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PARKER GILES BREAKS TEAM RECORD AT LAST CHANCE

Aug 022012

Parker Giles was one of nineteen TNT swimmers who competed at the Last Chance meet in Bakersfield during the second weekend of July. Parker currently holds four long course team records in the 10-under division, and he had set his first team record in the 11-12 boys age group while competing at the Speedo Grand Challenge meet earlier in the year. His second team record in the 11-12 division now comes in the 200 meter backstroke where his 2:52.19 broke Chris Nolans 200 back record of 2:55.90 that was set at the Bakersfield meet in 2009. His time currently ranks as the 623^rd fastest in the nation for all 12-year old boys.

Our 19 swimmers maintained a 53% improvement rate, led by five swimmers who improved 100% of their times. Congratulations to Paige Coddington, Parker Giles, Jake Goodbar, Toby Jones and Paul Alexander Lerro for a perfect meet performance. Other swimmers who improved 50% or more of their times included: Peyton Mckinzie (86%), Danielle Albright (75%), Athena Niayesh (50%), Jeremiah Santillana (50%), and Emily Sullivan (50%). A few swimmers also swam events for the first time, and these included Danielle Albright (age 9 – swam 200 breaststroke), Parker Giles (age 12 swam 200 backstroke), Jakob Koorey (age 12 swam 200 breaststroke), Peyton Mckinzie (age 8 swam 200 freestyle and 100 fly), Athena Niayesh (age 14 swam 100 fly), Preston Niayesh (age 11 swam 400 IM), and Megan Nino (age 15 swam 200 fly).

SEVEN FINAL AT CLOVIS

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Aug 022012

Eight TNT swimmers competed at the Arena Grand Challenge (formerly called the Clovis Senior Q meet) over the second weekend of July. Fifteen year old Joseph Cobarrubias of Fig Garden led all TNT swimmers in finals as he not only earned the highest place and only championship swim of any TNT swimmer, but also earned second swims in four of his eight events that offered second swims. His championship final came in his 8^th place finish in the 50 free (25.70), and he won the consolation heat in the 100 free with a time of 56.29. His remaining top-24 swims include a 14^th place finish in the 100 back (1:08.55), 21^st place finish in the 800 free (9:52.58), and 22^nd place finish in the 200 free (2:05.90).

Teammate and training partner, also from Fig Garden, Lauren Davis earned second swims in three events, with top-24 finishes in four of her nine events. A breaststroke specialist, Laurens top finish came as a 10^th place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:20.92), followed by an 11^th place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:53.93). She also earned a 13^th place finish in the 200 back (2:44.96) and an 18^th place finish in the 800 free (10:41.24).

Double finialists included 14-year old Owen Ansel who won the bonus heat in the 200 back with a 17^th place finish (2:38.66), and finished 21^st in the 200 breaststroke (2:53.99). Fifteen-year old Chris Hansen was the consolation winner in the 400 IM with a time of 5:05.37, and went home with an 11^th place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:42.55). Other finalists included Tracy Hannan who finished 15^th in the 200 back (2:36.08), and Conor Martin who finished 23^rd in the 100 free (59.28). Thirteen year old Morgan Coddington just missed a final swim by placing 26^th in the 100 breaststroke event (1:27.06).

10 TEAM RECORDS FALL AT AGE GROUP INVITATIONAL

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Jul 172012

Twenty-four TNT swimmers competed in Ventura at the Southern California Swimming Age Group Invitational. The meet was one of three held in Southern California over the weekend, and our athletes competed at the venue which played host to nearly 1,000 athletes representing teams such as Mission Viejo, San Pipers of Nevada, Rose Bowl, and UCLA to name a few of the 30 competing at the meet.

A total of ten team records were broken by four individuals, and were led by 14-year old Kyle Grissom who set new team standards in four of the six events that he competed in. One of our youngest Sectional qualifiers, Kyle began his record breaking performance with a 1:00.12 in the 100 meter butterfly event by swimming faster than the 1:01.58 set my Kohlton Norys as he competed at AAs at Industry Hills in 2004. Kyles 100 fly time currently ranks as the 27^th fastest time in the nation for all 14-year old boys. He then went on to the 100 freestyle where he posted a time of 57.12, again replacing Kohlton Noryss team record of 57.66 set in Bakersfield during the summer of 2004. Kyles time in the 100 free now stands as the 97^th fastest time nationally. Staying among the top-100 national ranking, Kyles third record came in the 200 fly event where his time of 2:15.94 again re-established Kohltons team record of 2:17.22 set at AAs in Industry Hills back in 2004. Kyles 200 fly is the 34^th fastest time swam by any 14-year old male in the country to date. His final record came in the 50 freestyle which was a re-establishment of his own record that he had set earlier in the month at the Bakersfield meet as a 26.23. Kyle becomes our first swimmer age 13 or 14 who swam under the 26-second mark. His new team record of 25.94 now stands as the 42^nd fastest in the nation for his age.

Ten year old Janessa Bringe came home with three team records, beginning with the 200 meter freestyle where her 2:37.68 slid under Madison McCarthys record of 2:38.61 that was set at Junior Olympics last summer. Janessas time stands as the 181^st fastest nationally. Mallory Korenwinders 200 IM team record of 3:01.10 set at the Oregon Zone meet in 2008 fell to Janessas Age Group Invite performance, where Janessa became our first 10-under female swimmer under three minutes in the 200 meter IM. Her time of 2:58.42 is the 171^st fastest nationally. Janessa had set the team record in the 100 fly event during the Clovis Memorial Day meet as a 1:25.21 one month ago. Now at the Age Group Invite, she improved that record to a 1:24.69 becoming the 207^th fastest 100 butterfly swimmer in the nation.

Skylar Ford, training in Visalia, began her record-breaking performance at the Clovis Memorial Day meet, and continued it at the Age Group Invitational where she, along with our other team record-breaking performers, proved to be among the top 8 performers in events at the meet. Skylar had set the 100 meter freestyle record as a 1:13.23 at Clovis, and improved that record to a 1:12.59 while competing at Ventura. Her time is posted as the 188^th fastest nationally among all 10-year old girls. Her 50 free record of 31.93 set in Clovis fell by nearly a half second to a 31.44 a time where only 43 other 10-year old girls had matched anytime in the nation this year.

Katelyn Herrera was our final swimmer to set a new team record, and she did it in the 1500 meter freestyle event where she improved her time by over 46 seconds. Missing the LA Invitational time standard by a mere 15 seconds for the near mile-long swim, Katelyns 18:45.21 came under Emily Goodbars record of 19:56.38 that she had set last month at the Clovis meet. Katelyns time is the 115^th fastest nationally for any 15-year old girl.

Seventeen TNT swimmers finished among the top 16 places in one or more events. Our sole event champion goes to Chris Nolan who whet home with a Gold Medal performance in the 400 IM event (4:43.42). Our top-16 finishers included:

Congratulations to all who qualified and attended the meet, including the following swimmers presented along with their highest placed event:

Owen Ansel (14) 20^th 200 breast 2:55.45

Peyton Costa (8) 24^th 50 free 36.01

Jonas Huckabay (12) 22^nd 50 back 38.28

Jimmy Koster (14) 37^th 100 back 1:17.13

Josh Koster (16) 27^th 200 back 2:34.77

Conor Martin (16) 22^nd 800 free 9:46.04

Madison McCarthy (11) 32^nd 100 back 1:21.44

Katherine Sullivan (10) 21^st 100 fly 1:38.27

ABELL & COBARRUBIAS WIN HIGH POINT IN FRESNO

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Jul 172012

Thirty-five TNT swimmers competed at the Fresno Dolphin Long Course AB Modified meet that took place over the June 22-24 weekend, and two of our swimmers came away as the high point recipients for their respective divisions. Fifteen year old Bre Abell (84 points) from Selma swam away with the honors in the 15-16 womens division, and she was followed by teammate Emily Goodbar (71 points) who also trains in Selma. On the Mens side, Joseph Cobarrubias (91 points) of Fresno took home the honors for the 15-16 male division.

Tritons fielded four event champions at the meet with Sam Hansen winning the 200 meter breaststroke (2:34.92) in the 11-over division. Mallory Korenwinder was one of two dual champions taking home wins in both the 100 breaststroke (1:17.45) and 200 breaststroke (2:50.15) events for the 13-over and 11-over divisions respectively. Peyton McKinzie came away with a win in the 8-under 50 fly with a time of 49.20, while Preston Niayesh was our other dual champion winning both the 100 breaststroke (1:30.94) and 50 fly (34.26) events for the 11-12 boys age group.

Congratulations go to the following five swimmers who improved 100% of their times: Desmond Brown (age 8), Jake Goodbar (12), Peyton McKinzie (8), Kara Nino (13), and Keshin Visahan (12). Impressive improvement rates also came from Jeremiah Santillana (86%), Amanda Garbedian (80%), Olivia Garabedian (80%), Annlyn Haworth (75%), Nadia Garabedian (66%), Lauren Geiger (66%), Joe Koster (66%), Lily Hodges (60%), and Tomas Contreras (57%).

5 TNT SWIMMERS COMPETE AT SWIMVITATIONAL

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Jun 282012

Five TNT swimmers competed at the Swimvitational meet that was held in the Olympic Trial pool at Omaha, Nebraska. The meet is intended for those operating the Olympic Trials the opportunity to fine tune any management adjustments necessary in advance of running the actual Olympic Trials. This also gives athletes a late opportunity to qualify for Trials, or an opportunity for athletes such as Matt Grievers and Amanda Beard, a tune-up for what will be their focus meet in a matter of weeks.

Swimming back-to-back weekends, our five who attended the Santa Clara International, flew to Omaha for the experience. Four of our swimmers earned a second swim with Chris Nolan as our highest finisher in the 200 fly event with a time of 2:06.30 which was one one-hudreth of a second off of the summer Junior National time standard. Tule Nation Tritons doubled up in the championship final heat for the event with Chriss 6^th place finish followed by Wesley Coles 8^th place finish after an impressive 2:08.83 swum in the preliminary heats.

Nathan Rhea earned his second swim in the 400 IM event by swimming a time of 4:47.96 in the bonus heat for an overall 18^th place finish, while Mallory Korenwider also swam in the bonus heat with her lifetime best 100 meter breaststroke time of 1:15.27 for a 21^st place finish after just entering the heat in 27^th place. Colin Landweers highest place finish came in the 200 IM where his time of 2:16.77 was enough for a 41^st place finish in the event.

Three individual team records were established at the meet, two of which belonged to Mallory Korenwinder. Mallory set the team record at the Santa Clara International meet with a time of 2:46.53 the weekend prior to Omaha, and while at Omaha she finished 41^st in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:45.62. The time stands as the 38^th fastest time in the nation for all 14-year old girls. Her time of 1:15.27 also outperformed her swim at Santa Clara where her time of 1:15.72 was also a team record. Her Omaha time currently stands as the 21^st ranked time nationally.

Chris Nolan came away with the only other individual team record, and he did so by also improving his Santa Clara time in the 200 fly event. Wesley Coles had set the team record at Junior Nationals last summer as a 2:07.05, and although Chris missed the record during both prelim and final swims at Santa Clara and missed it during his prelim swim in Omaha, he was under the record during the championship final heat in Omaha. His time of 2:06.30 now stands as the 16^th fastest time nationally for all 16 year olds. Chris Nolan turned 16 only one week prior to the Omaha meet.

Our 4×200 free relay was led off by Chris Nolan in Omaha with a sub-two minute swim (1:59.93), followed by Wesley Coles (1:57.93), Colin Landweer (2:00.30) and Nathan Rhea (2:03.18). After swimming 8:06.68 in the heat with the Japan National Team and Australia the previous weekend, our mens team swam 8:01.34 for a 3^rd place finish at the Omaha meet. The time is the 92^nd fastest time on record nationally for any age, and is the 58^th fastest time posted by swimmers between the ages of 15 and 18. The Winter Junior National time standard in the event is 7:53.39. The 400 Medley Relay with Nathan Rheas lead-off backstroke of 1:02.42, followed by Wesley Coles (1:13.13), Chris Nolan (59.33) and Colin Landweer (54.57) swam a time of 4:09.45 which was enough for an 11^th place finish. The Winter Junior National time standard in that event is 4:01.19.

PARKER GILES FINALS AT SPEEDO GRAND CHALLENGE

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Jun 282012

Five TNT swimmers competed at the Speedo Grand Challenge which typically is host to collegiate athletes across the nation. Primarily attended by USC swimmers, this years event provided swimmers age 5 to 12 the opportunity to compete if they had achieved the challenging minimum time standard. Two younger TNT swimmers qualified and attended the meet. Parker Giles (age 12) and Preston Niayesh (age 11) proved to be among two of our premier age group swimmers by qualifying. Swimmers of all ages are to be commended for achieving the minimum time standard, regardless of whether they are an age group swimmer or senior swimmer.

Parker Giles competed in three events and swam to a third place finish in the 50 meter butterfly. After swimming a life-time best in the preliminary heats with a 31.21, he then improved that time to a 30.88 in the final heat. The close race among the top three finishers is reflected well in the top three times: 30.01 for first place, 30.84 for second place and Parkers 30.88 for third place. His 29.74 in the 50 meter freestyle event was fast enough for a first alternate position (9^th place). Swimmers of age 5-12 were limited to one heat in finals. The only team record set at the meet also came from Parker Giles, who competed in the 100 meter freestyle, and finished in 12^th place with a time of 1:04.83. The previous record of 1:05.13 was held by Jason Hernandez and was set at Junior Olympics in 1992. Parkers new record currently stands as the 37^th fastest time in the nation for all 12-year old boys.

Most of our swimmers competed in three events, and our swimmers also included 15-year old Josh Avila who had his highest place of 72^nd in the 200 meter breaststroke event. Preston Niayeshs highest finish was 11^th in the 50 meter breaststroke, while 17-year old Cameron Weas, training in Hanford, finished 151^st in the 50 free. Cameron became our only swimmer to maintain a 100% improvement rate. Bobby Yribarren finished 54^th in the 1500 freestyle.

BRINGE, FORD & GOODBAR COMBINE FOR FIVE RECORDS IN CLOVIS

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Jun 282012

Ten year old Janessa Bringe held the team record in the 400 freestyle event one year ago for a brief moment as Madison McCarthy reclaimed the title one heat later. This year, Janessa swam to a first place finish in the event, improving her entered time by over 40 seconds, and reclaimed the record one year later. Madions record stood as 5:45.76 set last year at the Clovis Memorial Day meet, and Janessas time of 5:30.65 now stands as the 75^th fastest time in the nation for all 10-year old girls. Janessa was the event champion in three events that included the 200 freestyle (2:41.08) and the 100 fly (1:25.21) as well as her 400 freestyle. Her 100 fly event also resulted in a team record, outperforming one of the longest standing records on the books. Lindsay Storey had set the 100 fly record as a 1:25.25 at a Bakersfield meet (Golden Empire Swim Team) back in 1993. Janessas time now stands as the 147^th fastest in the nation for her age in that event.

Skylar Ford, training in Visalia, was the only other swimmer with dual record breaking performances, and she began in the 100 meter freestyle event. Her 1:13.23 went under the 1:13.35 that was posted by Breanne Boghosian at the Golden Empire (Bakersfield) meet in 1994. Skylars time currently stands as the 168^th fastest in the nation for all 10-year old girls. She began her meet with a team record, and she ended her meet with a team record by swimming and wining the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 31.93 which was nearly a full second under Lynnie Norths time of 32.91 that she had set at Junior Olympics back in 1987. Specializing in the 50 freestyle, Skylar has posted a time that currently stands as the 48^th fastest time nationally for any girl of age 10.

Emily Goodbar had our final record-breaking performance as she swam 19:56.38 in the 1500 meter freestyle event on the final day of the meet. Sherlyn Ricablanca had set the team record at this very meet in 1994, and now at age 15, Emily Goodbar swam under the 20 minute mark to hold the record in the event. Emilys new record currently ranks 223^rdfor all 15-year old girls. Be advised that Emilys fastest time is 19:06.41.

Swimming phenom, eight-year-old Ian Belfower of Bakersfield, once again swims undefeated, and this time at the Clovis meet where a large number of Mission Viejo age group swimmers attended, and were unable to unseat him. Ian competed in, and won, eight individual events that included the 100 free (1:21.03), 50 back (43.75), 100 fly (1:32.70), 50 breast (51.17), 100 back (1:30.41), 50 fly (39.45), 100 breast (1:48.49), and 50 free (38.06).

Additional event champions within their respective A or B divisions included:

Individuals who improved 100% of their times that had been previously recorded with the team included: Janessa Bringe (9 of 9), Damian Brown (2 of 2), Alonso Escobedo (8 of 8), Skylar Ford (6 of 6), Tristan Gaines (2 of 2), Nadia Garabedian (2 of 2), Olivia Garabedian (2 of 2), Lauren Geiger (6 of 6), Brett Hanke (3 of 3), Jonas Huckabay (4 of 4), Josh Koster (6 of 6), Paul Alexander Lerro (3 of 3), Andrea Morales (5 of 5), Seiji Shinkawa (1 of 1), Shoji Shinkawa (1 of 1), Katherine Sullivan (8 of 8), and Mark Tiersma (4 of 4). Congratulations to the following swimmers for recording all new long course times with the team while competing at the Clovis meet: Mason Amble (age 8), Chase Belflower (age 6), Ian Belflower (age 8), Tomas Contreras (age 9), Sierra Jett (age 14), Luke Tiersma (age 11) and Haley Westerhoff (age 13).

CHRIS NOLAN FINALS AT SANTA CLARA INTERNATIONAL

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Jun 282012

Two years ago TNT had no swimmers entered into the Santa Clara International meet, for the first time in several years. Last year trailblazers Colin Landweer and Nathan Rhea qualified and competed at the meet to become the first two of a new cohort. Five swimmers competed at the meet this year, and includedWesley Coles, Mallory Korenwinder, Colin Landweer Chris Nolan and Nathan Rhea. Chris Nolan became the only individual with a second swim, and he did so in the 200 meter butterfly event with a time of 2:07.25 and a 7^th place finish in the bonus heat, which was the 25^th fastest time swam at the meet in the event that fielded 9 swimmers in each of three final heats.

Mallory Korenwinder was one of two swimmers (the other being Chris Nolan) who came away with a 100% improvement rate, and her highest place finish came in the 100 meter breaststroke where she posted a time of 1:15.72 that resulted in a 45^th place finish. The highest place finish from Wesley Coles was 55^th in the 400 freestyle (4:15.35) and the highest place finish for Nathan Rhea was 37^th in the 400 IM where he posted a time 4:49.27. Colin Landweers time of 2:17.55 gave him his highest place finish of 63^rd in the 200 IM.

Our four male swimmers teamed up for three relays, the highlight being the 800 freestyle relay where an opportunity presented itself that placed our team into lane 5 which is commonly reserved for the fastest team entered into the event. Our sixth place performance by Wesley Coles, Chris Nolan, Colin Landweer and Nathan Rhea in the event was attained while competing with the Japan National Team to the left in lane 6 and the Australian National Team to the right in lane 3 in the 9-lane pool where lane 5 would be the fastest seed. Our team posted a time of 8:06.68 which broke both the 15-18 team record of 8:22.97 that was set by Wesley Coles, Nathan Rhea, Sam Hansen and Colin Landweer at Junior Olympics last year.

The Santa Clara International meet is typically the final stop on the Grand Prix circuit for numerous USA Olympic athletes, and the swim meet also plays host to athletes representing teams from Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand and Shanghai.

DANIELLE ALBRIGHT WINS HIGH POINT AT BAKERSFILED IMX

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May 182012

Twelve TNT swimmers competed at the IMX Meet held in Bakersfield on May 12^th. Swimmers needed to compete in all five IMX events in order to earn a high point award at the meet. Nine year old Danielle Albright was one of two TNT swimmers to enter five events, and became the high point recipient for the 10-under division by swimming to four 2^nd place finishes and one 4^th place finish.

Our team had four event champions at the meet that included Chris Hansen who took home the win in the 13-over 400 IM (5:13.93). Fourteen year old Mallory Korenwinder won the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:53.22, while nine-year old Priscilla Niayesh was the champion in the 100 fly for the 10-under division (1:38.62). Chris Nolan was our only double winner, and he did this in both the 200 breaststroke (2:38.69) and 200 fly (2:13.59) events in the 13-over division.

Five swimmers improved every event they entered, thereby maintaining a 100% improvement rate when considering those times that had been previously recorded with the team. Josh Avila and Morgan Coddington each improved one event, while sister Paige Coddington improved two of two events. Chris Hansen improved all three events he entered, while Priscilla Niayesh improved all four events that she had entered.

YRIBARREN WITHIN 5 SECONDS OF OLYMPIC TRIALS

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Apr 252012

The longest race in competitive swimming, outside of an open-water swim, is the 1500 freestyle. Considered from a swimming perspective as, the mile, this race is 30 lengths of a 50-meter pool, or 66 lengths of a 25-yard pool (1650 yards). The time of 15:53.59 is the minimum time standard to compete at this years Olympic Trials in this event. Robert Yribarren of Selma swam a time of 15:58.18 at the meet which places him a mere 4.59 seconds from the time standard at an early season meet. His time was fast enough for a ninth place finish, which was his second highest place. His top event in terms of place came in the 800 freestyle where his time of 8:26.74 was the 6^th fastest time at the meet. Although the 800 freestyle is not an Olympic event for the men, the 400 freestyle is. Bobby swam to a 14^th place finish in that event with a time of 4:03.70 that placed him 3.71 seconds from the Olympic Trial cut in that event. Both the 1500 and 800 freestyle events resulted in team records for Bobby in events where he had set the record last year at Sectionals. His previous 1500 time was 16:13.43, while his previous 800 time was 8:28.13. Bobby will be competing in the 10K at the Open Water Nationals held at Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf Club in Fort Myers, Florida on Friday, April 27^th.

The only other swimmer to experience a second swim at the meet way Wesley Coles, and he did so in both butterfly events. Wesley competed at both long course and short course Junior Nationals last year in the 200 fly event, and he swam to a 21^st place finish at the Swim Meet of Champions with a time of 2:08.45 which places him 2.16 second from this summers Junior National cut, 3.46 seconds from the National cut, and 4.46 seconds from the Olympic Trial cut. His 58.31 in the preliminary heats of the 100 meter fly was enough to get him to the bonus heat in that event.

Fourteen year old Emily Goodbar of Selma has established a trend of record-breaking performance in the 200 fly event for short course that started last November, and seemingly with no end. Now with this early long course meet, Emily continues that record breaking streak, but now in long course. Her time of 2:24.64 in the 200 meter fly event at the meet shattered one of the longest remaining team records on the books. Lynnie North had set the record to a 2:28.36 during the final heat at Zones in Santa Clara back in 1990. Emily is nearly four seconds under the preexisting record, and her time currently stands as the 32^nd fastest time of any 14-year old girl in the nation for this year.

Two swimmers improved all events that were entered in the meet. Chris Nolan improved a total of 49 seconds in five events, with his largest improvement of over 31 seconds occurring in his 800 freestyle (9:01.32). Fourteen year old Lauren Davis of Fig Garden had two times that had been previously recorded with the team, and her largest improvement of 4.5 seconds came in the 100 breaststroke (1:19.25). Joseph Cobarrubias of Fig Garden recorded three new long course times with the team.

The following table lists our 2012 SMOC Team along with the event of their highest place:

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