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MISSY LeSTRANGE INDUCTED TO NATIONAL HALL OF FAME

Apr 232013

Described as one individual who helped define the landscape of triathlon as it is known today, Missy LeStrange was one of three inductees into the national Hall of Fame for USA Triathlon recognized on Thursday, April 18^th. Legendary Dave Scott introduced Missy to not only Master Swimming and triathlons, but also recommended her for the Hall of Fame. Missy’s current career in the sport that began in 1980 includes 24 Ironman events, which resulted in 14 wins that included a 10-year winning streak and an Olympic-distance age-group world title. She is a three-time USA Triathlon Masters Triathlete of the Year for 1994, 1995 and 1997. Missy is joined by Julie Moss, many of us who may recall the iconic image of persistence as it was reflected in her determination as she crawled to the finish line back in 1982. These two were inducted along with quadriplegic Jim MacLaren who passed away in 2010.

Read the Ironman write-up at (http://www.triradar.com/news/trio-inducted-into-usa-triathlon-hall-of-fame/), or

at EverymanTri.com (http://www.everymantri.com/everyman_triathlon/2013/02/-lestrange-maclaren-moss-named-to-usa-triathlon-hall-of-fame.html), or

listen to Missy’s interview on The Competitor’s Radio Show at http://competitorradio.competitor.com/?powerpress_pinw=1997-podcast.

ALBRIGHT, COBARRUBIAS, JETT, KORENWINDER & NASH FINAL AT FAR WESTERNS

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Apr 232013

Fourteen TNT swimmers qualified and competed at the 2013 Short Course Far Western Championships held at Morgan Hill during the first weekend of April. The swim meet continues to be one of the most prestigious age group competitions in the nation, attracting approximately 2000 swimmers representing teams from multiple states that include Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and some as far away as Virginia. The swim meet honors only the top eight finishers in each event with awards, and TNT had five athletes finish among the top 8 at one of the most challenging meets in any given year.

Seventeen year old Cody Nash of Selma was our only swimmers with multiple top-8 finishes. His strongest events came in the distance freestyles where he had a 5^th place finish in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 17:23.34, a time that swam after a six second drop in the event. The next longest possible event in a short course pool is the 1000 freestyle, and Cody came away with an 8^th place finish in that event, and a time of 10:43.03.

Ten year old Danielle Albright came home with a 7^th place finish in the 50 breaststroke with a time of 35.99. Sixteen year old Joseph Cobarrubias of Fig Garden tied for 4^th place in the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.30, after swimming 22.21 in the preliminary heats. Fifteen year old Sierra Jett of Selma came home with a 7^th place finish in the 50 freestyle with her time of 24.65, nearly repeating her 24.64 in the preliminary heat, both times falling under the 2013 Sectional and Swim Meet of Champions time standards. Fourteen year old Mallory Korenwinder swam to a 3^rd place finish in the 100 breaststroke with her time of 1:04.09, breaking her own team record with a time that ranks 16^th in the nation, and stands as the current CCS record for both the 13-14 and Senior girls division.

Congratulations to all swimmers who participated in a meet that proves to be one of the most challenging meets to even qualify for. Our remaining swimmers, along with their highest placed event, include: Morgan Coddginton (400 IM – 54^th), Peyton Costa (50 free – 42^nd), Lauren Davis (400 IM – 19^th), Jackson Huckabay (200 free – 16^th), Preston Niayesh (200 breast – 22^nd), Priscilla Niayesh (100 breast – 30^th), Alex Roberts (50 back – 20^th), Satoshi Shinkawa (50 fly & 100 IM – 16^th), and Kyle Walker (50 fly – 15^th).

13 FINAL AT JUANITA ALLINGTON MEMORIAL SWIM MEET

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Mar 112013

Twenty-four TNT swimmers competed at the Juanita Allington Memorial Senior Meet that was held during the last weekend of February, and over half of our swimmers earned a second swim in the championship, consolation, or bonus final, becoming one of 30 athletes in each event to do so.

Six swimmers finished among the top 10 athletes in their respective events. Our championship finalists were led by Kohlton Norys who came away with wins in both the 200 freestyle (1:39.54) and 100 backstroke (48.49) events, as well as two third place finishes that included the 50 free (20.92) and 100 fly (49.16). Mallory Korenwinder had our next highest finish with two second place performances in both the 200 breaststroke (2:18.90) and 100 breaststroke (1:04.60) events, as well as an 8^th place finish in the 200 IM (2:10.24). Chris Nolan came home with a 4^th place finish in the 200 fly (1:50.66), along with a 5^th place finish in the 100 fly (50.89), both of which are lifetime best swims. A female counterpart from Selma also doubled up fly events in the championship final as Emily Goodbar finished 5^th in the 200 fly (2:06.80) and 6^th in the 100 fly. Katelyn Herrera came home with a 6^th place finish in the 1650 freestyle (17:49.90) with her lifetime best, while Selma swimmer Jillian Hatch came in 8^th in the 200 free (1:53.68), and Colin Landweer finished 9^th in the 50 free (21.99).

An additional sixteen events resulted in scoring consolation swims that included the 18^th place finish of Emily Goodbar in the 400 IM (4:39.11), and 17^th place finish of Kyle Grissom in the 50 free (22.14). Jillian Hatch had three consolation swims that included her 13^th place in the 100 free (52.68), 12^th place in the 500 free (5:03.66) and 15^th place in the 50 free (24.62) events, while Mallory Korenwinder returned to consolations with both a 13^th place finish in the 400 IM (4:34.81) and a 14^th place finish in the 100 fly (58.71) events. Colin Landweer swam a total of seventeen swims at the meet, and came back to consolation finals in four of them, including a 19^th place finish in the 100 free (48.36), 17^th place in the 200 free (1:44.73), 20^th place in the 100 fly (54.52) and 16^th place in the 100 breast (1:02.72). Khloe McCarthy made it back with a 16^th place finish in her specialty event of the 400 IM (4:37.69), while Matlyn Morris came away with a 17^th place finish in the 50 free (24.65). Chris Nolan swam in the consolation heat for his 14^th place finish in the 500 free (4:44.41) and 11^th place finish of his 400 IM (4:08.46), while Nathan Rhea swam on day one, scoring in the 16^th place position in the 200 back (1:58.17).

Bonus heat finalists included: Lauren Davis (100 breast), Emily Goodbar (200 IM), Kyle Grissom (100 fly), Jillian Hatch (100 breast), Katelyn Herrera (1000 free & 200 fly), Colin Landweer (200 back, 200 breast & 100 back), Matlyn Morris (100 free, 200 back, 100 fly & 100 back), and Cody Nash (100 breast).

Nine team records were set at the meet, and were led by the four broken by Jillian Hatch who newly enters the 15-18 age group. Shortly after setting team records in the 13-14 age group, Jillian now sets the 100 free team record as a 52.68 in her new age group by outperforming Megan Eppler’s time of 53.38 that was set at the Terrapins meet in 2007. Jillian’s time now stands as the 150^th fastest time in the nation for girls at age 15. Her 5:03.66 in the 500 freestyle was well under Megan Eppler’s 5:09.37 that was set at the Belmont Grand Prix in 2007, and Jillian’s new record now stands as the 135^th fastest time posted this year. Her final record for the meet was in the 200 freestyle, where her time of 1:53.68 is nearly three full seconds under Megan Eppler’s previous record of 1:56.29 set at the Salinas meet in 2007. This is the 156^th fastest time posted nationally. Jillian’s final record came in the 100 breaststroke, where her time of 1:09.19 slid under Lauren Davis’s previous team record of 1:09.97 that was set at Sectionals this past December. Jillian’s time is currently ranked as the 350^th fastest nationally for 15-year old girls.

Our remaining team records were shared among five swimmers. Emily Goodbar reset the team record in the 15-18 100 fly to a 58.28. She had previously set the record as a 59.81 at the Terrain meet in November, and her time now stands as the 177^th fastest in the nation for 15-year old girls. Katelyn Herrera reestablished her team record in the 1650 freestyle to a 17:49.90 after swimming 17:54.75 at this past November’s Terrapin meet. Her time now stands as the 111^th fastest in the nation for girls her age. Mallory Korenwinder took down the 13-14 400 IM record with her swim of 4:34.81, surpassing Megan Eppler’s standard of 4:36.02 that was set at Junior Olympics in 2005. Mallory’s new record now stands as the 92^nd fastest time posted nationally for girls of age 14. Sixteen year old Chris Nolan came home after resetting his team record in the 200 fly to a 1:50.66 by a tenth of a second. His previous record was set at Sectionals in December, and only 15 other swimmers anywhere across the nation of the same age had swum that fast this year. Kohlton Norys was our final team record breaker in the senior division of the 100 fly where he swam a time of 49.16, repeated at both the preliminary heat, and the final heat, and going under his 50.22 that he swam as a 16-year old at the Winter Invitational in 2005. The time currently stands as the 204^th fastest nationally, irrespective of age.

Congratulations to all swimmers, including Owen Ansel, Josh Avila, Joseph Cobarrubias, Morgan Coddington, Allyson Duffy, Tracy Hannan, Chris Hansen, Noah Haworth, Sierra Jett, Jeremiah Santillana, and Jennifer Yarbrough for a successful competition over the weekend.

TNT WINS JUNIOR OLYMPICS

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Mar 112013

Tule Nation Tritons made an impact at both the 15-18 and 14-under divisions at the 2013 Junior Olympics winning its first title as a unified team of 71 individual swimmers representing the towns of Fig Garden, Hanford, Selma, Tulare and Visalia. Swimmers training in each of these towns actually represent towns such as Corcoran, Coalinga, Fig Garden, Hanford, Kingsburg, Lemoore, Porterville, Sanger, Selma, Tulare and Visalia as many swimmers sacrifice the time to commute to a central location with intent to achieve their desired goals on an individual level. Our overall team points placed the team in first by a margin of 1,142 with our senior swimmers (15-18) scoring 1,080 points on their own. Our 14-under swimmers alone combined to 2,382 points which would have maintained a margin of 191 points for the win if considering only the younger swimmers.
Thirty-three of our swimmers performed well enough in the preliminary heats to move on to the championship finals in a swim meet that hosted approximately 800 age group and senior swimmers. Scores from individual events alone contributed to 2,662 of the total team score. Congratulations to the following 33 swimmers for making it to the top-8:

Additionally, consolation finalists contribute to the team’s score, and these additional swimmers include: Janessa Bringe (age 11), Quinton Davis (12), Alonso Escobedo (13), Tristan Gaines (15), Parker Giles (13), Tracy Hannan (16), Jonas Huckabay (12), Toby Jones (9), Jakob Koorey (13), Jimmy Koster (15), Paul Alexander Lerro (10), Peyton Mckinzie (9), Madison Pallares (11), Micah Ruiz (13), Jeremiah Santillana (15), Taylor Shaw (17), and Bryan Wong (8).

Our total team points of 3,402 were led by our sole high point recipient, Skylar Ford of Visalia, who accumulated 134 points from individual events winning five of her seven events that included the 50 back (32.72), 200 free (2:16.53), 50 free (28.02), 100 free (1:01.37), and 50 fly (30.38) events. Skylar, swimming in her last meet as a 10-under, set three additional team records that included the 50 back, 200 free and 100 IM. Her 50 back time broke her preexisting record that she had set at the Age Group Invitational in December as a 32.84. Her time currently ranks 134th nationally for girls at age 10. Her 200 freestyle time at JO’s topped her 2:17.44 that she swam at the All Star meet the previous month, and that time stands as the 190th among 10-year old girls. The 100 IM record was a new record for Skylar as her time breaks Melissa Lindley’s 1:12.20 that she had set at Junior Olympics in 1990. Skylar’s 100 IM time of 1:11.77 is the 153rd fastest for all 10-year old girls who swam the event since this past September.

Two team records fell to 10 year old Jackson Huckabay of Selma who takes on the sprint tradition of the program by taking down both the 50 freestyle (28.78) and 100 freestyle (1:01.76) events. The 50 freestyle record was previously held by Parker Giles, who set the record at Far Westerns in 2010. Jackson’s time is currently 252nd fastest nationally among all 10-year old boys. Only 130 ten-year old male swimmers have swum as fast a Jackson in the 100 yard freestyle since September, and his time of 1:01.76 from Junior Olympics also broke Parker Giles’s record that once again was set at Far Westerns in 2010.

Fourteen year old Mallory Korenwinder posted a time of 1:04.22 in the 100 breaststroke that outperformed her time that was swum at Short Course Junior Nationals this past winter. Her time not only takes down her previous team record, but also improves both the CCS 13-14 record, which she set Junior Nationals, as well as the CCS Senior record that was held by Jorie Caneta as a 1:04.27 and set at Sectionals this past December. Mallory’s time currently stands as the 8th fastest time in the nation for all girls of age 14.

Colin Landweer was another swimmer who topped his fully rested, shaved and tapered time by swimming 1:55.88 in the 200 IM, going under his 1:55.93 swam at Winter Sectionals in 2011 at Golden West College. Colin’s time currently stands as the 171st fastest nationally for all 18-year old males.
Joining Skylar Ford in the winning circle was Colin Landweer who came away with four wins in the 15-18 division, and these included the 50 free (22.03), 400 IM (4:19.11), 200 IM (1:55.88) and 100 free (47.32) events. Fourteen year old Mallory Korenwinder had the next highest number of wins totaling three, and her events included the 100 breast (1:04.22), 400 IM (4:37.24) and 200 breast (2:20.49) events. Ten year old Danielle Albright doubled up her wins with the 50 breaststroke (35.89) and 100 breaststroke (1:20.62) events. Our remaining event champions included fourteen year old Allyson Duffy (500 free – 5:20.28), fifteen year old Kyle Grissom (200 fly – 1:57.78), and ten year old Jackson Huckabay (100 free – 1:01.76).

SIERRA JETT WINS 100 BACK AT FRESNO SENIOR MEET

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Feb 252013

Twelve TNT swimmers competed at the first senior-level meet hosted in Central California by Fresno Dolphins over the last weekend of January. This was a trials and finals formatted swim meet where nine of our swimmers earned a second swim in either the championship final, or consolation final.

Nine TNT swimmers earned a spot in the championship final, led by the sole event champion, and newly 15-year old, Sierra Jett of Selma as she won the 100 backstroke event with a time of 1:02.92, defending her first place seed that she established in the preliminary heats. Her two other championship swims included a 5^th place finish in the 200 back (2:20.90) and 6^th place finish in the 100 free (57.50).

Fourteen year old Jillian Hatch of Selma competed in the championship finals in all six events at the meet with her highest place being second in both the 50 free (25.13) and 100 fly (1:00.18) events. He earned two third place finishes in the 100 free (53.51) and 200 free (1:57.61) events, a six place finish in the 100 back (1:06.37) and finally a 7^th place finish in the 200 IM (2:15.86).

Fourteen year old Morgan Coddington, Emily Goodbar, and Cody Nash all of Selma each earned four top-8 finishes. Morgan did so in the 100 back (3^rd 1:04.92), 200 back (3^rd 2:18.91), 400 IM (6^th 4:57.48) and 200 breast (7^th 2:40.47) events, while Emily finished third in both the 100 fly (1:00.44) and 400 IM (4:49.53) events. She also finished 4^th in the 1650 (18:38.02) and 6^th in the 200 IM (2:14.45) events. Cody Nash rounded out the quadruple finalists with a 2^nd place finish in the 200 breast (2:24.46), a 3^rd place finish in the 100 breast (1:05.25), a 4^th place finish in the 400 IM (4:49.60) and a 7^th place finish in the 200 IM (2:13.22).

Joseph Cobarrubias of Fig Garden finished in the top-8 in two events that included the 50 free (3^rd – 22.95) and 200 free (6^th 1:51.29), while team mate Laruen Davis, also of Fig Garden, finished third in the 100 breast (1:11.31) after returning from world travels. Both Tracy Hannan and Noah Haworth also became championship finalists at the meet with Tracy finishing 7^th in the 200 back (2:17.73) and Noah finishing 3^rd in the 200 fly (2:14.53).

Twenty additional events for our swimmers earned spots in the consolation heat:

Congratulations to all swimmers who qualified to compete at the meet, including Alonso Escobedo, Chris Hansen, Shaan Heugly, and Audrey Waddle.

SANTILLANA GOES UNDEFEATED AT RIDGECREST

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Feb 252013

Twenty TNT swimmers competed at the Beat the Cold swim meet hosted by Indian Wells in Ridgecrest during the last weekend of January. This meet is the only indoor swim meet hosted in Central California Swimming. Perhaps due to the controlled weather/temperature based on being an indoor meet, our swimmers attending this meet maintained the highest improvement percentage of any of our three groups attending any of the three swim meets over the same weekend.

Jeremiah Santillana of Hanford was the only TNT swimmer to swim uncontested, winning all nine events that he entered in the meet. His team mate from, also from Hanford, Taylor Shaw came close by winning seven of her eight events, and swimming to a second place finish in the 100 back. Needless to say, both swimmers became High Point recipients for the 15-over division. Other event champions included Danielle Albright (100 back), Jillian Gaines (500 free), Gage Price (50 free), Garrison Price (100 fly, 100 IM & 50 fly), and Alexa Wong (25 back).

Garrison Price, Aubrie Walker and Emmie Walker each led the teams 63% improvement rate by each improving 100% of their times at the meet. Others who improved 50% or more of their times included Jillian Gaines (86%), Benjamin Wheeler (83%), Danielle Albright (80%), Layla Flores (75%), Megan Pedro (75%), Daniel Haley (67%), and Annlyn Haworth (57%).

7 OF 7 FINAL AT CAL INVITE

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Feb 252013

Seven TNT swimmers competed at the Cal Invitational hosted and run by the Cal Berkley Mens swim team over the January 19-20 weekend. This approved meet that serves as a fundraiser for the defending NCAA Cal mens team offered a trials and finals formatted meet with the top 16 swimmers being considered finalist for each event. All seven TNT swimmers finished in the top-16 in at least one event at the meet.

Top 16 finalists were led by our top finisher, Chris Nolan, who swam to three championship finishes including a 3^rd place finish in both the 200 fly (1:55.65) and 200 IM (2:00.77), a 6^th place finish in the 400 IM (4:16.73) and a 7^th place finish in the 100 breast (1:02.82). Only two other TNT swimmers finished in the top-8, and these included Matlyn Morris who swam to a 4^th place finish in the 100 back (1:01.05) as well as a 6^th place finish in the 200 back (2:18.30), along with Khloe McCarthy who finished 5^th in the 100 back with a time of 2:13.37.

Our consolation swims included Owen Ansel (200 free 11^th & 100 free 12^th), Josh Avila (200 IM 11^th and 14^th in both the 200 breast and 100 breast), Katelyn Herrera (400 IM 14^th), Conor Martin (100 fly 11^th & 100 breast 16^th), and Khloe McCarthy (200 IM 12^th, and 13^th in both the 200 breast and 100 breast).

KORENWINDER, NOLAN & McCARTHY FINISH TOP-8 AT FULLERTON

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Feb 252013

Fullerton Aquatic Swim Team (FAST) hosted the first long course meet for the year taking place in California, and TNT had 14 swimmers attend their event over the January 26-27 weekend. At a swim meet with initial timelines that ran well past 5:00 PM prior to scratches, our team still maintained three swimmers with top-8 finishes. Mallory Korenwinder was our only event champion winning the 100 meter breaststroke event with a time of 1:14.29. She also swam to a 3^rd place finish in the 200 meter breaststroke with a time of 2:47.50. Chris Nolan had our next highest finish with two 5^th places in both the 100 meter fly and 200 meter fly with times of 59.26 and 2:10.25 respectively. Our remaining top-8 finisher was Khloe McCarthy who came away with a 7^th place finish in the 400 meter IM after swimming a time of 5:26.32.

Colin Landweer and Matlyn Morris each came away with top-16 finishes with Colin finishing 9^th in the 50 meter free (25.68), and Matlyn finishing 12^th in the 100 meter backstroke (1:12.78) events.

Time improvements were rather sparse after three weeks of training into the season; however, Matlyn Morris and Alex Metzner still managed to come away with 100% improvement rates. Matlyn improved six of six events, while Alex improved both qualified events, and swam the 100 meter freestyle for the first time with the club.

View the LiveSwim interview of the team at http://takeitlive.tv/liveswim/?p=2881

FOUR HIGH POINTS EARNED AT BULLARD

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Feb 082013

The CCS Invitational held at Bullard High School and hosted by Fresno Dolphins as the first swim meet in the new year recognized high point recipients for each age from six to fourteen. Four of our 47 TNT swimmers performed at a level that deserved such recognition, and led the team to its second place finish behind the 157 member Clovis Swim Club.

Natali Herrera of Selma led all seven year old girls in points as she took home the high point for that age by swimming seven events for the meet, and scoring in six of them. Her 29 points made her the only 7-year old girl with a double-digit score. Her highest place was second in the 7-8 age group 100 yard backstroke (1:44.68). Damian Brown took home the honor by leading all boys who were seven years old. His 31 points led the second place by 20 points. Damian swam six events in the 7-8 division, and placed no lower than 5^th in any of them. He had three 3^rd place finishes in the age group that included his 50 breaststroke (1:00.38), 50 free (40.01), and 100 IM (1:56.62). Daniel Haley was the winner among 8-year old boys with 47 points. Daniel scored in seven events, and was the event champion in both the 7-8 boys 50 backstroke (46.59) and 8-under 100 IM (1:40.45) events. In his seven events, Daniel placed top two in five of them. Danielle Albright led all 9-year old girls, an age division that fielded the top four point getters as TNT swimmers (Danielle Albright, Kylie Walker, Peyton Mckinzie, & Layla Flores in that order). Danielle competed in eight events, and was the event champion in four of the eight events that she competed in, including the 50 breaststroke (37.15), 200 free (2:25.93), 100 breaststroke (1:21.96) and 100 IM (1:16.45) events.

Our additional event champions included Joseph Cobarrubias of Fig Garden who took home the win in the 13-over 50 freestyle (22.51), Skylar Ford of Visalia who was the event champion in thee of her four 9-10 girl events on day 1, including the 100 free (1:01.55), 50 fly (30.63) and 100 back (1:13.75) events. Ten year old Jackson Huckabay went undefeated in the 9-10 boys division, winning all four of his events on Saturday: 100 free (1:05.70), 50 breast (39.62), 200 IM (2:42.16), and 200 free (2:23.08). London Jones was the event champion for the 6-under girls 25 fly (25.08), while Matlyn Morris marked her return with four wins in the 13-over division that included the 100 free (54.66), 200 back (2:17.58), 50 free (25.27), and 100 back (1:02.99) events. Ten year old Alex Roberts took home the win in the 50 backstroke (35.70), while Selmas Satoshi Shinkawa was the event champion in the 11-12 boys 50 fly (29.15). Runner-up high point swimmer, nine-year old Kylie Walker became the event champion in the 9-10 division in both the 50 free (30.35) and the 100 fly (1:20.49) events.

Nine year old Peyton Mckinzie was one of only two TNT swimmers to maintain a 100% improvement rate among the 47 who entered the meet. She swam improvements in five events that had been previously recorded with the team (100 free, 50 breast, 200 free, 50 free and 100 IM), and swam three events for the first time (100 back, 100 breast and 100 fly). Her highest finish was in the 9-10 girls 100 fly event where her time of 1:28.47 was fast enough for a third place finish in the event. Our other 100% improvement came from Brittney Vierra who improved her 50 freestyle by over two and a half seconds. She also swam the 200 breaststroke event in the 13-over division for the first time.

A welcome to the team goes to 12-year old Brandon Hatch who records five new times with the team in the 11-12 boys division. His highest finish came in the 200 freestyle where his time of 2:20.64 earned a 4^th place finish in the event.

TNT PLACES 2nd AT 2012 WINTER SECTIONALS

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Feb 082013

Despite a missed relay that had a potential of bringing in at least 40 points based on the entry time and final results, and illness that befell the team, our 14 Tule Nation Triton swimmers were able to still maintain a 2^nd place finish in the small teams division, a mere 44 points behind the first place Roadrunner team of Bakersfield, accumulating enough points to outscore all but one of the 32 teams that scored in the small team division at the 2012 Winter Sectional meet. Swimmers who earned points in individual events were led by Kohlton Norys who accumulated 52 points that resulted from a 1^st place finish in the 100 backstroke (46.77) that became not only a new team record, but was nearly two seconds under the previous meet record of 48.03 that was set in 2010 by former Big West 100 back Champion, and former US Pan American Games Qualifier, Eddie Erazo. Kohlton had also set a team record in the 50 freestyle (20.16) by winning the consolation final by a rather large margin.

Our next highest point source came from Christopher Nolan contributing 29 points to the team effort, the bulk of which came from his 5^th place finish in the 200 fly (1:50.76). His time improved his team record that he had set at the Terrapin meet this past month, and stood as the 11^th fastest in the nation at the time of the swim meet for all boys of age 16, only one place out of what will be nationally recognized. Chris also placed 21^st in the 100 fly (51.46) scoring points in the bonus heat.

Mallory Korenwinder scored on the first day of the meet with an 11^th place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.29) and a time improvement that followed her improvement at Junior Nationals one week earlier while competing at the University of Tennessee. Her time improves her team record by over two seconds, stands now as the CCS record that previously belonged to Jenni Brelsford of Fig Garden who set the record as 2:18.61 in 1992, and is currently the fifth fastest time nationally for the gender and age. Her 200 IM time of 2:09.94 was achieved in a time trial event, and is nearly two seconds under Samantha Goates team record 2:11.43 that was set at Junior Olympics in 2005. This time was the 73^rd fastest nationally at the time it was swum.

The next highest point source from individual events came from Nathan Rhea who earned the largest number of second swims when compared to anyone on the team. His 400 IM time of 4:04.16 was better than his previous team record of 4:05.39 that was set in 2010 at the same pool. The time stood at 63 for a national ranking among 17-year old male swimmers at the time it was swum. Nathan had also set the team record in the 200 breaststroke (2:08.01) that was an improvement of 2:09.46 that was set at Sectionals in 2010 by Sam Hansen, and Nathans time ranked 67^th for the national age and gender during the weekend. His final second swim came in the 200 backstroke (1:52.96). Nathan placed 20^th in the 400 IM, and 23^rd in the other two events.

Colin Landweer made it back in the 100 freestyle (46.72) event on our first day of the meet with a 22^nd place tie and a time that was is under 2008 Olympic Trial qualifier, Bradley Matsumotos team record of 46.88 set at the Winter Invitational in 2004. Colins time stood as the 91^st fastest nationally among all 18-year old male swimmers at the time of the meet.

Team records were also set by Lauren Davis of Fig Garden who improved her own 15-16 team record in the 200 breaststroke (2:26.94) from the time she had set at the Selma meet three months ago as 2:33.23 for a national ranking of 113. She had also gone under Katherine Bristows previous record of 1:10.25 that was set at the Tulare meet in 2008 in the 100 breaststroke event. Laurens new record is now 1:09.97 and currently stands as the 274^th fastest nationally for all girls at age 15.

A relative newcomer to the team, fourteen year old Jillian Hatch who trains in the Selma program had reestablished three team records belonging to two of our most successful swimmers of the past. Jillian swam a time of 24.26 in the 50 freestyle, thereby breaking the record belonging to Samantha Goates that she had set at the Winter Invitational in 2003 as a 24.47. The new record now stands as the 50^th fastest nationally for girls of age 14 during the weekend of the meet. Her 100 free time of 52.70 was also under Samantha Goats record 53.36 that was set at Junior Olympics in 2005, and Jillians time stood as the 59^th fastest nationally when it was swum. Finally, Megan Eppler had set the 500 freestyle record as a 5:08.10 in 2005 at the Winter Invitational, and Jillians 5:07.58 now stands as the new record, and was the 84^th fastest time swam nationally for the gender and age during that weekend.

Our remaining qualifiers for the meet included Emily Goodbar of Selma who finished 32^nd in the 200 fly (2:06.53), Kyle Grissom who finished 36^th in the 200 fly (1:59.52), Devan Marshall of Visalia who finished 62^nd in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.56), Matthew Tashima who finished 75^th in the 50 free (22.22), Khloe McCarthy who finished 82^nd in the 400 IM (4:44.84), Joseph Cobarrubias of Fig Gardenwho finished 102^nd in the 100 free (49.05), and Josh Avila who finished 128^th in the 50 free (23.30).

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