.

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The top two scorers for the 13-14 girls were also TNT swimmers with Taylor Shaw taking home the honors in leading Megan Nino as runner up. Taylor was the event champion in the 200 fly (2:29.56) and 400 IM (5:12.87) events. The top two point getters for the 15-18 boys were also both TNT swimmers, with Chris Nolan taking home the honors, along with Javiar Morales as runner up. Our two led the ten male swimmers in the division in points. Chris was the event champion in five of his eight events winning the 200 free (1:50.96), 100 back (1:00.10), 100 fly (54.67), 200 IM (2:05.99) and 50 free (23.53).

Other event champions included Danielle Albright who won the 9-10 500 free (5:51.20), 14-year old Owen Ansel won the 200 free (2:03.20) and 100 breast (1:14.70); 6-year old Damien Brown won the 25 free (22.67); 9-year old Skylar Ford won the 50 breast (39.90); 14-year old Katelyn Herrera won the 200 breast (2:50.03), 200 IM (2:20.83), 200 back (2:24.62), 50 free (27.03), 100 breast (1:21.05) and 400 IM (4:56.75); 8-year old Toby Jones won the 50 breast (47.35), 100 IM (1:36.78) and 25 breast (21.99); 11-year old JD Koster was the event champion in the 500 free (6:18.29), Devan Marshall took the first in the 17-18 200 breast (2:21.79), 14-year old Khloe McCarthy won the 200 free (2:05.43), 100 back (1:05.37), 100 fly (1:06.76), 100 free (59.00), 50 free (27.31) and 200 fly (2:28.99), 15-year old Megan Nino won the 100 back (1:07.37), 500 free (6:04.61) and 200 back (2:26.41); and Jeremiah Santillana was the champion in the 13-14 100 free (56.42) and 50 free (25.59) events.

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Nine meet records were set by four TNT swimmers at the meet, and these were led by Paige Costa who reestablished records in four events beginning with the 6-under 50 fly. Her time of 59.49 in the 6-under event was well under the 1:07.61 previously held by Emma Steele of Fresno, and set in 2001. Paiges 2:05.09 in the 100 IM was nearly 30 seconds faster than the preexisting record held by Grace Williams set in 2007. Paige went under 20 seconds for the first time with her 19.42 in the 25 free, thereby swimming well under the 21.04 time swam by Ashley Flatman in 2004. Finally Paige swam 23.43 in the 25 fly which was fast enough for the record that was held by Emma Steele set in 2001 as 23.95.

Peyton Costa is now the record holder in the 50 free, swimming 32.85 which was under the 33.61 record that our very own Dax Korenwinder had set in 2009 while swimming in the 7-8 division. Eight-year old Peyton also swam the 500 free for the first time, and his 7:19.13 was under the 7:59.73 record that was held by Kenneth Flatman and set in 2003. Finally, Peyton swam 15.52 in the 25 free to edge under the 15.72 record set by Dax Korenwinder in 2009.

Two additional records were reestablished by TNT swimmers, and both were in the 15-18 male division. Visalia swimmer Devan Marshall entered his first meet as a TNT swimmer, and earned his first meet record by swimming 2:21.79 in the 200 breaststroke, which was nearly 10 seconds under the 2:31.50 record set in 2004 by Fresno swimmer Nicholas Rocca. Our High Point winner Chris Nolan set a new record in the 100 fly with a time of 54.67 which was under the 55.65 record set by Ross Long of Bakersfield in 2002.

6 COMPETE – 6 FINAL AT FRESNO JUNIOR MEET

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Feb 012012

Seven TNT swimmers competed at the Fresno trials and finals meet over the last weekend of January. Nathan Rhea place no lower than second in any one of his six events winning the 200 breaststroke (2:14.06), 100 breaststroke (1:01.76) and 200 back (1:59.60) events. Colin Landweer swam away with wins in both the 100 free (48.79) and 200 free (1:45.76) events.

Sectional qualifier, Joseph Cobarrubias, swam to four championship finishes with his highest placing of 2^nd in the 100 free (51.04). Our youngest swimmer at age 13, Morgan Coddington, had three championship swims with her highest place of 4^th in the 200 breaststroke (2:46.64). Now 15-year old Chris Hansen also earned three championship swims earning two 3^rd place finishes including the 200 breaststroke (2:31.17) and 400 IM (4:55.37) events.

Although not returning to finals, daughter of local swimming phenom Scott Jett, Sierra Jett, finished 2nd during the preliminary heats in the 200 back (2:32.33).

EMILY GOODBAR BREAKS TEAM RECORD AT FULLERTON

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Jan 212012

Seven TNT swimmers swam to an 18^th place team finish among 37 teams that scored at the 2012 Southern California Swimming Senior Meet hosted by Fullerton Aquatic Swim Team in Fullerton. After setting the team record in the 13-14 girls 200 fly as a 2:11.55 at the Terrapin meet this past November, fourteen year old Emily Goodbar of Selma swam to a consolation finish of 14^th place, and smashed her previous record with a 2:09.67. Her time currently ranks 71^st in the National Age Group top-10 ranking among 14-year old girls for 2012.

Chris Nolan led our team in the number of second swims earned with two consolation swims that included a 12^th place finish in the 200 fly (1:57.02) and an 18^th place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:16.64), along with two bonus finishes: 22^nd place in the 100 fly (54.84) and 28^th place in the 100 breast (1:03.89). Mallory Korenwinder led the team in points from individual events with her two consolation finishes: 12^th in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.70) and 17^th in the 200 breaststroke (2:28.12). Our two additional swimmers earning second swims included 13-year old Mia Newkirk who finished 25^th in the 100 back (1:02.37) and 14-year old Khloe McCarthy who finished 26^th in the 100 breaststroke (1:12.24) events.

Our girls team competed in three relays, and scored a total of 66 points when combining the scores from all three relays. Our highest scoring relay was an 8^th place finish in the 400 Medley Relay (4:10.93), and was composed of Mia Newkirk, Mallory Korenwinder, Emily Goodbar and Bre Abell. The 800 free relay finished 11^th and was composed of Bre Abell, Mia Newkirk, Emily Goodbar and Katelyn Herrera. The final 400 free relay of Mia Newkirk, Katelyn Herrera, Mallory Korenwinder and Bre Abell finished 13^th overall.

EIGHT NAMED TO CCS ALL STAR TEAM

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Jan 212012

Thirty-eight TNT swimmers competed at the All Star Qualifying meet over the first full weekend of the New Year. Several of our swimmers age 14 and under had expressed an interest in representing Central California Swimming (CCS) as a 2012 All Star team member. The All Star meet is scheduled to take place during the January 21-22 weekend in Lodi.

Eight of our swimmers performed will enough at the qualifying meet to make the team. Congratulations to: Skylar Ford from Visalia (10-under girls), Janessa Bringe from Visalia (10-under girls), Jonas Huckabay from Selma (11-12 boys), Jackson Huckabay from Selma (10-under boys), Morgan Coddington from Selma (13-14 girls, Kyle Grissom from Porterville (13-14 boys), Preston Niayesh from Visalia (11-12 boys), and Satoshi Shinkwawa from Selma (11-12 boys). Our TNT group will be well represented by both our eight qualified swimmers, as well as our three coaches, Gary Ota of Selma (All Star Head Coach), Angela Martinho of Tulare (10-under coach), and Caroline Reynaud of Fig Garden (11-12 coach), along with the CCS Age Group Chair, our very own Kim Korenwinder.

A 2012 All Star member at age 11, Preston Niayesh led our team in winning four of his 6 events (100 breast 1:20.51, 100 fly 1:14.51, 200 breast 2:48.29, and 100 back 1:16.75) at the All Star Q meet. He was followed by 14-year old Emily Goodbar who became the event champion in both the 500 free (5:24.29) and 200 IM (2:16.74) events. Our other event champions included 7-year old Ian Belflower (100 fly 1:24.87), 14-year old Kyle Grissom (100 fly 58.18), 9-year old Jackson Huckabay (50 back 36.70), and 11 year old Satoshi Shinkawa who improved 23 seconds in the 500 free (6:12.60) in what may have turned out to be the race of the meet with less than two seconds separating Satoshi, Jonas Huckabay (6:13.17), and JD Koster (6:14.26) in the 500 free event, with all three 11-year old boys swimming in the same heat.

Considering the time of the year, our teams improvement percentage was a respectable 40%, and was led by 11-year old Satoshi Shinkawa who trains in Selma and improved 6 of his 7 events for an 86% improvement rate. Other swimmers who improved 50% or more of their times included: Caolinn Hardy (78%), Skylar Ford (75%), Mark Tiersma (75%), Jimmy Koster (67%), Anna Lehrman (67%), Alex Roberts (67%), Morgan Coddington (63%), Katherine Sullivan (63%), Kyle Grissom (60%), Maya Herrera (57%), Cody Nash (57%), Bre Abell (50%), Justin Bos (50%), Noah Haworth (50%), Jackson Huckabay (50%), Paul Lerro (50%), and Scott Yribarren (50%).

TNT 2011 SHORT COURSE SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS Small Team Division

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Jan 212012

Tule Nation Tritons traveled to Golden West College over the third weekend of December with only 7 swimmers, yet brought home the 1^st place trophy for the Small Team Division, outscored the next nearest team by 110 points, and finished as the 14^th highest scoring team, despite team-size division, at the meet. Our 363 points were led by the nearly undefeated performance of Kolton Norys who is now a recent graduate of Auburn University. Winning four of his five events, and placing 2^nd in the 50 free, Kohlton single handedly amassed 156 points.

Our impressive mens team of Wes Coles, Colin Landweer, Chris Nolan, Kohlton Norys and Nathan Rhea, in a truly team-manner with each individual without exception contributing, accumulated 360 points on the mens side of scoring alone. Only one other team, AZOT from the large team division, accumulated more points on the mens side of the meet. Three relays were entered into the meet, and all three scored resulting in a total contribution from relays of 154 points. All three relays were also under the qualifying time for USA Nationals in their respective categories, and one (400 medley relay 3:25.41) resulted in a bronze medal performance, and was also under the CCS Record in the senior division. Wesley Coles, Colin Landweer, Kohlton Norys and Nathan Rhea teamed up for all relays placing 6^th in the 800 free relay (6:51.85), 4^th in the 400 free relay (3:08.67), and 3^rd in the 400 medley relay.

Kohltons wins included the 200 back (1:44.44), the 100 free (44.14), 200 free (1:38.23) and 100 back (47.60). His 100 backstroke time was also a record breaking performance as he went under the Sectional record of 47.96 set by Russian born Vladimir Morozov in 2009 while representing Torrance Swim Club. Wesley Coles contributed 45 points from individual events with a championship swim and 7^th place finish in the 200 fly (1:51.55), a 14^th place finish in the 500 free (4:35.65), 20^th place finish in the 1650 free (16:07.03) and 21^st place finish in the 100 fly (51.69). Making his first appearance at short course sectionals, Christopher Nolan was one of only three male TNT swimmers to earn a second swim in an individual event, and he did so by finishing 20^th in the 200 fly (1:55.03) thereby contributing 5 points to the overall team score.

Our team out scored all but one team at the meet on the mens side, despite the size of the any team, and despite the fact that we only had 5 male swimmers. This dominant performance was reflected in the early days of the meet. However, no total point accumulation can be counted toward a combined team score unless both male and female swimmers score at the meet. The Sectional meet follows the team scoring protocol conducted at Nationals. Without a single point from a female swimmer going into the fifth and final day of the meet, our team was not represented on the combined team score list for team placing considerations.

Qualified in only 3 events, Mallory Korenwinder already swam her 200 yard breaststroke event (2:24.18) on day 2 placing 39^th in the event (up from the 46^th place she was entered at). She had 2 events left: the 100 fly which she didnt have a short course cut for, and the 100 breaststroke where she was the 57^th seed, well beyond her initial seeding of 46^thin the 200 breaststroke event. Only the top 24 swimmers could earn a second swim, and thereby score at the meet.

Mallory qualified for the meet with a 1:07.75 in the 100 breaststroke, and in the preliminary heats of the last day she swam 1:06.47 to place 25^th, a jump of 32 places. An impatient wait of 30 minutes would reveal two girls who decided to scratch, thereby placing Mallory into scoring position. Mallory swam her exact time of 1:06.47 in the bonus heat, moving up one additional place, and scoring 3 points for the team, and in a shot at the buzzer fashion, brought home the 1^st place trophy.

Reminiscent of time improvements among age group swimmers, our teams improvement percentage was over 81%. Although Kohlton may not have topped his personal best, he was surprisingly close in several events, considering he was competing at a caliber of meet that he has moved well beyond. He did; however, improve all his events that were previously recorded with our team. Other 100% improvements also came from Wesley Coles who had back-to-back 100% improvements when considering Junior Nationals that he recently attended. After a hand injury, Chris Nolan still managed to not only earn a second swim, but also improve 100% of his times. Mallory Korenwinder was our other swimmer with a 100% improvement rate. Both Emily Goodbar (75%) and Colin Landweer (67%) each maintained improvement rates at 50% or higher. Congratulations Emily for her first appearance at Sectionals.

Each time Kohlton hit the water, he reestablished a TNT team record. Kohton had set the team record in the 200 back as a 16 year old in 2005 at Winter Invite with a 1:50.06, and now swam 1:44.44 at Sectionals. His NCAA time this past year was 1:43.30. Kohlton returned in 2009 as a 20 year old and set the team record in the 100 free during the Hanford meet with a 46.84 and now swam 44.14 at Sectionals. He went 43.77 at the James Martin Invite in March of this year. At that same Hanford meet in 2009, he swam 21.13 in the 50 free, and at Sectionals he went 20.34. He swam 19.38 at NCAA this past year. As a 17 year old, Kohlton swam a 1:42.44 at the Belmont Grand Prix meet in 2007 for the 200 free. At Sectionals he swam 1:38.23, and this compares to his 1:37.74 that he swam at the Ralph Crocker Classic in January. Kohltons 100 back from the CCS Record breaking relay was his fastest 100 back of the three that he swam at Sectionals this winter, and he went 47.56 on the lead-off of that relay. Kohlton swam 50.42 at the Winter Invite as a 16-year old in 2005, and he went 46.95 at the SEC Championships this past year.

Mallory Korenwinder also set two new team records at Sectionals. Her scoring performance in the 100 breaststroke came with a time of 1:06.47 (twice), and this was under the 1:07.75 record breaking performance that she had at the Terrapin meet only a month earlier. Mallory has now qualified for the Santa Clara International meet with that time, and her time is the 39^th fastest for any 13-year old girl in the nation for 2011. Her other record was in the 200 breaststroke where she swam 2:24.18, once again surpassing her Terrapin time of 2:24.94, and swimming the 32^nd fastest time in the nation for any 13 year old girl during 2011.

Wesley Coles set a new team record in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:00.08, thereby silencing any questions as to his ability in the stroke. The previous record belonged to Sam Hanson, now competing for Canisius College in New York. Sam set the record at Sectionals last year with a 1:00.18. Wesleys time is ranked 394^th in the nation for all 17-year old boys for the entire year of 2011. Colin Landweer was our other swimmer with a record breaking performance by swimming 1:55.93 in the 200 IM event at the meet. Nathan Rhea had set the record last year at Sectionals with a 1:57.42. Colins time ranks 296^th nationally for 17-year old males.

TNT PLACES 16th AT WINTER AGE GROUP INVITATIONAL

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Dec 212011

21 TNT swimmers competed at the Winter Age Group Invitational Championships held initially at the Belmont pool in Long Beach and then moved to Golden West College in Huntington Beach. Our swimmers were among over 1,070 other athletes and placed 16^th among the 45 teams that scored at the meet.

Fourteen TNT swimmers performed at level that contributed to the overall 379.5 team points, and were led by the 84 points accumulated by ten-year old JD Koster of Visalia. Placing among the top seven in any of his six events, his highest place was 3^rd in the 50 fly (31.62). JD had two fourth place finishes, one in the 200 free (2:19.11) and 200 IM (2:35.43) along with two 6^th place finishes (100 fly 1:14.86 and 100 free 1:03.64). His seventh place finish was in the 50 free (29.16).

Included in the fourteen scoring swimmers were:

· Khloe McCarthy (age 13) earned 55 points including a 5^th place in the 200 breast (2:32.26)

· Skylar Ford (age 9) earned 43 points with a 4^th place finish in the 50 free (30.95)

· Katelyn Herrera (age 14) scored 42 points with two 4^th place finishes: 500 free (5:22.09), 200 free (2:00.66)

· Kyle Grissom (age 14) earned 23 points including a 7^th place finish in the 100 fly (56.58)

· Bre Abell (age 15) earned 20 points including a 4^th place finish in the 100 back (1:01.37)

· Alonso Escobedo (age 11) also earned 20 points including a 9^th place finish in the 500 free (5:42.90)

· Cody Nash (age 16) earned 17 points including a 6^th place finish in the 1650 freestyle (17:34.62)

· Preston Niayesh (age 11) also earned 17 points with a 7^th place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:16.20)

· Jackson Huckabay (age 9) earned 10 points including a 9^th place finish in the 200 IM (2:45.45)

· Dax Korenwinder (age 11) also earned 10 points including an 11^th place finish in the 50 breast (35.90)

· Janessa Bringe (age 10) earned 9 points with her highest finish of 9^th in the 200 free (2:25.84)

· Noah Haworth (age 14) contributed a point in the 1000 free (11:19.46)

· Josh Koster (age 15) contributed a point and finished 19^th in the 500 free (5:03.20)

Our team of athletes improved 67% of their times, and these improvements were led by 100% improvement rates of Janessa Bringe (3 of 3 events), Peyton Costa (1 of1 event), Kyle Grissom (6 of 6 events), JD Koster (6 of 6 events), Josh Koster (6 of 6 events) and Andrea Morales (2 of 2 events). Other swimmers who improved at least half of their times included: Noah Haworth (86%), Owen Ansel (83%), Alonso Escobedo (83%), Jackson Huckabay (83%), Cody Nash (80%), Skylar Ford (50%), Katelyn Herrera (50%), Khloe McCarthy (50%), and Preston Niayesh (50%).

Congratulations to all swimmers, including Chris Hansen, Javier Morales, Jazmine Niayesh and Megan Nino for qualifying and competing at the meet.

DANIELLE ALBRIGHT BREAKS CCS RECORD AT TULARE MEET

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Dec 212011

Eight year old Danielle Albright has had several meets leading into the winter where she swam undefeated, or nearly undefeated, and once again continued that performance at the Tulare meet where she won eight of her nine events. Maintaining an 80% improvement rate in a winter outdoor meet in Central California is a feat in itself, yet the highlight of her performance was in the 25 yard breaststroke event where her time of 17.94 broke the CCS record. Bakersfield swimmer Madison Goodvin had set the record in 2001 as an 18.01. The 25 yard events are not nationally recognized, but to put Danielles potential in context, her 50 yard breaststroke is the 24^th fastest time that had been swam anywhere in the nation this year by an 8-year old girl, and her 100 yard breaststroke stands as the 16^th fastest time swam in 2011. Congratulations to both Danielle and her coach, Angela Martinho.

Seven year old Ian Belflower, along with 17-year old Colin Landweer were our swimmers who went undefeated at the meet. Bakersfield swimmer Ian swam 10 events and went home with 10 wins. Preparing for Sectionals, Colin entered 2 events and won both. Ians younger brother by a year, Chase Belflower, nearly matched his brothers performance by winning 5 of his 8 events and placing 2^nd in his other 3. Our other near sweep came from 5 year old Paige Costa who won 5 of her 6 events, along with Mia Newkirk who took home 6 first place finishes, 2 second place finishes, and a third place finish.

Other event champions included Peyton Costa (100 IM), Allyson Duffy (200 free & 500 free), Michael Jia (100 fly), Toby Jones (50 breast), Micah Ruiz (100 back, 50 free, 100 IM & 100 free), and Emily Sullivan (50 breast, 50 back & 25 breast).

Swimmers who improved 100% of their times included Chase Belfower (age 6), Paige Costa (age 5), Colin Landweer (age 17), Daniel Magargee (age 8), and Mikayla Vierra (age 8).

21 BRAVE THE RAIN IN SAN LUIS OBISPO

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Dec 022011

Despite the stormy weather on the Sunday of the San Luis Obispo Gobbler Classic, 12-year old Jacqui Koster and 11-year old Jakob Koorey still manage to improve 88% and 86% of their times respectively. The meet was the last opportunity for our swimmers to qualify for the Winter Age Group (WAG) Invitational held in Long Beach over the second weekend of December. Swimming sizable drops such as nearly 6 seconds in the 200 freestyle (1:54.00), 15-year old Josh Koster improved 71% of his times as he recently returned from the Terrapin Senior meet and readies for the Age Group Invitational. His teammate from Visalia, 12-year old Andrea Morales also improved 71% of her times and also made her second WAG qualifying time, this time in the 50 freestyle (28.55). Other swimmers who improved 50% or more of their times included: Danielle Albright (63%), Jimmy Koster (63%), JD Koster (50%) and Katherine Sullivan (50%).

Our swimmers competed in the Blue, Red or White divisions depending on their entry times. Event champions within their respective divisions were led by 8-year old Mason Amble of Visalia who nearly went undefeated, taking home 1^st place finishes in eight of his nine events: 50 fly, 25 breast, 50 free, 25 back, 100 IM, 50 back, 50 breast and 25 freestyle events in the 7-8 age division. Eight year old Danielle Albright, swimming primarily in the faster Blue division, took home seven wins of her eleven events, while 9-year old Skylar Ford and 12-year old Jakob Koorey each took home 5 wins apiece. Other event champions included: Jayce Ford (3 wins), Jacqui Koster (2 wins), JD Koster (3 wins), Paige Costa (2 wins), Emily Sullivan (2 wins), Brett Hanke (1 win), London Jones (1 win), Toby Jones (1 win), Andrea Morales (1 win), Katherine Sullivan (1 win) and Anthonly Tellechea (1 win).

57% OF TIMES IMPROVED AT CLOVIS

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Nov 162011

Six of our 41 swimmers competing at the Clovis B and IMX meets over the second weekend of November improved all events entered, giving them a perfect 100% improvement rate for the combined meets. Swimming her first meet in the 13-14 age group, Morgan Coddington picks up where she left off prior to her birthday with drastic improvements, this time in all five events. Sister Paige Coddington follows suit by improving 4 of 4, while a 10-under team record holder, and Hanford swimmer now 11-years old, Alonso Escobedo has perfect performances by improving 5 of 5 of his events. Nadia Garabedian and Mikayla Vierra both improved 3 events each, while Caolinn Hardy swam a total of 8 events over the weekend, 6 of them being new, and improved her 100 breaststroke event that was previously recorded with the team.

Other swimmers who improved 50% or more of their times included: Jackson Huckabay (88%), Danielle Albright (80%), Sarina Batth (80%), Scott Yribarren (80%), Lily Hodges (75%), Anthony Tellechea (75%), Justin Warner (75%), Reagan DeLong (67%), Noah Haworth (67%), Anna Lehrman (67%), and Andrea Morales (67%).

Large double-digit improvements came from several individuals at the meet, with the largest drop from 8-year old Danielle Albright who improved over 37 seconds in the 200 freestyle (swimming a 2:44.77 in the event). Luke Dignan showed the next largest improvement in the 500 free (6:07.75) by dropping over 26 seconds. The other rather large drops came from 12-year old Justin Warner who improved over 23 seconds in his 500 free (6:08.01) and also dropped over 16 seconds in his 100 fly (1:13.38) events.

Other double-digit improvements also occurred, such as 14 seconds by Annlyn Haworth (age 9: 200 free 3:29.61), 15 seconds by Jackson Huckabay (age 9: 200 IM 2:54.10 & 100 fly 1:26.82), 11 seconds by Jonas Huckabay (age 11: 500 free 6:24.27); 17 seconds by Satoshi Shinkawa (age 11: 500 free 6:35.60 & 100 back 1:25.61); 13 seconds by Mikayla Vierra (age 8: 100 back 1:58.11), and 16 seconds by Scott Yribarren (age 18: 1000 free 12:46.71 & 500 free 6:13.22).

Fourteen of our swimmers were event champions over the two days. Jackson Huckabay led the group by winning four events during the first day within the 9-year old division (100 free-1:09.71; 100 breast-1:34.39; 50 fly-37.50 & 200 IM-2:56.07). Our other event champions included: Janessa Bringe (200 IM), Alonso Escobedo (100 back, 200 IM), Caolinn Hardy (50 fly), Jonas Huckabay (1000 free), Toby Jones (100 breast), Preston Niayesh (100 free, 100 breast & 50 fly), Alex Roberts (200 free), Satoshi Shinkawa (200 free), Shoji Shinkawa (100 back), Mark Tiersma (100 breast), Mikayla Vierra (200 IM), Justin Warner (200 free) and Savannah Williams (50 fly).

GOODBAR & KORNWINDER BREAK TEAM RECORDS AT TERRAPIN

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Nov 162011

Intent on achieving her second sectional cut, this time in the 200 fly, 14-year old Emily Goodbar might have come up short by improving her time to a 2:14.28 in the preliminary heats, but the time was enough to earned her a 27^th spot for a second swim in the bonus final at the meet. While at finals she improved to a 2:11.55, both making the Sectional cut, and breaking one of the longest standing team records on the books. The previous record was held by Lynnie North and was set in 1990 at the LA Invite held at USC. Emilys time is the 172^nd fastest time swam by any 14-year old girl in the nation during all of 2011. She was a dual finalist by also swimming the 100 fly in 1:00.44 in the preliminary heats which was fast enough for a 22^nd place seed in the consolation final heat. Emily has Sectional qualifying times in both the 100 and 200 butterfly events, and will join Mallory Korenwinder, Wesley Coles, Colin Landweer, Chris Nolan and Nathan Rhea at the meet in Long Beach following the Age Group Invitational weekend.

Our only other team records were broken by Mallory Korenwinder who will be attending her second Sectional meet this next month. Thirteen year old Mallory swam under the pre-existing team record in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events, not just once in each event, but twice first in prelims, and then again in finals. Joclyn Ford had set the 13-14 record in the 100 breaststroke at Junior Olympics in 2004 with a 1:10.08. Mallorys preliminary time of 1:09.29 wasnt only well under the record, but was also fast enough for 17^th place seeding in the consolation final. While in that heat, she swam 1:07.75 for a 5^th place finish in the heat and 17^th place finish overall. Only 47 girls who were age 13 had a time faster than 1:07.75 up to that point for the entire year, and this time places her within three seconds of the CCS Record while still 13. She swam 2:27.17 in the preliminary heats of the 200 breaststroke, once again fast enough for not only a team record, but a 15^th place seeding in the consolation heat. There she once again surpassing her morning performance by finishing with a 2:24.94 and a 3^rd place finish in that heat, and the 13^th fastest swim for the entire meet for the event. Only 40 swimmers swam as fast nationally during 2011.

Wesley Coles became our highest finisher with a 2^nd place swim in the 500 freestyle. He improved his 4:48.23 that he swam at the Hanford meet in September to a 4:40.82 nearly breaking into the sub-40 times. His other championship final swim came in the 5^th place finish of the 100 fly event where he swam 52.77. Wesley swam a total of 11 times when also considering his consolation final in the 200 free (1:46.01) and bonus final in the 200 back (2:01.66) events.

Colin Landweers 22.22 was also fast enough for a championship final swim in the 50 freestyle where he swam the 7^th fastest time at the meet. Improving his preliminary swim by over a second in the 100 free placed his 48.54 in 3^rd place for the consolation heat, or 13^th overall. His 1:45.83 in the 200 free was fast enough for a 2^nd place finish in the consolation heat, while he swam the 5^th fastest time in the 1000 free with a 9:50.37. His 1:59.68 was also fast enough to win the bonus heat in the 200 IM.

Chris Nolan was another repeat finalist who swam a total of 10 swims at the meet earning second swims in 4 of his 6 events. His 4:52.26 in the 500 free was fast enough for a 5^th place finish in the consolation heat. He won the bonus heat in the 200 breast (2:15.49) and placed 2^nd in the bonus heat of the 100 fly with a 53.79. He had his highest finish in the 200 fly event where he and Wesley Coles represented TNT in the championship final. Chriss 1:56.26 was fast enough for a 6^th place finish among the 10 swimmers in the final heat.

Returning veteran Nathan Rhea matched Wesley Coles in the number of swims at the meet due to the repeat final opportunities. He led off the meet with the highest place of any of our swimmers finishing 6^th in the 400 IM (4:13.48) during the first day. This championship finish would be matched in the 200 breaststroke later in the meet where his 2:12.14 was more than enough for a championship swim and an eventual 6^th fastest swim at the meet in the event. He had a consolation swim in the 200 back were his time of 1:59.07 was fast enough for a 9^th place finish in that heat. The 1:01.56 in the preliminary heats of the 100 breaststroke was fast enough to edge into the championship heat and a 10^th place finish there. A bonus 200 fly swim of 2:02.93 preceded the 100 breaststroke in both the preliminary and final heats on the final day. His meet was wrapped up with a 56.49 in the 100 back for a 2^nd place finish in the bonus heat.

A returning athlete to the meet, now 14-year old Katelyn Herrera earned her second swim for the first time, and she did it in the 200 yard freestyle event. Her 1:58.90 was fast enough to edge into the bonus heat in the event.

Besides our finalists, our other A-session qualifiers eligible to make finals included Bre Abell who finished 40^th in the 100 free (55.03), Hannah Giles who finished 57^th in the 100 breast (1:12.60), Kyle Grissom finished 48^th in the 200 fly (2:14.06), Chris Hansen finished 38^th in the 200 breast (2:22.15), Khloe McCarthy finished 53^rd in the 200 breast (2:35.34), and Mia Newkirk finished 45^th in the 100 fly (1:01.59). Additional qualifiers for the meet included: Allyson Duffy, Josh Koster, Javier Morales, Megan Nino, Taylor Shaw and Cameron Weas.

The TNT Terrapin team maintained a 54% improvement rate which is considered rather high for a senior-level group. These improvements were led by 100% performances of Wesley Coles, Mallory Korenwinder and Mia Newkirk each improving either 6 of 6 or 7 of 7 events. Those with 50% or more improvement included: Khloe McCarthy (86%), Chris Nolan (83%), Kyle Grissom (75%), Chris Hansen (75%), Josh Koster (75%), Katelyn Herrera (67%), Cameron Weas (67%), Bre Abell (50%), Emily Goodbar (50%) and Megan Nino (50%). Katelyn Herrera had the largest drop in time with her nearly 45 second improvement in the 1000 freestyle. She was followed by Chris Hansen who improved over 20 seconds in his 500 free (5:08.81) from only about 2 months ago. The only other double-digit improvement came from Khloe McCarthy who improved over 10 seconds in her 500 freestyle (5:25.66).

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