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27 COMPETE AT RIDGECREST

Feb 032014

TNT fielded a team of 27 swimmers to compete at the indoor facility in Ridgecrest over the last weekend of January, and came home with a total of eight event champions, each earning points in individual events. Sixteen year old Hanford swimmer Jeremiah Santillana a led the group by winning nine of his ten events thereby accumulating 88 total points. He was closely followed by ten year old Peyton Costa who won eight of his ten events, earning 86 points. Our next highest point getter was 12-year old Garrison Price winning five of his ten events, placing 2^nd in the next four, and 3^rd in his remaining event. Tristan Gaines of Hanford had the next highest points with 71 that resulted from two 1^st place, five 2^nd place and three 3^rd place finishes, while swimming her first meet as an 11-year old, Danielle Albright was our fifth highest point getter with 64, winning two of her events, placing 2^nd in five others, and including a 3^rd place finish. Fourteen year old Blake Wong was our only undefeated swimmer, winning six of his events in the 13-14 division, and earning 54 points. Eight year old Damian Brown finished 3^rd in eight of his nine events, resulting in 52 points, that tied with 18-year old Hanford swimmer Taylor Shaw who won five of her six events and finished 2^nd in the remaining one. Visalia swimmer Benjamin Wheeler was our ninth highest point getter with 46.5 points, resulting in two 2^nd place finishes, and two 3^rd place finishes among his ten events. Seven year old Alexa Wong rounded out our top 10 point getters with 46 points that resulted in wins in two events, and 2^nd place finishes in her remaining four events.

The team’s overall improvement percentage was 68% led by eight swimmers who improved all events they had entered. Those with the perfect performance at the meet included: Alexa Wong, Brett Wong, Bryce Wong, Caleb Bonds, Ciara Clarke, Garrison Price, Jacob Kitt and Megan Pedro. The majority of our swimmers improved 50% or more of their times, and they included: Jillian Gaines (90%), Aubrie Walker (89%), Tristan Gaines (89%), Desmond Brown (86%), Gage Price (83%), Damian Brown (80%), Jeremiah Santillana (75%), Benjamin Wheeler (70%), Annlyn Haworth (67%), Blake Wong (67%), Katherine Sullivan 63%), Bryan Wong (60%), Emmie Walker (57%), and Peyton Costa (50%).

12 FINAL AT FRESNO SENIOR MEET

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Feb 012014

Seventeen TNT swimmers competed at the Fresno Dolphin Senior Prelim/Final meet over the last weekend of January which allowed for a Championship and Consolation final, and resulted in a total of 21 championship swims. Selma swimmer, Cody Nash, came home with the team’s highest finish with his second place swim in the 200 breaststroke (2:21.92). He followed his second place finish with two championship swims that included two 6^th place finishes, one in the 200 IM (2:09.28) and the other in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.48). Cody also finished 12^th in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 18:10.46.

Sierra Jett of Selma came home with the highest number of team points from individual events by earning championship swims in five events which was an accumulation of three bronze medal performances including the 100 back (1:03.83), 50 free (25.38), and 100 fly (1:01.58) events, and two 5^th place finishes that included the 200 IM (2:19.22) and 100 free (57.23). Bre Abell of Selma made her return appearance in style as she swam to a 4^th place finish in the 100 free (56.64), a 5^th place finish in the 50 free (26.45), a 6^th place finish in the 100 breast (1:17.46), a 7^th place swim in the 200 free (2:03.84), and a 12^th place finish in the 100 back (1:06.24). Selma swimmer Noah Haworth brought home the next highest point total, as well as the highest number of improved swims, with championship finishes that included a 3^rd place in the 200 fly (2:04.13), and a 4^th place in the 100 fly (54.92). His consolation finals include an 8^th place finish in the 200 IM (2:11.73), 16^th in the 100 free (51.38), and 9^th in the 50 free (22.97). Noah was followed closely in points by Morgan Coddington of Selma who finished 3^rd in the 200 breaststroke (2:39.21), 4^th in the 200 IM (2:19.15), and 5^th in the 1650 free (18:47.38). She also had a consolation swim, and 10^th place finish, in the 100 back (1:05.78). Another Selma multi-finalist was Emily Goodbar who came home with championship swims that included a 3^rd place finish in the 200 IM (2:17.03) and a 4^th place finish in the 100 fly (1:01.97). Her consolation final was a 9^th place finish in the 100 back (1:04.91). Our final dual finalist is a new arrival to the team, James Lamb of Selma, who finished 13^th and 14^th in the 100 back (1:05.15), and 50 free (23.81) events respectively.

Other finalists included 14-year old Selma swimmer Olivia Garabedian finishing 16^th in the 100 free (59.73), and her training partner, Naomi Haworth who also finished 16^th in the 100 back (1:11.72). Thirteen year old Jonas Huckabay of Selma finished 15^th in his team record event of the 200 back (2:27.08), while 14-year old Jakob Koorey finished 12^th in the 200 breast event with a time of 2:34.73. Thirteen year old Selma swimmer Satoshi Shinkawa came home with an 11^th place finish in the 200 back (2:16.46).

Other qualifiers for this senior meet included: Lauren Davis of Fig Garden, Quinton Davis of Selma, 11-year old Maya Herrera of Selma, and 11-year old Jackson Huckabay of Selma. Congratulations on qualifying and competing at the senior meet.

CHRIS NOLAN QUALIFIES FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

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Feb 012014

Christopher Nolan’s 11^th place finish at Junior Nationals in December awarded him a spot on the 2014 California-Nevada All Star Team to compete against the Itoman Swim Club of Japan at the Wakayama Championships scheduled over the February 15-16 weekend. The 36-member team (18 male and 18 female) will depart on Tuesday, February 11^th for Osaka, Japan to allow time for acclimation and recovery from the time change. Team members include swimmers such as National Record Holder, Alex Valente, as well as a number of National Junior Team, and National Select Camp members. Chris is scheduled to compete in the 100 fly, 400 IM and 200 fly events. Swimmers were selected based on their performance at Nationals, Junior Nationals, and national rankings resulting from performances at Sectionals. The All Star competition with Japan is the first of a two-year exchange. Japan is tentatively scheduled to compete here in America the following year.

KYLIE WALKER LEADS TNT AT ALL STARS

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Feb 012014

Ten TNT swimmers teamed up with other CCS All Star qualifiers to represent Central California Swimming at the 2014 Tri-meet against San Diego Imperial and Sierra Nevada teams. Ten-year old Visalia swimmer, Kylie Walker was TNT’s only event champion, and she also contributed the most amount of points from individual events, winning three of her six events (100 fly, 50 fly and 50 free), and placing second in the other three (50 back, 100 IM and 50 breast). Kylie also reset her team record by a significant margin in the 100 fly event, after setting it as a 1:08.42 most recently at the Tulare meet in December. Kylie’s winning time was 1:07.77 at the Tri meet, and this new record ranks Kylie as the 26^th fastest 10-year old girl in the nation so far.

Our highest improvement percentages were maintained at 50%, and both Layla Flores and Skylar Ford improved three of their six events. Other top-8 finishers included Skylar Ford (4^th 50 free, 4^th 100 free, 5^th 100 back, 8^th 100 fly & 8^th 500 free), Naomi Haworth (8^th 50 free), Preston Niayesh (3^rd 100 breast, 3^rd 200 breast, 8^th 100 fly), Madison Pallares (4^th 100 breast, 7^th 100 free & 8^th 50 free), and Satoshi Shinkawa (8^th 200 IM).

Congratulations also go to Janessa Bringe, Layla Flores, Jonas Huckabay, and Priscilla Niayesh for also making the team.

MALLORY KORENWINDER BREAKS CCS RECORDS IN 200 BREASTSTROKE

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Feb 012014

One year after placing 2^nd in the Small Teams Division at Sectionals with 14 swimmers, a mere five swimmers competed at the 2014 Short Course Sectionals and placed 9^th from a field of approximately 40 teams that fall into the division.

Our highest place finish came in the 2^nd place performance by Mallory Korenwinder’s 200 breaststroke swim in a time of 2:17.12 that becomes a 15-16 CCS Record in the event, a record of 2:17.64 that was set one year after Mallory was born, in 2000 by Shallene Catalano. This was also the CCS Senior Record that was shared by Jenni Brelsford from the 17-18 age division, and set in 1996 prior to Mallory’s birth. Mallory’s time currently stands as the 6^th fastest time nationally for girls at age 15. Her second highest finish was third in the 100 breaststroke, where her time of 1:02.85 is a new team record topping her National performance of 1:03.33 one month earlier. Only three other 15-year old girls had gone as fast anywhere in the nation since September of 2013 (one of the three being questionable). Mallory’s time was under the 2013 US Open time standard. Mallory’s next highest finish resulted from her 56.80 in the 100 butterfly event, and was enough for a 17^th place finish, winning the bonus heat. The time also went under the 15-18 team record that was set as 57.82 by Sierra Jett at the Terrapin meet in November, and was also under the Senior team record of the same time that was shared by Sierra and Ana Mitchell. The new record now stands as the 67^th fastest nationally. Mallory earned a second swim in all but one event. Her final team record came in the 200 IM, where she had previously set the record at Junior Nationals in December as a 2:08.47. Her 2:05.59 at Sectionals finished 20^th, and stands as the 56^th fastest nationally. Her final second swim was in the 400 IM where her time of 4:33.15 was enough for a 23^rd place finish there. Mallory was our only swimmer to improve 100% of times.

Our next highest point-getter was Kyle Grissom who set a new team record in the 100 fly with a time of 49.21 that finished 4^th in a heat where the National Age Group Record was broken. Kyle had set the 15-18 team record at Junior Nationals at a 50.16 last month. Kyle just got into the 16-year old age division, and already his time ranks among the top 10 nationally, at eight. Kyle’s second scoring swim also came in a championship heat, and 7^th place finish in the 50 free.

Chris Nolan earned his spot on the Central California – Nevada All Star Team that will compete against Japan next month. After earning his spot on the team based on his performance at Junior Nationals in the 200 fly, Chris improved his time, and therefore team record, in the event to a 1:49.05 and 5^th place finish there. Chris’s time stands as the 17^th fastest nationally among boys at age 17. Chris’s next highest finish was 20^th in the 100 fly (50.73), and 20^th in the 400 IM (4:05.83). Chris earned second swims in five of his six events, his final one coming in the 23^rd place finish resulting from his time of 1:43.34 in the 200 freestyle.

Distance swimmer Katelyn Herrera competed in the 1650 freestyle, improved over five seconds in the event to a 17:45.35 and finished 15^th in the event. Her time is an improvement over her own preexisting team record of 17:49.90 that was set at the Clovis meet early 2013. Her time is ranked 89^th nationally to date.

Khloe McCarthy is one of the few who are able to return to Sectionals following the stringent time standard changes, and her highest finish came as 32^nd in the 400 IM where she improved her time to 4:36.52 from a performance just weeks earlier. Another improvement came with the 25.84 in the 50 freestyle.

TNT AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM PLACES 10th IN SAN DIEGO

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Dec 312013

Twenty two TNT swimmers competed at the 2013 San Diego Imperial Winter Age Group Championships in late December, where six team records were set, four event champions, one relay win, and 40 swims earning team points in finals that contributed to a team placing of 8^th among nearly 40 teams, were only a handful of the highlights defining this successful meet.

Point accumulations were led by ten year old Danielle Albright, and Visalia’s ten year old Kylie Walker with each swimming to a final heat in nine and eight events respectively, earning 146.5 and 135 points from their individual events.

Danielle Albright took home wins in the 50 breaststroke and 500 freestyle events, where her 500 free resets her previous team record of 5:55.66 to a 5:47.12, and a time that currently stands as the 10^th fastest nationally. Although not a team record, her 34.33 in the 50 breaststroke is the second fastest time posted in California to date within this reporting cycle, and stands as the 5^th fastest nationally. Danielle also finished 3^rd in the 200 IM, and broke the team record in that event with her time of 2:32.06. Her previous record was set at the Tulare meet in October and the new record is the 71^st fastest time posted nationally for a 10-year old girl. Her final record came in the 4^th place finish of the 200 free, where her time of 2:15.62 slides under Skylar Ford’s previous record of 2:16.53 that was set at Junior Olympics in February of 2013. This new record ranks 80^th among 10-year old girls in the nation. Danielle also placed 5^th in the 100 free (1:04.63), 2^nd in the 100 breast (1:15.05), 2^nd in the 100 IM (1:11.48), 6^th in the 200 breast (2:45.98), and 6^th in the 50 free (29.62).

Kylie Walker came home with wins in both the 100 fly (1:08.49) and the 50 back (33.46) events. Her second place finish in the 50 fly resulted in being the first 10-under female TNT swimmer to go under 30 seconds in the event, breaking a team record that was set by Skylar Ford at the Tulare meet last year as a 30.06. Kylie’s 29.41 currently stands as the 6^th fastest nationally for girls at 10. Kylie also swam to a 6^th place finish in the 50 breast (37.45), 3^rd place finish in the 100 free (1:03.45), 3^rd place finish in the 100 IM (1:11.45), 3^rd place finish in the 100 back (1:12.68), and a 2^nd place finish in the 50 free (28.01).

A team record-breaking performance also came in the 10-under boys 50 backstroke event where Peyton Costa set his first team record with a 33.77 which is under the record of 33.96 that Jonathan Granada had set at the Selma meet four years ago in April of 2009. Peyton’s time ranks 200 among boys across the nation at age 10. Peyton also placed 7^th in the 50 fly (32.45), 7^th in the 200 free (2:19.57), 8^th in the 50 free (29.00), and 10^th in the 500 free (6:14.96).

Additional finalists included Janessa Bringe who finished 8^th in the 200 fly (2:29.43) that resulted from a time improvement of over 15 seconds, 14^th in the 400 IM (5:18.42), and 14^th in the 500 free (5:46.96). Visalia swimmer Skylar Ford placed while still on the bottom of the age group, finishing 5^th in the 50 fly (29.17), 8^th in the 50 back (31.62), 16^th in the 100 back (1:09.29), and 16^th in the 50 free (27.34). Ten year old Toby Jones came home with finals from his 6^th place finish in the 50 breast (39.71), and 7^th place finish in the 100 breast (1:25.66), while Preston Niayesh, also on the bottom of an age group, finished 5^th in the 100 breast (1:07.23), 13^th in the 100 fly (1:00.69), 4^th in the 200 breast (2:24.20) improving nearly 14 seconds, and 13^th in the 200 fly (2:17.13). Megan Ridenour of Visalia swam to multiple finals that included a second place finish in the 50 breast (33.22), a 2^nd place finish in the 100 breast (1:13.11) and a 15^th place finish in the 50 fly (30.61). Selma Swimmer, Satoshi Shinkawa, is another one of our athletes competing at the bottom of the age group, and he finished 11^th in the 200 fly with a time of 2:16.63. Our final top-16 swimmer was ten year old Benjamin Wheeler who scored with a 14^th place finish in the 500 free (6:30.25).

Our winning 10-under 200 freestyle relay time of 2:02.52 was composed of Toby Jones (who split 30.58), Benjamin Wheeler (31.86), Tomas Contreras (34.01) and Peyton Costa (26.04). These boys also placed 2^nd in the 200 medley relay (2:22.20), and 3^rd in the 400 free relay (4:38.24) with Daniel Haley replacing Tomas Contreras. Our top scoring female relay was the 11-12 girls 200 medley relay team of Katherine Sullivan (34.98), Megan Ridenuor (br-33.81), Skylar Ford (fly-29.56) and Janessa Bringe (fr-29.33) combining for a 2:07.68 and a 6^th place finish. These same girls finished 10^th in the 400 free relay (4:17.20). The girl’s 200 free relay, where Priscilla Niayesh replaced Katherine Sullivan, finished 8^th and a time of 1:54.15.

Our remaining athletes along with their highest placed event who also competed at the meet include: 16-year old Justin Bos (32^nd in the 100 fly – 58.48), 10-year old Desmond Brown (21^st in the 50 breast – 45.70), 10-year old Tomas Contreras (11^th in the 50 breast – 42.89), 13-year old Quinton Davis (48^th in the 200 free – 2:11.05 and 100 free – 57.42), 10-year old Layla Flores (12^th in the 100 breast – 1:27.09), 15-year old Lauren Geiger (21^st in the 100 fly – 1:04.93), 9-year old Daniel Haley (23^rd in the 500 free – 7:00.19), 14-year old Jacqui Koster (21^st in the 100 breast – 1:17.27), 13-year old Madison McCarthy (19^th in the 100 back – 1:06.35), 11-year old Priscilla Niayesh (34^th in the 100 breast – 1:23.17), 11-year old Alex Roberts (36^th in the 100 back – 1:13.26), and 11-year old Katherine Sullivan (20^th in the 400 IM – 5:28.73).

CHRIS NOLAN FINALS AT JUNIOR NATIONALS

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Dec 192013

Four TNT swimmers competed at the USA Swimming Junior National Championships in Greensborough, North Carolina over the second weekend of December. Graduating senior, Chris Nolan, was the sole finalist for TNT making his first finals at a Junior Nationals while he took the team into scoring position on the men’s side. Chris swam three events and a time trial, capping his performance on the final day with a 1:49.29 in the preliminary heats of the 200 yard butterfly which was fast enough to move him to a 12^th place seeding into finals, after being seeded 27^th going into the meet. Chris swam his second time under the 1:50 mark during finals where his 1:49.57 finished 13^th in the event. He swam twice under his previous team record of 1:50.66 that he set in February at the Clovis meet, and his current record stands as the 12^th fastest nationally among all 17-year old male swimmers, just over three months into the reporting cycle. Chris also set a new team record in the 200 IM which was his time trial event. He improved well over four seconds in the event to a 1:55.55, and a time that slides under the previous team record of 1:55.88 that was set by Colin Landweer at Junior Olympics this past February. This time stands as the 122^nd fastest nationally.

Mallory Korenwinder returned from Nationals that was held in Tennessee the week prior, and along with Kyle Grissom while at Junior Nationals, had our team’s next highest finish at 32^nd place. After improving upon her team record to a 1:03.33 at Nationals in the 100 breaststroke, Mallory’s 1:03.77 was her highest finish at Junior Nationals. She did set a new team record at Nationals, and her time from that meet currently stands as the 5^th fastest nationally for girls at age 15. Mallory had the highest number of qualified events for Junior Nationals, competing in four events that included the 200 breaststroke, and 200 IM, both of which resulted in new team records. She had re-set her own 15-18 team record in the 200 breaststroke at Nationals one week earlier with a 2:20.29, and improved that time once again at Junior Nationals. Her current time of 2:18.28 is the 10^th fastest on record nationally, six of the top ten performances occurring at Junior Nationals. Her final team record came with her 2:08.47 in the 200 IM, and this time slid under Megan Eppler’s previous team record of 2:08.72 that was set in 2007 at the Winter Invitational at the City of Commerce pool. This time stands as the 105^th fastest nationally. Mallory dropped over a half second in the 100 fly to a 58.02.

Although ten swims out of 15 resulted in improvements over previous times, Kyle Grissom was our only swimmer to improve 100% of swims that included two qualified events, and one time trial. His highest place came in the 32^nd place finish from his bonus event, 50 free, where his time of 20.84 broke Bradley Matsumoto’s 15-18 team record of 21.18 set in 2004 at Winter Invite. A time of 20.72 earned a top-24 final spot. Kyle’s new team record currently stands as the 9^th fastest nationally after just entering the age division. Kyle also broke the team record in the 100 fly where his time of 50.16 was under Kohlton Norys’s previous record of 50.22 set in 2005 at the Winter Invitational. This time currently stands as the 22^nd fastest nationally. His final improvement was his 46.79 that resulted from nearly a two second drop in the 100 free.

Lauren Davis of Fig Garden attended her second Junior National meet, and first short course Junior Nationals. She came away with her highest finish of 100^th in her qualified event of the 200 breaststroke, and a lifetime best of 2:21.96 which was over a half second improvement. Her largest drop came in the time trial 100 free event where her 55.45 was 1.36 seconds faster. She also competed in the 100 breaststroke, where he 1:05.96 was enough for a 119^th place finish in a field of over 140 athletes.

LARGE IMPROVEMENTS AT CONEJO SIMI TRI-MEET

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Nov 272013

Despite the cool (borderline cold) weather experience at the Conejo Simi Tri-meet that took place during Friday, November 20^th and Saturday, November 21^st, five swimmers still managed to maintain a 100% improvement rates. Seven year old Katie Frost improved all four of her events, the largest drop being over seven second sin the 50 free (35.22). Katie also came home with two 1^st place finishes that included the 50 free, and the 50 fly. Eleven year old Gabriel Jett entered five events, and improved all of his, and his largest improvement was over five seconds in the 100 free (1:16.62). Seventeen year old Ashley Lamascus impvoed nearly two seconds in the 100 free (1:03.00), while 11-year old Molly Obannon improved both of her events, the largest margin being nearly five seconds in the 50 back (46.82). Thirteen year old Conor Righetti went 38 seconds faster in the 200 IM over his previously recorded club time in the 200 IM (3:06.93), and improved two other events by 9 and 8 seconds as well. The largest improvement came from Jonas Huckabay who improved one minute and 18 seconds in the 1650 free (18:51.03) from a time that was swam just one month earlier.

Eight additional swimmers improved 50% or more of their events in the cold weather, and these included: Bennett Frost (66%), Jackson Huckabay (80%), Lucas Huckabay (66%), Toby Jones (66%), Madison Pallares (50%), Emma Pena (60%), Satoshi Shinkawa (60%), and Emily Vagim (75%).

A total of 199 swimmers competed at the tri-meet, primarily composed of the 113 swimmers of Conejo Simi. Tule Nation Tritons presented a team of 42 versus the 41 swimmers of Pleasant Valley Swim Team. If scored to eight places, the points of TNT (581.50) would have placed behind both Conejo Simi (1,130.5 points) and Pleasant Valley (601). If scoring the top-16 places, TNT points (2,009.50) would have placed behind host Conejo Simi (4,072) and ahead of Pleasant Valley (1,835.5). Our team points would have been led by six-year old Lucas Huckabay and ten-year old Peyton Costa, each with four first place finishes. Lucas was undefeated in the 5-6 division, and took home first place finishes in the 50 back (54.85), 50 free (42.79), 50 fly (58.04) and 100 free (1:44.71) events, while Peyton won the 9-10 boys 50 back (35.55), 50 free (30.96), 50 fly (35.28), and 500 free (6:25.63) events.

Other event champions included: Janessa Bringe in the 11-12 girls 200 IM (2:35.13), Skylar Ford in the 11-12 girls 50 back (31.80), Kate Frost in the 7-8 girls 50 free (35.22) and 50 fly (52.84), Jackson Huckabay in the 11-12 boys 100 breast (1:23.80) and 100 free (1:01.49), Chloee Obannon in the 7-8 girls 50 breast (49.23) and 100 breast (1:53.06), and Madison Pallares in the 11-12 girls 50 breast (34.81) and 100 breast (1:18.56).

26 NEW EVENTS POSTED AT HANFORD IMX

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Nov 272013

Thirty one TNT swimmers competed at the Hanford Short Course IMX meet on November 9^th, and sixteen of our swimmers entered an event 50 yards or longer for the first time. Six your old Drew Black swam the 50 free and 50 back events, while 11 year old Madelyn Brumit took on the 100 breaststroke for the first time. Seven year old Rylie Conway successfully competed in the 200 free, 100 breast and 100 back events. Jazmine Dugan braved the 500 free, along with 100 yard events in the breaststroke, fly and back while only 12 years old. Jillian Gaines took on the 100 fly for the first time, and the Gibson duo competed in their first races that included the 100 fly for Jordon Gibson, and the 200 free and 100 back for Tobin Gibson. Twelve year old Jacob Kitt completed the 100 breaststroke, while 10-year old Rylee Lord completed both the 200 free and 100 back events. Ten year old Genoveve Mcilwaine took on two new 200 events that included the 200 free and 200 IM. Sofia Mora completed the 100 breaststroke for her first time, while Megan Ridenour posted her first 100 fly time on the team. Matther Ross took on the 500 free and 200 IM, while Carlo Ruiz posted his first 100 breaststroke time. Thirteen year old Brittney Vierra swam her first 200 fly, while 10-year old Svannah Williams competed in her first 200 IM.

Ten year old Danielle Albright, along with 16-year old Emily Vagim both came home undefeated, Danielle winning all five events (200 free, 100 breast, 100 fly, 100 back & 200 IM) while Emily won both of the events (200 breast & 200 IM) she competed in. Other event champions included Skylar Ford (100 back), Jacqui Koster (500 free), JD Koster (100 fly, 100 back and 200 IM), and Benjamin Wheeler (200 free).

Congratulations to the following swimmers for improving all events that had been previously recorded with the team in distances 50 yards or longer, thereby maintaining a 100% improvement rate for the meet: Ciara Clarke, Genoveve Mcilwaine, Megan Pedro, Megan Ridenour, Alex Roberts, Katherine Sullivan, and Emily Vagim.

7 TEAM RECORDS FALL AT TULARE MEET

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Nov 012013

Four TNT swimmers combined for a total of seven team records, three of them with a pair of performances that resulted in the new milestone. Ten year old Danielle Albright came home with wins and new team records as she improved on her Selma performance in the 200 IM. Her new time of 2:33.35 is about a second and a half faster, and currently stands as the 28^th fastest nationally since September for all 10-year old girls. She also went under the 6:00 mark in her 500 freestyle, again breaking her own team record with a 5:55.66, a time that ranks 13^th nationally in the early phase of reporting.

Fifteen year old Mallory Korenwinder topped her earlier swims of the season for two new team records in both breaststroke events. Her 1:05.98 in the 100 moves her from 12^th in the nation (1:07.29) to 5^th for 15-year old girls, while her 2:22.17 in the 200 moved her from 15^th to 4^th just over a month into the reporting cycle.

Preseton Niayesh came home with two new team records that began with his 31.98 in the 50 breaststroke. The previous 11-12 boy’s record was held by Satoshi Shinkawa, and set as 32.86 at Far Westerns in March this year. Preston’s time stands as the 28^th fastest nationally for all 12 year old boys. His second record came in the 100 breaststroke where his 1:09.27 was an improvement of his own record set last month. This event is the 27^th fastest nationally.

Finally, Kylie Walker came home with new team record in the 100 IM where her time of 1:10.37 took down Danielle Albright’s previous record of 1:11.07 that was set at the Selma meet just over a month ago. Kylie’s time stands as the 25^th fastest nationally in the event for 10-year old girls. She had set the 100 fly record during the Hanford meet about a month ago, and now at the Tulare meet, she matched that time of 1:09.60, maintaining the 27^th fastest swim on record in the nation since the beginning of September.

Kylie was also undefeated at the meet with eight wins, and she is joined by Sienna Abernathy who had back-to-back undefeated performances at meets. Kyle Grissom swam two events, and won both of his, while six-year old Lucas Huckaby of Selma swam uncontested in six of his events. Our team record holders, Preston Niayesh, along with 13-year old Satoshi Shinkawa each took home six 1^st place finishes.

Several of our swimmers improved all 50-yard or longer events that they had entered into the meet, and these included: Damien Brown (5 events), Mackenzie Coates (1 event), Ivy Freeman (1), Audrey Glynn (2), Gabriel Jett (4), JD Koster (8), Michael Mendoza (2), Alexandra Milliorn-Feller (1), Preston Niayesh (6), Maycee Prado (4), Megan Ridenour (3), Alex Roberts (6), and Kashvii Vaistra (1).

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