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JETT, KORENWINDER & BRINGE ALL WIN AT CANYONS – team places 8th

Feb 222016

While 35 TNT swimmers competed at the Junior Olympics, 22 swimmers traveled to Santa Clarita to compete at the Southern California Canyons Q meet. This meet fielded two heats of finals for the 10-under and 15-18 age divisions, and a top-8 final for individual ages of 11, 12, 13 and 14.

Points from individual events at Canyons were led by Khloe McCarthy with a total of 60.5 that resulted from two 3^rd place finishes that included the 500 free (5:02.49), and 1000 free (10:31.21), both events and times of which fall under current team records. Khloe swam under the current team record twice in the 500 free, first during the preliminary swim where her time of 5:03.28 went under Jillian Hatch’s 5:03.66, and then at finals where she improved the preliminary time to a 5:02.49. Her time stands as the 131^st fastest nationally among 18-year old female swimmers. Her time of 10:31.21 is also a new record for her, and it falls under Katelyn Herrera’s 10:41.57 that was set at the Terrapin meet in 2012, and now Khloe’s new record stands as the 59^th fastest nationally to date. Our only other team record was from Peyton Costa who swam 2:24.72 in the 12-year old 200 backstroke event. He was an original record holder in the event, prior to Benjamin Wheeler setting a new standard as a 2:25.29 at the Age Group Championships in San Diego this past December. Peyton’s reclaimed record ranks 670^th nationally for boys at age 12.

One of the most exciting finals resulted in a 1^st and 2^nd place finish in the 15-18 female championship final 100 fly event. Our Junior National senior swimmers, Mallory Korenwinder and Selma’s Sierra Jett, who will be attending the University of Arizona and Auburn University respectively, dominated the event with a 1-2 finish (56.59 and 56.74). Mallory Korenwinder went on to win the 100 breaststroke (1:03.71), while Sierra Jett became the event champion in the 50 free (23.80). Our only other event champion at the meet was Visalia’s Janessa Bringe who took home the gold in the 14-year old 1000 freestyle event with a time of 10:58.32. Other championship finalist included: Owen Ansel (200 breast, 100 breast), Morgan Coddington (400 IM), Peyton Costa (400 IM, 50 back), Alonso Escobedo (500 free, 400 IM), Aubrey Holbert (200 back), Jonas Huckabay (1650 free, 1000 free), Sierra Jett (50 free, 100 fly, 100 free), Mallory Korenwinder (100 breast, 100 fly, 200 breast), Khloe McCarthy (500 free, 200 free, 400 IM, 1000 free), Gage Price (500 free, 50 fly, 1000 free), Satoshi Shinkawa (100 back), Katherine Sullivan (500 free, 200 back, 400 IM, 100 back), Benjamin Wheeler (1000 free), and Bryan Wong (50 breast).

An additional highlight resulting from the meet is our 17-18 female relay teams setting Central California Swimming records in four distinct events. Our teams won three of the four relays, and placed second in the short medley while competing apart from the winning team. New CCS records are posted for:

15-18 women 400 free relay (3:34.85)
M. Korenwinder, M. Coddington, A. Holbert, S. Jett

15-18 women 400 medley relay (3:58.91)
A. Holbert, M. Korenwinder, L. Geiger, S. Jett

15-18 women 200 free relay (1:39.42)
M. Korenwinder, A. Olson, M. Coddington, S. Jett

15-18 women 200 medley relay (1:50.56)
A. Holbert, M. Korenwinder, L. Geiger, S. Jett

Two swimmers improved 100% of their times in Canyons, and they included Bryan Wong and Bryce Wong.

10 TNT SWIMMERS AT COLLEGE CONFERENCE MEETS

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Feb 212016

Ten TNT swimmers have, or will be competing at their respective college conference meets as the college swim season nears its end. Our swimmers are currently competing in the states of Mississippi (Katelyn Herrera – Delta State), California (Wesley Coles – Fresno Pacific, Matlyn Morris – Fresno Pacific, Bre Abell, Fresno Pacific, Haley Baker – Biola, Lauren Davis – UOP, Chris Nolan – UC Santa Barbara, and Kyle Grissom – USC), and Pennsylvania (Matthew Tashima – Saint Vincent College).

Katelyn Herrera attends her first conference championship meet swimming for Delta State at the New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference Championships (NSISC) that takes place over the week of February 17-20. Katelyn scored 22 points with a championship swim, and 8^th place finish, in the 1000 freestyle swimming 10:40.03 in the event, being the third Delta State swimmer in the race. She went on the finish 13^th in the 400 IM, improving over three seconds to a 4:41.57 during the preliminary heats, and then shaving off hundredths during finals for a 4:41.52. She is the top seed in the consolation heat for the 500 free after swimming 5:08.71 in the preliminary heats.

Wesley Coles is competing for Fresno Pacific in his senior year, and swam at the Pacific College Swimming Conference (PCSC) Championships over the February 12-15 week. Wesley had a 3^rd place finish in the 500 free with a time of 4:32.28, as well as a third place finish in the 200 free with at time of 1:39.23 after swimming 1:39.07 in the preliminary heats. He was the event champion, being the only swimmer at the meet to go under the 1:50.00 mark with a 1:49.50 in the 200 fly.

Matlyn Morris joined Wesley as she returns from multiple injuries, and scores by finishing sixth in the B-final of the 50 free with a time of 24.45, and seventh in the B-final of the 100 free where she swam a time of 53.35. She makes the A-final in the 100 back swimming a time of 58.68 and finishing seventh there. Fresno Pacific women finished fifth at the meet behind UC San Diego, Cal State East Bay, Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine.

In her second year of collegiate swimming for Fresno Pacific, Bre Abell earned second swims in the scoring C-final of the 50 free swimming 24.84 and finishing 6^th in that heat. Her highest place was third in the B-final of the 200 free where she swam 1:56.15 there. She also scored in the C-final of the 100 free where her 53.63 was enough for a 5^th place finish.

A former Hanford TNT swimmer, Haley Baker, also competed at the PCSC meet for Biola, and finished 33^rd while competing in the D-final in the 50 free with a time of 25.61, and swam to a C-final in the 200 free after swimming 1:58.97 in the preliminary heats. She also swam 54.54 in the 100 free D-final

Lauren Davis, competing in her first year for the University of the Pacific (UOP), has made the travel team for the University, and competes at the MPSF Championships that runs from February 17^th to 20^th. She squeezed into the C-final in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:07.75, and is currently seeded 14^th in the 200 breaststroke.

Joining Lauren at the MPSF Championships is Chris Nolan competing for UC Santa Barbara, and who is seeded 1^st in the 200 fly with his time of 1:46.81. Chris did move from 16^th in the preliminary heats of the 500 free where he swam 4:36.07 to 15^th during finals in the event. He held on to a championship seeding in the 100 fly swimming a lifetime best of 48.81 going into finals in 8^th place.

Cody Nash is currently competing at the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Championships for Wilmington College, and he earned a 3^rd place finish in the B-final of the 500 free with a time of 4:57.20 after being seeded 21^st in the event. He is the 2^nd highest scoring Wilmington swimmer for the 500 free. He was seeded 13^th in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:03.61, and then swam 1:01.35 in the preliminary heats to go into the B-final heat in 2^nd. Cody is seeded 9^th in the 200 breaststroke with a 2:19.11.

Matthew Tashima competed at the President’s Athletic Conference (PAC) Championships for Saint Vincent College during his second year of collegiate competition, and his conference meet concluded on February 13^th where he finished 2^nd in the B-final of the 50 free with a time of 22.02, and 4^th in the B-final of the 100 fly with his time of 54.11. His highest finish was 3^rd in the A-final of the 100 free as a sophomore, swimming 47.68 there, and being the second fastest Saint Vincent swimmer in the event. Saint Vincent finished 4^th at the meet.

Kyle Grissom’s Pac-12 Championships are scheduled for March 2^nd through 5^th as he competes for the University of Southern California (USC).

10 FINALISTS AT FRESNO SENIOR MEET

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Feb 212016

Twelve TNT swimmers competed at the Fresno Dolphin Senior Meet in late January, and ten of our swimmers earned second swims during this early-season competition. Championship finalists included Danielle Albright who was the event champion in the 200 breaststroke (2:34.82), and had two 2nd place finishes that included the 100 breast and 200 back events. She also finished 3rd in the 100 fly, and 4th in the 100 back. Our only other event champion was Visalia’s Lauren Geiger who won the 100 fly (1:02.60). She also had two 2nd place finishes that included the 100 back and 50 free events. Lauren finished 5th in the 100 free, and 7th in the 200 free.

Other championship finalists included Libby Adriaansen who swam to a 5th place finish in the 200 breast, and 7th place finish in the 100 breast. Owen Ansel had a pair if 2nd place swims that included the 100 breast and 100 fly, and he finished 4th in the 50 free. Visalia’s Janessa Bringe came home with a 3rd place swim in the 100 fly, a 5th in the 200 back, a 7th in the 100 free, and an 8th place in the 200 free. Twelve-year old Peyton Costa finished 3rd in the 200 back, and 5th in the 1650 free, while Katherine Mendyk finished 4th in the 100 breast, and 5th in the 50 free. Katherine Sullivan was our only other female championship finalist, finishing 6th in the 100 back, and 8th in the 200 IM, while Selma’s Wyatt Ward was our only other male championship finalist, finishing 6th in the 100 back.

Consolation finalists included: Danielle Albright (9th – 100 free), Janessa Bringe (9th – 200 IM & 12th – 100 back), Peyton Costa (15th – 200 IM & 14th – 500 free), Jackson Huckabay (11th – 200 IM & 10th – 500 free), and Katherine Sullivan (16th – 100 free).

AVA OLSON & RYLEE LORD LEAVE RIDGECREST WITH HIGH POINTS

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Feb 062016

Eleven TNT swimmers competed at the Beat the Cold meet in Ridgecrest over the January 23-24 weekend and placed third with 534 points behind Bakersfield’s 696 points generated from their 27 swimmers, and TNT was among the seven teams competing at the meet. Our team was led by two high point recipients that included ten-year old Ava Olson who was undefeated at the meet, winning all eight events, scoring 72 points, and setting a new team record in the 200 IM. Our only other high point recipient was 12-year old Hanford swimmer, Rylee Lord, who swept seven of her eight events and scored 69 points, and improved her 100 backstroke by over two seconds. Runner-up high points included Hanford’s Addison Mccullough who was one point behind the leader in the 7-8 girls division, and Tristan Gaines who earned the second highest points in the 15-18 boys division.

Two of our swimmers swam under existing meet records, and this included High Point recipient, Ava Olson, whose 2:46.20 in the 200 IM stands as the meet record for the 9-10 girls, thereby joining Paige Costa, Skylar Ford, Mallory Korenwinder, Samantha Goates, Megan Eppler, Amber Khieralla, Alex Ellis, Ian Belflower, Peyton Costa, Garrison Price, Nathan Rhea, Devan Marshall and Chris Nolan as a meet record holder. Benjamin Wheeler also swam under the preexisting meet records in two of his events that included the 200 IM where he swam under the record by five seconds, and the 500 free where he swam under the record by six seconds. Benjamin placed second in both events for the 11-12 boys division.

Other event champions at the meet included Sienna Abernathy (50 back), Tristan Gaines (200 breast & 100 breast), Isabella Klawitter (50 back), Addison Mccullough (25 fly), Micah Ruiz (100 free & 50 free), and Benjamin Wheeler (200 free).

DANIELLE ALBRIGHT LEAVES AGE GROUP WITH 3 NEW RECORDS

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Feb 062016

Swimming her last meet in the 11-12 girls division, Danielle Albright reestablishes three team records on day two of the Clovis meet this January. Danielle was among 35 TNT swimmers at the meet, and was our only record-breaking athlete as she set her first team record with the 1:09.48 in the 100 breaststroke to go under Mallory Korenwinder’s 1:09.56 that she set as the record while competing at Far Westerns in 2011. Danielle’s time now stands as the 54^th fastest nationally among girls of age 12. Her second record came in the 200 fly where her time of 2:21.74 was well under Kyle Walkers previous record of 2:23.97 set at the Tulare meet in 2014. This time ranks 118^thnationally. Her final record came in the 100 IM where her time of 1:02.85 once again fell under Mallory Korenwinder’s 1:03.57 that she swam at the Far Western meet in 2011. Danielle’s new record stands as the 44^th fastest nationally.

Our highest improvement rate goes to Hanford’s nine-year old Tegan Hunt who improved 80% of her times, the largest drops reflecting a 16-second improvement in the 100 free, and nearly a 13-second improvement in the 100 breaststroke events. Six additional swimmers improved 50% or more of their times, and these included Danielle Albright (75%), Gabriel Jett (71%), Caroline Mendyk (63%), Isabella Klawitter (60%), Sydnee Wilson (57%), and Laren Betancourt (50%).

Selma’s Sierra Jett returned from Junior Nationals and swam undefeated at the Clovis meet, winning all eight events she entered, and improving the 200 free (2:03.11), 400 IM (4:56.95) and 200 fly (2:19.06) events. Other event champions included: Danielle Albright (200 free, 100 breast, 200 fly & 100 IM), Nathan Hunt (200 breast), and Ava Olson (100 fly). Please welcome the following swimmers for posting their first short course times with the team: Alejandro Cardenas, Andres Cardenas, Larissa Castro, Kylee Curtis, Mikenna Curtis, Katherine Forbes, Emma Garrison, Colton Hunter, Ronnie Johnson, Edward Rodriquez, Lauryn Sotelo, Alejandro Soto-Guzman, and Alonso Soto-Guzman.

RIDENOUR, HOLBERT & CODDINGTON FINAL AT PRO-AM

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Dec 292015

The Pro-Am Classic is a complementary meet to the Pro-Am Elite, and the Classic took place at Lewisville, Texas over the third weekend of December. Among our own team of eleven swimmers, this meet played host to professional athletes that included Eugene Godsoe, Bobby Bollier, and Karlee Bispo (to name only a few) who were among the field of approximately 700 swimmers at the meet. Three of our swimmers earned a spot in one of four final heats (top 32) offered in the shorter events (200 yards and below), and these three were led by 14-year old Visalia swimmer Megan Ridenour who was our teams only scoring swimmer by making it to a championship or consolation heat, and who came away with the team’s highest championship finish of 7th place in the 50 yard breaststroke event. She earned a final swim in three of her five events, and finished 12th in the consolation heat of the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:06.10, and a nearly two-second improvement. Her final second swim was in the 200 breaststroke where her nearly three and a half second improvement to a 2:28.22 finished 27th in the event.

Another triple finalist for the team was Selma’s Aubrey Holbert who had her highest finish as 17th in the 100 backstroke, improving nearly six seconds to a time of 58.56, and being the only female TNT swimmer under the 59 second mark in the event for the past two years. Her next highest finish was in the 200 yard backstroke, where her time of 2:06.48 was a newly recorded time on our team, posting a time on our team that hasn’t been seen for the past eight years. Her final second swim resulted from a preliminary time of 58.83 in the 100 yard butterfly, where she finished 29th in the event. Aubrey, along with Megan Ridenour, were our two swimmers who also improved 100% of their times.

Our other finalist at the meet was Selma’s Morgan Coddington whose specialty of breaststroke earned two second swims at the meet. Her time of 31.87 in the 50 yard breaststroke was enough for a 20th place finish there, and her second and a half improvement in the 200 breaststroke to a 2:29.01 was fast enough for a 24th place finish in that event. Morgan also had one of the highest time improvement rates on the team, improving six of her eight events.

Selma’s Jonas Huckabay finished 24th in the time-based final 1650 freestyle (17:13.76) as his highest place, and his largest improvement was over nine seconds in the 200 breaststroke (2:22.50) event. Our next highest finisher was Visalia’s 14-year old Janessa Bringe who finished 30th in the time-based final 1000 freestyle (10:58.67), and her largest improvement was nearly eight seconds in the 200 IM (2:20.50). Alonso Escobedo had our next highest finish of 32nd in the 400 IM (4:20.18) where the top 24 make finals, and his 1:51.91 in the 200 free reflected his largest improvement of 2.72 seconds. Selma’s Satoshi Shinkawa was next with a pair of 47th place finishes that included the 200 IM (2:01.84) and 100 back (55.82) events, and his largest improvement was nearly three seconds in that 100 back event. Next was Jakob Koorey who finished 49th in the 400 IM (4:40.90). Jakob improved over 20 seconds combined, his largest improvement being over six and a half seconds in the 200 back (2:12.51) event. Visalia’s Lauren Geiger finished 50th in the 100 fly (1:00.30), and her largest improvement was nearly a second in the 50 free (25.73), while Ashley Olson finished 88th in the 100 back with a time of 1:03.41. She improved over a second in the 50 free while at the meet (25.81). Justin Bos came away with an 90th place finish in the 100 fly with a time of 57.00, and then repeating the swim for a time of 56.95.

TNT PLACES 9th AT WINTER AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Dec 292015

Our team of 29 swimmers traveled to Coronado Island in San Diego over the December 19-21 weekend, and came away as the 9th highest scoring team at the meet resulting from fourteen of our swimmers performing to a scoring position in their individual events, and led by Danielle Albright who scored a total of 134 points, and winning the 11-12 girls 100 freestyle (56.08), and also winning the 500 freestyle with a team record-performing swim of 5:17.45. She was nearly two seconds under her previous team record that she set at JO’s about ten months earlier, and her current time now stands as the 35th fastest nationally for girls of age 12. Danielle set two additional records, finishing 2nd with a time of 2:00.81 in the 200 freestyle, and bettering her previous swim from Far Westerns by over a second. Her time ranks 99th nationally. Her final record was in the 2nd place finish of the 50 breaststroke event where her time of 32.18 slid under Mallory Korenwinder’s 32.27 that she set at Far Westerns in 2011. Danielle’s time now stands as the 48th fastest nationally. Danielle also placed 3rd in the 400 IM (4:47.47), 3rd in the 200 breast (2:33.60), 4th in the 100 breast (1:10.71), and 6th in the 100 fly (1:04.06).

The next highest scorer was JD Koster with a pair of 3rd place finishes that included the 200 IM (2:07.60), and 200 fly (2:06.45) events. He also finished 4th in three events, and they included the 200 breast (2:17.59), 100 fly (56.47), and the 100 breaststroke event where his preliminary time of 1:02.31 fell just below Preston’s Niayesh’s team record of 1:02.34 that had been set at the Merced meet only two month earlier. JD’s new record stands as the 114th fastest nationally for boys at age 14. His final scoring swim was a 14th place finish in the 50 free (24.79).

Peyton Costa had his highest finish at 6th in the 400 IM with a time, and new team record, of 4:56.39, being the first 12-under male swimmer on the team to go under the 5 minute mark. Chris Nolan held the previous record as a 5:09.72 when he swam the event at the San Luis Obispo meet back in 2008. The time stands as the 192nd ranked time for 12-year old boys. He also had a pair of 10th place finishes that included the 100 back (1:05.40), and 200 fly event where he once again set a new team record, this time swimming under his own 2:28.39 that he swam at the Tulare meet a month earlier. His current record of 2:26.51 now stands as the 260th ranked time nationally. Peyton also had a pair of 13th place finishes that included the 50 breast (34.82), and the 200 back (2:26.27) events, the 200 back again swimming under the current team record. His final scoring swim was the 16th place finish in the 100 fly (1:07.53).

Peyton’s record-breaking swim in the 200 backstroke was surpassed by Visalia’s Benjamin Wheeler whose time of 2:25.29 in the event was also under the team record that Peyton Costa had set in a time trial event at a Fresno meet in January of this year as a 2:27.79. Benjamin’s new team record currently ranks 493rd nationally for boys of age 12, and was the 11th place scoring finish at the Age Group Championships.

Visalia’s Layla Flores was another multi-event scoring swimmer, earning a 9th place finish in the 50 back (31.67), and 50 breast (35.28). She had an 11th place finish in the 100 breast (1:15.18), and a pair of 12th place finishes that included the 200 breast (2:45.29), and 100 back (1:08.46) events. Swimming her first Winter Age Group Championship meet, Katherine Mendyk scored in two events that included an 8th place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:35.89), while also scoring with a 14th place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:12.72). Swimmers age 10 and under only score in the top eight places, and nine year old Alexa Wong did just that by finishing 6th in the 100 back (1:15.64), and was one of only three TNT swimmers to improve 100% of their times. Selma’s Jackson Huckabay, also competing on the bottom of the age group at 13, had a pair of scoring swims that included an 11th place finish in the 500 free (5:21.65), and a 16th place finish in the 400 IM (4:46.95). Porterville’s Diego Gutierrez earned a pair of scoring swims, his highest finish being 14th in the 50 breast (35.13), followed by a 16th place finish in the 50 free (26.70). Hanford’s Rylee Lord also paired up scoring swims, her highest finish being 15th in the 50 free (27.97), and also finishing 16th in the 200 free (2:15.33). Our only other swimmer to double up scoring swims was Selma’s Wyatt Ward who finished 16th in both the 100 breast (1:11.44), and 200 breast (2:40.01) events. Making his first appearance at an Age Group Championship meet, and finishing 16th in the 50 breaststroke (35.71) was Hanford’s Dylan Hunt, who was one of only three swimmers to improve 100% of their times. Gage Price was another 100% improvement swimmer, and he scored by placing 16th in the 500 free (5:51.42) while competing at the bottom of the 11-12 age division. Our final scoring swimmer also achieved the feat while on the bottom of the age division. Thirteen year old Katherine Sullivan finished 16th in the 200 fly with a time of 2:23.09.
Also competing at the meet, along with their strongest place, included: Libby Adriaansen (30th in the 100 breast – 1:18.68), Ella Bettencourt (23rd in the 50 breast – 44.59), Ciara Clarke (20th in the 50 back – 37.54), Tristan Gaines (21st in the 1650 free – 18:28.57), Isaac Gutierrez (34th in the 100 breast – 1:18.70), Xavier Guterrez (21st in the 200 breast – 2:57.28), Daniel Haley (29th in the 200 back – 2:47.30), Jacqui Koster (24th in the 500 free – 5:36.05), Genoveve Mcilwaine (41st in the 50 breast – 40.25), Caroline Mendyk (12th in the 100 breast – 1:32.61), Ava Olson (9th in the 100 breast – 1:29.06), Emma Pena (17th in the 50 free – 26.22), Micah Ruiz (21st in the 100 back – 59.73), Bryan Wong (18th in the 100 breast – 1:19.39), and Bryce Wong (18th in the 100 breast – 1:12.18).

KORENWINDER FINALS AT SHORT COURSE SECTIONALS

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Dec 292015

The 2015 Short Course Sectional meet concluded on December 21st for the four TNT swimmers who qualified and competed there, and they came away with one championship final swim by Mallory Korenwinder placing eight overall after swimming a time of 1:04.07 during the preliminary heats. Khloe McCarthy came away with the team’s only time improvement, swimming a life-time best of 2:10.95 in the 200 IM. Her highest finish; however, was 58th in the 500 free with a time of 5:08.49. Owen Ansel had his highest finish in the 200 breaststroke where his time of 2:14.25 finished 70th there, while Preston Niayesh, swimming his first Sectional meet, finished 75 in the same event with a time of 2:16.41.

SIERRA JETT SHINES AT SHORT COURSE JUNIORS

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Dec 222015

Should a meet be measured by milestones achieved, Selma’s Sierra Jett made sure there’s no question that her meet was a success. Attending her first USA Swimming Junior National competition, Sierra maintained a 100% time improvement, her largest drop being nearly a full second in the 100 yard butterfly. In fact, Sierra swam the 50 freestyle three times at the meet, and swam under her pre-existing time during all three swims. Her swim-off time of 23.22 was enough to earn a second swim at the meet where she placed 20^th. Her time is one of three new team records she set, swimming under the 23.59 that she had previously set as a team record while competing at the NASA Junior National meet back in March, and with a time that now stands as the 19^thfastest nationally for female swimmers at age 17. Sierra also broke her own 100 freestyle team record where her time of 51.27 was a quarter second under her previous record of 51.52 that she set at the Clovis meet in February. This time stands as the 66^th fastest nationally. Her final team record was in the 100 butterfly where her nearly one second drop to a 56.31 was a half second under Mallory Korenwinder’s 56.80 that she swam at Sectionals in January of 2014. Sierra’s new record 90^th nationally.

Mallory Korenwinder returned to short course Junior Nationals after competing at Nationals the previous week, and improved her 100 fly time to a 56.67. Her highest place was 26^th in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.39).

PEYTON COSTA SETS TEAM RECORD IN TULARE

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Dec 222015

Forty-five TNT swimmers were among over 300 total who competed at the Tulare meet in December where one team record was established in 11-12 boys 1650 freestyle event by Peyton Costa. Peyton swam a time of 19:33.65 in the event during his first attempt at the distance, and swam under the preexisting team record of 19:52.44 set in 2008 by Chris Nolan. Peyton is one of only six TNT male swimmers who has ever competed in the event, and his time currently stands as the 125th fastest nationally for male swimmers of the same age. Peyton won the event, along with the seven other events he competed in, remaining undefeated at the meet.

In addition to Peyton, six other swimmers remained undefeated at the meet. Danielle Albright swam and won all eight of her events, improving two of them, while six-year old Ciena Clarke won all four of her events. Eight year old Luckas Huckabay was the event champion in all four of his events, while Khloe McCarthy and Ashely Olson each won both of the events they had entered. Other event champions included Janessa Bringe (200 back), Dylan Burr (200 back), Tristan Gaines (1650 free & 500 free), Diego Gutierrez (50 breast), Xavier Gutierrez (100 breast), Dylan Hunt (200 breast), Sierra Jett (50 free), Toby Jones (50 fly ), Jakob Koorey (400 IM, 200 breast & 200 IM), Ava Olson (100 fly), and Jade Perez (100 free).

Only one swimmer improved 100% of their times, and that honor goes to Toby Jones after improving all four events entered. Other swimmers who improved 50% or more of their times included: Peyton Costa (86%), Libby Adriaansen (75%), Ava Olson (75%), Duncan Champagne (71%), Ella Bettencourt (67%), Drew Johnston (67%), Rylee Noronha (67%), Dylan Burr (60%), Ciara Clarke (57%), Isaac Gutierrez (50%), Tegan Hunt (50%), and Isabella Klawitter (50%).

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