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76.5% IMPROVEMENT RATE AT VENTURA

May 072010

TNT/Selma went to the BuenaVentura May Meet this last weekend. We had 11 swimmers compete at the swim meet. Two swimmers, Paige Coddington and Evan Yakligian both got their first official times for Long Course Events at the swim meet. We enjoyed the beautiful weekend with a nice coastal breeze as we also had some great swims. Here is the Time improvement breakdown:

Morgan Coddington: 8 improved out of 8 swims
Delanie Dignan: 7 improved out of 8 swims
Luke Dignan: 6 improved out of 8 swims
Emily Goodbar: 6 improved out of 7 swims
Jake Goodbar: 7 improved out of 8 swims
Hannah Torosian: 6 improved out of 6 swims
Kailyn Fleeman: 6 improved out of 7 swims
Alexies Ledesma: 2 improved out of 6 swims
Justin Lopez-Lamb: 1 improved out of 6 swims

Team Improvement Percentage: 76.5%

25 AWARDED FOR HIGH POINT AT DENNIS PENNER MEMORIAL HIGH POINT MEET

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Apr 232010

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Sixty-six TNT swimmers place 2nd behind Almaden Swim & Racquet Club at the Dennis Penner Memorial meet during the April 17-18 weekend. Twelve teams scored at the meet:

High points were awarded to the top five point-getters at the meet. Selma swimmer Justin Lopez-Lamb led the team in point accumulation by a large margin by winning 8 of his 10 events and placing 2^nd and 3^rd in the remaining two events that he swam. Justins 85 points was followed by Visalia swimmer Kyle Grissoms 72 points accumulated by going undefeated, winning all eight events that he swam.

Other event champions incuded Chris Ewins (100 fly), Jackson Huckabay (25 free), Nathalie Kampen (200 free & 100 free), Alexies Ledesma (200 fly), Emily Lehrman (500 free), Cody Nash (100 breast, 200 fly & 100 IM), Preston Niayesh (50 breast & 100 breast), Christopher Nolan (200 free), Nathan Oskam (50 free), Ana Porchia (50 back & 50 free), Nathan Rhea (100 back), Micah Ruiz (50 free), Taylor Shaw (200 back & 200 breast), Bobby Yribarren (100 breast) and Scott Yribarren (500 free).

MASON & ABELL TAKE HOME HIGH POINT FROM MERCED

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Apr 222010

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Ten year old Michael Mason training in Hanford and thirteen year old Bre Abell training in Selma take home the high point awards from the Merced meet. Michael entered and swam all ten events allowable and took first place finishes in five of those events (200 free, 100 fly, 100 free, 50 fly and 200 IM). His largest improvement came in his 11 second drop in the 200 freestyle event. Michael was also the teams highest point getter with 78 points. While on the bottom of the age group, Bre Abell became the champion in the 100 meter freestyle event with her time of 1:08.28 and swam to second place finishes in both the 100 back and 50 freestyle events. All eight events for Bre were resulted in top-5 place finishes.

Tule Nation Tritons accumulated 772.5 points to be the lead scoring team at the meet where 11 teams scored. Individual event champions included Bre Abell (100 free), Owen Ansel (200 free, 50 breast, 100 back, 50 free & 50 back), Wesley Coles (100 fly, 50 free & 1500 free), Allyson Duffy (100 free), Madison Ekizian (50 breast & 50 back), Alonso Escobedo (100 back, 100 breast & 50 back), Brianna Fleeman (800 free), Emily Goodbar (200 free, 100 back & 800 free), Sam Hansen (100 back), Colin Landweer (200 free, 200 breast, 100 free & 100 breast), Michael Mason (200 free, 100 fly, 100 free, 50 fly & 200 IM), Mia Newkirk (50 free), Megan Nino (200 back), Nathan Rhea (200 fly & 200 IM), Allison Ross (200 free, 100 back, 50 free, 1500 free, 100 free, 100 breast, 200 back & 200 IM), and Taylor Shaw (1500 free).

Seven swimmers improved all events that swam, and that had been previously recorded with the team. Danielle Albright of Tulare improved all 3 of 3, Elanie Dignan of Selma improved 4 of 4, Allyson Duffy of Hanford improved 2 of 2, Madison Ekizian of Tulare improved 5 of 5, Lili Hodges of Selma improved 1 of 1, Khloe McCarthy of Tulare improved 3 of 3 and Taylor Shaw of Hanford improved 3 of 3. The teams improvement percentage was set at 58% with 22 swimmers improving 50% or more of their times. Besides the perfect improvement performances listed above, these included Bre Abell (86%), Chris Hansen (86%), Jake Caminero (83%), Nathan Rhea (83%), Makenna Mason (78%), Wesley Coles (75%), Michael Mason (75%), Tristian Abell (67%), Joshua Caminero (67%), Luke Dignan (67%), Alonso Esocobedo (67%), Kailyn Fleeman (60%), Colin Landweer (50%), Madison McCarthy (50%), and Savanah Nolan (50%).

BROWN, GRISSOM & KORENWINDER FINAL AT FAR WESTERNS

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Apr 222010

Among over 1400 swimmers who were entered at the 2010 Far Western Championships were three TNT swimmers who swam fast enough in the preliminary heats to get a second swim by making it into the final heat and earning a medal. Sixteen year old Thomas Brown training in Tulare earned his second swim in the 15-16 boys 100 freestyle where he swam 49.42 in the preliminary heats and improved to a 49.37 in the final heat for a 6^th place finish. Twelve year old Kyle Grissom training in Visalia earned his second swim in the 11-12 boys 50 yard butterfly event where he swam 27.42 in the morning and improved to a 27.30 for a 6^th place finish late that afternoon. Eleven year old Mallory Korenwinder was our last finalist who swam a lifetime best of 33.30 in the morning for her 50 yard breaststroke, and then improved to another lifetime best of 32.88 in the final heat of the 11-12 girls 50 breaststroke and 7^th place finish.

Congratulations to all swimmers who qualified for, and competed at, the Far Western Championships. The following are individual TNT Far Western swimmers and their highest placed event swam: Owen Ansel (11-12 50 back, 54th), Thomas Brown (15-16 100 free, 6th), Allyson Duffy (11-12 500 free, 51st), Parker Giles (9-10 50 free, 13th), Emily Goodbar (11-12 100 fly, 61st), Kyle Grissom (11-12 50 fly, 6th), Katelyn Herrera (11-12 200 fly, 29th), Dax Korenwinder (9-10 50 breast, 17th), Mallory Korenwinder (11-12 50 breast, 7th), Khloe McCarthy (11-12 400 IM, 63rd), Preston Niayesh (9-10 100 breast, 21st), Christopher Nolan (13-14 100 breast, 20th), Nathan Oskam (17-18 50 free, 11th). It is truly an accomplishment to even qualify to attend this level of an age group meet.

TEAM RECORDS BROKEN 7 TIMES AT FAR WESTERNS

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Apr 222010

Ten year old Parker Giles led the team in record-breaking performances at 2010 Far Western Championships held at Morgan Hill. Overall six team records were broken, and three of them single handedly by Parker. Parkers 29.01 in the 50 freestyle was fast enough for a 13^th place finish and his nearly one second improvement was fast enough to break the team record formerly set as 29.68 by Jonathan Granada set only last year at the RCA meet in April. Parker went on to improve over six and a half seconds in his 100 freestyle to swim a 1:03.50 to break Jonathans team record by a half second. Jonathans 1:04.02 record was set last year at Far Westerns. Parkers final record came in the 200 freestyle where his improvement of over 11 seconds brought his 2:28.89 that he swam at JOs two months ago down to a 2:17.41 and once again a half second under Jonathans previous team record that was set in April of last year. His 2:17.41 is the 237^th fastest time in the nation among 995 recorded swims to date.

Twelve year old Kyle Grissom, training in Visalia, previously set the team record at Junior Olympics two months ago with a 28.02, and his performance at Far Westerns dropped his team record in the 50 fly to a 27.30. His time is currently the 128^th fastest time in the nation for all 12-year old boys. Eleven year old Mallory Korenwinder set a new record in the 50 yard breaststroke with her time of 32.88. The previous record was set in 2002 at the winter AA meet held in Cerritos by Joclyn Ford who is currently swimming for Fresno Pacific. Mallorys time is currently the 17^th fastest time in the nation among all 11-year old girls, and a mere 1.6 seconds from the CCS record which is an 11-12 year old record. Our final team record was broken by two 10-under individuals in the 100 yard breaststroke event. Dax Korenwinders 1:26.73 broke the previous record that was set at 1:26.89 by Preston Niayesh at Junior Olympics; however, 9-year old Preston successfully defended his record at Far Westerns by improving his time by nearly a second to a 1:26.17 and maintaining his position as the all time fastest swim in the 9-10 boys 100 breaststroke event. Prestons time is currently the 81^st fastest time in the nation out of 1000 swims.

2010 TNT Snow Ski and Snow Boarding (2)

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Apr 042010

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CENTRAL CALIFORNIA SWIMMING REPRESENTED AT 2010 D-1 NCAA’s – MARCH MADNESS FOR TNT SWIMMING

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Mar 302010

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Tule Nation Triton swimmers Kholton Norys and Samantha Goates joined three other swimmers from Central California Swimming to have earned a right to attend the Division 1 NCAA National Championships held at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana for the women during the first weekend of Mach, and Ohio State during the last weekend of March for the men.

Samantha Goates, swimming for Louisiana State University (LSU), and Kohlton Norys, swimming for Auburn University, joined three former swimmers of Clovis Swim Club (Josh Daniels representing Cal Berkley, Peter Klein representing Cal Poly, and Jeff Daniels representing University of Southern California (USC) to represent Central California Swimming at NCAA National Meet this year. Josh Daniels became a multiple finalist at the meet (6^th place 50 free; 9^th place 100 free).

Samantha Goates competed in the 100 freestyle individual event, and swam final events in both the 4×50 freestyle relay (where she split 22.63) and 4×100 freestyle relay (where she split 50.59) that earned LSU 13^th and 17^th places respectively. Kohlton Norys swam three individual events that included the 50 freestyle, 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke events.

2010 March Porterville Meet

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Mar 232010

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Taylor Shaw (13-14 girls), Chris Nolan (13-14 boys), Allison Ross (15-over girls) & Nathan Rhea (15-over boys) were among our 50 swimmers who competed at the Porterville long course meet during the weekend of March 20-21, but were the only ones who swam away with high point awards.

Taylor Shaw (age 14), training in Hanford, was the champion in both the 100 breaststroke and 200 backstroke events, placed second in the 200 IM, 800 free and 200 free events, and third in the 100 free and 100 back events. Her final event was a sixth place finish in the 50 free, and all events accumulated 47 points to outscore teammate Bre Abell training in Selma who was a close second with 43 points.

Chris Nolan is on the bottom of the age group at age 13 and dominated his 13-14 peers by scoring 69 points which was 22 points beyond the second place swimmer. Chris took first place finishes in seven of his eight events (100 free, 200 breast, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 50 free and 200 fly), and a 3^rd place finish in his 100 backstroke event. Chris Nolan is on the roster for Far Westerns and qualifies in five events while on the bottom of the age group, and improved 100% of his times at Porterville.

Allison Rosss 56 points edged out teammate Hannah Giles (50 points) to take home the high point award for the 15-over age group in the girls division. Allison was the champion in both the 200 breaststroke and 200 backstroke events, and took second place finishes in the 200 IM, 100 back, and 100 breaststroke events. She also had third place finishes in the 100 free and 50 free and a 4^th place finish in the 200 freestyle event.

Nathan Rhea, also on the bottom of the 15-over age group took home the high point for the male swimmers by winning five of his six events (200 IM, 100 back, 200 breast, 100 breast and 200 fly). His second place finish came in the 200 backstroke to teammate Sam Hansen. Nathans 52 points edged out teammate Colin Landweer (49 points) for the high point award.

Three new Far Western cuts were made by two individuals who already were on the qualifying list for the prestigious age group meet. Sixteen year old Wesley Coles swam a 1:02.38 in the 100 meter butterfly event to not only make an addition Far Western cut (to bring his total to 8), but this is also his first qualifying time for the Speedo Grand Challenge to held at Irvine in May. Ten year old Parker Giles increased his Far Western cuts from four to six by qualifying in two additional events: 200 meter freestyle (2:45.13) and 100 meter free (1:15.20). Parkers 100 meter freestyle time is approximately 1.5 seconds off of the team record.

Over half of our swimmers (26) now have newly recorded long course time with the team. The 24 remaining swimmers maintained a 68% improvement percentage with ten of them improving all events that were entered and swam. Congratulations go to perfect improvement performances by: Jake Caminero, Joshua Caminero, Wes Coles, Chris Hansen, Makenna Mason, Michael Mason, Madison McCarthy, Athena Niayesh, Chris Nolan and Savanah Nolan.

FIVE NEW FAR WESTERN CUTS MADE AT INTERSQUAD MEET

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Mar 202010

Fourty-one TNT swimmers participated in the March Intersquad meet that was put together by Kacy Ota and run at the Tulare Western pool during March 14^th. Welcome to four swimmers who have newly recorded times with the team. These include: Jacob Burch-Konda (age 12), Alonso Esobedo (age 10), Madison Harris (age 14) and McKenzie Harris (age 11).

Seven of our swimmers improved all events that they competed in. Perfect improvement performances were led by Selma swimmers Emily Goodbar, Emily Lehrman and Satoshi Shinkawa; Visalia swimmer Kyle Grissom; and Tulare swimmers Madison McCarthy, Kara Nino and Christopher Nolan. Congratulations to all six for 100% improvements. Seven additional swimmers improved at least half of their events. These included Katelyn Herrera (75%), Michael Mason (67%), Khloe McCarthy (67%), Noe Ortiz (67%), Morgan Coddington (60%), Brianna Fleeman (60%), Jimmy Koster (50%) and Megan Nino (50%). Improvement percentages are based on events 50 yards or longer, and only on those times that have been previously recorded on the team.

Twelve year old Khloe McCarthy made her first Far Western cut in the 400 IM (5:14.04) at the Intersquad meet. She will join the list of 25 TNT swimmers who have qualifying times. Two other TNT swimmers made cuts in new events at the meet. Twelve year old Katelyn Herrera now qualifies in both the 100 IM (1:08.39) and 400 IM (5:09.90) which increases her total event count to eight (200 free 2:07.98, 100 fly 1:07.21, 200 IM 2:26.56, 100 free 59.01, 500 free 5:43.81 and 200 fly 2:30.37). Twelve year old Kyle Grissom also qualified in two new events which included the 100 back (1:08.07) and 50 free (26.92). This brings his total event count to four: 100 fly (1:04.03) and 50 fly (28.02).

The entry deadline for Far Westerns is Wednesday, March 31^st. The following 25 swimmers have Far Western qualifying times going into the Porterville long course meet this next weekend.

SIX OF NINE FINAL AT SENIOR Q

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Mar 202010

Sam Hansen became our only championship finalist at the Clovis Senior Q meet that was host to over 300 swimmers primarily from Pacific Swimming. With his championship finish, Sam became the highest point-getter on our team with 17 points in two scoring events. Sam became our championship finalist by swimming 4:19.10 in the preliminary heats of the 400 IM, which was fast enough for a 10^th place finish, where he was then moved to the championship heat. He then advanced from 9^th to 8^th while there. Sam led off the first day of the Senior Q meet with a 10:11.32 in the 1000 freestyle which was fast enough for an 11^th place finish that placed TNT in eighth place after the first day of the meet. Sam shaves a half second off of his 100 fly with a 59.37 and 46^th place finish. Sam nearly swims under the minute with his 1:00.06 which was fast enough for a 26^th place finish in the C-final.

Nathan Rhea was our next highest scorer as he earned three points in the 200 fly event, improving just over a second with a 2:06.24 which took him into finals in 17^th place. While in the B finals, Nathan improved nearly three additional seconds and moved to 14^th place with a time of 2:03.83. Nathan nearly broke the 2 minute mark with his 2:01.99 in the 200 IM and finished 13^th in that event.

Sprinter Colin Landweer who resides in Lemoore and trains in Tulare swam a total of 13 races at the meet, and on days would swim six times. His scoring event came in the 500 freestyle where his 4:53.81 in the preliminary heats and 16^th place consolation swim earned a point for the overall team total, and more importantly, became his second Sectional cut. His bonus final events included: 100 free (27^th 50.16), 100 fly (25^th 56.88), 100 breast (24^th– 1:06.25) and 200 IM (24^th– 2:06.98).

Wesley Coles swam his first sub-5 minute time in the 500 yard freestyle, and did so twice with a 4:59.19 in the preliminary heats, getting close enough to scratch into the bonus final heat where he finished 21^st with a 4:56.61. Wesley Coles had the largest improvement of over 11 seconds in the 400 IM where he earned a C-final spot with a 4:28.29 and finished 26^th in that event.

Jordan Morillo, currently training with Fresno State, returned from her conference meet and swam 4 seconds faster in the 200 freestyle to a 2:01.71. Jordan just missed the team record in the 100 fly with her 1:00.88 and 28^th place finish from the preliminary heats. Jordan Morillo broke the team record in the 100 yard breaststroke with a 1:08.95 and swam to a 17^th place finish in the preliminary heats. The previous record was set by Katherine Bristow in December of 2008 at the Tulare meet.

Thirteen year old Christopher Nolan was one of the youngest male swimmers competing at the meet, and earned a second swim in the bonus heat for the 200 butterfly event where he swam a life-time best of 2:11.37 and finished 23^rd. Among the other events that Chris swam, he also time trialed his 100 breaststroke, and swam well under the 1:09.09 time standard for the Q meet, and also achieved an additional Far Western cut with his 1:08.39. Chris also swam to a 11nd place finish in the 1000 freestyle with a 11:01.56.

Eleven year old Mallory Korenwinder swam the 200 breaststroke and finished 53^rd with a 2:43.98. Mallory time trialed the 50 freestyle and just missed the minimum time standard for the meet with her 27.77. Twelve year old Brianna Fleeman joined the ranks of the senior swimmers and swam near her best time in the 100 freestyle with a 1:00.96. Allison Ross competed in one individual event and one time trial, and improved her 200 free time trial event by nearly 3 seconds (2:12.79). Her individual event was the 50 free where she swam 27.75.

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