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DANIELLE ALBRIGHT SWIMS TO CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS AT SPRING SECTIONALS

Mar 242018

Five of seven TNT swimmers earned second swims at the 2018 Spring Sectional Championships over the first weekend of March in Carlsbad, and 15-year old Danielle Albright led the group with the only championship swim, marching out from the ready-room in the 100 yard breaststroke where she posted a time of 1:04.89 in the preliminary heats for an 8^th place finish into finals. In a meet that recognized the top 30 in one of three heats, Danielle also came home with a C-final swim in the 400 IM where she posted a time of 4:34.94 in the preliminary heats.

Visalia’s Megan Ridenour had the next highest place on the team, with her 1:05.15 swim in the 100 breaststroke finals which was enough for a 15^th place finish there. Megan maintained one of the highest improvement rates, bettering two of her three events. Alonso Escobedo competed in five events at the meet, improved three of them, and earned a second swim in the B-final of the 400 IM where he swam 4:09.53 in the preliminary heats, and then posted a life-time best in finals with a 4:07.33 for a 17^th place finish. Visalia’s Mackenzie Garza was our only swimmer to maintain a 100% improvement rate, bettering both of her events, and finishing 19^th in the 50 freestyle after posting a time of 24.07 in the preliminary heats. JD Koster was our only other finalist, and he did this in the 400 IM after swimming a time of 4:09.90 in the prelims, and then finishing 20^th in the B-final.

Preston Niayesh had his highest finish as 39^th in the 100 breaststroke (59.87), while Selma’s Jonas Huckabay touched 94^th in the 500 free (4:58.98).

FLORES & RIDENOUR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AT CLOVIS

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Mar 242018

Eleven TNT swimmers competed at the Juanita Allington Memorial Swim Meet over the last weekend of February, and six of our swimmers performed in scoring position within individual events. Our two top performers who earned championship swims both finished in 5^th place, and included Visalia’s 14-year old Layla Flores who improved nearly eight seconds in the 400 IM to post a time of 4:38.78 after improving over five seconds in the preliminary heats. Her Visalia training partner, and Junior National qualifier, 17-year old Megan Ridenour posted a time of 1:05.74 in the 100 yard breaststroke, and finished 5^th in that event. Both swimmers scored in two events, with Layla finishing 16^th in the 200 IM (2:14.09), and Megan finishing 12^th in the 200 breast (2:25.85).

Thirteen year old Bryan Wong was the only other swimmer with two scoring swims, and he did this with two 14^th place finishes, one in the 200 breast where he posted a lifetime best of 2:15.20, and the 100 breast where he swam a time of 1:02.54. Our other scoring swims came from Visalia’s Mackenzie Garza who finished 13^th in the 50 free (24.57), Brett Wong who finished 18^th in the 50 free (22.56), and Selma’s Jonas Huckabay who finished 20^th in the 1650 freestyle (17:58.97).

Other finalist included Visalia’s Janessa Bringe (100 fly & 200 IM), Peyton Costa (200 back, 400 IM, 100 back, & 100 breast), and Bryce Wong (100 back). Selma’s Jackson Huckabay had his highest finish as 43^rd in the 200 IM, while 12-year old Ava Olson finished 85^th in the 200 IM as our youngest competitor at the senior-level meet.

TNT PLACES 4th AT JUNIOR OLYMPICS

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Mar 242018

Nearly 700 swimmers representing thirty-one teams competed at the short course Junior Olympics in Clovis over the third weekend of February, and 29 of those teams scored at the meet with Tule Nation Tritons earning 1,812.5 points to finish 4^th behind Santa Barbara Swim Club (1,874 points), Ccat Swimming (2,111), and Clovis Swim Club (4,423). Clovis fielded 107 swimmers to TNT’s 51, Santa Barbara’s 47, and Ccat’s 42.

Individual events accounted for over 1,200 points of the team total point accumulation, and these came from 37 of our swimmers earning scoring positions in one or more events, and led by Lemoore’s 10-year old Michelle Murphy’s 129 individual point total, earning a final swim in all eight individual events she competed in, and winning the 10-under 50 yard freestyle event after posting 28.81 for her time. In addition to being named one of two CCS Swimmer of the Year recipients from TNT, Michelle was also one of only five TNT swimmers to become event champions at the meet. Joining Michelle are Visalia’s Layla Flores who won the 13-14 100 back (59.99), 50 free (25.18), and 200 back (2:11.50). Selma’s Logan Huckabay was an event champion at age seven who won the 8-under 50 fly (37.60), and his brother Lucas Huckabay was our team’s second highest point getter at 128 points, who won the 10-under 200 free (2:15.51), 50 free (29.01), and 100 free (1:02.61). Like Michelle, Lucas also earned a second swim in all eight events he entered. Fifteen-year-old Bryce Wong was our only other event champion who won the 15-18 100 breast (1:02.90) and 100 free (50.50).

Only one other swimmer earned a point total in the triple-digits, and that was Lemoore’s Madalynn Lady, who at 113 points was the only other TNT swimmer to score in all eight events entered. Thirty-four additional swimmers scored in individual events, and these included: Logan Huckabay (81 points), Ella Bettencourt (78), Layla Flores (77), Ava Olson (75), Ciara Clarke (50), Drew Black (48), Nathan Boudreaux (47), Chesney Watson (47), Bryan Wong (47), William Butts (43.5), Bryce Wong (40), Daniel Haley (38), Alexa Wong (38), Sydnee Wilson (28.5), Peyton Costa (27), Regan Hildreth (21.5), Tyler Coles (20), Danny Rodriguez (18), Dasha Lester (17), Ashton King (12), Thomas Matthews (12), Sienna Abernathy (9), Drew Johnston (6), Ciena Clarke (5), Sophia Rubalcaba (5), Dylan Hunt (4), Cody Coles (3), Raegan Greiner (3), Jaxon Hoover (3), Landon Mauge (3), Maguire Barteau (2), Kate Geiger (2), Mikayla Rodriguez (2), Emelia Rasner (1).

A single team record was broken at the meet, and this record was re-established by 13-year old Bryan Wong who posted a time of 2:03.37 in the 13-14 boys 200 IM, finishing 3^rd in the event, but setting the fastest time on record for the history of our team. The previous record was set by Kohlton Norys at age 14 at the same Junior Olympics in 2004 when Bryan was about two months old. Bryan’s time currently stands at the 70^th fastest nationally for boys at age 13.

Sixteen of our swimmers maintained a 100% improvement rate, and these included Drew Black (improving 9 of 9 events that included a relay lead-off), Lucas Huckabay (improving 8 of 8), Madalynn Lady (8 of 8), Ciara Clarke (8 of 8), Thomas Matthews (7 of 7), Layla Flores (4 of 4), Danny Rodriguez (4 of 4), Bryan Wong (3 of 3), Regan Hildreth (3 of 3), Bryce Wong (2 of 2), Xavier Gutierrez (2 of 2), Nathan Hunt (2 of 2), Luke Vanwoudenberg (2 of 2), Jillian Duffy (1 of 1), Isaac Gutierrez (1 of 1), Ayla Morgan (1 of 1). Additionally, thirteen other swimmers maintained an improvement rate above the 71% team average, and these include: William Butts (88%), Sydnee Wilson (88%), Drew Johnston (88%), Dasha Lester (86%), Chesney Watson (83%), Sienna Abernathy (83%), Sophia Rubalcaba (83%), Genoveve Mcilwaine (80%), Michelle Murphy (75%), Ava Olson (75%), Alexa Wong (75%), Nathan Boudreaux (75%), and Duncan Champagne (75%).

BRYAN WONG SETS TEAM RECORD AT GOLDEN WEST SENIOR MEET

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Mar 242018

Eleven TNT swimmers traveled to Golden West College in Huntington Beach to compete in the long course day of the February 17^th weekend, and 13-year old Bryan Wong is providing a preview of what’s to come when the long course season is in full swing later this summer. At only our second long course meet in the year, Bryan set a new team record while on the bottom of the 13-14 age group in the 200 meter freestyle by posting a time of 2:05.03 which was well below Kohlton Nory’s 2:06.39 that was set as the previous team record in Bakersfield back in 2004. Being an unusually early time for a long course meet, Bryan’s time is currently posted as the second fastest out of 102 total swims nationally for boys at age 13.

Although there were no event champions from TNT, JD Koster came away with the highest finish on the team as 2^nd in the 200 meter individual medley after posting 2:15.54 in the event, and in fact all three of his swims were top-8 finishes that included a 4^th place in the 100 meter fly (59.85), and 7^th place finish in the 200 fly (2:13.96). Our senior team also came away with a pair of 3^rd place finishes that included Alonso Escobedo’s 200 IM (2:16.09), and Preston Niayesh’s 100 meter breaststroke (1:08.51). Additionally, Preston placed 5^th in the 200 meter breast (2:33.69), and Alonso also placed 8^th in the 200 meter free (2:03.22). Our 13-year old, Bryan Wong, came away in 4^th place in the 400 IM (4:56.61) while competing amongst senior swimmers that represented countries such as Korea. Other top-8 finishers included the 5th place finish of Danielle Albright in the 200 meter breaststroke (2:50.33), and the 8^th place finish of Visalia’s Megan Ridenour in the 100 meter breaststroke (1:18.52).

Brett Wong, who was our only swimmer to improve 100% of his times, had his highest finish as 10^th in the 100 free (56.44), while Visalia’s Mackenzie Garza placed highest in 14^th while competing in the 50 free (28.58). Bryce Wong came in 16^th as his highest place in the 200 IM (2:23.08), while Visalia’s Janessa Bringe touched 17^th as her highest place in the 100 fly (1:11.26). Peyton Costa was our final swimmer, who placed 29^th in the 400 free (4:37.54).

MICHELLE MURPHY POSTS 7 WINS AT WINTER CLASSIC

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Feb 022018

Lemoore’s 10-year old Michelle Murphy returns from the Winter Age Group Championships the previous month in San Diego to take home 7 wins at the Winter Classic that took place over the 3^rd weekend of January in Tulare. Michelle won seven of her eight events, and placed second in the remaining one. She also improved six of her eight events, thereby maintaining one of the highest improvement rates as well.

Our next highest wins came from Visalia’s 12-year old, Ella Bettencourt, who also is a Winter Age Group Championship contender, improved 86% of her times at the Winter Classic, and took home six wins out her seven events. She also placed second in her remaining event. Both of these athletes were among 73 TNT swimmers who competed alongside over 200 athletes total at the meet. Visalia had two additional swimmers who came home with five wins each, and these included 16-year old Janessa Bringe, and 14-year old Layla Flores. Layla was also one of the few TNT swimmers who remained undefeated at the meet. Thirteen year old Bryan Wong was the only other TNT swimmers entered in more than two events to remain undefeated, winning all five of the events he competed in.

Other event champions include: Sienna Abernathy (100 free), Danielle Albright (200 back), Emma Bettencourt (50 back), Drew Black (100 IM), Natalie Boudreaux (50 free), Nathan Boudreaux (25 free, 25 breast), William Butts (50 fly, 50 back, 100 back, 50 breast), Carson Clarke (50 free), Ciena Clarke (100 IM), Tyler Coles (200 free, 100 back, 200 back, 100 free), Riley Duffy (100 fly), Alonso Escobedo (50 free, 100 free), Jillian Gaines (200 free), Mackenzie Garza (200 free, 100 back, 50 free), Xavier Gutierrez (200 free, 200 IM), Regan Hildreth (50 breast, 25 breast), Jaxon Hoover (50 fly, 100 back, 100 IM), Dylan Hunt (500 free), Nathan Hunt (100 back, 200 breast, 200 back), Ashton King (100 back, 50 free), Madalynn Lady (200 free, 50 fly, 100 breast), Thomas Matthews (200 back), Addison Mccullough (200 free, 50 back, 100 fly), Genoveve Mcilwaine (100 fly), Preston Niayesh (200 IM, 100 breast), Ava Olson (400 IM, 200 fly), Luke Pena (50 free, 100 IM, 100 free), Jaxon Percival (50 free, 25 free), Garrison Price (100 fly), Megan Ridenour (100 fly, 100 breast), Danny Rodriguez (100 breast, 50 breast, 100 free), Mikayla Rodriguez (50 fly, 100 IM), Sophia Rubalcaba (100 back), Mackenzie Sepeda (200 IM), Kalei Sine (200 free), Jake Surratt (25 fly, 50 back, 100 free), Chesney Watson (200 IM), Alexa Wong (1000 free, 200 back, 50 breast), Brett Wong (200 back), and Bryce Wong (100 breast, 500 free)

Six TNT swimmers improved 100% of times that had been previously recorded with the team, and these include Porterville’s 10-year old Natalie Boudreaux who entered two events, and improved both, 13-year old Duncan Champagne who swam four, and improved all four, and 13-year old Noah Hoy, who had one event that he had a previous time, and improved it, then swam two additional events for the first time. Similarly, 14-year old Xavier Gutierrez improved two previously recorded times, and competed in two new events, while nine year old JoAnne Mecum maintained a 100% improvement rate by improving her time in the 50 free. Finally, 17-year old Kalei Sine made her re-entry into club swimming with an improvement in the 50 free, and swam three additional events for her first time. Congratulations to all.

MALLORY KORENWINDER NAMED PAC-12 SWIMMER OF THE WEEK

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Feb 022018

The Pac-12 Conference recognizes athletes on weekly and monthly bases as swimmers of the week, and swimmers of the month respectively. On January 17^th, our very own Mallory Korenwinder was named the swimmer of the week based partly on a double win during an Arizona quad meet that took place the previous week. At a lifetime best of 1:00.53 posted at the Texas Invitational earlier this season, Mallory currently holds the 29^th fastest time in the 100 breaststroke nationally among Division 1 swimmers. The Swimmer of the Week recognition can be reviewed at the Pac-12 New page, the Pac-12 Video page, the Pac-12 Network YouTube page, or on SwimSwam.

DANIELLE ALBRIGHT TOUCHES 2nd AT LA MIRADA LONG COURSE DAY

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Feb 022018

Eight TNT swimmers traveled to La Mirada and competed on the long course day of the meet with intent to prepare for upcoming long course competition that includes the summer meets, as well as the Pro-Swim series at Mesa, Arizona in April. Our highest finisher was 15-year old Danielle Albright who placed second in the 100 meter breaststroke with a time of 1:18.36. Our two other Mesa qualifiers had the next highest finishes in third, and these included 17-year old JD Koster’s 200 IM where he posted a time of 2:19.12, and 17-year old Preston Niayesh who swam to a 3^rd place finish in the 200 breaststroke event with a time of 2:38.51.

Thirteen year old Bryan Wong had the next highest finish at 5^th in the 200 meter breaststroke (2:39.03), while 18-year old Alonso Escobedo finished 11^th in the 100 back (1:07.26). At age 17, Brett Wong finished 19^th in the 100 meter free (57.35), while 14-year old Peyton Costa finished 25^th in the 100 back (1:10.61). Bryce Wong is our final swimmer, and his highest place was 26^th in the 100 fly (1:05.65). Seventeen year old Brett Wong had the highest improvement rate at 66%, being one of only two swimmers to improve any swims. Thirteen year old Bryan Wong had the only other improvement, that being just over a half second in the 400 free.

EMELIA RASNER IMPROVES 100% AT CLOVIS

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Jan 232018

At a time in the year when most swimmers are just re-entering their training, Visalia’s 10-year old Emelia Rasner competed with 28 other TNT swimmers at the first meet of the new year hosted by Clovis, and managed to improve 100% of the eight events she competed in over the first weekend of January. Her largest improvement was over five seconds in the 100 fly where she posted a time of 1:34.12, and followed that with an improvement that exceeded four seconds in the 100 free. Two other swimmers improved 100% of their times, and these include Porterville’s 8-year old Megan Adams who improved two of two events, and 7-year old Micah Bailey who successfully completed one event, and improved it. Other very high improvement rates were maintained by: Cody Coles (88%), Jaxon Hoover (86%), Genoveve Mcilwaine (80%), Luke Vanwoudenberg (80%), Isabella Klawitter (71%), Chesney Watson (60%), Thomas Matthews (57%), Kaylee Hicke (50%), Dylan Hunt (50%), and Jade Perez (50%).

Our event champions were led by Visalia’s 6-year old, Carson Clarke who took home the gold in three of his five events, which included the 50 free (50.54), 25 free (21.26), and 26 backstroke (26.86) events. Visalia’s 16-year old Mackenzie Garza was next in line, winning two of her six events including the 100 free (57.66), and 50 free (25.98). Our remaining event champions include Drew Black (100 free), Nathan Boudreaux (50 back), Ciara Clarke (200 fly), and Thomas Matthews (200 fly).

TNT PLACES 9th AT WINTER AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Dec 202017

Over 900 swimmers representing about 35 teams competed at the Winter Age Group Championships on Coronado Island in San Diego over the third weekend of December, and our group of 23 TNT swimmers finished among the top-9 scoring teams at the meet. A total of 652 points from individual events were generated by fifteen of our swimmers, led by Drew Black who had the busiest schedule by earning a second swim in the maximum number of events that a swimmer may enter, and generating 140 points at the meet. Although our team didn’t field a single individual event champion, Drew managed to earn three runner-up positions, and was our only swimmer with a 2^nd place in any individual event finishing second in the 10-under 100 free (1:00.96), 50 fly (30.77), and 50 free (28.19). Our next highest point getter was Lemoore’s Michelle Murphy, and she accumulated 98 points by earning a second swim in six of her nine events, and scoring in all nine. Her highest finish was 4^th in the 10-under 50 freestyle where she posted a time of 29.14 while competing in her first Winter Age Group Championship meet. Besides Drew Black, only two other swimmers came away with a finish as high as 3^rd place, and Ava Olson was one of them. At 79 points, Ava also generated the third highest points from individual events, and placed 3^rd in the 12-under 200 fly with a time of 2:22.55.

Our remaining finalists include Hanford’s Addison Mccullough at 67 points by scoring in all nine events, her highest place being 7^th in the 10-under 50 breast where she posted a time of 40.29 in the preliminary heats. Next was Selma’s Sienna Abernathy, who was the other 3^rd place finisher, and doing so in the 10-under 100 free with a time of 1:04.08, and accumulating 64 points across the three days. Bryan Wong competed at the bottom of the 13-14 age division, and scored 59 points with his highest place being 4^th in both the 400 IM (4:23.94), and 200 breast (2:16.34) events. Peyton Costa scored in seven of his nine events, with his highest finish being 4^th in the 100 free (51.25). Bryce Wong finished 7^th in the 15-18 200 fly with a time of 2:02.83, and scored 25 points total, while younger sister, Alexa Wong accumulated 18 points while competing at the bottom of the 11-12 girls division, and having her highest finish as 11^th in the 100 fly with a time of 1:06.91. Visalia’s Janessa Bringe brought in 17 points and scored in 9^th place as her highest finish in the 13-over 1650 freestyle with a lifetime best of 18:16.49, while Hanford’s Thomas Matthews raked in 12 points for the 11-12 boys division, placing 7^th in the 12-under 200 fly, swimming the short course event for the first time, and posting a 2:48.26 as his time. Selma’s Trent Reiger scored in the 11-12 boys 50 fly, earning his final swim, and 10^th place finish, while competing at his first Winter Age Group Championships, and posting a time of 30.10. Seventeen year old Brett Wong also placed 10^th in 15-18 200 fly with his lifetime best of 2:04.86, while a Visalia duo of Ciara Clarke, and Ella Bettencourt each scored in multiple events, Ciara having her highest finish as 13^th in the 11-12 girls 50 fly (29.85), while Ella finished 15^th as her highest place in both the 11-12 girls 50 breast (35.60), and 100 breast (1:18.09).

Visalia’s Ella Bettencourt was also one of only three swimmers who improved 100% of their times while competing at the meet. She improved all six events she entered, with the largest improvement exceeding three seconds in the 100 breaststroke. Another swimmer with a 100% improvement rate was Selma’s Daniel Haley who entered seven events, and improved all seven, and dropping over twelve seconds in the 1000 freestyle. Hanford’s Isabella Klawitter was our final swimmer who maintained 100% improvement, and she did this by entering and improving the 50, 100, 200 and 500 freestyle events. Her largest drop was nearly thirty-one seconds in the 500 freestyle. Fourteen additional swimmers improved 50% or more of their times, and these included: Peyton Costa (89%), Ava Olson (89%), Ciara Clarke (86%), Alexa Wong (83%), Dylan Hunt (80%), Drew Black (78%), Michelle Murphy (78%), Madalynn Lady (75%), Brett Wong (67%), Bryan Wong (60%), Janessa Bringe (50%), Ashton King (50%), Thomas Matthews (50%), and Bryce Wong (50%).

Congratulations for qualifying, and competing at their first Winter Age Group Championships, goes to ten-year old Maguire Barteau whose highest finish was 21^st in the 50 backstroke, and twelve year old Amy Murphy whose highest finish was 31^st in the 12-under 200 breaststroke. Congratulations also go to Katherine Sullivan whose highest place was 20^th in the 15-18 girls 200 butterfly event.

4 RETURN TNT TO JUNIOR NATIONALS

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Dec 202017

Although TNT swimmers began a regular appearance to Junior Nationals back in 2005, TNT’s last representation at any Junior National meet was the summer of 2016 when Mallory Korenwinder competed at the Summer Junior National meet in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After missing an appearance at the 2016 Winter Juniors, and 2017 Summer Juniors, four of our athletes constituted one of the largest teams at any Junior National meet, all four qualifying for their first Junior National level of competition. In order of qualifying, Preston Niayesh, JD Koster, Visalia’s Megan Ridenour, and 14-year old Danielle Albright all join the ranks of Kohlton Norys, Megan Eppler, Samantha Goates, Mallory Korenwinder, Chris Nolan, Bradley Matsumoto, Wesley Coles, Micha Storey, Lauren Davis, Jillian Hatch and Sierra Jett as USA Swimming Junior National qualifiers for TNT.

During this year’s meet at the University of Iowa, JD Koster came away with our team’s highest place, and being the only swimmer to improve at the meet, and doing so in both his qualified 200 fly event, swimming a time of 1:50.99 (a four second improvement), and also improving his 100 fly time trial event (51.48). Visalia’s Megan Ridenour had our next highest finish at 85^th in the 100 breaststroke, with a time of 1:05.01, placing just ahead of the 86^th place finish of Danielle Albright who swam a time of 1:05.02. Preston Niayesh competed in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke, and finished 130^th in the 200 breast event.

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