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CHRIS NOLAN & COLIN LANDWEER TAKE TOP HIGH POINT IN MERCED

Oct 262010

A total of 11 TNT swimmers earned one of three high point awards within their division during the Merced Halloween meet during the initially rainy 4^th Saturday of October. Two of our swimmers took home the first place high point awards. Fourteen year old Christopher Nolan outscored all 13-14 year old boys, while 15-year old Colin Landweer took home the honors for the 15-16 division. Nine additional swimmers earned the second or third place high point:

7-8 girls Priscilla Niayesh 2^nd place

9-10 boys Alonso Escobedo 2^nd place

13-14 girls Taylor Shaw 2^nd place

15-16 boys Wesley Coles & Nathan Rhea 2^nd place

17-18 boys Sam Hansen 2^nd place

9-10 boys Preston Niayesh 3^rd place

11-12 girls Mallory Korenwinder 3^rd place

17-18 boys Thomas Brown 3^rd place

Ten swimmers became event champions in one or more events while competing at Merced, and the group was led by Priscilla Niayesh and Christopher Nolan who each won three of four events entered.

The cooler weather may have contributed to our improvement rate of 34%; however, despite the weather two individuals maintained a perfect improvement percentage of 100%. Congratulations to Janessa Bringe and Reagan De Long for their ability to perform well despite adverse conditions. Ten additional swimmers were able to maintain an improvement percentage at or above 50%. These included: Alonso Escobedo (75%), Emily Goodbar (67%), Justin Warner (67%). The following swimmer all improved half of their events: Luke Dignan, Alex Hansen, Sam Hansen, Athena Niayesh, Kara Nino and Savanah Nolan.

ALONSO ESCOBEDO SETS 50 BREASTSTROKE TEAM RECORD

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Oct 162010

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In an event that will surely reflect a considerable number of changes in the next year due to the caliber of athlete in the 10-under boys division, Alonso Escobedo training in Hanford set the 50 yard breaststroke team record that was broken only two meets ago at the Hanford meet that was held in Visalia. The Hanford meet was the first opportunity for our swimmers to swim that event, and the Tulare meet was only the second opportunity this fall. After missing the record by a tenth of a second, Alonsos 38.25 this time was over a half second under the record setting performance of 38.83 by Dax Korenwinder last month. The 50 yard breaststroke team record had been one of the longest standing records on the team prior to last month. Alonsos 38.25 currently ranks as the 182^nd fastest time swam by a 10-year old boy in the nation.

Although the Oktoberfest in Tulare was the second time the events were offered during the fall, our swimmers maintained a very respectable 53% improvement rate with 10 swimmers improving all events entered. Congratulations to all swimmers who maintained perfect improvement percentages:

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An inter-squad meet taking place the day following the Oktoberfest provided an opportunity for our swimmers aged 12 & under to try events that were 200 yards in fly, back and breaststroke. Swimmers rising to that challenge and swimming 200 yard or longer events for their first time included: Janessa Bringe (age 10 swam 500 free), Allyson Duffy (age 12 swam 400 IM), Alonso Escobedo (age 10 swam 200 fly, 200 back & 200 breast), Parker Giles (age 11 swam 200 breast & 200 back), Dax Korenwinder (age 10 swam 200 breast), Makenna Mason (age 12 swam 200 breast & 200 back), Mia Newkirk (age 12 swam 400 IM) and Ivan Villalvazo (age 10 swam 200 breast & 200 back).

Even though the total number of events was fewer during the Sunday meet, our swimmers maintained an improvement percentage that surpassed the previous days meet. Twenty-four swimmers had previously recorded times in 50-yard races or longer, and these swimmers maintained an astounding 71% improvement rate. Nine of our swimmers maintained a perfect improvement performance:

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An additional 12 swimmers improved 50% or more of their times. Those improving 75% of their swims included: Danielle Albright, Jakob Koorey, Khloe McCarthy and Taylor Shaw. Those improving 67% included: Owen Ansel, Sam Hansen & Mallory Korenwinder. Our final 5 who improved 50% of their times included: Toby Jones, Colin Landweer, Chris Nolan Nathan Rhea & Tenney Rizzo.

TWO RECORDS BROKEN BY SIX SWIMMERS AT SELMA MEET

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Oct 082010

Two age group team records were reestablished as a result of the Selma meet in October. Each of the two records were broken by three individuals each. The 11-12 girls 1000 freestyle team record was successfully defended by now 12-year old Khloe McCarthy. Khloe had set the record at 12:53.58 in November of last year as an 11-year old at the Yosemite meet. Now at age 12, she reset her record to 11:51.10 which is a qualifying time for this past years Far Western meet. Her time is currently the 255^th fastest time among all 12-year old girls in the nation. Two other 11-12 year old girls swam under Kholes pre-existing team record during the meet, and they included Mallory Korenwinder swimming a 12:04.63 (currently the 314^th fastest in the nation) and Allyson Duffy who swam a 12:07.68 (which is the 328^th fastest time in the nation among 12-year old girls).

Our other tri of swimmers who swam faster than the previous team record were the 10-under boys in the 100 breaststroke event. While only 9-years old, Preston Niayesh had set the 100 yard breaststroke record as 1:2617 at Far Westerns this past April. During the Selma meet Dax Korenwinder swam 4 seconds under the preexisting standard with his 1:22.21 which is currently the 134^th fastest time in the nation for all 10-year old boys. Still only 9-years old, Preston Niayesh nearly defended his records by swimming 1:22.93, and this time is currently the 25^th fastest time in America for all 9-year old boys. Ten-year-old Alonzo Escobedo training in Hanford was the third swimmer to swim under the preexisting record, and his time of 1:25.01 is currently the 221^st fastest time in the nation. These are back-to-back record breaking performances by Dax Korenwinder and Alonzo Escobedo who both swam faster than the team record in the 50 breaststroke at the previous Hanford meet.

Tule Nation Tritons scored 3,553 points which was approximately 1,500 points beyond the next placed team.

Twenty five of our 78 swimmers became champions in their events. Event categories were separated by the following ages: 6-under, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17-over. Congratulations to the following 25 event champions:

The team improvement percentage was a very respectable 65% with 23 of our 78 swimmers improving 100% of their times.

KORENWINDER & ESCOBEDO BREAK 22-YEAR OLD TEAM RECORD

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Sep 242010

Both Dax Korenwinder and Alonzo Escobedo training in Hanford swam head-to-head in the 50 yard breaststroke event at the first CCS short course meet hosted by Hanford and held at the El Diamante pool. Our two 10-year old boys placed first and second respectively in the event, and both swam faster than the pre-existing team record that was formerly held by Alex Simmons and set at the Fig Garden pool in 1988. Daxs 38.83 is currently the 301^st fastest time in the nation, while Alonzos 38.90 is currently the 314^th fastest time in the nation.

The top three point getters for each age division were awarded high point awards, and TNT swimmers accumulated 14 individual 1^st 2^nd or 3^rd place high points.

Thirty-one of our 80 swimmers were event champions. This extended event champion list included:

Eighty TNT swimmers competed at the Hanford meet, and of those 57 had pre-existing times recorded with the team. The teams overall improvement percentage was an excellent 68% with a total of 27 swimmers improving 100% of their times. Congratulations to:

TWO FINAL IN FIRST WEEKEND OF AUGUST

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Sep 152010

Kohlton Norys competed at the USA Nationals along with the likes of Ryan Lochte, Jason Lezak, Nathan Adrian and Michael Phelps. Kohlton competed in one event on each of the last four days, and earned a second swim in each event. His highest place finish came in the 50 meter freestyle where he swam 22.93 in the morning preliminary heats and 22.83 during the finals heat to move from 15^th to 12^th overall.

100 back 55.79 prelim 17^th 55.91 finals 17^th

50 free 22.93 prelim 15^th 22.83 finals 12^th

100 free 49.84 prelim 12^th 49.88 finals 14^th

200 back 2:03.22 prelim 18^th 2:02.90 finals 18^th

In the meantime Tenney Rizzo competed at the Western Senior Zone meet in Clovis earning second swims there. Tenney opened her meet swimming a time of 1:11.02 in the preliminary heat of the 100 meter butterfly and improved to a 1:09.95 in the C-final for a 19^th place finish. Tenney also placed 31^st in a field of approximately 60 swimmers in the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 29.62 and 51^st in the 100 free with a time of 1:06.41.

KYLE GRISSOM BREAKS TEAM RECORD AT ZONES

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Sep 152010

Despite relatively low team improvement percentages, 12-year old Kyle Grissom training in Visalia still managed to break a team record in the 50 meter butterfly event while at the Western Zone Championships held in San Jose during the week of August 10-14. Kyles time of 30.51 was over a tenth of a second faster than the previous team record that he had set while at the Age Group Invitational in Ventura two months earlier. Kyle also became a finalist during his first Western Zone meet in that event, placing 6^th among teams representing states such as Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii and Washington to name a few.

Only two additional TNT swimmers of our eight earned a second swim while at the meet. Twelve-year-old Mallory Korenwinder earned a second swim in the 100 meter breaststroke, finishing 6^th with a time of 1:22.73. This is Mallorys third consecutive Western Zone appearance. Veteran Western Zone swimmer Christopher Nolan competed in the 200 meter butterfly event where he earned a second swim with a lifetime best of 2:22.54 during the preliminary heats. Fourteen-year-old Christopher finished 7^th in that event.

Time improvements were led by those who improved two of their events while at the meet. This includes Kyle Grissom who improved both his 100 freestyle during a lead-off swim in the relay (1:06.43) and his 50 butterfly (30.51), Dax Korenwinder who maintained the largest improvement of over 9 seconds in his 200 IM (3:06.15) and also improved his 50 backstroke while leading off the boys medley relay (42.23), Preston Niayesh who improved both his 50 butterfly (41.62) and his 100 freestyle (1:24.37), and Christopher Nolan who improved his 200 butterfly (2:22.54) and 800 freestyle (9:42.29). Additional fastest times came from Owen Ansel (31.50 in the 50 freestyle) and Mallory Korenwinder (37.50 in the 50 backstroke).

Congratulations to all eight TNT swimmers who competed at the meet including Owen Ansel, Parker Giles, Kyle Grissom, Dax Korenwinder, Mallory Korenwinder, Khloe McCarthy, Preston Niayesh and Christopher Nolan.

TNT PLACES 2nd AT JUNIOR OLYMPICS

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Sep 152010

Forty nine TNT swimmers competed at the long course Junior Olympics held at Central High School in Fresno to place second behind the 73 member Clovis Swim Club. Tule Nation Tritons scored 3360 which was 145 points behind the Clovis lead of 3505 point. Success of our TNT swimmers was clearly reflected in individual events where TNT outscored all other teams by a margin of 355 points. Considering points generated only from individual events, TNT scored 2183, followed by Clovis (2538), Puma (1011) and Merced (995). Our total team points were led by our sole high point recipient, 14 year old Christopher Nolan. Chris outscored all 13-14 male swimmers with a score of 166 points with the next nearest swimmer scoring 135 points. Tule Nation Tritons had several individuals who were among the top 3 point getters at the meet, and these included:

· Ana Porchia (age 8 in the 8-under division) 2^nd place with 89 points

· Jackson Huckabay (age 7 in the 8-under division) 2^nd place with 69 points

· Mallory Korenwinder (age 12 in the 11-12 division) 2^nd place with 141 points

· Kyle Grissom (age 12 in the 11-12 division) 2^nd place with 150 points

· Owen Ansel (age 12 in the 11-12 division) 3^rd place with 138 points

Although our total points in the individual events outperformed all other teams at the meet, our 30 relays also played a significant role winning 15 of the 30 relays we entered.

First place relays:

·         8-under girls 200 FR Priscilla Niayesh, Lily Hodges, Katherine Sullivan, Ana Porchia
·         10-under boys 200 MR Alonso Escobedo, Dax Korenwinder, Michael Mason, Parker Giles
·         10-under boys 200 FR Michael Mason, Jonas Huckabay, Michael Jia, Parker Giles
·         11-12 girls 400 MR Khloe Mccarthy, Mallory Korenwinder, Mia Newkirk, Allyson Duffy
·         11-12 girls 400 FR Allyson Duffy, Mallory Korenwinder, Khloe McCarthy, Mia Newkirk
·         11-12 girls 200 MR Madison Ekizian, Mallory Korenwinder, Mia Newkirk, Allyson Duffy
·         11-12 girls 200 FR Mallory Korenwinder, Khloe McCarthy, Madison Ekizian, Mia Newkirk
·         11-12 boys 400 MR Jimmy Koster, Owen Ansel, Kyle Grissom, Fayyaz Ahamed
·         13-14 girls 400 FR Katelyn Herrera, Taylor Shaw, Emily Goodbar, Bre Abell
·         13-14 girls 400 MR Bre Abell, Taylor Shaw, Emily Goodbar, Katelyn Herrera
·         15-18 boys 800 FR Nathan Rhea, Wes Coles, Sam Hansen, Colin Landweer
·         15-18 boys 400 FR Nathan Rhea, Colin Landweer, Sam Hansen, Wes Coles
·         15-18 boys 400 MR Justin Lopez-Lamb, Sam Hansen, Nathan Rhea, Colin Landweer
·         15-18 boys 200 MR Justin Lopez-Lamb, Nathan Rhea, Colin Landweer, Sam Hansen
·         15-18 boys 200 FR Colin Landweer, Sam Hansen, Nathan Rhea, Justin Lopez-Lamb

Second place relays:
·         11-12 boys 400 FR Owen Ansel, Jimmy Koster, Fayyaz Ahamed, Kyle Grissom
·         8-under girls 200 MR Katherine Sullivan, Ana Porchia, Priscilla Niayesh, Lily Hodges
·         10-under boys 200 MR Michael Jia, Preston Niayesh, JD Koster, Jonas Huckabay
·         11-12 boys 200 MR Jimmy Koster, Owen Ansel, Kyle Grissom, Fayyaz Ahamed
·         10-under boys 200 FR Preston Niayesh, Jake Goodbar, JD Koster, Dax Korenwinder

11-12 boys 200 FR Owen Ansel, Luke Dignan, Jimmy Koster, Kyle Grissom

Third place relays:
· 13-14 girls 800 FR Bre Abell, Taylor Shaw, Emily Goodbar, Katelyn Herrera
· 13-14 girls 200 FR Katelyn Herrera, Jessica Prestridge, Alexies Ledesma, Bre Abell

4^th-7^th place relays:
·         13-14 girls 200 MR Taylor Shaw, Katelyn Herrera, Emily Goodbar, Bre Abell
·         13-14 girls 400 MR Delanie Dignan, Ashley Lamascus, Jessica Prestridge, Alexies Ledesma
·         13-14 girls 200 MR Jessica Prestridge, Ashley Lamascus, Alexies Ledesma, Delanie Dignan
·         11-12 girls 200 MR Khloe McCarthy, Jacqui Koster, Makenna Mason, Morgan Coddington
·         11-12 girls 200 FR Morgan Coddignton, Jacqui Koster, Makenna Mason, Allyson Duffy
·         13-14 girls 200 FR Ashley Lamascus, Delanie Dignan, Taylor Shaw, Emily Goodbar

8 TEAM RECORDS BROKEN BY
GRISSOM, GILES, JIA, ESCOBEDO & KORENWINDER

A total of 8 team records were broken at the Junior Olympics by four different swimmers. Twelve year old Kyle Grissom training in Visalia led the record-breaking performances by taking four of the eight team records while at the meet. Two of our teams longest standing records were held by Micah Storey and included the 50 meter breaststroke and the 100 meter butterfly events. Micah swam a time of 38.54 in the 50 breaststroke at the Western Zone meet in 1989. Kyles 38.19 broke that record and is currently the 227^th fastest time in the nation for all 12 year old boys in that event. Kyle also broke Micahs swim of 1:11.13 in the 100 meter butterfly at the Junior Olympic meet in 1989. Kyles new 100 butterfly record now stands at 1:10.36 and is the 168^th fastest time in the nation. Last year Greyson Canterbury swam the 50 freestyle event at Junior Olympics and set the team record at 29.51. This year Kyle, at the very same meet claimed the record and it is now set at 29.46 and is the 376^th fastest time in the nation. Kyle is currently training with Jason Ricablanca who was a former TNT swimmer who held several team records, including the 50 backstroke where he swam 35.76 at a Clovis meet in 1994. Kyles time of 33.87 at Junior Olympics has now set the new standard and is the 175^th fastest time in the nation to date for all 12-year old boys. Kyle now owns five TNT team records.Another TNT swimmer who currently holds five team records is 10-year old Parker Giles. Parker had begun his record breaking performance early in the long course season, and continued it by setting two additional records at the Junior Olympics. Jason Ricablanca had set the team record for the 10-under boys 100 backstroke event with a 1:27.42 at Junior Olympics in 1992. Over this years 2010 Junior Olympics, a total of four swims by two TNT team mates were under the old standard. Parker Giles and Michael Jia swam times under the previous team record, and each swimmer did that twice, once in the preliminary heats, and once during finals. Michael Jias time of 1:25.46 (currently the 339^th fastest time in the nation) along with Parkers time of 1:23.87 (currently the 226^th fastest 10-year old boys time) were both under the existing record. Parker now holds the new record. Parker had set the team record in the 100 meter freestyle with a 1:14.18 at the Bakersfield meet in May. His time of 1:13.11 swam at Junior Olympics now becomes the new standard and is currently the 335^th fastest time in the nation. Ten year old Alonso Escobedo who arrived from Mexico only earlier this summer and is training in Hanford had performed at a level in the 200 IM with a time of 3:05.13 and was fast enough to break the pre-existing record of 3:05.81 that was set by Parker Giles in Clovis in May of this year. Alonsos time is currently the 475^th fastest time in the nation among all 10-yaer old boys. Alonso has become a valuable asset on the team, and has successfully made his presence known, not only on TNT, but within CCS, based on his performance. Our final record breaking performance came from 12-year old Mallory Korenwinder who swam 1:20.48 in the 100 meter breaststroke event, and this time is currently the 33^rd fastest time in the nation for all 12 year old girls. Mallory had missed the team record by three-tenths of a second last year as an 11-year old while at the Western Zone meet in Hawaii with a time (1:21.65) that became one of the top 10 long course times swam in the nation among all 11-year old girls. This year, Mallorys time of 1:20.48 was nearly a second under Joclyn Fords record of 1:21.39 that was set at Junior Olympics in 2002.

71% TEAM IMPROVEMENT RATE

Not only was the performance related to placing and points impressive, but the degree of improvement was also notable. Forty-six of our 49 swimmers entered into the meet have pre-recorded long course times with the club and entered into individual events. These 46 swimmers improved 71% of all individual events entered. Eleven of these swimmers improved all events, thereby maintaining a perfect 100% improvement rate.

A total of 49 swimmers improved at least half of their times. These included:Alonso Escobedo (89%), Mallory Korenwinder (89%), Chris Nolan (89%), Bre Abell (88%), Kyle Grissom (88%), James Koster (86%), Luke Dignan (83%), Ana Porchia (80%), Taylor Shaw (80%), Emily Goodbar (78%), Wesley Coles (75%), Alex Hansen (75%), Madison McCarthy (75%), Colin Landweer (71%), Savanah Nolan (71%), Lilliana Hodges (67%), Michael Mason (67%), Nathan Rhea (67%), Chris Hansen (63%), Preston Niayesh (63%), Priscilla Niayesh (60%), Parker Giles (56%), Katelyn Herrera (56%), Dax Korenwinder (56%), Makenna Mason (56%), Delanie Dignan (50%), Allyson Duffy (50%) and Justin Lopez-Lamb (50%).

PATRICK OTA NAMED SENIOR COACH OF THE YEAR & SHAUNA RHEA NAMED VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

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Aug 202010

Coach Patrick Ota who currently trains swimmers in the Selma program as well as coaches the Fresno Pacific college program has been voted 2010 Central California Swimming Senior Coach of the Year. In addition to being a successful senior swimmer himself, he now has helped a number of swimmers develop to the National and Olympic Trial levels of competition. This week, Pat is accompanying swimmers who he trains to USA Swimming Nationals meet held in Irvine, CA. Undoubtedly, once the Olympic Trial time standards are published, he will have qualifiers for the meet which will take place two years from now.

Shauna Rhea is one of several parents in Tulare who are instrumental in the operation of the program there. Along with other parents, she has taken on the responsibility of coordinating officiating efforts among our various groups. At the CCS level, Shauna has taken on the responsibility of Records Chair and is instrumental at ensuring that swimmers across Central California Swimming receive the recognition they deserve.

Congratulations to both Patrick and Shauna for the recognition that is so well deserved.

TNT MOVES TO 2ND IN VIRTUAL CLUB RANKINGS

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Aug 202010

Coach Kacy Ota has been tracking the virtual club rankings over the last two years and has indicated the Tule Nation Tritons has moved ahead of Bakersfield Swim Club for ranking within Central California Swimming. This places TNT second behind Clovis Swim Club for the ranking within Central California Swimming. Kacy reports that TNT is ranked 109th within the Western Zone and we are the 428th ranked team across the United States.

NIAYESH AND PORCHIA NAMED KING AND QUEEN OF THE POOL AT SAN LUIS OBISPO

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Aug 032010

Eleven TNT swimmers traveled to San Luis Obispo during the 4th of July weekend to compete at the 2010 Firecracker Invitational that followed the Age Group Invitational meet in Ventura. This meet recognizes one male and one female swimmer per age division who had accumulated the fastest combined times in each 50 meter event. Each of these individuals are awarded the King (for the male) and Queen (for the female) awards during the third day of the meet. This year, 8-year old Ana Porchia and 9-year old Preston Niayesh became the recipients for their respective age groups. This was the second year in a row for Preston. Congratulations to both swimmers.

Ana Porchia swam uncontested within her division winning all four events that she had entered in the meet. Ten year old Dax Korenwinder maintained top-3 finishes within his respective divisions in all events entered, winning four of his eight events. Other event champions included Mallory Korenwinder, Khloe McCarthy, Madison McCarthy, Priscilla Niayesh, and Preston Niayesh.

The team’s 46% improvement percentage was led by Danielle Albright who improved all four events for a 100% improvemetn rate, and she was followed by Jakob Koorey who maintained the next highest improvement rate at 83%. Madison McCarthy was also in the 80% improvement range. Three additional swimmers maintained improvemnt percentages above the 50% mark: Khloe McCarthy (75%), Ana Porchia (75%) and Mallory Korenwinder (67%).

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