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TNT BRINGE & WONG WIN 200 FLY AT FRESNO SENIOR MEET

Feb 012019

Thirty-one TNT swimmers competed at the Fresno Senior Trials and Finals meet hosted by the Dolphins over the third weekend of January, and Visalia’s Janessa Bringe along with Bryce Wong were our sole event champions, both winning the 200 yard butterfly event. Janessa had two championship swims, winning the 200 fly in 2:15.13, and then earning the bronze in the 200 IM, with a time of 2:18.36. Bryce’s sole championship swim was his win in the 200 fly, posting a time of 1:56.11 in the event.

Twenty one additional TNT swimmers earned a final swim in one of three heats, and additional championship finalists included Ella Bettencourt who placed 5^th in the 200 IM with a time of 2:22.49, and then followed that with a 6^th place touch in the 200 breaststroke after posting a time of 2:43.57 in the preliminary heats. Ella also finished 10^th in the consolation heat of the 100 free (57.54). Her Visalia training partner, Layla Flores placed 2^nd in both the 200 IM (2:12.13), and 200 breaststroke (2:34.55) events. Visalia’s graduating senior, Mackenzie Garza was runner up in the 100 free, posting her lifetime best of 53.17, and then touched fourth in the 200 IM, with another lifetime best of 2:20.90. Selma’s Daniel Haley touched 6^th in the 200 free, swimming under the two minute mark twice. He also had two top-16 finishes that included a 12^th place in the 200 IM (2:23.99), and a 13^th place in the 100 fly (1:03.89), as well as a bonus swim, and 17^th place finish, in the 100 free. Dylan Hunt had two championships swim that included a silver medal performance in the 200 breast after posting a time of 2:35.63 in the preliminary heats, and then went on the finish 6^th in the 100 breast after posting a time of 1:11.27 in prelims. He had two additional top-16 finishes that included an 11^th place in the 50 free (26.86), and 13^th place in the 100 back (1:08.72). Dylan had five second swims that included a bonus 21^st place finish in the 100 free. Ava Olson had three second swims on day one of the meet that included a championship, 3^rd place performance, in the 500 free by improving over 25 seconds in the event to a 5:25.57. She also had a consolation finish of 11^th in the 100 free (59.29), and also a bonus 18^th place finish in the 100 back. Ava was one of five TNT swimmers to improve 100% of their times. Gage Price competed in one event, and earned a championship swim in the 200 fly, moving from 8^th to 5^th in finals with a time of 2:19.03. Visalia’s Luke Vanwoudenberg had three second swims, two of those being in the championship heat. His highest finish was 5^th in the 100 back where he posted a time of 1:00.68, and he also touched 6^th in the 200 IM with a lifetime best of 2:12.96 in the event. Luke also scored in the consolation heat with a 14^th place finish in the 100 free (54.76). His training partner in Visalia, Benjamin Wheeler, earned a pair of championships swims, and 7^th place finishes, each reflecting significant time improvements. His 2:16.70 in the 200 IM finished 7^th, as did his 1:00.90 in the 100 back, both being over seven and five second improvements respectively. Benjamin also touched 15^th in the 100 free (55.48) where he improved over three seconds in the event. Alexa Wong was our only other championship finalist, and she did this in the only event she competed in, posting a time of 5:23.71 in the 500 free, touching 2^nd, and improving over nine seconds in the event.

Additional consolation finalists included Visalia’s Emma Bettencourt who touched 12^th in the 200 IM (2:28.79), and then also swam in the bonus heat in both the 100 free (20^th) and 100 back (23^rd). Selma’s William Butts competed as a new 13-year old, and finished 14^th in the 100 back (1:09.71), while Laney Cox finished 9^th in three events that included the 200 breast (2:46.53), 200 free (2:12.06), and 100 breast (1:16.73). She also touched 15^th in the 100 free. Visalia’s Kate Geiger came away with a pair of second swims, starting in the consolation heat with a 13^th place finish in the 100 back (1:11.46), and then swimming in the bonus heat of the 100 free (23^rd). Nathan Hunt had three consolation swims, his highest finish being 11^th in the 100 breast (1:16.45), and then following that with a pair of 15^th place finishes that included the 100 back (1:09.92), and 50 free (27.91). Visalia’s Kristine Marions also had a pair of finals, her consolation swim being in the 100 back (1:14.99), and then also swimming in the bonus heat of the 200 IM (22^nd). Eleven year old Addison Mccullough earned a consolation swim by touching 14^th in the 200 breast (2:51.87), and then won the bonus heat of the 200 IM (17^th). Amy Murphy swam three consolation finals, her highest place being a pair of 10^th places that included the 200 breast (2:47.17), and 100 breast (1:18.59) both being lifetime best times, and then touching 15^th in the 100 fly (1:11.26). Visalia’s Vincente Sanchez was our only other consolation finalist, and he did this with an 11^th place finish in the 100 back (1:06.96).

Additional bonus swims came from Riley Carpenter who finished 20^th in the 100 back, and Isabella Klawitter who touched 17^th in the 500 free, 18^th in both the 200 IM and 200 free, and 20^th in the 100 fly.

Swimmers who improved 100% of their times included: Emma Bettencourt, Isabella Klawitter, Ava Olson, Milo Pennington, and Alexa Wong.

HILDRETH & WALKER SWIM UNDEFEATED AT YOSEMITE

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Jan 022019

Of the 31 TNT swimmers who competed at the Yosemite meet in the first weekend of October, seven came away as event champions, and of those seven, two remain undefeated at the meet. Eight year old Regan Hildreth won all three events she scored in, and they included the 50 free, 50 back, and 100 IM, while five year old Zachariah Walker won all three of his 6-under events, that included the 25 free, 50 free, and 25 backstroke events. Five additional swimmers came home with gold, and these included Drew Black (winning the 11-12 100 fly), William Butts (winning the 11-12 100 breast), Isaak Ensz (7-8 50 back), Dylan Hunt (15-18 100 breast), and Ava Olson (13-14 100 breast).

Eight TNT swimmers maintained a 100% improvement rate. Congratulations to a perfect meet go to: William Butts, Danielle Hager, Daniel Haley, Regan Hildreth, Isla Jay, Clara Shinn, Liam Shinn, and Nicholas Vassylenko.

8 IMPROVE 100% IN BAKERSFIELD

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Nov 062018

Forty-one TNT swimmers competed in Bakersfield at the sprint-focused meet over the first weekend of November, and eight of our swimmers came away with improving 100% of their events entered. Meghan Adams competed in three events, and improved all three which included a 5-second drop in the 100 free. Drew Black swam 3 and improved 3, bettering her 100 back by three seconds. Dylan Hunt improved both of the events he competed in, while young Isla Jay dropped over three seconds in both of her events. Canyon Johnson swam three, and improved all three, and dropped nearly ten seconds in his 100 IM, while Kambria Prodo swam the 200 free for the first time, and improved her remaining three events. Vincente Sanchez improved nearly 20 seconds across four events, and also swam four additional events for his first time. Finally, Sydnee Wilson also held an improvement streak, bettering four of four events, including a 13 second improvement in the 200 IM.

Only three event champions came away from the meet, and these included Drew Black who, at age 11, won the 11-12 100 back, and 100 free events, 9-year old Nathan Boudreaux who won the 9-10 50 breast, and Sydnee Wilson who took home the gold in both the 11-12 50 fly and 50 breast events.

NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF TNT SWIMMERS IMPROVE 100% AT HANFORD MEET

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Nov 062018

102 TNT swimmers competed at the first short course meet following the summer’s long course season, and hosted by TNT Hanford in Central California Swimming. Of the total, 77 swimmers had previously recorded times, and 47 of them maintained a 100% improvement rate at the meet. Congratulations to a perfect performance by: Joemar Abad, Meghan Adams, Edmond Aguinaldo, Precious Aguinaldo, Danielle Albright, Aidan Apgar, John Bailey, Micah Bailey, Ella Bettencourt, Emma Bettencourt, Drew Black, Nathan Boudreaux, William Butts, Riley Carpenter, Paige Coddington, Brayden Coppola, Skylyn Coppola, Peyton Costa, Laney Cox, Layla Flores, Shannell Flores, Nadia Garabedian, Kate Geiger, Julia Goldsmith, Alyssa Gonzalez, Isabella Gornick, Raegan Greiner, Kaylee Hicke, Logan Hildreth, Regan Hildreth, Noah Hoy, Dylan Hunt, Hayden Hunt, Nathan Hunt, Abraham Jacobs, Canyon Johnson, Pearl Johnson, Tanner Kelm, Sydney King, Isabella Klawitter, Jd Koster, Natalee Mares, Mark Marroquin, Thomas Matthews, Landon Mauge, Lauren Maurice, Addison Mccullough, Ayla Morgan, and Amy Murphy.

Two team records were set early in the short course cycle, and both were set by one swimmer, Bryan Wong. His 1:02.16 in the 100 yard breaststroke went under JD Koster’s previous team record in the boys 13-14 age division of 1:02.31 set at the Winter Age Group Championships three years earlier in 2015. Bryan’s time currently stands as the 11^th fastest nationally for boys at age 14, and in a reporting cycle that began only last month. His 200 IM winning time of 2:02.10 is an improvement of his own previous team record of 2:02.94 set at Far Westerns last year as a 13-year old. His new record current stands as the 7^th fastest nationally, one month into the reporting cycle.

Three of our swimmers remained undefeated at the meet, competing in a number of events that ranged from two to five. Our champions were led by two TNT swimmers who swept five of five events, and included Selma’s William Butts, who at age 12, won the 50 free, 50 breast, 100 fly, 50 back and 100 IM events, and Porterville’s Regan Hildreth who took home the win in the 50 free, 50 breast, 100 fly, 50 back, and 100 IM events for the 8-under division. Emily Dillon entered two events that included the 6-under 25 free and 25 back, and won both of those. Other event champions included: Danielle Albright, Drew Black, Nathan Boudreaux, Layla Flores, Dylan Hunt, JD Koster, Malachi Lewis, Titus Lewis, Kristine Marinos, Alex Roberts, Lance Walker, Zachariah Walker, Alexa Wong, and Bryan Wong.

Twenty five TNT swimmers competed in only newly-recorded short course events. A warm welcome goes to: Mia Buller, Aubrey Cuevas, Emilyn Dillon, Morgan German, Jocelyn Iliff, Isla Jay, Lily Lewis, Malachi Lewis, Titus Lewis, Camilla Mackey, Eleanor Mackey, Thomas Mackey, Kristine Marinos, Katherine Moreyra, Omolara Omololu, Emma Ortega, Logan Rico, Samantha Sanchez, Vincente Sanchez, Fawn Seaman, Alexis Viveros, Stephen Viveros, Lance Walker, Nathaniel Walker, and Zachariah Walker.

JD KOSTER CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS AT FUTURES

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Aug 312018

Five TNT swimmers competed at the fourth annual Futures Championships held at the Santa Clara International Aquatic Center over the first weekend of August, and two swimmers performed well enough to earn a second swim among one of three heats of nine lanes. The Futures Championships was established as a transitional meet to help athletes stair-step between Sectionals and Junior Nationals. This year JD Koster placed TNT on the scoreboard after posting the sixth fastest 200 meter butterfly time of 2:07.71 at the meet during the preliminary heats. He went on to improve his 200 IM time to a 2:12.97. The only other TNT swimmer to earn a second swim was Garrison Price who made his debut appearance at both Sectionals and Futures this summer, and earned a spot in the C-final of the 100 meter butterfly and swimming a 57.70 to finish 22^nd overall. Garrison had a lifetime best in the 200 meter butterfly with a 2:10.57. Danielle Albright had our next highest finish at 41^st in the 200 meter breaststroke (2:45.97), Alex Roberts was next with a 45^th place finish in the 100 back (1:07.54), and Alonso Escobedo touched 57^th in the 100 back (1:03.47).

PRESTON NIAYESH COMPETES AT SUMMER JUNIOR NATIONALS

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Aug 312018

Following the week when Mallory Korenwinder and Kyle Grissom competed at the Summer Nationals in Irvine last month, a meet used by USA Swimming to select the Pan Pacific Championship team for the United States, Preston Niayesh competed at the same venue, but at USA Swimming Summer Junior Nationals. Preston is one of only a handful of our athletes who qualified for the summer version of Junior Nationals, making his first and second cuts at Sectionals only weeks earlier, and subsequently qualifying for the Winter National competition that will take place in Greensboro, North Carolina at the end of November. Preston joins the ranks of Wesley Coles, Lauren Davis, Samantha Goates, Kyle Grissom, Mallory Korenwinder, Bradley Matsumoto, Chris Nolan, and Kohlton Norys as TNT swimmers who competed at the Summer Junior Nationals in the past.

Preston competed in the 100 meter breaststroke, posting a time of 1:05.60 and finishing 64^th, as well as the 200 meter breaststroke where his time of 2:24.87 finished 81^st in the event.

FOUR SCORE AT WESTERN AGE GROUP ZONES

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Aug 312018

The Western Age Group Zone Championship marks the end of each summer’s championship seasons, and this year TNT was represented by eight athletes as they joined other 14-under swimmers throughout Central California Swimming (CCS) to compete against All Star programs from across the western United States converging at the Roseville complex. At 702 points Team CCS finished ninth this year among sixteen teams that scored at the meet, and just behind Hawaii, but ahead of Utah. Bryan Wong led all of Team CCS in point accumulation from individual events, whose 69 points resulted from earning a championship swim in four events, and a consolation swim in the remaining one.

Bryan earned three Silver Medal performances, followed by a sixth place finish, and a 12^th place. Each swim Brian competed in resulted in a new team record, the highlight being a CCS Record in the 100 meter breaststroke for the 13-14 age division. His 1:08.81 is now the fastest posted time in the history of Central California Swimming for the age division, and he follows the path laid out by our own Preston Niayesh who set the record before him. His new team and CCS record currently stands as the 31^st fastest nationally for boys at age 14. Another 2^nd place finish was his 400 IM where his 4:46.32 went under his preexisting record, and currently stands as the 34^th ranked time in the nation. His remaining runner-up performance also fell under his previous record, but this time in the 200 meter breaststroke, where his 2:29.47 is his highest national ranking at 29^th. His next highest place was 6^th in the 200 free, where is time of 2:02.12 ranks 139^th nationally, and his 12^th place 400 free time, and team record improvement, of 4:19.92 stands as the 124^th fastest nationally.

Bryan’s team total was followed by Clovis’s Charlize Phillips with 65 points, and then Clovis’s Ian Belflower at 53 points. The next highest TNT points were generated by Lemoore’s Michelle Murphy who earned a championship swim in three of her events that included a pair of 7^th place finishes in the 200 meter freestyle, and the 100 meter freestyle (1:08.46). Her 2:29.11 in the 200 free fell over two seconds under Sienna Abernathy’s 2:31.28 set at JO’s in 2017. Michelle’s new team record currently stands as the 55^th fastest in the nation for girls at age 10. Her final championship performance was an 8^th place finish in the 50 meter backstroke where she posed a time of 36.79, and she followed this event with a consolation swim, and 10^th place finish in the 50 free (31.19).

A total of four TNT swimmers scored at the meet during individual events, and Visalia’s Layla Flores was the only other swimmer to do so in a championship heat. Layla posted a time of 27.88 in the 13-14 50 meter freestyle event to touch 6^th there, moving up from the 8^th place seeding going into finals. She also had three consolation swims that included a 14^th place finish in the 100 fly (1:07.59), a 15^th place finish in the 200 free (2:14.24), and a 16^th place finish in the 100 back after swimming a 1:08.99 in the preliminary heats.

Our youngest TNT member on the All Star team is Lucas Huckabay who is following very closely in his brother’s footsteps, who also competed (and earned final swims) at the Zone meet held in Roseville, but five years earlier in 2013. Lucas, at age 10, earned three second swims at the meet, his highest bing a 12^th place finish in the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 31.26, and then followed that with a 13^th place finish in the 200 free after improving his time by nearly nine seconds to a 2:27.96. His remaining final was his 14^th place finish in the 100 freestyle where he posted a time of 1:09.17. Lucas joins Bryan as the only two TNT swimmers to improve 100% of their times.

One remaining team record was set, and that was the time of 2:40.70 in the 11-12 girls 200 fly by Drew Black, who went under Ava Olson’s previous record of 2:43.02 set at Ventura this past June. Both girls swam under the team record while competing at Roseville. The event was Drew’s highest place at 18^th. Alex Wong’s highest finish was 21^st in the 400 IM (5:39.37), Selma’s William Butts had his highest finish at 22^nd in the 11-12 50 breaststroke (38.33), and Ava Olson had her highest finish at 24^th in the 11-12 girls 200 fly (2:43.02).

THREE COMPETE AT SENIOR ZONES

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Aug 312018

Three Visalia TNT swimmers competed at the Senior Zone Championships in Clovis over the last weekend of July, and into August. Janessa Bringe competed in eight events that spanned in distance from the 50 meter freestyle to the 1500 meter freestyle, competing in a total of 3,750 meters of racing across the weekend. She led the team with the highest finish at 34^th place in the 1500 meter freestyle where she posted a lifetime best of 18:39.46. Her training partner, Layla Flores, slid the meet in between Sectionals and Age Group Zones to compete in the 50 meter freestyle, where she placed 72^nd with a time of 28.44. The final Visalia TNT swimmer was Mackenzie Garza who competed in both the 100 and 50 meter freestyle, her highest finish being 44^th in the 50 after posting a time of 28.12.

ALBRIGHT, KOSTER, NIAYESH & PRICE FINAL AT SECTIONALS

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Aug 312018

Eleven TNT swimmers traveled to Santa Clarita over the third weekend of July to compete at the 2018 California – Nevada Sectional Championships hosted by Canyons aquatics, and four of our eleven performed well enough in the preliminary heats to earn a second swim in one of three final heats. Our highest finish came from Preston Niayesh who touched 4^th in the 100 meter breaststroke after posting a Winter National cut with a time of 1:05.25, thereby also qualifying for the upcoming Summer Junior National meet as well. Preston’s time betters his previous team record that he set at the Clovis meet two weeks earlier as a 1:06.27, and his current record now stands as the 25^th fastest 17 year old male swimmer in the nation. Preston also won the consolation heat of the 200 meter breaststroke with a time of 2:22.89, and once again qualified for both the Winter Nationals and Summer Junior National meets. His swim also broke his preexisting team record that was set at the LA Invitational the previous weekend as a 2:24.41, and his new record now ranks 28^th nationally.

Our next highest finish was also a championship final at seventh place, and two swimmers finished there. JK Koster came away with the most second swims, earning one in every event he competed in. His highest place was seventh in his signature event, 200 meter butterfly, where he posted a time of 2:07.51. He improved all three of his remaining events, placing 11^th in the 400 IM with a time of 4:42.82, 16^th in the 200 IM with a 2:13.53, and 21^st in the 100 fly after swimming a time of 57.88 in the preliminary heats. Our other seventh place finish went to our youngest finalist, 15-year old Danielle Albright swimming twice under her lifetime best and posting a 2:42.16 at the meet in the 200 meter breaststroke event. Danielle was a double-finalist as she also touched 24^th in the 400 IM after swimming another lifetime best of 5:15.91 in prelims. Another double-finalist was Garrison Price who made his debut appearance at Sectionals, and placed 29^th in the 100 fly with a time of 57.06, and then touched 23^rd in the 200 meter butterfly with a time of 2:10.90.

Besides Preston, three additional team records were broken at the meet. After tying the team record during a time trial event, Visalia’s Layla Flores led of the 4×100 freestyle relay to post a 1:00.80 for the 100 meter freestyle as an official time, and went under Samantha Goates previous team record of 1:01.16 that was set at the Southern California Swimming AA meet at Santa Maria back in 2003. Layla’s time currently stands as the 177^th fastest nationally for girls at age 14. Bryan Wong had the only other record-breaking performance, and he did this twice by breaking his own team record in the 200 meter breaststroke with a time of 2:30.04 going over a second and a half under his previous record set at LA Invite the previous weekend. His new time places him as the 24^th fastest 14-year old male swimmer in the event nationally. His other record was the 4:19.96 that he posted in the 400 freestyle, being the first 14-under swimmer in the history of the team to swim under the 4:20 mark. His new record now ranks 85^th nationally for boys at the same age.

Our remaining swimmers, and their highest place, include: Mackenzie Garza (107^th – 100 free, 1:02.08), Jonas Huckabay (51^st – 200 free, 1:59.34), Alex Roberts (30^th – 200 back, 2:28.63), and Brett Wong (101^st – 100 free, 55.94).

GRISSOM, NIAYESH, KOSTER, & ALBRIGHT FINAL AT LA INVITATIONAL

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Aug 312018

Nine pre-collegiate TNT swimmers met with their teammate Kyle Grissom, who is currently competing for USC, as they all joined world-class athletes such as World Record holder Katinka Hozzu, and Olympic Gold Medalist, Conor Dwyer, and Anthony Ervin, over the July 12^th – 15^th weekend at the 2018 Los Angeles Invitational held at the USC Uytengsu Aquatic s Center.

A veteran to the meet since he was 14 years old, Kyle Grissom made it to the B-final finishing 16^th in the 50 meter freestyle after posting a lifetime best of 23.93 in the preliminary heats. He then returned to the B-final in the 100 fly to touch second in that heat with a time of 54.99. Our remaining three finalists earned their spots in the D-final with Preston Niayesh leading that group by touching 2^nd in the D-final for the 25^th place finish in the 200 meter breaststroke where his 2:24.41 was his lifetime best by over two seconds, and so well under his 15-18 team record set at the Clovis meet the previous weekend as a 2:26.64. His time is now the fastest in the history of the team since he slid under Sam Hansen’s senior record of 2:24.99 set at Sectionals at Canyons in the Olympic year of 2012. Preston currently stands as the 36^th fastest 17-year old in the nation for the event. His second D-final came from a preliminary swim of 1:07.08, and resulted in the second highest finish among the pre-collegiate TNT swimmers at 28^th. Only one other dual finalist existed at the meet, and that was JD Koster who maintained a consistent performance in the 200 meter butterfly after posting a time of 2:09.89 in the preliminary heats, and then improving that time to a 2:09.29 in the D-final, and 29^th place finish. His second final came in the 200 meter breaststroke, where he finished 31^st after posting a time of2:29.28 in prelims. Danielle Albright was the only other finalist, and she did this on the last day of the meet, in the 100 meter breaststroke by finishing 31^st in the D-final after posting a time of 1:15.94 in the preliminary heats, and not requiring any scratches – a bona fide finalist.

Only one other team record was broken at the meet, and that came from 14-year old Bryan Wong who made his first appearance, competed in three events, improved all three, and posted a new team record in the 200 meter breaststroke with a 2:31.66, which just slid under Preston Niayesh’s previous record of 2:31.89 set at the Age Group Zone meet in Hawaii three years earlier in 2015. Bryan’s time currently ranks 34^th nationally for boys at the same age and this was his highest finish at 56^th at the meet. Alonso Escobedo’s highest finish was 49^th in the 400 IM (4:52.33), Visalia’s Lyla Flores touched 93^rd in the 200 back (2:37.50), Mackenzie Garza , also of Visalia, finished 74^th in the 50 free (27.94), Selma’s Jonas Huckabay touched 85^th in the 400 free (4:29.43), and Alex Roberts had her highest finish as 41^st in the 200 back (2:26.09)

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