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Both Alonso Escobedo’s (training in Hanford) time of 40.23 and Parker Giles’s 39.24 in the 50 meter backstroke were faster than the team’s previous record of 40.46 for the 10-under boys. The previous record was set by Parker while at the Clovis meet in May of this year. Alonso’s 40.23 is currently the 322^nd fastest time in the nation for all 10 year old boys, while Parker’s 39.24 is now the 189^th fastest. Our other record breaking performance came from 12-year old Kyle Grissom training in Visalia. Kyle’s 30.66 in the 50 meter butterfly was fast enough for a second place finish and also broke his own pre-existing record of 31.51 that he set at the Clovis meet in May. Kyle’s new personal best of 30.66 is currently the 51^st fastest time nationally for all 12 year old boys.

Fifteen of our 23 swimmers swam fast enough to score at the meet, placing either among the top 8 or the next 8 (9^th – 16^th). Our seven Top-8 finishers included Owen Ansel (6^th – 50 breast), Hannah Giles (6^th-50 free), Parker Giles (2^nd-50 free, 3^rd-50 breast, 4^th-50 back; 4^th-100 breast), Kyle Grissom (2^nd-50 fly; 4^th-50 breast; 7^th-100 fly), Dax Korenwinder (5^th-50 breast), Mallory Korenwinder (2^nd-50 breast; 3^rd-100 breast), and Mia Newkirk (7^th-50free). Individuals who placed 9^th – 16^th also scored at the meet, and these included the following 14 swimmers (listed along with their top-16 place finish): Allyson Duffy (16^th), Madison Ekizian (11^th), Alonso Escobedo (9^th, 9^th, 9^th, 10^th, 13^th & 15^th), Hannah Giles (16^th), Parker Giles (12^th & 14^th), Kyle Grissom (14^th & 14^th), Katelyn Herrera (15^th), Dax Korenwinder (11^th), Mallory Korenwinder (16^th & 16^th), Colin Landweer (15^th), Michael Mason (13^th, 14^th & 15^th), Mia Newkirk (10^th, 11^th, 13^th, & 14^th), Preston Niayesh (10^th & 11^th), and Chris Nolan (11^th, 14^th, 14^th, & 15^th).

Twenty three TNT swimmers who traveled to Ventura to compete at this year’s June Age Group Invitational maintained a team improvement percentage of 47%. Mia Newkirk along with Ethan Torosian both improved 100% of the times they swam at the meet. Khloe McCarthy, swimming the most events at the meet, maintained the third highest improvement percentage at 86%, followed by Alonso Escobedo (83%), Kyle Grissom (83%) and Michael Mason (67%). Six additional swimmers improved half of their times at the meet, and these included: Madison Ekizian, Parker Giles, Katelyn Herrera, Makenna Mason, and Christopher Nolan.

Ten year old Parker Giles led the team in record-breaking performances at 2010 Far Western Championships held at Morgan Hill. Overall six team records were broken, and three of them single handedly by Parker. Parker’s 29.01 in the 50 freestyle was fast enough for a 13^th place finish and his nearly one second improvement was fast enough to break the team record formerly set as 29.68 by Jonathan Granada set only last year at the RCA meet in April. Parker went on to improve over six and a half seconds in his 100 freestyle to swim a 1:03.50 to break Jonathan’s team record by a half second. Jonathan’s 1:04.02 record was set last year at Far Westerns. Parker’s final record came in the 200 freestyle where his improvement of over 11 seconds brought his 2:28.89 that he swam at JO’s two months ago down to a 2:17.41 and once again a half second under Jonathan’s previous team record that was set in April of last year. His 2:17.41 is the 237^th fastest time in the nation among 995 recorded swims to date.

Twelve year old Kyle Grissom, training in Visalia, previously set the team record at Junior Olympics two months ago with a 28.02, and his performance at Far Westerns dropped his team record in the 50 fly to a 27.30. His time is currently the 128^th fastest time in the nation for all 12-year old boys. Eleven year old Mallory Korenwinder set a new record in the 50 yard breaststroke with her time of 32.88. The previous record was set in 2002 at the winter AA meet held in Cerritos by Joclyn Ford who is currently swimming for Fresno Pacific. Mallory’s time is currently the 17^th fastest time in the nation among all 11-year old girls, and a mere 1.6 seconds from the CCS record which is an 11-12 year old record. Our final team record was broken by two 10-under individuals in the 100 yard breaststroke event. Dax Korenwinder’s 1:26.73 broke the previous record that was set at 1:26.89 by Preston Niayesh at Junior Olympics; however, 9-year old Preston successfully defended his record at Far Westerns by improving his time by nearly a second to a 1:26.17 and maintaining his position as the all time fastest swim in the 9-10 boys 100 breaststroke event. Preston’s time is currently the 81^st fastest time in the nation out of 1000 swims.