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MISSY LeSTRANGE FINISHES 2nd AT 2014 IRONMAN

Oct 292014

Few know that they are among a legend of triathletes when training alongside one of the likes of Missy LeStrange, mainly because her demeanor would suggest otherwise. One of the most approachable individuals on the face of the earth, most of us would hardly know that our very own Missy holds the all-time record for the most age-group titles for the world Ironman. She is considered the “Most Successful Age-group Champion” winning 14 of her 24 showings at the World Ironman competitions held at Kona. The Ironman competition for 2014 ended last week, and Missy had yet another successful race finishing 2nd in the age group this year.

Many of us recall that Missy was inducted into the 2013 USA Triathlon Hall of Fame this past year. Congratulations to the continuing phenomenal success.

133 COMPETE AT DUAL MEET

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Oct 092014

The most impressive outcome from the Double Dual Meet versus visiting team Conejo Simi of Ventura and Roadrunner of Bakersfield was not the winning point total of 1,103 but the fact that TNT had 133 swimmers participating at the meet, exceeding the 100 swimmer mark for the first time in history, with the bulk of the team represented by the 56 swimmers of host Selma. This early-season short course meet resulted in one TNT team record by 12-year old Jackson Huckabay of Selma who swam a time of 11:54.34 in the 1000 freestyle swimming under the 12:11.48 that was set by Greyson Canterbury at the Selma meet back in 2009. Jackson’s time is currently the top time in the nation for any 11-year old boy, and the only time currently under the 12-minute mark.

Jackson was also one of the top point getters on the team, winning six of his ten events. Six year old brother Lucas Huckabay was our only undefeated swimmers as he swept his events, winning all six individual events entered. Eight-year old Devon Cardoza was another nearly undefeated swimmer winning five of his seven events, and placing 2nd in an additional one. He is joined by Layla Flores who won nine of her events, and placed second in the tenth event. Danielle Albright assisted the team’s victory by winning four of her ten events. Eight year old Drew Johnston came home with a pair of wins, as did 10-year old Gage Price and 11-year old Kylie Walker, while Mallory Korenwinder took home three first place finishes as did 11-year old Wyatt Ward. Eight Year old Maribella Marin won the 100 backstroke, while 9-year old Ava Olson became the champion in the 100 breaststroke, along with 8-year old Nicholas Vassylenko who took home a win in the male 100 back. Another backstroke champion was 12-year old Alex Roberts winning the 50 backstroke. Eleven-year old Peyton Costa took home the win in the 50 back event, while Alonso Escobedo won the 1000 freestyle. Kyle Grissom’s one day resulted in two first place finishes, and two second place finishes, while Jillian Hatch took home three wins for the meet.

Those improving 100% of their times included: Danielle Albright, Bridget Benegar, Drew Black, Dylan Burr, Devon Cardoza, Colin Chase, Jason Clausen, Kilah Contreras, Layla Flores, Amanda Garabedian, Jake Goodbar, Yasmin Guerrero, Brandon Hatch, Maya Herrera, Dylan Hunt, Bek Jett, Gabriel Jett, Tanner Kelm, Isabella Klawitter, Corinne Maxfield, Genoveve Mcilwaine, Michael Mendoza, Parker Princewill, Trent Regier, Matthew Ross, Alexandria Salazar, Seiji Shinkawa, Shoji Shinkawa, Michael Vassylenko, Nicholas Vassylenko, Blake Wong, Brett Wong and Bryce Wong.

71.5% IMPROVEMENT AT HANFORD FALL CLASSIC

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Oct 082014

81 TNT swimmers competed at the Hanford Fall Classic over the second Saturday of September, with 64 of them having previously recorded times in a distance of 50 yards or longer with the team. An astounding 71.5% of those preexisting times were improved upon, with 37 swimmers maintaining a 100% improvement rate throughout the meet, beginning with Sienna Abernathy who improved 4 of 4 events. She is joined by Drew Black (2 of 2), Asher Broussard (2 of 2), Madelyn Brumit (1 of 1), Dylan Bur (2 of 2), Colin Chase (1 of 1), Ciara Clarke (4 of 4), Jason Clausen (3 of 3), Dominic Colvin (2 of 2), Kilah Contreras (2 of 2), Makenna Dean (1 of 1), Layla Flores (4 of 4), Jillian Gaines (5 of 5), Mackenzie Garza (4 of 4), Sean Guerrero (1 of 1), Yasmin Guerrero (1 of 1), Lily Hodges (4 of 4), Dylan Hunt (4 of 4), Nathan Hunt (2 of 2), Jakob Kitt (3 of 3), Isabella Klawitter (2 of 2), Alyssa Logan (1 of 1), Rylee Lord (4 of 4), Madison Martin (2 of 2), Corinne Maxfield (3 of 3), Genoveve Mcilwaine (4 of 4), Nathaniel Miskey (1 of 1), Gabriela Mora (4 of 4), Mariah Oliveira (3 of 3), Ava Olson (1 of 1), Dylan Poore (2 of 2), Megan Ridenour (4 of 4), Matthew Ross (3 of 3), James Savage (2 of 2), Mason Storey (1 of 1), and Grant Woods (2 of 2).

Additionally, seventeen swimmers recorded their first short course times with the team. A warm welcome goes to: William Alcocer, Ella Benttencourt, Emma Benttencourt, Andrew Branscom, Jonna-Lee Bush, Emma Chase, Ciena Clarke, Mallory Colvin, Dillon Daniel, Elias Dean, Lorelei Dean, Shannell Flores, Ragan Jessup, Korryn Kennedy, Trent Regier, Olivia Storey and Hannah Williams.

Three of our swimmers were undefeated, winning all events entered at the meet, and these individuals were led by 10-year old Visalia swimmer and 2014 CCS Western Zone team member, Layla Flores, who took home first place finishes in all five events that included the 50 breast (37.58), 100 fly (1:18.53), 50 back (35.16), 100 IM (1:14.89) and 500 free (6:45.32) events. Six-year old Selma standout Lucas Huckabay came home with the next highest number of wins, with four, that included the 25 free (17.33), 25 breast (25.84), 50 fly (49.71) and 25 back (31.32). Lucas was followed by 16-year old Mallory Korenwinder with three wins, including the 50 free (25.59), 100 back (1:01.78) and 200 IM (2:12.06). Our final undefeated swimmer was 8-year old James Savage who won the 50 free (37.90) and 50 back (45.50) events. Other event champions included: Sienna Abernathy (50 fee & 50 back), Danielle Albright (50 breast, 100 IM & 1650 free), Nadia Garabedian (50 free), Daniel Haley (500 free), Jackson Huckabay (50 free & 100 fly), Preston Niayesh (100 breast & 200 fly), Megan Ridenour (100 breast), and Alex Roberts (50 back).

MALLORY KORENWINDER FINALS AT SWIM MEET OF CHAMPIONS

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Sep 162014

The winning time in the women’s 100 breaststroke at this year’s Swim Meet of Champions was a 1:07.97 by former two-time World Record holder Jessica Hardy. Mallory Korenwinder missed the championship heat by only three places, and swam to a third place finish in the consolation heat with a time of 1:13.45. Mallory had the largest time drop on the team, improving over seven and a half seconds in the 200 fly where her time of 2:29.35 finished 67th in the event.

Owen Ansel was our only swimmer improving 100% of his times, repeating his life-time best time to the hundredth of a second in two of the four events that he competed in. Owen’s highest finish was 54th place in the 100 breaststroke, where his time of 1:09.99 is a new Sectional qualifying time. Other improvements came from Selma swimmer, Emily Goodbar, who improved over a half second in the 50 free to a 29.01, and training partner, Jillian Hatch, who also improved her 50 freestyle by a tenth of a second (27.45). Selma swimmer Noah Haworth improved his 100 freestyle by nearly a third of a second (58.70), while Khloe McCarthy dropped nearly a half second in the 200 IM (2:30.38).

The following lists the top finish for each of our swimmers:

Mallory Korenwinder 100 breaststroke 11^th 1:13.45
Kyle Grissom 100 fly 32^nd 28
Emily Goodbar 200 fly 37^th 2:24.42
Jillian Hatch 200 free 37^th 2:08.97
Owen Ansel 100 breaststroke 54^th 1:09.99
Khloe McCarthy 400 IM 62^nd 5:17.46
Jimmy Koster 100 back 95^th 1:05.32
Noah Haworth 50 free 135^th 65

JANESSA BRINGE, PEYTON COSTA & TOBY JONES CHALLENGE TEAM RECORDS AT JUNE AGE GROUP INVITE

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Jul 102014

Sixteen TNT swimmers competed at the 2014 June Age Group Invitational hosted by Buena Ventura in Ventura over the June 19-22 weekend, and performances resulted in two records being broken, and an additional record being tied.

Twelve year old Visalia swimmer, Janessa Bringe, swam 2:49.89 in the 200 meter butterfly event to match Katelyn Herrera’s team record that was set in 2009 at the San Luis Obispo Firecracker meet nearly five years earlier. Her time currently ranks 238th in the nation among all 12-year old girls who brave the event. Ten year old Peyton Costa had set the team record in the 100 meter backstroke with a time of 1:23.18 at the Clovis meet the previous month, and now at the June Age Group Invitational, both Toby Jones, who swam 1:23.06, and Peyton Costa went under that pre-existing record, Peyton swimming 1:22.93 to retain the record. Peyton’s time ranks 164th nationally, while Toby’s time ranks 176th. Jackson Huckabay had set the 10-under 50 backstroke record last summer during Junior Olympics as a 37.80, and Peyton Costa slid under the previous record to set it at 37.44, and a time that breaks into the top-100 performances in the nation at 91st.

Peyton led the team in points from individual events, earning top-8 finishes in five of his six events, and these included the 100 breast (3rd – 1:31.96), 100 back (5th – 1:22.93), 50 back (6th – 37.44), 100 free (7th – 1:11.79) and 50 breast (7th – 43.84). Toby Jones was our next highest point getter earning top-8 finishes in four of his six events, including the 50 breast (3rd – 43.03), 100 breast (4th – 1:33.62), 100 back (6th – 1:23.06) and 200 IM (6th – 2:55.62). Our other top-8 finishers included Owen Ansel who finished 5th in the 100 breast (1:10.67), Janessa Bringe who finished 7th in the 400 free (4:58.81), Morgan Coddington who finished 7th in the 400 IM (5:27.00) and 8th in the 200 breaststroke (2:56.74), Skylar Ford who finished 6th in the 50 fly (32.58), and Jakob Koorey finishing 6th in the 100 breast (1:15.78). Additional top-16 finishers along with their highest place include: Danielle Albright (9th), Alonso Escobedo (9th), Khloe McCarthy (9th), Megan Ridenour (16th), and Katherine Sullivan (12th).

Our sixteen swimmers maintained a 74% improvement rate with five swimmers improving 100% of their times. Congratulations to: Janessa Bringe (6 of 6 improvements), Desmond Brown (4 of 4), Alonso Escobedo (7 of 7), Toby Jones (6 of 6) and Benjamin Wheeler (3 of 3). Those who improved 50% or more of their times include: Katherine Sullivan (88%), Danielle Albright (83%), Peyton Costa (83%), Jakob Koorey (75%), Morgan Coddington (67%), Skylar Ford (67%), and Khloe McCarthy (67%).

Congratulations also go to Visalia swimmer Daniel Haley who qualified for his first AA meet, and finished 24th in the 200 free, Gage Price who competed at his first June Age Group Invite and finished 18th in the 200 free, and Desmond Brown who also qualified and competed at his first Age Group Invitational, and who finished 18th in the 50 breaststroke event.

LAYLA FLORES WINS 7 OF 9 EVENTS AT BAKERSFIELD LONG COURSE

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Jul 102014

Thirty-one TNT swimmers traveled south to Bakersfield over the June 7-8 weekend to compete in the long course meet following the close of the school year. Several used this meet as a tune-up for the upcoming June Age Group Invitational that takes place two weeks following.

Our top performer at the meet must go to 10-year old Layla Flores of Visalia who was an event champion in seven of the nine events that she competed in, and placed second in the remaining two events. A Far Western qualifier from earlier this year, Layla won the 100 meter fly (1:33.63), 50 breast (44.99), 50 free (33.57), 100 free (1:13.66), 50 fly (38.73), 50 back (41.41) and 200 IM (3:05.16) events. Other event champions included Danielle Albright who won the 11-12 200 breaststroke (3:08.94) while only 11-years old, Owen Ansel who won both the 200 breast (2:34.77) and 100 breaststroke (1:10.55), along with Janessa Bringe of Visalia who won the 12-under 400 IM (5:56.45).
Sixteen year old Fig Garden swimmer, and USA Swimming Junior National qualifier, Lauren Davis, won the 100 breaststroke (1:21.89), while Katelyn Herrera who won the 13-over 200 fly (2:36.22). Fourteen-year old Jakob Koorey took home the gold in the 200 breaststroke (2:50.47) and 100 breaststroke (1:18.50), and 8-year old Kaden Medeiros swam undefeated winning all three events that included the 50 free (47.64), 100 free (1:45.30), and 50 back (57.03) events. Chris Nolan pulled off an upset in the 100 freestyle (56.49) for the 15-over division, as Visalia’s 13-year old Megan Ridenour remained uncontested in both breaststroke events (3:09.13 in the 200 and 1:24.33 in the 100). Birthday girl Alex Roberts, now 12 years old, finished first in the 50 backstroke, while 12-year old Katherine Sullivan made her first Zone cut after winning the 200 backstroke event in a time of 2:45.63.

The team maintained a 55% improvement rate with four individuals improving 100% of their times. Improvements were led by 12-year old Jillian Gaines of Hanford who entered eight events, and improved all eight. She, along with the Garabedian due of 12-year old Amanda Garabedian and 10-year old Nadia Garabedian, who each improved seven of seven events, teamed with 16-year old Owen Ansel who entered and improved two events, to lead all swimmers in improvement rates. The largest time improvements came from Jillian Gaines and Amanda Garabedian, who each improved over 30 seconds in the 200 freestyle. Other swimmers who improved 50% or more of their times included: Danielle Albright (83%), Desmond Brown (83%), Tristan Gaines (75%), Damian Brown (67%), Benjamin Wheeler (67%), Jakob Koorey (63%), Olivia Garabedian (50%), Chris Nolan (50%), Alex Roberts (50%), and Katherine Sullivan (50%).

WYATT WARD MEDALS AT SPEEDO GRAND CHALLENGE

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May 312014

Twelve year old Wyatt Ward of Hanford was the sole medalist among our team of eight who attended the Speedo Grand Challenge swim meet over the Memorial Day weekend. The championship final heat at this meet is limited to the top 4 performances in the preliminary heats for swimmers 13-over, and only the top four performances are recognized on the podium for any event. Wyatt Ward swam 37.55 in the 50 meter breaststroke on day 1 to finish 3^rd in that 12-under event, and ended his meet with a 4^th place finish in the 100 meter breaststroke in a time of 1:22.57 for that event.

Two other swimmers earned second swims, with Danielle Albright making it to the championship final, and 8^th place finish, in the 100 breaststroke after swimming a 1:26.44 in the preliminary heats while only eleven years old. Danielle was the youngest competitor at the senior meet that was host to swimmers like Karlee Bispo, Bobby Bollier, Jessica Hardy, and Mike Alexandrov, and representing teams from the likes of USC, Stanford, and countries such as Portugal and Guatemala. Kyle Grissom was our only other finalist as he placed 13^th , winning the B-consolation heat with a time of 56.99 in the 100 meter butterfly.

Emily Goodbar’s time improvement to 1:05.80 in the 100 fly was our next highest finisher at 31^st in that event, while Khloe McCarthy’s time of 5:25.53 in the 400 IM finished 34^th there. Katelyn Herrera’s 4:37.60 in the 400 meter freestyle was enough for her highest finish of 37^th, while Owen Ansel had his highest finish of 40^th in the 100 meter breaststroke after dropping to a time of 1:11.47. Jimmy Koster’s highest place was 41^st in the 200 back, resulting from his time of 2:18.11.

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COSTA & KORENWINDER TAKE HIGH POINT AT MIKE SNYDER MEMORIAL

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May 312014

Over 480 swimmers competed at the Mike Snyder Memorial meet, and with 44 swimmers TNT represented the third largest team behind Clovis (201 swimmers), Fig Garden (51 swimmers), and just larger than Palo Alto (42 swimmers). Our team placed 2^nd with 741 points, behind Clovis’s 1,769 points, and ahead of Palo Alto (512), MAKO (371), and Fig Garden (309). Two swimmers came away with age-division high point awards, and were led by 10-year old Peyton Costa with 79 points who won eight of his 9 events in the 9-10 boys division, and improved 100% of his times. Mallory Korenwinder was the high point recipient in the 15-16 girls division with 50 points that resulted from wins in four of her six events. A runner-up high point was awarded to 10-year old Toby Jones who accumulated 46 points from winning the 50 breaststroke, and four second place finishes. Third-place high points were recognized as 10-year old Layla Flores who had three wins, two second place finishes, and two third place finishes, and 12-year old Skylar Ford who had two second place finishes, and two third place finishes. These two earned 58 and 44 points respectively.

Other event champions included Janessa Bringe (400 free), Wes Coles (200 free & 100 back), Alonso Escobedo (400 IM, 200 back & 200 IM), Chris Nolan (100 fly), Nathan Rhea (100 breast), Megan Ridenour (100 breast), Taylor Shaw (200 back), and Alexa Wong (50 back)

The 44 TNT swimmers improved two-thirds of all events that were entered prior to the meet. Fourteen of our teammates improved 100% of their times to lead to the 66% team improvement rate. Congratulations to Desmond Brown (improved 6 of 6 events), Peyton Costa (9 of 9), Alonso Escobedo (6 of 6), Layla Flores (8 of 8), Macenzie Garza (1 of 1), Megan Ridenour (3 of 3), Alex Roberts (3 of 3), Seiji Shinkawa (5 of 5), Shoji Shinkawa (4 of 4), Benjamin Wheeler (7 of 7), Brett Wong (2 of 2), Bryan Wong (1 of 1), Bryce Wong (1 of 1) and Jenna Yeates (2 of 2).

SEVEN SELMA SWIMMERS COMPETE IN CONEJO

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May 312014

Seven TNT swimmers of the Selma program traveled to Cal Lutheran University to compete at the Conejo Simi Memorial Day meet there, and place 12^th in the overall team standings. Eleven year old Jackson Huckabay led the team with 48 points that resulted from a win in the 100 fly (1:20.89), a third place finish in the 50 breast (40.97), and a 5^th place finish in the 50 fly (34.88). Six year old Brother, Lucas Huckabay, came home after scoring in five of his six events, with wins in four of them (50 free, 100 free, 50 back & 50 fly). Our next highest scorer was 12-year old Emma Pena who finished 2^nd in the 100 back (1:26.87), 4^th in the 200 free (2:44.10), 5^th in the 200 IM (3:05.63) and 6^th in the 50 free (31.88). Fourteen year old Jake Goodbar improved 100% of his times, and placed top-8 in four events: 100 breast (3^rd), 200 free (4^th), 100 free (4^th), and 200 IM (6^th). Morgan Coddington scored in the 200 breaststroke with a 5^th place finish that resulted from her time of 3:04.00. Madison Pallares had her highest place finish in the 13-14 division of 7^th in the 200 freestyle (2:40.98), while fourteen year old Jonas Huckabay tripled up with three 11^th place finishes that included the 50 free (31.09), 200 back (2:47.97), and 200 IM (2:52.15) events.

PEYTON COSTA SETS TEAM RECORD AT FRESNO MEET

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May 312014

Twenty-two TNT swimmers competed at the Fresno IMX long course meet held at the Clovis North facility on May 3rd, and an additional 43 swimmers competed the following day at the JO Max meet in Tulare. Only one team record was set from any of the 65 entered swimmers over the weekend, and that came in the winning time of 1:23.18 by Peyton Costa in the 100 backstroke, thereby posting the 61st fastest time nationally for any 10-year old boy, and which was one of his four first place finishes in that age division at the meet. Jackson Huckabay had set the record as a 1:23.55 at Junior Olympics last summer.

Three additional swimmers came away undefeated in their single age categories while competing at the Clovis meet. Jakob Koorey took home three of three wins for the 14-year old boy’s division (200 breast, 200 fly & 400 IM), while Khole McCarthy was uncontested in the 16-year old division winning the 400 free, 200 back, 200 breast & 400 IM events. Cody Nash entered and won his single event of the 200 breaststroke for the 18-year old male division, and nine-year old Gage Price went home after winning all four of his events (200 free, 100 back, 100 fly & 200 IM).

Other event champions included Danielle Albright (age 11: 100 breast, 100 fly & 200 IM), Skylar Ford (age 12: 100 back), Kyle Grissom (age 16: 200 fly), Toby Jones (age 10: 200 IM), Jimmy Koster (age 16: 400 free & 200 back), and Katherine Sullivan (age 12: 200 IM).

Those improving 100% at the Fresno meet in Clovis included: Danielle Albright (5 of 5), Tristan Gaines (1 of 1), Daniel Haley (3 of 3), JD Koster (2 of 2), Jimmy Koster (2 of 2), Gage Price (2 of 2), and Benjamin Wheeler (3 of 3). Congratulations to Layla Flores, Skylar Ford, Mackenzie Garza, Daniel Haley, Jakob Koorey, JD Koster, Jimmy Koster, Sofia Mora, Gage Price, and Megan Ridenour for entering new long course events.

New events were posted at the short course meet in Tulare by Oscar Basaula (age 6), Allie Benegar (age 11), Bridget Benegar (age 8), Asher Broussard (age 13), Emma Chase (age 6), Ciara Clarke (age 8), Dominic Colvin (age 10), Mallory Colvin (age 6), Jayden Cunningham (age 13), Mackenzie Garza (age 12), Dylan Hunt (age 11), Alyssa Logan (age 11), Makenna Martin (age 12), Kaden Medeiros (age 8), Haylee Metheney (age 11), Alexandra Milliorn-Feller (age 13), Holden Milliorn-Feler (age 10), Nathaniel Miskey (age 10), Parker Princewill (age 8), Mason Storey (age 8), Alexa Wong (age 7), and Jenna Yeates (age 10).
One hundred percent improvement rates from the meet in Tulare came from: Danielle Albright (2 of 2), Allie Benegar (3 of 3 – improving over 20 seconds in the 100 back), Asher Broussard (improving nearly 18 seconds in the 200 IM), Ciara Clarke (2 of 2), Dominic Colvin (2 of 2), Amanda Garabedian (4 of 4), Mackenzie Garza (2 of 2), Morgan Garza (4 of 4), Dylan Hunt (1 of 1), Alyssa Logan (1 of 1), Rylee Lord (3 of 3 – improving over 16 seconds in the 100 fly), Kaden Medeiros (2 of 2), Joseph Oliveira (1 of 1), Parker Princewill (2 of 2 – improving nearly 15 seconds in the 100 free), Alexa Wong (1 of 1), Brett Wong (2 of 2), Bryce Wong (2 of 2), and Jenna Yeates (2 of 2).

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