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18 OF 26 TNT SWIMMERS FINAL AT CLOVIS SENIOR Q

Jul 152013

Tule Nation Tritons had 26 swimmers enter the Arena Grand Challenge meet at Clovis in mid-July, and 18 of them, or nearly 70%, earned a second swim in one of three final heats. Nine of our swimmers performed well enough for a spot in the championship heat.

Sixteen year old Joseph Cobarrubias of Fig Garden doubled up his championships swims with a pair of 7^th place finishes, one in the 50 meter freestyle (25.34) and the other in the 100 free (55.73), while 16-year old teammate of Fig Garden, Lauren Davis, also doubled up her championship swims with a 5^th place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:18.24), and a 3^rd place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:42.49). Lauren is our current team record holder in the 200 breaststroke, and is on the verge of obtaining a Winter and Summer Junior National cut in that event that stand as 2:40.09 and 2:39.49 respectively. Our Fresno Pacific collegiate swimmer who returned to compete for TNT for the summer, Wesley Coles, finished 4^th in the 100 fly (58.95) and 5^th in the 200 free (1:58.74) events. Emily Goodbar of Selma finished 8^th in the 100 fly (1:07.31), an event where she too currently holds the team record. Emily’s 15-year old teammate from Selma, Jillian Hatch, is our current team record holder in the 200 freestyle, and she had a 4^th place finish in the 50 freestyle (27.55) as she too nears the Junior National cut in that event which stands as a 26.89. Katelyn Herrera entered one event with the intent of re-qualifying for the Sectional meet that is to be held this next weekend, and she improved over three seconds to do so with a time of 4:36.81, a time that resulted in an 8^th place finish in the event, and a new team record for both the 15-18 division, and the Senior division. Her time stands as the 158^th fastest time in the nation for a 16-year old girl. Fifteen-year old Selma swimmer, Sierra Jett, achieved her bonus Sectional cut in the 100 fly during the preliminary heats, making this her second qualified event for the meet next week with a time of 1:06.85, and her championship swim at Clovis earned a 7^th place finish in the event. Seventeen year old Christopher Nolan had our team’s highest finish of 2^nd, and he did this in the 100 fly with a time of 57.54. He doubled up championship swims with a 6^th place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:35.44) event. Cameron Weas of Hanford, who completed his first collegiate year at Cuesta Community College, finished 7^th in the 100 fly event (1:01.63), where Cameron joined Wes Coles and Chris Nolan as TNT fielded three of the eight championship finalists at the meet.

Consolation finalists, placing among the 9^th – 16^th places, included: Owen Ansel who finished 10^th in the 100 breast (1:13.07), 12^th in the 200 breast (2:43.94), 15^th in the 100 back (1:09.21), and 13^th in the 200 back (2:28.96); Joseph Cobarrubias who, in addition to his championship swims, finished 15^th in the 100 back (1:09.21); Lauren Davis, who in addition to her championship swims, finished 10^th in the 400 IM (5:22.41), and 15^th in the 200 back (2:40.31); twelve year old Madison McCarthy competed at her first Senior-Q meet and finished 14^th in the 200 back (2:39.85), while age contemporary teammate twelve year old Preston Niayesh finished 16^th in the 200 fly with a time of 2:39.78. Preston’s time also resulted in a new team record for the 11-12 boys by breaking Chris Noland’s record of 2:41.83 that was set in Bakersfield in 2009. Preston also set a team record in the 200 breaststroke, breaking his own standard in the event that he set at the Age Group Invite as a 3:01.51 last month. Preston ranks 126^th and 59^th in the nation respectively for all 12-year old boys. Adding to his championship swim, Cameron Weas also finished 14^th in the 100 free with a time of 57.11.

Bonus swims came from Janessa Bringe (24^th in the 800 free [11:30.62]), Joseph Cobarrubias (19^th in the 200 free [2:05.76], 19^th in the 200 IM [2:24.26] and 23^rd in the 400 free [4:38.40]), Noah Haworth (17^th in the 1500 free [20:31.46]), Sierra Jett (17^th in the 50 free [28.12]), Jakob Koorey (23^rd in the 200 breast [3:01.89]), Jimmy Koster (22^nd in the 200 IM [2:27.26]), Madison McCarthy (22^nd in the 100 back [1:15.47]), Cody Nash (19^th in the 100 breast [1:17.49]), Preston Niayesh (21^st in the 200 breast [2:54.75]), Chris Nolan (17^th in the 200 fly [2:11.12]), and Taylor Shaw (19^th in the 200 back [2:39.82], and 23^rd in the 100 back [1:15.55]).

3 CCS RELAY RECORDS SET AT LA INVITATIONAL

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Jul 082013

Tule Nation Tritons fielded only four female swimmers for the 2013 Los Angeles Invitational that was held at Irvine over the first weekend of July. All four swimmers placed among the top 24 in their respective events, at a swim meet that is typically held at the University of Southern California. Our four girls all ranged in age from 15 to 16, making them eligible for setting CCS records each time they hit the water for relays – and they did just that in three of the four relays they participated in.

Their 800 freestyle time of 9:04.87 on day one of the meet slid under the previous CCS record of 9:09.01 that was set in 2003 by Clovis. On day two, our current team swam a 4:42.79 in the 400 Medley Relay, and improved our previous team’s CCS record set as 4:48.50 in 2006 by Samantha Goates, Jordan Morillo, Brittany Marquez and Megan Eppler. Finally, on day three, our girls swam 4:12.15 in the 400 freestyle relay, thereby going under the Clovis established bar of 4:16.65 set in 2006.

Mallory Korenwinder came away with the only championship final swims, and she did so in both breaststroke events. Her 1:15.03 was enough for a 5^th place finish in the 100 breaststroke, while her 2:43.28 finished 7^th in the 200 of that stroke. Points from individual events are only generated from the championship and A-consolation final heats, and Lauren Davis of Fig Garden was our only other scoring individual, swimming 1:16.19 in the 100 breaststroke for a 9^th place finish there. Lauren’s most impressive swim came as a 2:41.27 in the 200 breaststroke in the A-consolation heat, for a 10^th place finish overall. Lauren’s 2:41.27 reclaimed her team record in the event, after Mallory Korenwinder had broken it at the Santa Clara International earlier this year with a time of 2:42.78. Lauren’s time currently stands as the 20^th fastest time in the nation for all 15-year old girls.

Our only other team record in an individual event came from Katelyn Herrera who swam to a 22^nd place finish in the 1500 freestyle with a time of 18:28.19, which is well under her previous team record of 18:45.21 that she had set last year while competing at the Age Group Invitational. Her performance currently ranks 95^th nationally. The largest number of second swims from individual events came from Emily Goodbar of Selma who was our only swimmer with three finals. She had a 21^st place finish in the 200 fly with her time of 2:23.98, and also had a pair of 23^rd place finishes that included the 200 IM (2:31.00) and 400 IM (5:23.39) events.

COLES, KORENWINDER & NOLAN EARN SECOND SWIMS AT SWIM MEET OF CHAMPIONS

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Jul 082013

The 2013 Fran Crippen Memorial Swim Meet of Champions held at Mission Viejo in early June was host to an international contingent of athletes that included countries of Australia, as well as some of Canada’s top athletes. Tule Nation Tritons is proud to have eleven athletes qualify and compete at the meet, with three of our swimmers performing well enough to earn a second swim in either the consolation or bonus final.

Our top finisher was 15-year old Mallory Korenwinder who finished 14^th in the 100 meter breaststroke event with a time of 1:14.66, improving her Santa Clara International swim, and previous team record, of 1:15.34. Mallory swam under her pre-existing 15-18 record both in the preliminary and final heats. The time currently stands as the 14^th fastest nationally for girls at age 15.

Christopher Nolan was our only swimmer with multiple second swims, and his highest finish was a 15^th place in the 200 fly event that resulted from a preliminary time of 2:06.30. His second final was a second place finish in the bonus heat (18^th overall) in the 100 fly, where his final time of 57.79 placed just in front of teammate Wesley Coles who finished third in the heat (19^th overall) with a time of 57.88 in the only event that fielded two TNT swimmers in any final.

Three team records were established by three swimmers at the meet. Besides Mallory Korenwinder, Jillian Hatch improved her previous record in the 200 freestyle event that she had set as a 2:08.92 at the Clovis meet earlier in the summer. Her new record of 2:08.77 currently stands as the 55^th fastest among 15-year old girls in the nation. Khloe McCarthy not only had the largest single improvement (over 8 seconds in the 400 IM), but also improved all her times, and her largest drop resulted in a new team record for both the 15-18 and Senior division in the 400 IM. Her time of 5:14.47 was under the 15-18 team record that was set by Emily Goodbar at the LA Invitational last summer, who held both the 15-18 and Senior division team records. Khloe stands as the 77^th fastest female 15-year old swimmer in the nation to date.

THREE TEAM RECORDS FALL AT FRESNO LONG COURSE

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Jul 082013

A ten-year old duo led by Jackson Huckabay of Selma established three new records between the two of them, with Jackson setting two of the new standards. The 10-under boys’ 400 meter freestyle team record of 5:39.34 was set by Parker Giles at the Clovis meet in 2010, and now Jackson’s 5:24.78 not only stands as the new team record, but also stands as the 74^th fastest nationally among any male 10-year old swimmer. His second record for the meet came in the 200 freestyle, where his time of 2:34.85 took down one of the oldest standing records on the books. Jason Ricablanca had set the record as a 2:37.48 at Junior Olympics back in 1992. Jackson’s time ranks 140^th nationally.

Danielle Albright attended the Fresno meet with the exclusive intent of setting the team record in the 400 freestyle by entering only that event. Her time of 5:24.37 did just that, as she went under Janessa Bringe’s previous record of 5:30.65 that was set at the Clovis meet just last year. Danielle’s time stands as the 67^th fastest time posted by any 10-year old girl in the nation.

High point divisions for the Fresno meet included the 8-under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14 and 15-16 divisions. When divided and scored according to these divisions, 8-year old Jayce Ford of Visalia came one point from the top position, followed by Damian Brown. Selma swimmer Jackson Huckabay would have swam away with the 9-10 top spot outscoring Aussi Kern 155 to 138 if considering all 9-10 and 10-under events. Selma Swimmer Morgan Coddington outscored Gwynne McBride 83 to 61 points in the 13-14 girls division, while Fig Garden swimmer Lauren Davis was awarded the 15-16 High Point, outscoring teammate Mallory Korenwinder 139.5 to 93. Joseph Cobarrubias was the runner-up for the 15-16 male division.

MULTIPLE MILESTONES SET AT BUENA AGE GROUP INVITATIONAL

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Jul 032013

Sixteen TNT swimmers competed at the Summer Age Group Invitational hosted in Ventura by the Buena Ventura team over the last weekend of June, and with the small group, accomplishments were multifaceted, and nearly too many to fathom. To begin, nine-year old Kylie Walker became our only event champion, and she did so in the 50 meter fly event while still on the bottom of the 9-10 age division. Her time is the fourth fastest in the 9-10 age division for the event when considering all three Age Group Invitational meets combined that took place throughout Southern California Swimming over the weekend. Her swim of 34.44 is over a half second under her pre-existing team record that she set at the Clovis meet the previous month, and her time stands as the third fastest in the nation for all girls at age nine. The top nine-year old time in the nation of 34.13 was interestingly established during the same weekend at the Age Group Invitational meet hosted by NOVA in Irvine within Southern California as that nine-year old also won the event at that meet.

Two additional team records were set by Preston Niayesh who already owned both the 50 meter and 200 meter breaststroke events for the 11-12 boys division. He had set the 50 mark at the Speedo Grand Challenge meet the previous month as a 37.54, and his 37.47 from the Age Group Invitational now stands as the 115^th fastest time nationally for boys of age 12. His 3:01.51 topped his previous 200 breaststroke record of 3:03.15 that he swam at Santa Clarita last May, and that time ranks 139^th among 12-year old boys.

Several of our 10-under boys made their first Far Western qualifying times, and although nine-year old Peyton Costa will be a returning contender, he may be joined by ten-year old Tomas Contreras and nine-year old Toby Jones who made their first cuts at the Age Group Invitational. Owen Ansel came away with his first Speedo Grand Challenge cut on the senior-swimming side. One of the more challenging time standards to achieve at the senior level was obtained by Kyle Grissom who made his first Junior National time standard in the 100 meter fly with a time of 56.71. He qualifies for both the winter and the summer Junior National meets. The summer meet is held in Irvine later this summer, while the winter meet will take place in Greensboro, North Carolina in December. Kyle joins Mallory Korenwinder and Chris Nolan as our current Junior National qualifiers.

Finally, our 10-under girls of Priscilla Niayesh, Danielle Albright, Kylie Walker and Maya Herrera not only became the event champions, but are also the owners of the 10-under girls CCS Record for the 200 medley relay. The pre-existing record was set by Clovis as a 2:30.68 in 2011. Our 10-under girl’s time of 2:28.25 is the fastest time in the history of Central California Swimming, and is currently the fourth fastest nationally for 10-under girls. The top two national times were established at the Age Group Invitational hosted by Irvine NOVA over the same weekend.

The team came away with a 72% improvement rate where five of our sixteen swimmers improved 100% of their times, and they included Priscilla Niayesh, Kylie Walker, Owen Ansel, Peyton Costa and Kyle Grissom. Top eight finishers included Danielle Albright (2^nd in the 50 and 100 breast; 7^th in the 200 IM), Kyle Grissom (2^nd in the 100 fly; 4^th in the 200 fly), Khloe McCarthy (6^th in the 200 back), Madison McCarthy (2^nd in the 100 back and 5^th in the 50 back), Preston Niayesh (4^th in the 50 fly and 50 breast; 6^th in the 100 breast), Priscilla Niayesh (5^th in the 50 back), and Kylie Walker (1^st in the 50 fly; 4^th in the 50 back; 8^th in the 100 fly and 50 free).

The 2013 TNT Summer Age Group Invitational team of 16 was small, yet very powerful, and they undoubtedly had set the stage for what’s to come this summer.

FOUR SECOND SWIMS EARNED AT SANTA CLARA INTERNATIONAL

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Jul 022013

Mallory Korenwinder and Christopher Nolan were our only qualifies for Santa Clara International this year at a meet where the qualifying criteria had been adjusted to reflect the summer Junior National time standard. The swim meet offered D-finals (places 28^th – 36^th) for the first time, and both swimmers advanced to that heat in four combined events. Mallory had three second swims beginning in the 200 breaststroke where her time of 2:42.78 placed 35^th, and set a new team record by swimming under Lauren Davis’s time of 2:45.55 established at long course Sectionals last summer. Mallory’s time currently stands as the 17^th fastest nationally among girls of age 15. Mallory placed 32^nd in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:15.34, and this time improved her own team record that she set the previous weekend in Clovis. The time stands as the 15^th fastest nationally. Her final top 36 swim came in the 32^nd place finish in the 400 IM, with a time of 5:18.27. Christopher Nolan became the heat winner of the D-finals in the 200 fly event with his time of 2:05.84.

PRESTON NIAYESH & CHRIS NOLAN FINAL AT SPEEDO GRAND CHALLENGE

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Jul 022013

Ten athletes qualified for, and attended the 2013 Speedo Grand Challenge held in the Irvine facility that will host the US Open and Junior National Championships later this summer. This is the second year that the meet invited swimmers in a 5-12 age division, but only if they’d reached the stringent minimum time standard. The 12-under swimmers competed for one of the top-8 places for their championship finals, while 13-over swimmers competed for one of the top 20 places in finals, only the top four eligible for the championship heat and cash prize (for professional athletes only of course).

Two of our swimmers competed well enough in the preliminary heats to earn second swims. Twelve year old Preston Niayesh made his second trip to the meet, and this time came away with two championship final swims, placing seventh in both the 50 and 100 meter breaststroke events. Preston’s 37.54 in the 50 breaststroke was over two seconds faster than his previous time, and both his preliminary and final time fell under our team’s previous team record set as a 38.18 by Kyle Grissom in 2010 at Junior Olympics. Preston’s 100 meter time 1:20.92 was nearly six seconds faster than his best, and again both his preliminary and final times fell well under the team record, this time set by Josh Avila at Junior Olympics in 2009. Preston’s 50 meter time currently stands as the 66^th fastest in the nation, while his 100 meter time ranks 42^nd nationally for all boys of age 12.

Christopher Nolan was our only other finalist at the meet in the senior division that allowed for the top 20 swimmers to return for consolation finals. Chris had his highest finish of 7^th in his specialty, 200 meter fly event with a time of 2:05.82, and he followed this performance with an 8^th place finish in the 100 fly event with a time of 57.51.

Our next highest finisher was 12-year old Satoshi Shinkawa of Selma who came away with an 11^th place finish in the 50 fly (32.25), along with 12-year old JD Koster of Visalia who swam to two 15^th place finishes in the 50 breast (40.83) and 100 breast (1:30.33) events. Senior swimmers competing at the meet, along with their highest placed events included: Kyle Grissom (28^th 100 fly; 59.23), Colin Landweer (42^nd 50 free – 25.35), Nathan Rhea (48^th 100 breast – 1:13.90), Chris Hansen (52^nd 100 breast – 1:14.69), Josh Avila (59^th 100 breast – 1:16.25), and Matthew Tashima (87^th 200 IM – 2:34.75 & 50 free – 26.41).

SMALL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP EARNED AT CONEJO SIMI

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Jul 022013

Sixty-seven TNT swimmers competed at three different swim meets over the May 24^th Memorial Day weekend. Nine swimmers from our Selma program traveled to the Conejo Simi CSSC Memorial Day meet and came away with the Team Championship in the Small Teams’ division. The championship performance was led by Sierra Jett who accumulated 84 points by placing no higher than sixth in any of the five events entered. Sierra’s highest finish was second in the 100 fly with a time of 1:08.90. Sixteen year old Emily Goodbar was our next highest point getter with 79 points, and her highest A-division finishes being fourth place finishes in both the 200 free (2:20.05) and 200 IM (2:39.28) events. Ten year old Gabriel Jett took home wins in both the 100 back (1:42.02) and 50 back (46.59) events, thereby maintaining the third highest point accumulation of 59, and was followed closely by fourteen year old Morgan Coddington who paired up A-division 3^rd place finishes in the 200 IM (2:43.43) and 100 back (1:17.30) events.

All nine swimmers scored at the meet, and these included Maya Herrera (age 10 with 48 points), Natali Herrera (age 8 with 27 points), Jake Goodbar (age 13 with 15 points), Ema Pena (age 11 with 14 points), and Paige Coddington (age 11 with 4 points). Additionally, four of the nine swimmers improved 100% of their times at the meet, and congratulations go to Jake Goodbar, Maya Herrera, Gabriel Jet and Ema Pena.

FOUR TEAM RECORDS FALL AT CLOVIS

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Jul 022013

Forty-eight TNT swimmers competed at the Clovis Memorial Day B+ Meet over the Memorial Day weekend, and four team records were broken by four different individuals. Ten year old Danielle Albright was the event champion in six of her nine events, and she set the team record in the 200 IM with a time of 2:58.15, sliding just under Janessa Bringe’s previous record of 2:58.42 that was set at last summer’s Age Group Invitational. Daniell’s time stands as the 126^th fastest nationally for all 10-year old girls.

Coming off of her high school season, fifteen year old Jillian Hatch won both events she entered, and broke the team record in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:08.92, thereby reestablishing a six year old record by over a second. The previous record (2:10.24), as well as the top six times, was held by Megan Eppler who is a recent graduate from the University of Kentucky where she achieved two Olympic Trial cuts. Only 47 other girls at age 15 have gone faster anywhere in the nation since September of last year.

Swimming as a new 15-year old, Mallory Korenwinder set the team record in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:16.66, going under Lauren Davis’s previous record of 1:17.60 that was set at Zones in Colorado last summer. Mallory and Lauren finished 1^st and 2^nd at the D2 High School Valley Finals in the same short course event. Although her Santa Clara International swim currently stands as the 15^th fastest nationally, Mallory’s Clovis time stood as the 22^nd fastest nationally. Mallory was the event champion in all three events she competed in at the meet.

Nine-year old Kylie Walker establishes herself as our fastest 10-under girl in the history of the team, and does so while only nine years old. Kylie set the team record in the 50 butterfly event with a time of 35.09 which is under Skylar Ford’s previous record of 35.19 that was set at Junior Olympics last year. Kylie was the event champion in both the 50 fly and 50 free events, and her 50 fly time currently stands as the fourth fastest time nationally for any girl at age 9 since last September.

Other event champions included: Joseph Cobarrubias (50 free, 200 free, 100 back, 100 free & 200 IM), Peyton Costa (50 free & 400 free), Lauren Davis (200 breast), Jayce Ford (50 back), Josh Koster (100 back), Khloe McCarthy (200 back & 200 IM), Madison McCarthy (100 back), and Alex Roberts (50 back).

ALBRIGHT & CONTRERAS WIN HIGH POINT AT BAKERSFIELD IMX

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Jun 072013

Ten year old duo of Danielle Albright and Tomas Contreras each came away from the Bakersfield Aquatic Club IMX swim meet as high point winners in their division. The IMX awards swimmers at single age divisions from 14 years old and below, with the 15-18 division combined. To be eligible for the high point award, swimmers must compete in each of the five IMX events in their age division. In the required five events for the recognition, Danielle won the 100 breast (1:34.55), 100 fly (1:30.85) and 200 IM (3:03.67) events, and followed with a 3^rd place finish in the 200 free (2:40.30) and 4^th place finish in the 100 back (1:33.44). Tomas Contreras swept all events winning the 200 free (3:02.60), 100 back (1:35.78), 100 breast (1:43.58), 100 fly (1:32.51) and 200 IM (3:28.09) events. Both Danielle and Tomas improved every event.

Other swimmers who swam undefeated, but competed in less than the five required events for the IMX award, include: Owen Ansel (age 15), Toby Jones (9),Mallory Korenwinder (14), and Khloe McCarthy (15). Swimmers in addition to Danielle Albright and Tomas Contreras who improved all events were: Owen Ansel, Daniel Haley, Jakob Koorey, Katherine Sullivan and Benjamin Wheeler.

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