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TNT PLACES 2nd AT JUNIOR OLYMPICS

Sep 222011

Tule Nation Tritons was the third largest team at Junior Olympic with Clovis bringing 91 swimmers and Fresno Dolphins fielding 47 swimmers. With less than half the number of swimmers as Clovis, our 43 swimmers scored 3,191 points to Cloviss 3,853 when combining individual and relay events for both male and female 14-under events at the meet. Although our girls were behind Clovis 1,627 to their 2,446 points, our boys outscored Clovis 1,564 to their 1,407 points. When considering only individual events, TNT would have scored 8 combined points behind Clovis, 2,321 to their 2,329. Twenty-eight teams competed at the meet.

The team point accumulation was led by our high point winners. The brother-sister duo of Preston and Precilla Niayesh were the sole first-place high point recipients at the meet. Ten year old Preston Niayesh scored 166 points and was the event champion in 5 events: 50 fly (35.33), 50 breast (41.79), 100 breast (1:29.07), 200 IM (2:55.97) and 100 fly (1:18.15) events, while his sister, Precilla, scored 88 points and swam away with the 8-under high point by winning 50 free (38.14) and 50 back (45.77) events. Four additional swimmers scored into the 2^nd or 3^rd high point positions including Peyton Costa (2^nd 8-under boy, 77 points), JD Koster (3^rd 10-under boy, 127 points), Khloe McCarthy (2^nd 13-14 girl, 143 points), Mallory Koenwinder (3^rd 13-14 girl, 125 points), Kyle Grissom (3^rd place 13-14 boy, 124 points), and Danielle Albright (3^rd place 8-under girl, 82 points).

Although 15-over swimmers were not allowed to score at the meet, 10 additional swimmers besides Preston were event champions at the meet, and they included: Danielle Albright (50 breast, 49.26), 15-over Wes Coles (100 fly, 58.82; 400 IM, 4:55.57), Kyle Grissom (100 fly, 1:03.60), 13-14 Chris Hansen (200 breast, 2:44.20), 13-14 Mallory Korenwinder (200 breast, 2:50.24), 15-over Colin Landweer (200 free, 1:59.27; 50 free, 24.97; 100 free, 54.90) , 13-14 Khloe McCarthy (800 free, 10:02.75 & 200 back, 2:36.03), 8-under Jazmine Niayesh (50 free, 38.14 & 50 back, 45.77), 15-over Chris Nolan (200 fly, 2:14.56), 15-over Nathan Rhea (200 IM, 2:13.91; 200 breast, 2:29.58).

Not only did Preston lead the team in individual point accumulation, he also led the team in the number of team records broken. Preston broke a team record in 5 of the 9 events he participated in. Both prelim (41.81) and final (41.79 76^th fastest time in the nation) performances in the 50 breaststroke were under his pre-existing record of 42.37, and his final swim of 1:29.07 (34^th fastest in the nation) in the 100 breaststroke went under his previous record of 1:30.92 that was set in May. Preston had also set the team record in the 200 IM while at Bakersfield last month (3:02.04), and went well under that time while at Junior Olympics (2:55.97 178^th nationally). The 100 butterfly was a new record for Preston. He swam 1:18.15 (85^th nationally) in the final heat to go under Micah Storeys 1:22.34 set at Junior Olympics in 1987. Both Preston and JD Koster went under the pre-existing record while at this years Junior Olympics. JDs time was 1:19.15 which is currently the 107^th fastest time in the nation. Prestons 100 freestyle time of 1:12.98 (336^th nationally ranked time) was also a new team record for him; breaking Parkers pre-existing record of 1:13.11 set at last years JOs.

Two additional swimmers set team records while at the meet. Thirteen year old Mallory Korenwinder swam 1:17.16 (25^th fastest time nationally) in the 100 breaststroke to go under Joclyn Fords 1:18.74 set at Speedo Grand Challenge in 2003. Ten year old Madison McCarthy also obtained a new team record swimming 2:38.61 (320^th fastest in the nation) in the 200 free, breaking Breanne Boghosians previous record of 2:39.53 set at the Golden Empire Swim Teams meet at Bakersfield in 1994.

Fourteen additional team records were broken in relay events, led by the 13-14 girls who cleared the record board of all preexisting records by resetting all five events. Additionally, the team of Mia Newkirk, Mallory Korenwinder, Emily Goodbar and Bre Abell swam under the Central California Swimming record in both the 200 medley and 400 medley relays.

10-under girls 200 free (2:28.36): Janessa Bringe, Danielle Albright, Precilla Niayesh, Madison McCarthy

11-12 boys 200 medley (2:21.79): Michael Jia, Alonso Escobedo, Parker Giles, Luke Dignan

13-14 girls:

· 200 free (1:56.86): Bre Abel, Allyson Duffy, Mallory Korenwinder, Mia Newkirk

· 400 free (4:19.88): Bre Abel, Emily Goodbar, Allyson Duffy, Katelyn Herrera

· 800 free (9:25.95): Allyson Duffy, Mallory Korenwinder, Khloe Mc Carthy, Katelyn Herrera

· 200 medley (2:09.73): Mia Newkirk, Mallory Korenwinder, Emily Goodbar, Bre Abell

· 400 medley (4:45.27): Mia Newkirk, Mallory Korenwinder, Emily Goodbar, Bre Abel

13-14 boys:

· 400 free (4:17.41): Kyle Grissom, Owen Ansel, Noah Haworth, Chris Hansen

· 200 medley (2:09.14): Owen Ansel, Chris Hansen, Kyle Grissom, Noah Haworth

· 400 medley (4:43.12): Owen Ansel, Chris Hansen, Kyle Grissom, Noah Haworth

15-18 boys:

· 200 free (1:43.16): Colin Landweer, Chris Nolan, Sam Hansen, Nathan Rhea

· 800 free (8:22.97): Wes Coles, Nathan Rhea, Sam Hansen, Colin Landweer

· 200 medley (1:54.94): Nathan Rhea, Sam Hansen, Chris Nolan, Colin Landweer

· 400 medley (4:08.54): Nathan Rhea, Sam Hansen, Wes Coles, Colin Landweer

The team maintained a 71% improvement rate with 12 swimmers improving all events entered. Congratulations to perfect performances from: Luke Dignan (9 of 9 events), Kyle Grissom (9 of 9), Noah Haworth (3 of 3), Michael Jia (8 of 8), Dax Korenwinder (5 of 5), Mallory Korenwinder (9 of 9), Jacqui Koster (3 of 3), JD Koster (8 of 8), Jimmy Koster (3 of 3), Paul Lerro (2 of 2), Madison McCarthy (9 of 9), and Satoshi Shinkawa (1 of 1).

Nine TNT swimmers went on to represent Central California Swimming at the Western Zone Age Group meet. Congratulations to: Allyosn Duffy, Emily Goodbar (who made her first Sectional cut while at JOs in the 200 fly), Kyle Grissom, Katelyn Herrera, Mallory Korenwinder, JD Koster, Khloe McCarthy, Preston Niayesh and Chris Nolan.

CHELSEA ARROYO BREAKS TEAM RECORD IN 100 FLY

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Sep 222011

Nine TNT swimmers competed at the Senior Q meet in Clovis for their last chance to qualify for Sectionals or Junior Olympics. After swimming within .06 seconds of the 1:08.62 team record set by Samantha Goates at Junior Olympics in 2006 while at Speedo Grand Challenge in May, Chelsea Arroyo broke the team record in the 100 fly event with her 1:08.36.

The group maintained a 100% improvement rate with only Khloe McCarthy improving all events entered. Five additional swimmers improved 50% or more of their times: Chelsea Arroyo (67%), Mallory Korenwinder (63%), Megan Nino (57%), Katelyn Herrera (50%) and Taylor Shaw (50%).

WESLEY COLES DROPS AGAIN AT JUNIOR NATIONALS

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Sep 222011

For a swimmer who had not qualified for the Speedo Grand Challenge in late May because his 200 fly time was only a 2:21.95 at the Bakersfield meet during the first weekend of May, Wesley Coles had certainly trained and performed with intent that appeared to serve as a seemingly inexhaustible fuel source.

Wesley began his significant descent (swimming times that would put him close to a Junior National cut) during the LA Invite where he improved his Speedo Grand Challenge time from a 2:12.86 (performed in late May) to a 2:09.53 in mid-July. The LA Invite at USC took place only one week into the taper for Sectionals scheduled one week after LA Invite. Despite the fluke preliminary swim at Sectionals the next weekend, Wesley dropped to a 2:07.91 to make his Junior National cut. He wasnt done.

Wesley goes on to Junior Nationals and swam 2:07.05, nearly dropping a full second, and also improved his 100 fly from a 59.68 at Sectionals (or even when considering his 58.82 at Junior Olympics that took place between Sectionals and Junior Nationals) to a 58.54 thereby making the bonus cut for Junior Nationals. Wesleys 2:07.05 is a new team record, improving his own team record he had set at Sectionals.

Good luck, Wesley, in qualifying for Nationals (or Olympic Trials) next year. You are now well within range.

NINE TNT SWIMMERS REPRESENT CCS AT ZONES

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Sep 222011

Nine of the nearly 30 swimmers that comprised the Central California Swimming All Star team came from our various TNT programs. Three of our swimmers contributed to the overall efforts of the team by scoring in individual events. Individual point getters from TNT were led by 15-year old Chris Nolan who scored in four of his six events, and became the event champion in the 200 meter butterfly event with a time of 2:12.32. He had two 4^th place finishes, one in the 200 breaststroke (2:36.41) and 400 IM (4:56.86 – prelim time), and finally a 7^th place finish in the 100 fly (1:01.36).

Preston Niayesh earned second swims in three of his six 10-under events by finishing 2^nd in the 100 breaststroke (1:26.31), 3^rd in his 50 breaststroke (39.70), and 7^th in the 50 fly (35.03-prelim time). Additionally, after setting the team record in both the 50 and 100 meter breaststroke while at Junior Olympics only two weeks earlier, Preston re-set those records with significant drops at Zones. His 100 breaststroke is currently the 10^th fastest time in the nation for all 10-year old boys, while his 50 breaststroke is currently the 13^th fastest on record.

Our other finalist came from 13-year old Mallory Korenwinder who swam to a 6^th place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:17.38) and a 7^th place finish in the 100 fly (1:06.33). Mallory’s 100 fly broke one of the longest standing records on the books. While only 13-years old, Lynnie North had set the record as a 1:07.08 during the Zone meet 21 years ago in 1990. Mallory, also while only 13-years old, swam well under the standard with her 1:06.33. Her time currently ranks as the 41st fastest in the nation for all 13-year old girls.

Seven of our 9 swimmers maintained improvement percentages at or above 50% and they were led by the 83% improvement rate of Allyson Duffy. Others who improved at least half of their swims included: Chris Nolan (71%), Emily Goodbar (67%), Katelyn Herrera (67%), Mallory Korenwinder (67%), JD Koster (50%) and Preston Niayesh (50%).

Congratulations to all swimmers including Kyle Grissom and Khloe McCarthy for qualifying, and on their performance at the meet. Best of luck to all swimmers in qualifying to next year’s meet to be held in Colorado.

KOHLTON NORYS COMPLETES WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES COMPETITION

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Sep 222011

Maintaining the USA tradition of winning the 4×100 freestyle relay, Kohlton Norys swam anchor during the preliminary heats, and third during the final heat, contributing to the teams Gold Medal performance at the World University Games. Known as the mini-Olympics due to the format of competition involving countries from around the world presenting their top collegiate athletes in multiple sports, Kohlton follows the likes of Scott Jet (a product of Gary Ota in Selma and another Auburn graduate) as he enters the realm of international competition.

Kholtons final split of 47.89 was the third fastest split of any swimmer from any team, in any heat, at the meet. If the time stood as a flat start (no relay take-off), it would be the 5^th fastest time on record in the world for the year. Taking into account a conservative .7 seconds for the relay take-off, the time would still hold a world ranking among the top 30.

Unquestionably, Kohltons performance on the 4×100 free relay earned him a spot on the 4×100 medley relay later in the meet. Congratulations Kohlton on a job well done.

View the entire relay at Kohlton’s blog site at: http://kohltonnorys.com/videos/

2011 Long Course Sectionals – Clovis

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Jul 262011

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Wesley Coles indicated that he was not fast enough to qualify with a long-course time in the 200 meter butterfly for the Speedo Grand Challenge meet that took place just two months earlier. Indeed, his fastest time was only 2:21.95 in the event. Noticed even among his training peers as one who had been willing to endure the discomfort and train at an elevated level of performance for an extended period of time, Wesley squeezed into a D-final in 32d place, the very last person to earn a second swim (thanks to teammate Bobby Yribarren for the inadvertently very vital opportunity), to win that heat with a time that was among the championship heat at the meet. He swam a 2:07.95 to qualify for Junior Nationals.

The summer Junior National meet will take place at Stanford University during the second week of August, while the short course meet will take place in Austin, Texas in December. Congratulations Wesley, who now is within 3 seconds of Nationals, and within 4 seconds of the Olympic Trial time standard.

Bobby Yriabarren was our point leader solely taking the team to a 2^nd place position among the small-team division after the first day of the meet. Bobby swam 4 events that included the open water 5K swim, and placed top 15 in all 4 events. His highest place finish was 6^th in the 800 meter freestyle (8:28.13) as he continues to chop away at the Senior National cut. The Senior National time standard is 8:23.09, a mere 5 seconds in one of the longest races offered. Bobby finished Sectionals with the last event offered on Monday, July 25^th. The 5K Open Water event was held at Millerton Lake where approximately 53 competitors raced the distance. Bobby finished in 8^th place with a time of 48:57.68. The winning time was 48:24.47, only 33 seconds away.

Second swims were also earned by breastrokers Nathan Rhea and Sam Hansen, each swimming times within one second of the Junior National time standard. Nathan was our next closest qualifier with his 2:28.04 in the 200 meter breaststroke, which was .45 seconds from Junior Nationals. Nathan finished 23^rd in the breaststroke event and was a dual finalist by also finishing 22^nd in the 400 IM. His fastest time for the IM was in the preliminary heats (4:42.59). Teammate Sam Hansen also earned a second swim in the 200 breaststroke swimming to a 22^nd place finish and a time of 2:28.26 which was .67 seconds from the Junior National standard.

Another near miss of the Junior cut came from Colin Landweer whose time improvements were more reminiscent of younger age group swimmers with over an 8 second improvement in the 400 IM, over 5 second improvement in the 200 IM, over 4 seconds in the 400 free, and over 3 seconds in the 200 free. Colin, along with Wesley Coles and Bobby Yriabarren, improved 100% of his times. Colins 50 meter free time of 24.92 is now .63 seconds from the Junior National cut, and his 5.35 second improvement in the 200 IM places him 2.57 seconds from the Junior cut all of which are now within range.

Mallory Korenwinder made her first appearance at the meet with a 2.7 second improvement in her 200 meter breaststroke (2:52.79) and her highest place finish of 90^th. Jordan Morillo, currently competing for FresnoState, had her highest place finish of 85^th in the 200 backstoke (2:31.36), while Chris Nolan, also making his first appearance, had his highest place finish as 68^th in the 200 meter butterfly (2:14.30).

5 Compete at USC

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Jul 212011

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Five TNT swimmers competed at the Los Angeles Invitational hosted at USC during the third weekend of July. Wesley Coles, Sam Hansen, Colin Landweer, Chris Nolan and Nathan Rhea competed at this meet that served as a tune-up for Sectionals. Sam and Nathan were returning athletes while Wesley, Colin and Chris made their first appearance at the meet.

Wesley Coles swam away with not only the largest improvement (over 17 seconds in his 1500 freestyle), but was the only swimmer who improved 100% of his times. Chris Nolan had the next highest improvement percentage at 67%. At a meet that hosted primarily college-level athletes, our highest place finish remained in the 30s. Wesley Coles finished 30^th in the 1500 freestyle (17:02.91) and 34^th in the 200 meter fly (2:09.53), while Sam Hansen finished 36^th in the 1500 freestyle (17:20.72) and 39^th in the 800 free (9:01.24).

JD KOSTER AWARDED KING OF THE POOL AT FIRECRACKER

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Jul 052011

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Ten year old JD Koster had an impressive performance at the Firecracker Invitational in San Luis Obispo during the first weekend of July by placing top two in four of the five events he had entered. JD swam away with wins in both the 50 breast (46.69) and the 200 IM (3:09.49) events, and second place finishes in both the 50 fly and 50 free events. His final event was a 4^th place finish in the 10-under 50 meter backstroke. Not only did JD swam away as the 10-under boy King of the Pool, he also improved 100% of his times while doing it.

Eight-year old Danielle Albright also placed first or second in all eight of her events, winning half of them: 100 back (1:48.95), 50 breast (51.59), 200 free (3:20.47) and 50 free (41.54), and placing 2^nd in the other half: 100 free, 50 fly, 50 back and 200 IM. On the boys side, both 7-year old Peyton Costa and 7-year old Toby Jones finished 1^st or 2^nd in all of their events. Peyton won the 100 free (1:31.96) and 100 back (1:46.80) event and placed 2^nd in the: 100 breast, 50 fly, 50 back, 50 breast, 200 free, 100 fly, 50 free and 200 IM events. Toby took home the gold in the 100 breast (2:02.47), 100 free (1:51.38), 50 back (53.51), 50 breast (57.78) and 50 free (47.81) events.

Our only other event champion at the meet was 10-year old Madison McCarthy who won the 100 fly event for her age group (1:35.53). Other second place finishes came from Desmond Brown (50 free), Jacqui Koster (50 back) and Andrea Morales (200 free & 400 free).

Joining JD in improving 100% of times that had been previously recorded on the team is Andrea Morales who had 3 previously recorded times from the Bakersfield meet, and improved all three: 200 free (2:43.28), 100 fly (1:28.45) and 50 free (33.30). Six additional swimmers improved 50% or more if their times, and they included: Toby Jones (80%), Jimmy Koster (80%), Khloe McCarthy (75%), Danielle Albright (63%), Jacqui Koster (60%), and Kyle Grissom (57%).

Congratulations to both 7-year old Desmond Brown and 5-year old Paige Costa for swimming their first long course meet. Other events that are newly recorded with the team came from Peyton Costa (age 7 100 breast) Toby Jones (age 7 100 back), JD Koster (age 10 200 IM), Jimmy Koster (age 13 400 free), Andrea Morales (age 12 50 fly, 50 back & 400 free) and Javiar Morales (age 15 200 IM & 400 free).

Colin Landweer & Nathan Rhea Attend Santa Clara International

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Jun 302011

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Nathan Rhea and Colin Landweer returned from the Santa Clara International swim meet that took place over the third weekend of June. The highest place finish among our two for a meet that hosted the likes of Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Natalie Coughlin and Jessica Hardy among others, was the 85^th place finish by Nathan Rhea in his qualifying event, the 400 IM. Our sole time improvement came from Colin Landweer who swam a 2:19.31 in his 200 IM, dropping from his recent lifetime best performance at Speedo Grand Challenge in Irvine the previous month. Each of our swimmers competed in the Santa Clara International for their first time, and were the first two to qualify for this prestigious Grand Prix senior meet in over three years (our last qualifier being Megan Eppler). Only a handful of TNT swimmers have qualified for this meet in the past 10 years, and they include: Bradley Matsumoto, Kohlton Norys, Samantha Goates, Megan Eppler. International swimmers and teams representing countries such as Japan, Korea, Australia, Mexico and others converge annually to the Santa Clara International meet. One purpose this year and next year is to prepare for the upcoming Olympic Games.

Congratulations to both Nathan and Colin in both qualifying and competing at their first Santa Clara International meet.

ALLYSON DUFFY BREAKS SECOND CCS RECORD

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Jun 052011

Seven long course team records were broken over the Memorial Day weekend, and one of them also became a Central California Swimming (CCS) record. Allyson Duffy had set the short course 11-12 girls 1000 freestyle CCS record during Far Westerns in March. Now, only two months later she set the 11-12 girls 1500 freestyle record while competing at the Clovis meet over the Memorial Day weekend. Her 18:47.69 was under Clovis swimmer Shelbi Horn’s record of 18:58.31 that was set in 2004. Allyson becomes the fastest swimmer in the history of Central California Swimming in the long course mile with a time that currently ranks as the 6^th fastest for any 12-year old girl in the nation.

Twenty-seven of our swimmers competed at the Clovis Memorial Day meet over the weekend where a total of three team records were set. Besides Allyson’s 1500 record, she also set the teams 800 freestyle record with a 9:53.75, a time that currently ranks as the 15^th fastest in the nation for all 12 year old girls. The previous record was held my Megan Eppler, currently competing for the University of Kentucky, and was set as a 10:03.95 at this very same meet in 2004. Ten year old Madison McCarthy continued to improve her current team record in the 10-under girls 400 freestyle by dropping over 15 seconds in that event to re-set the team record to a 5:45.76 with a time that currently ranks as the 169^th fastest time in the nation for all 10-year old girls.

We had 6 event champions at the Clovis meet with the youngest trio winning 8-under events. Danielle Albright was the event champion for the 8-under girls in the 100 free (1:32.95), 200 free (3:30.37), 100 breast (1:49.53), and her 10-under Age Group Invite (AA) qualifying event, 50 breaststroke (49.17). Her 8-under counterpart, 7-year old Peyton Costa took home wins in the 100 free (1:31.85), 50 back (49.21), 200 free (3:19.45), 50 fly (53.32) and 50 free (41.84) events. Eight-and-under Priscilla Niayesh was also a multiple event champion in the 8-under division as she dominated the 50 back (48.98), 200 IM (3:41.90) and 50 fly (48.80) events. Allyson Duffy took home 1^st place finishes in the 800 free, 200 free (2:20.35) and 1500 free events for the 11-12 girls, while Madison McCarthy won the 10-under 400 free for the girls. Our final event champion in Clovis was Jordan Morillo in the 15-over division taking home the first place in the 200 back (2:37.90) and 100 back (1:15.10) events.

Six TNT swimmers improved 100% of their times while at the meet. These swimmers included Alonso Escobedo, Chris Hansen, Khloe McCarthy, Madison McCarthy, Katherine Sullivan and Keshin Vishan. Congratulations to 7-year old Toby Jones both for qualifying to Junior Olympics in his breaststroke and for swimming his first long course events in the 8-under division, along with 11-year old Jeije Tiersma who also competed in his first long course events for the team.

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