Five of our 61 TNT swimmers who competed at the Dowain Wright
Memorial meet hosted by Fresno Dolphins over the November 17-18 weekend
outperformed all other swimmers in their respective age and
gender division, thereby earning the high point recognition.
Tuning up for the Winter Age Group Championships, Porterville’s Regan Hildreth
swept all eight events that she competed in for the 7-8 girls division,
winning the
100 free, 50 breast, 50 fly, 200 IM, 100 breasts, 50 free, 100 fly and
50 backstroke events. Regan improved well over 11 seconds in the 200 IM,
and was one of only two TNT swimmers to remain
undefeated, but the only undefeated swimmer with a full schedule of
events.
Porterville’s counterpart, nine year old Nathan Boudreaux
took home the high point for the 9-10 boys division, while competing at
the bottom of the age division,
outscoring the 10-year old runner up by seven points. Nathan was the
winner of the 50 breast, and 100 breaststroke events, and came in second
for the 50 back and 100 IM. He was a top-8 finisher in
all events.
Also tuning up for the Winter Age Group Championships was Selma’s William Butts,
who at age 12 was the high point recipient for the 11-12 boys division.
William
finished top-3 in all eight of his events, taking home the gold in the
50 breast, 50 fly, 100 breast, and 50 backstroke events. At 88%, William
maintained one of the highest improvement rates among
any of our swimmers who competed at the meet.
William’s counterpart in Selma, Daniel Haley,
competed in only six events within the 13-14 division, but finishing
among the top 3 in all of his events, managed to
outscore all other 13-14 boys who competed at the meet by at least six
points to take home the high point for the division. Daniel was the
event champion for the 400 IM, and the 500 freestyle events.
He place 3rd in all other events.
Visalia’s Layla Flores was the high
point recipient for the 13-14 girls division, competing in her last meet
as a 14-year old. One of our top age group swimmers
who has already made inroads into meets on our senior circuit, Layla won
the 100 fly, 400 IM and 200 IM events while at the Fresno meet, then
placed 2nd in both the 100 free and 50 free,
and finally 3rd in the 500 free – placing top 3 in all events she competed in.
Eleven TNT swimmers
competed at the 2018 Keven Perry Senior Meet hosted by La Mirada over
the first weekend of November, with intent of achieving, or improving
upon, Winter Junior National, or
Winter National time standards at a meet that offers a trial and finals
format. Three of our swimmers earned second swims, and each of the three
did so in two different events, and all three will be
competing at the Winter Junior National Championships in Austin, Texas
in December.
Our highest finish was the 5th place in the 200 breaststroke by Preston Niayesh,
who will be attending the Winter National meet the following month.
Preston posted a lifetime best of 2:05.40 in the event, improving his
team record of 2:06.99 set the previous year at the same meet, and
posting the 95th fastest time in the nation for
boys at age 17. Preston had the two highest finishes for the team, following his 5th place with a 6th
place finish in the 100 breaststroke after swimming a lifetime best of
56.68 in the preliminary heats, and also improving upon his previous
team record of 58.23 set the previous year, at the same meet. His 100
breaststroke stands as the 59th fastest
nationally.
JD Koster was our only other championship finalist, and he did this in his signature event, 200 butterfly, placing 8th after posting a time of 1:51.07
in the preliminary heats. His other final was a consolation finish of 21st in the 200 IM after posting a lifetime best of 1:55.06 in the preliminary heats, and breaking Chris Nolan’s
previous team record of 1:55.55 that was set in a time trial event at Winter Juniors in 2013. His new record stands as the 229th ranked time nationally for boys at age 17.
Our remaining finalist was Garrison Price, and he had his two swims in the consolation heat, finishing 12th in the 100 fly with a lifetime best of
50.56, and then doubling up his lifetime best swims in the 200 fly with a time of 1:51.99, and a 13th place finish there. Garrison improved both events during prelims, and then again in
finals, and will be making his first trip to Junior Nationals this winter.
The only other team records were set in the 13-14 boys division by Bryan Wong
who competed in four events, and improved all four, setting a team
record in three of
them. He began his meet by posting a time of 4:46.81 in the 500 free,
going well under Nathan Rhea’s 4:51.20 set at Sectionals nine years
earlier. Bryan’s new record stands as the 56th
fastest nationally for boys at age 14. His next record was an
improvement of his own 100 breaststroke, where his 1:01.10 went under
his 1:02.00 set earlier in the month in Fresno. His improvement
stands as the 83rd ranked swim nationally for boys at the same age. His final record came in the 200 breaststroke, where he posted the 61st fastest time nationally of 2:12.50,
sliding just under Nathan Rhea’s 2:12.81 set at Sectionals in 2009. Bryan’s highest finish was 44th in the 400 IM (4:13.51).
Danielle Albright had her highest finish as 26th in the 400 IM, just missing a second swim in the event, while Janessa
Bringe’s top finish was 44th in the 1000 free timed final. Peyton Costa was one of only three swimmers to improve all his events, and his highest
finish was 113th in the 500 free. Fourteen year old Layla Flores had her highest finish at 58th in the 400 IM, while her training partner from
Visalia, Megan Ridenour, finished 47th in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events. Alex Roberts touched 37th
in the 200 back, while Bryce Wong finished 48th in the 200 fly.
Forty-six TNT
swimmers traveled to Merced City College over the third weekend of
October for their Halloween meet, and one team record resulted from the
weekend’s efforts. Fourteen-year old
Bryan Wong competed in only two events
on Saturday, but posted a time of 1:49.68 in the 200 yard freestyle,
just squeezing under the previous record of 1:49.71 held
by Nathan Rhea, and set nine years earlier at the Winter Sectional meet
in 2009. Bryan’s new team record currently stands as the 68th fastest nationally for boys at age 14. Bryan was
undefeated for the day, winning both the 200 and 100 freestyle events.
Other undefeated TNT swimmers were led by Regan Hildreth, who at age 8, swept eight events over the two days, winning the 25, 50 & 200 free, the 25 & 50
breast, 50 back, 50 fly and 100 IM events for the 7-8 age division. Next in line was five year old Zach Walker, who won the 6-under 50 free, 25 free and 25 backstroke
events. Joining Bryan in being undefeated in two events was Bryce Wong who won both of his events (100 & 200 free in the 15-over age division). Additional event
winners included: Ella Bettencourt (200 breast), Nathan Boudreaux (100 breast), Layla Flores (50
free, 100 breast & 200 IM), Preston Niayesh (100 breast, 100 fly & 200 IM), Megan Ridenour (100 breast & 200 IM), and
Alexa Wong (50 fly).
Logan HIldreth and Noah Hoy were our only two swimmers who improved 100% of their times at the meet.
A total of 646 athletes representing 24 teams competed at the 2018 Long Course Central California Swimming Junior Olympic Championships hosted by Clovis Swim Club over the last weekend of July, and the 48 TNT swimmers (with 2,401.5 points) managed to edge out the 62 swimmers of Sandpipers of Nevada (with 2,399 points) by a mere 2.5 points for a second place team finish at the meet, making every single point matter. Both teams placed behind the 130 Clovis swimmers that accumulated 5,640.5 points.
Our 27 TNT swimmers who scored in individual events were led by Lemoore’s 10-year old Michelle Murphy who competed in eight total individual events, and was the event champion in seven of the eight, placing 5th in the remaining one. She was the gold-medal recipient in the 200 free (2:31.57), 50 back (36.38), 200 IM (2:52.16), 100 back (1:20.24), 50 free (31.08), 50 fly (34.13), and 100 free (1:07.92). Michelle set three team records at the meet, beginning with the 36.38 in her 50 meter backstroke where her time fell under Drew Black’s previous team record of 37.17 that was set JOs the previous year. Her new records stands as the 69th fastest nationally for girls at age 10. Her next record of 31.08 in the 50 meter freestyle fell under Skylar Ford’s previous record of 31.44 set at the Age Group Invitational in 2012. The 31.08 is currently the 53rd fastest time nationally. Michelle’s final record of 1:07.92 in the 100 free was an improvement of Sienna Abernathy’s previous record of 1:08.83 set at JOs last year. The new record is Michelle’s highest national ranking of all three records at 40th.
The next highest point accumulation from individual events was from 14-year old Bryan Wong who competed in seven events, and won six of those seven, and then placed second in his remaining event. All first place finishes were new team records for Bryan, as he set seven new records, one being in the lead-off of the 400 free relay. Bryan began his record breaking streak with the 8:57.54 in the 800 freestyle, falling under Nathan Rhea’s 9:02.30 in the event from Zones in Hawaii back in 2009, and posting the 67th fastest time in the nation for boys at age 14. His next record of 4:49.13 in the 400 IM once again took him under Nathan Rhea’s previous record of 4:55.72 set at the same Zone meet in Hawaii. This record was the 60th fastest nationally (Bryan had subsequently improved his time at Age Group Zones, and moved up in ranking to 34th). Next in line was his winning time of 2:02.81 in the 200 meter freestyle, which improved his own 2:04.01 record from the Clovis meet earlier in the same month, that time will rank around 139th nationally at the close of the reporting cycle. His 56.87 relay lead-off topped Kyle Grissom’s (currently in his senior year competing for USC) team record of 57.12 set at the Age Group Invitational back in 2012, and sits in the 262nd spot nationally for boys at the same age. Next came his 4:19.95 in the 400 free, and this slid just under his 4:19.96 record set at Sectionals just the previous weekend. That swim stood at the 126th spot nationally. Showing his versatility, Bryan then set a new team record in the 200 IM, posting a 2:16.44, thereby going well under JD Koster’s previous record of 2:20.50 set at JOs in 2015. That swim is in the top-100 nationally, at 83rd. Finally, swimming the 1500 meter freestyle for the first time in his life, Bryan posted a time of 17:15.84, which stood as the 80th fastest time nationally at the time, and broke Nathan Rhea’s previous record of 17:26.24 set at the Clovis Senior Q meet nearly a decade earlier in 2009.
Only five other TNT swimmers swam away with a gold medal in individual events, and one of the four was our next highest point generator – Visalia’s Janessa Bringe. Janessa swam away from the meet with a total of 121 points from individual events, these points included two winning performances. She posted a lifetime best in the 100 fly during the preliminary heats with a 1:08.90, and successfully defended her first place seeding in finals. Her other win also resulted from a lifetime best, but this time in the 400 IM, hitting that best time of 5:26.29 in finals. Her training partner from Visalia, Layla Flores, only entered four events due to the upcoming Age Group Zone meet, and won three of those four events. She posted a lifetime best in the 13-14 100 fly with a 1:08.17 for the win there, and then went on to win the 100 free (1:01.31), and the 100 back (1:09.77) events. Porterville’s 8-year old Regan Hildreth came home with the gold in the 50 breaststroke, posting a time of 51.62. Brett Wong started the meet with a win, that being in the 100 meter freestyle (56.02), while his brother, Bryce Wong, took home his gold on the last day of the meet by winning the 15-over 200 IM (2:21.02).
Consolation finalists include: Sienna Abernathy, Drew Black, William Butts, Aidan Champagne, Carson Clarke, Ciara Clarke, Laney Cox, Raegan Greiner, Daniel Haley, Drew Johnston, Thomas Matthews, Ava Olson, Gage Price, Sydnee Wilson, and Alexa Wong.
Twenty of our swimmers improved 100% of times that had been previously recorded with our team while at the meet. Congratulations on the perfect performance goes to: Sienna Abernathy, Meghan Adams, Aidan Apgar, Audrena Butts, Willilam Butts, Aidan Champagne, Duncan Champagne, Jillian Gaines, Kate Geiger, Nathan Hunt, Drew Johnston, Sydney King, Mark Marroquin, Addison Mccullough, Gage Price, Garrison Price, Josh Wee, Sydnee Wilson, Brett Wong, and Bryan Wong.
USA Swimming annually recognizes individuals as Scholastic All America swimmers if they have been successful both in the classroom and in the swimming pool. This year, Central California Swimming lists seven individuals who have met the minimum requirements, and over half of them are TNT swimmers. Scholastic requirements include a minimum grade point average of a 3.5 during their sophomore year, while at the same time attaining a challenging time standard.
Our most recent Scholastic All America team includes Owen Ansel, Lauren Davis, Kyle Grissom and Mallory Korenwinder.
Current Kingsburg High School Senior, Owen Ansel, obtained the All-America status on the performance side while competing at the Western Senior Zone meet this past summer while posting his first Futures time standard. Owen was among 1,000 students who earned a spot to participate in the West Point Summer Leaders Experience last June at West Point, New York indicating his leadership and academic foundation. Owen is our current team record holder in the 100 meter breaststroke.
Entering her first year competing for the University of the Pacific, Lauren Davis is a product of Coach Caroline Reynaud while coaching the Fig Garden Dolphins Swim Team. Lauren has competed at both USA Swimming’s Summer Junior Nationals and Winter Junior Nationals since 2013, as well as Grand Prix level meets in Mesa, Arizona, and Santa Clara International. Lauren is our current team record holder in the 200 meter breaststroke event. She is a two-time recipient of the All-America recognition, and maintained a grade point average above the 4.0 mark.
Kyle Grissom is competing in his first year for USC, and is a Porterville High School graduate who is a three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All America recipient since his sophomore year. Kyle competed at multiple Junior National meets, and is a multi-finalist at that level, most recently this past summer where he earned his first Olympic Trial cut. Kyle holds the CIF D1 Valley record in the 100 yard butterfly, as well as CCS records in the event. He has been ranked top-10 in the nation multiple times across multiple age divisions.
Mallory Korenwinder is among the top graduates as she works through her senior year at Tulare Western. Already committed to compete for the University of Arizona this coming fall, Mallory has been nationally ranked (top-10) in multiple years, and in multiple age divisions. She has qualified for, and competed at multiple Nationals, both winter and summer meets, and had earned a top-8 finish at Junior Nationals before entering high school during the summer following her eight grade year. Mallory has the most experience at the national level among all our athletes, currently, or historically, and maintains a grade point average above 4.0. She has been a Scholastic All America swimmer since her sophomore year.
Thirteen TNT swimmers competed at the recent return of the Southern California Swimming Winter Senior swim meet held over the December 19-22 weekend resulting in two new qualifying times for the NCSA Spring Championship meet to be held in Orlando, Florida over the March 18-22 week. This is a meet that is steeped with competition, and has as its time standard an earlier USA Junior National time in order to qualify.
A our current team record holder in the 100 yard butterfly event, fifteen year old Selma swimmer Sierra Jett already had one cut in the event when she swam 57.82 at the Terrapin meet this past November. Now, being one of only two championship finalists for the team at the Winter Senior Meet, Sierra made her second cut in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.19 resulting in a championship final, and a new team record in the event. Megan Eppler swam at this very meet (Winter Invitational) in 2007 with a time of 24.42 as the previous record. Sierra’s current time now stands as the 90th fastest nationally for all 15-year old girls. She also swam to a 13th place finish in her 100 fly, posting a time of 58.42 in that event.
The second NCSA cut came from Selma teammate, Emily Goodbar, who swam 2:05.49 in her specialty event, the 200 fly. Emily is our team record holder in the meter version of the event, maintaining the top 7 times in the long course pool, while holding eight of the top nine times in the history of the team for the short course race. Emily was our top finisher at the meet with a bronze medal performance in the 200 fly, moving from a sixth place seeding into finals, and was thereby our top point getter. She also finished 15th in the 100 fly after swimming a preliminary time of 58.27. Emily earned second swims in three of her four events with a bonus showing, and 20th place finish, in the 200 IM after swimming a 2:12.08 in the preliminary heats.
Her freestyle prowess, exemplified by currently holding eight of the team’s freestyle records when considering short course and long course races and combining the 13-14 and 15-18 age groups, was further demonstrated by earning second swims in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle events at the Winter Senior Meet. Jillian Hatch, also of Selma, was our next highest point contributor as she scored from the consolation heat in three of her five events, the highest place being 12th in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:54.31. She followed this with a 13th place finish in the 100 free (52.90), and a 15th place finish in the 50 free after swimming a 24.48 in the preliminary swim.
Our final swimmers moving into a scoring finals was Khloe McCarthy, who did so with a time drop to 4:36.78 in the 400 IM, and a 13th place finish there. Khloe competed in five individual events, and earned a second swim in four of those five. Her next highest finish came in the 500 freestyle, swimming her second fastest time of 5:09.42 in the event. Her 200 backstroke time of 2:09.35 was second only to her Terrapin performance of November, and was enough for a 19th place finish there. She swam her fastest club time in the 100 back event with a time of 1:02.07 resulting in a 20th place finish there.
Chris Hansen earned his spot for a second swim in the 200 breaststroke event, where he moved up three places from 24th to 21st and a time of 2:14.56. He was one of only two swimmers to improve all events entered at the meet, dropping nearly three seconds in the 200 breaststroke alone. Joining Chris in the bonus finals was Selma swimmer Cody Nash, swimming a 2:16.31,and finishing 23rd in the event. Katelyn Herrera was our other bonus finalist, finishing 21st in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:15.93.
Significant time improvements occurred among several of our swimmer, who included Owen Ansel improving 4 of his 5 events. His highest finish was 32nd in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.89). Josh Avila improved five of six events, finishing 29th in the 200 breaststroke (2:17.47), while Jimmy Koster improved all four events he competed in. His highest finish was 56th in the 100 free (49.84). Matthew Tashima improved two of his four events, and finished 34th in the 50 free (22.51). Morgan Coddington finished 32nd in the 400 IM (4:51.03) after qualifying for the meet just last month, while Conor Martin had his highest finish of 44th in the 500 free with a time of 5:15.40.
Tule Nation Tritons fielded two swimmers at the Mesa Grand Prix meet in Arizona scheduled in April. The meet had the USA Junior National time standard as its minimum qualifying criteria. Mallory Korenwinder, and Chris Nolan qualified, and competed at the meet which is listed as one of six meets on the Grand Prix circuit for 2013. The Grand Prix circuit awards a cash prize to non-NCAA eligible athletes, and as a result attracts Olympians such as Tyler Clary, Ryan Lochte, Nthan Adrian, Missy Franklin Kathleen Ledecky, and Natalie Couglin to name a few, and this past Mesa Grand Prix was no exception in attracting the top athletes of the sport.
Stringent qualifying criteria follow a year when entries would close within 30 minutes of opening due to the interest in competing at the meets. Although the Grand Prix series is struggling to regain capacity, the size and participation of the meet in Mesa maintained a collegiate and international representation that remained impressive. Colligate programs that participated at this meet included such colleges as Cal Berkley, Drury University, Fresno State, Oakland University in Michigan, Southern Methodist, University of Kentucky, University of Texas (Longhorns), USC, Stanford, UC Davis, University of Virginia, University of Michigan, and Western Kentucky University. At the international level, the Mesa Grand Prix attracted participants from Argentina, Australia (East Brisbane), Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Iceland, Malta (in the Mediterranean, south of Sicily), Sweden (Linkoping Swim Club) and Venezuela.
The 53% improvement rate of our 42 swimmers competing at the Merced Long Course meet in April was led by the 100% improvements maintained by 9-year old Desmond Brown (improving 8 of 8 events), 8-year old Jayce Ford of Visalia (improving 7 of 7 events), 14-year old Lauren Geiger of Visalia (improving 3 of 3 events), and 10-year old Paul Alexander Lerro of Visalia (improving 4 of 4 events). Twenty four of our swimmers improved at least half of their times at the meet, and our remaining swimmers included: Alonso Escobedo (88%), Madison McCarthy (88%), Maya Herrera (86%), Katherine Sullivan (86%), Danielle Albright (75%), Peyton Costa (75%), Emma Pena (75%), Jimmy Koster (71%), Olivia Garabedian (67%), JD Koster (63%), Kaniel Haley (60%), Jacqui Koster (60%), Janessa Bringe (57%), Tomas Contreras (57%), Owen Ansel (50%), Tristan Gaines (50%), Amanda Garabedian (50%), Jeremiah Santillana (50%), and Emily Sullivan (50%).
Ten year old Danielle Albright came away with the only undefeated performance wining all four events she was entered in (100 free, 50 fly, 100 breast & 200 IM). Other event champions included 15-year old Owen Ansel (100 back & 200 back), 16-year old Josh Avila (200 breast & 200 IM), 11-year old Janessa Bringe (100 fly, 100 free & 800 free), 7-year old Damian Brown (100 free, 50 fly & 50 back), 16-year old Joseph Cobarrubias (100 free & 100 breast), 10-year old Tomas Contreras (100 fly, 50 breast, 100 back, 50 fly & 100 breast), 9-year old Peyton Costa (100 free, 50 back & 200 IM), 15-year old Lauren Davis (100 free & 100 breast), 13-year old Alonso Escobedo (200 free & 200 IM), 8-year old Jayce Ford (200 free, 50 breast, 50 free, 100 free, 50 fly & 100 breast), 11-year old Skylar Ford (200 free, 100 back & 50 back), 14-year old Lauren Geiger (200 free & 100 back), 13-year old Parker Giles (100 free), 9-year old Daniel Haley (50 breast & 50 fly), 15-year old Katelyn Herrera (200 breast, 50 free & 200 fly), 10-year old Maya Herrera (200 free, 50 free & 50 back), 8-year old Natali Herrera (50 free), 13-year old Jacqui Koster (200 IM), 12-year old JD Koster (100 fly, 100 back, 50 free, 100 free, 50 fly, 100 breast & 50 back), 15-year old Jimmy Koster (200 free, 100 fly & 200 IM), 17-year old Josh Koster (100 back, 200 fly & 200 back), 18-year old Colin Landweer (200 free, 100 fly, 50 free, 100 free & 200 IM), 10-year old Paul Alexander Lerro (50 back), 15-year old Khloe McCarthy (200 free, 200 breast, 100 back, 100 breast, 200 back & 200 IM), 12-year old Madison McCarthy (100 back, 50 fly & 100 breast), 11-year old Emma Pena (200 free & 50 breast), 18-year old Nathan Rhea (100 fly, 200 breast, 50 free, 100 breast & 200 IM), 16-year old Jeremiah Santillana (100 free), 11-year old Katherine Sullivan (50 fly), and 8-year old Emmie Walker (100 breast).
Tule Nation Tritons made an impact at both the 15-18 and 14-under divisions at the 2013 Junior Olympics winning its first title as a unified team of 71 individual swimmers representing the towns of Fig Garden, Hanford, Selma, Tulare and Visalia. Swimmers training in each of these towns actually represent towns such as Corcoran, Coalinga, Fig Garden, Hanford, Kingsburg, Lemoore, Porterville, Sanger, Selma, Tulare and Visalia as many swimmers sacrifice the time to commute to a central location with intent to achieve their desired goals on an individual level. Our overall team points placed the team in first by a margin of 1,142 with our senior swimmers (15-18) scoring 1,080 points on their own. Our 14-under swimmers alone combined to 2,382 points which would have maintained a margin of 191 points for the win if considering only the younger swimmers.
Thirty-three of our swimmers performed well enough in the preliminary heats to move on to the championship finals in a swim meet that hosted approximately 800 age group and senior swimmers. Scores from individual events alone contributed to 2,662 of the total team score. Congratulations to the following 33 swimmers for making it to the top-8:
Additionally, consolation finalists contribute to the team’s score, and these additional swimmers include: Janessa Bringe (age 11), Quinton Davis (12), Alonso Escobedo (13), Tristan Gaines (15), Parker Giles (13), Tracy Hannan (16), Jonas Huckabay (12), Toby Jones (9), Jakob Koorey (13), Jimmy Koster (15), Paul Alexander Lerro (10), Peyton Mckinzie (9), Madison Pallares (11), Micah Ruiz (13), Jeremiah Santillana (15), Taylor Shaw (17), and Bryan Wong (8).
Our total team points of 3,402 were led by our sole high point recipient, Skylar Ford of Visalia, who accumulated 134 points from individual events winning five of her seven events that included the 50 back (32.72), 200 free (2:16.53), 50 free (28.02), 100 free (1:01.37), and 50 fly (30.38) events. Skylar, swimming in her last meet as a 10-under, set three additional team records that included the 50 back, 200 free and 100 IM. Her 50 back time broke her preexisting record that she had set at the Age Group Invitational in December as a 32.84. Her time currently ranks 134th nationally for girls at age 10. Her 200 freestyle time at JO’s topped her 2:17.44 that she swam at the All Star meet the previous month, and that time stands as the 190th among 10-year old girls. The 100 IM record was a new record for Skylar as her time breaks Melissa Lindley’s 1:12.20 that she had set at Junior Olympics in 1990. Skylar’s 100 IM time of 1:11.77 is the 153rd fastest for all 10-year old girls who swam the event since this past September.
Two team records fell to 10 year old Jackson Huckabay of Selma who takes on the sprint tradition of the program by taking down both the 50 freestyle (28.78) and 100 freestyle (1:01.76) events. The 50 freestyle record was previously held by Parker Giles, who set the record at Far Westerns in 2010. Jackson’s time is currently 252nd fastest nationally among all 10-year old boys. Only 130 ten-year old male swimmers have swum as fast a Jackson in the 100 yard freestyle since September, and his time of 1:01.76 from Junior Olympics also broke Parker Giles’s record that once again was set at Far Westerns in 2010.
Fourteen year old Mallory Korenwinder posted a time of 1:04.22 in the 100 breaststroke that outperformed her time that was swum at Short Course Junior Nationals this past winter. Her time not only takes down her previous team record, but also improves both the CCS 13-14 record, which she set Junior Nationals, as well as the CCS Senior record that was held by Jorie Caneta as a 1:04.27 and set at Sectionals this past December. Mallory’s time currently stands as the 8th fastest time in the nation for all girls of age 14.
Colin Landweer was another swimmer who topped his fully rested, shaved and tapered time by swimming 1:55.88 in the 200 IM, going under his 1:55.93 swam at Winter Sectionals in 2011 at Golden West College. Colin’s time currently stands as the 171st fastest nationally for all 18-year old males.
Joining Skylar Ford in the winning circle was Colin Landweer who came away with four wins in the 15-18 division, and these included the 50 free (22.03), 400 IM (4:19.11), 200 IM (1:55.88) and 100 free (47.32) events. Fourteen year old Mallory Korenwinder had the next highest number of wins totaling three, and her events included the 100 breast (1:04.22), 400 IM (4:37.24) and 200 breast (2:20.49) events. Ten year old Danielle Albright doubled up her wins with the 50 breaststroke (35.89) and 100 breaststroke (1:20.62) events. Our remaining event champions included fourteen year old Allyson Duffy (500 free – 5:20.28), fifteen year old Kyle Grissom (200 fly – 1:57.78), and ten year old Jackson Huckabay (100 free – 1:01.76).
Ten year old Skylar Ford of Visalia continues her dominating performance by swimming undefeated in all six events she competed in at the All Star meet over the 19-20 weekend in Poway, California. Central California Swimmings 2013 All Star Team competed against the All Star Teams representing San Diego Imperial and Sierra Nevada over the weekend. Twenty-two TNT swimmers comprised a large portion of the All Star Team for this year. Skylar not only became the champion in all six events, she also broke her team record in the 200 freestyle event with a time of 2:17.44. Skylar currently holds four of our twelve 10-under girls short course records. She had set the 200 freestyle record at the Tulare meet only one month prior to the All Star Meet with a time of 2:17.86. Her new record currently stands as the 203rd fastest time in the nation for girls 10 years of age.
Danielle Albright was our only other event champion as she won the 50 breaststroke event with a time of 38.08. Her 5th place finish time of 6:12.98 in the 500 freestyle resulted in a new team record for the 10-under girls division, and the time currently stands as the 210th fastest in the nation for 10-year old girls. The record stood for nearly five years, and was set by Khloe McCarthy at the Tulare meet in 2008.
Jonas Huckabay of Selma our other swimmer with a team record breaking performance, and he did so by improving his 200 backstroke by over 12 seconds to a 2:32.73, placing his swim under the preexisting team record of 2:42.03 by nearly ten seconds. The previous record was set by Luke Gregory, also nearly five years ago, while competing at the San Luis Obispo meet. The time is posted as the 978th time out of 2,430 in the nation among boys of age 12 who have competed in the event.
Top 8 finishers include:
Congratulations to all swimmers who qualified and competed at the meet including: Lauren Geiger, Annlyn Haworth, Toby Jones, Janessa Bringe, Tomas Contreras, Peyton Costa, Quinton Davis, Jacqui Koster, JD Koster, Emily Milton, Preston Niayesh, and Katherine Sullivan.
