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Mallory Korenwinder Swims 7th Fastest Time in the Nation

Jun 252008

Madison Gilbert (11), Sam Hansen (15), Mallory Korenwinder (10), Khloe McCarthy (10), Christopher Nolan (12) and Nathan Rhea (13) competed at the long course Age Group Invitational hosted by Buena Ventura in Ventura during the weekend of June 20th. The team of six maintained the very high improvement percentage of 71%. These improvements were led by Madison Gilbert (100%), Mallory Korenwinder (100%), Khloe McCarthy (100%), Nathan Rhea (75%) and Sam Hansen (50%).

The largest time improvements came from Khloe McCarthy whose improvement totaled over 25 seconds in six events. Her largest drop came in the 200 freestyle event where she improved over seven seconds to a 2:41.56. This time is the second fastest time ever recorded on TNT and is a mere two seconds off of the team record.

Our highest point getter came from Mallory Korenwinder who brought home a total of 73 points by scoring in five of six events. Mallory placed first in both breaststroke events by a very large margin, third in the 100 backstroke, fourth in the 50 backstroke and fifteenth in the 50 freestyle events. Mallory also went on to break her own team records in the 100 breaststroke (1:29.83) and 50 breaststroke (39.99) events. The 39.99 was the National Reportable time for consideration in the previous national rankings for that event. Currently Mallory’s 33.99 ranks 7th in the nation behind now 11-year old Olivia Anderson (35.77) from Minnesota. Unless this is a typo, this would be the National Age Group record. The time of 36.17 is currently posted as the National Age Group record for the 10-under girls 50 meter breaststroke. Great job, and good luck to Mallory.

Other point getters included Nathan Rhea who qualified for finals and finished 5th in the 100 breaststroke, 7th in the 200 breaststroke and 14th in the 400 IM events, Khloe McCarthy placing 11th in the 50 backstroke, 13th in the 100 backstroke and 15th in the 200 freestyle events, and Sam Hansen who finished 10th in the 1500 freestyle event.

Kohlton Norys Seeded 21st at Olympic Trials

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Jun 212008

Kohlton will swim in the Olympic Trials later this month in both backstrokes. His highest ranking is 21st in the 100 meter backstroke event. This is a very respectable seeding considering he is only 18 years old. As long as the psych sheet is posted, it can be found at: http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/_Rainbow/Documents/62596663-6b19-4c96-b628-eefb9c064290/Psych%20Sheet_US%20Olympic%20Team%20Trials.pdf

Earlier in the year Kohlton had broken the National Age Group record in the 100 yard backstroke for the 17-18 year old male swimmers. His relay lead-off time of 46.7 was faster than Jamie Cramer’s 100 backstroke national record of 47.3 at the time. This makes Kohlton the first 18-under swimmer in the United States to swim under 47 seconds. While it’s still posted, the National Age Group records can be found at: http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/_Rainbow/Documents/4c737824-bc77-4246-8510-296e69e079bb/SCY%20-%20May%2008.pdf

Korenwinder, McCarthy & Rhea perform at Buena Age Group Invitational on Day 2

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Jun 212008

Now swimming on the top of their respective age groups, ten-year-old Mallory Korenwinder and ten-year-old Khloe McCarthy shine while competing at the Summer Age Group Invitational hosted by Buena Ventura in Southern California Swimming. Mallory Korenwinder becomes the champion in the 100 meter breaststroke while she wins that event during the first day of her competition (second day of the meet). Khloe McCarthy drops eight seconds in her 200 meter freestyle event taking her to the second ranking in our team’s all time Top 100 performers in that event. While on the bottom of his age group, 13-year old Nathan Rhea enters finals tonight in the 200 meter breaststroke in third place.

Our First Long Course Meet of the Year

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Mar 212008

In taking an advantage of the early start to the long course season, six TNT swimmers competed at what might be the first long-course meet in California. Madison Elick, Alex Ellis, Madison Gilbert, Dax Korenwinder, Mallory Korenwinder and Khloe McCarthy traveled down to Orange county past Los Angeles to compete at the SET Aquatics Long Course Meet held at El Toro High School near Mission Viejo. The meet maintained minimum time standards, so that it was a qualifying meet that allowed only those who qualified to participate. Our six were among over six hundred who entered the meet.

Eleven year old Madison Elick competed among the seniors at the meet during the afternoon session. She became the heat winner with a long course time in the 100 meter breaststroke event (1:42.77) that is only three seconds off of our Junior Olympic standard. Twelve year old Alex Ellis swam her first long course meet with TNT, and qualified for three events there. Two of her events (33.23 in the 50 free and 1:24.24 in the 100 back) are only one second off of the long course Age Group Invitational time standard. Madison Gilbert swam her first long course meet in the 100 back event, qualifying for the Junior Olympics by one second (swimming a 1:30.68). Seven year old Dax Korenwinder also qualified for three events at the meet. While Dax is still only seven years old, his best time of 49.41 in the 50 backstroke was only one second off of the 10-under Junior Olympic time standard. Mallory Korenwinder was our highest place finisher as she swam to a second place finish in the 50 meter breaststroke event. Her 43.25 was one second under the Zone qualifying time, and only two seconds away from the team record. Ten year old Khloe McCarthy also competed in three events with her 45.32 only one second away from the Age Group Invitational time standard.

Our swimmers competed only during the second of three days at the meet, while Sunday was reserved for Disneyland. Several families went to Disneyland for two or three days since the meet was short enough for us. Im hoping that pictures will be forwarded so that they can be posted and shared.

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