The July 2009 training video is in three parts. Part 1 includes:
Kohlton Norys
Jordan Stotts
Katherine Bristow
Nathan Rhea
Sam Hansen
Alex Hansen
Chris Hansen
Jul 282009
Jul 282009
Day 5 (Sunday) – The final day of Sectionals concludes with two team records being broken by two TNT swimmers. Sam Hansen continues to improve his mile (1500 meter freestyle) event swimming from a 17:17.55 that he used to qualify for Sectionals at the Ventura meet last month, to a 17:05.58, thereby establishing a new team record. 14-year old Nathan Rhea broke his record in the 100 meter breaststroke, dropping from a 1:13.01 swam last weekend at the Q meet, to a 1:12.19. Zach Hansen also improved his 1:11.47 in the 100 breaststroke to a 1:08.33, and Katherine Bristow neared her life-time best in the 100 breaststroke with her 1:25.28 on this final day. A total of five team records were set this weekend: Sam Hansen (800 free – 9:04.07 & 1500 free – 17:05.58), Zach Hansen (200 breaststroke 2:28.22), and Nathan Rhea (200 breaststroke – 2:32.13 & 100 breaststroke – 1:12.19). The team improvement percentage was 73% with Sam Hansen, Zach Hansen and Hannah Giles improving 100% of their times. Both Nathan Rhea and Katherine Bristow improved 67% of their times.
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Jul 262009
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Day 4 (Saturday) – TNT swimmers maintain a high improvement percentage as they compete on day 4 of Sectionals. Katherine Bristow, Zach Hansen and Hannah Giles all swim to life-time best times. Katherine swam two events including the 200 IM, recording a 2:40.50 and the 50 meter freestyle with a 29.04, shaving approximately a half second in the IM and a tenth in the 50 free. Hannah Giles, swimming her first Sectional meet also improves two tenths in the 50 meter freestyle to a 28.78, thereby qualifying for the Speedo Grand Challenge. Zach Hansen swam a 2:18.32 in the 200 IM event swimming well faster than his best of 2:23.83 swum at Sectionals in Federal Way during March of 2008. Zach’s becomes the second fastest 15-over IM swimmer in the history of the team.
Jul 252009
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Day 3 (Friday) – Time improvements continue in chunks as Sam Hansen was the sole TNT swimmer who swam a qualified event for Friday. Sam qualified for the 400 meter IM with a 5:00.82 at the Porterville meet in June (this past month), and swam a 4:55.32 this morning, improving five and a half seconds. His time is the second fastest time on record with TNT just three seconds off of Jared Hopper’s team record which was set while he swam in the heat with Michael Phelps at the Stanford Grand Prix meet in 2005. Sam’s time now qualifies for the Long Beach Grand Prix. Nathan Rhea time trialed the 200 fly and swam a 2:25.72 making him the second fastest 13-14 200 flyer in the team’s history behind Kohlton Norys. Natha’s previous time was a 2:51.58 (no, that’s not a typo) swam at the May Day Classic in 2008.
Jul 252009
Day 2 (Thursday) – TNT had 3 swimmers on day two of Sectionals. The highest place goes to Zach Hansen who finished 29th in the 200 meter breaststroke event. His 2:28.22 was a mere .71 seconds from earning a second swim, but over 7 seconds faster than his entry time. Zach’s time also broke one of the longest standing team records by breaking Micah Storey’s 2:30.03 set at a Clovis meet back in July of 1994.
14-year old Nathan Rhea also competed in the 200 meter breaststroke on day 2. After improving over three seconds only last weekend with a 2:34.17 to qualify for Sectionals, Nathan improved an additional 2.04 seconds to a 2:32.13. He broke his own team record that was set last weekend, and comes within 2.74 seconds of Short Course Junior Nationals that will take place in Ohio in December, came within 2.35 seconds from the CCS record. Nathan’s time currently ranks 9th nationally.
Josh Tabers training in Hanford was the sole TNT swimmer with two events on day 2. Josh swam a 2:23.15 in the 200 meter backstroke, and a 57.36 in the 100 meter freestyle, thereby approaching his life-time best times.
Jul 202009
The Senior Q meet in Clovis became the last opportunity to qualify for Sectionals, and became the first opportunity for some of our young swimmers to experience senior-level swimming at a local level. Twelve TNT swimmers qualified for, and competed at the meet with Kohlton Norys and Nathan Rhea leading the team in total points. Kohlton scored a total of 75 points in his six events, while Nathan scored a total of 60 points in his six events. Other point getters included: Sam Hansen(31 points), Jordan Stotts (20 points), Katherine Bristow (7 points), Alex Hansen (6 points), and Christopher Nolan (5 points).
Times from six of the individual events were fast enough to rank among the top 30 times currently in the nation. Of those times swam at the Q meet, Mallory Korenwinder maintains the highest ranking of 8th in her 100 meter breaststroke (1:23.12). Jordan Stotts swam a half second off of the Winter National cut (and 3 seconds off of last year’s Olympic Trial cut) with a time that ranks 16th among all 22 year olds in the nation (11th when considering non-foreign swimmers). Nathan Rhea next ranks 19th in the nation among all 14 year olds in the 200 meter breaststroke (2:34.17), and Kohlton Norys swam off of his time, but still fast enough for the 20th fastest time nationally for all 20 year olds in the 200 meter backstroke (2:08.77). Mallory Korenwinder was the sole individual with two swims that ranked among the top 30 nationally. Her 200 meter breaststroke (3:05.41) currently ranks among the top 28 in the nation.
92% of all our swimmers entered earned a second swim at the meet. Champions in the meet included Kohlton Norys who won the 100 freestyle (52.78) and Jordan Stotts who won the 100 meter breaststroke (1:07.04). Other top eight finishers (championship finalists) included: Sam Hansen (6th – 200 breast; 7th – 400 free); Kohlton Norys (3rd – 100 fly, 5th – 200 IM, 2nd – 200 back) and Nathan Rhea (3rd – 200 breast, 8th – 400 free, 4th – 1500 free, 8th – 200 back). Consolation Finalsist included: Katherine Bristow (100 back, 200 back), Alex Hansen (400 IM, 200 breast, 200 back), Sam Hansen (100 breast), Christopher Nolan (400 IM, 200 fly), Kohlton Norys (200 free), and Nathan Rhea (100 breast). Additional swimmers who swam to a bonus final included: Hannah Giles, Katelyn Herrera, Mallory Korenwinder and Joshua Tabers.
Four team records were broken by two swimmers at the meet. Record breaking performances were led by Nathan Rhea. Nathan broke his own 100 and 200 breaststroke records while at the meet. His 2:34.17 in the 200 meter breaststroke was fast enough to qualify for Sectionals this next week. The third record Nathan broke was in the 13-14 400 meter freestyle event. His 4:27.85 broke Kohlton Norys’s 4:28. 90 that was set at a Clovis meet in 2004. Jordan Stotts was the other record breaker. Jordan’s 1:07.04 100 meter breaststroke time broke his own pre-existing record, and is now a mere .24 seconds off of the Winter National time standard, and 2.35 seconds off of last year’s Olympic Trial cut.
The overall team improvement percentage was 47% with five swimmers improving 100% of their times: Mallory Korenwinder, Christopher Nolan, Nathan Rhea, Allison Ross and Jordan Stotts. Improving 50% or more of their times were: Sam Hansen (67%), Katherine Bristow (50%) and Alex Hansen (50%).
Jul 072009
Preston Niayesh takes home the King of the Pool award from the San Luis Obispo meet for the 8-year olds. The recognition is awarded to the one individual in each age division whose cumulative time from four sprint events totals to the fastest time.
Seventeen TNT swimmers competed at the meet with improvements being led by 11 year old JT Scott who made his return appearance as TNT. JT was the sole swimmer to improve 100% of his times. A total of seven swimmers improved 50% or more of their times. These swimmers included: JT Scott (100%), Emily Shandrew (80%), Keshin Visahan (80%), Alex Ellis (71%), Sam Hansen (71%), Fayyaz Ahamed (60%) and Preston Niayesh (60%).
Swimmers achieving new time standards include 9 year old Keshin Visahan who now hold two Junior Olympic qualifying times (50 and 100 meter backstroke) for the 9-10 age group. Keshin is currently 9 years old. Alex Ellis, Alex Hansen and Katelyn Herrera all achieve an additional Senior State meet qualifying time. Alex Ellis now qualifies in the 50 free and 100 back, Alex Hansen achieves a new cut in the 400 IM, now qualified in the 100 back, 200 back, 200 breast, 1500 free and 400 IM events, while 12-year old Katelyn Herrera now qualifies in both the 100 and 200 meter butterfly events.
A single team record was also broken while at the meet. 12 year old Katelyn Herrera swims the 200 meter butterfly in a time of 2:49.89, breaking the previous team record that was set by 11-year old Khloe McCarthy last month at the Fresno meet.
Jun 302009
Over 40 teams competed at the Southern California Swimming Age Group Invitational held in
Some notable new time standards were also achieved at the meet. Hanna Giles of Hanford established her first Sectional cut by swimming 28.84 in the 50 meter freestyle and finishing 4th in the event. Sam Hansen achieved his second Sectional cut, this time in the 1500 meter freestyle event with at 17:17.55, and Makenna Mason of Hanford
Three new team records were also set while at the meet. These records were lead by
The team improved an astounding 70% of times at the meet. Eight swimmers improved 100% of their times. These included: Fayyaz Ahamed, Josh Avila, Madison Elick, Hannah Giles, Parker Giles, Jonathan Granada, Dax Korenwinder and Makenna Mason. 17 swimmers improved 50% or more of their times.
The 111 remaining points were gained by relay performances from: Wesley Coles, Alex Ellis, Madison Gilbert, Hannah Giles, Alex Hansen,
Congratulations for a successful meet.
Jun 232009
Eight year old Preston Niayesh scores 94 points at the Fresno meet winning four of his five events at the meet. He remained undefeated in all 8-under events at the meet, and placed 5th among the older 10-under swimmers in the 200 IM. Preston joins Kohlton Norys by being the only two TNT swimmers to win individual events at the meet. Preston, who trains out of Visalia, also maintained a high 80% improvement percentage by improving four of his five events.
Eleven year old Khloe McCarthy, while working her way to becoming one of TNTs strongest distance swimmers, braves the 200 events at the Fresno meet while still on the bottom of the age group. Khloe becomes the first 11-12 girl swimmer to swim the 200 meter butterfly event, and does it by negative splitting the 2nd, 3rd and 4th 50s in the race. Khloe now holds the 11-12 girls team record in that event with a 3:13.87. She has also now swam every nationally recognized event in long course for her age group.
Six of our twenty one TNT swimmers who competed at the Fresno long course meet during the June 19th weekend improved 100% of their times. These improvements were led by Jill Jackson training with Bill Freeman as she improved five of five events. Megan Nino of Visalia had a perfect improvement with the next most numerous events entered. Megan improved four of four events. The team improvement percentage was a high 55%. The following table lists all swimmers who improved 50% or more of their times. Congratulations on a job well done.
Six year old Jazmine Niayesh successfully swam three new long course events at the meet. Two of these events included the 8-under 50 fly and 100 freestyle. Her most impressive event was her performance as a six year old competing among the 10-under swimmers in the 200 IM event. Jazmine was one of our high point winners from the Porterville meet held earlier this year.
Congratulations to all swimmers.
Jun 082009
Mallory Korenwinder raced to a 37.75 in the 50 meter breaststroke at the Porterville meet for a second place finish in the 11-12 girls age group and the time becomes the second fastest swam this year for any 11-year old in the nation. Mallory’s 37.75 is behind Dee Sopapong’s 37.44 which was established in January as the nation’s top 11 year old girl’s 50 meter breaststroke time. Dee is a foreign swimmer who swims for Tampa Bay Community Aquatics. Mallory’s time is also the second fastest time swam in our team’s history for any 11-12 year old girl.
44 TNT swimmers competed at the June Porterville long course meet in attempts to make new cuts for meets such as the Junior Olympics, the Age Group Invitational, Western Zones and Sectionals, all of which will be held later this summer. Examples of swimmers who had achieved new cuts include Sam Hansen (Sectionals – 400 IM), Mallory Korenwinder (Zones – 50 breaststroke) and Taylor Shaw (Age Group Invitational – 800 freestyle).
At a meet that almost didnt include the events from day two, Sam Hansen competes in the final heat on the final day of the Porterville meet and swam fast enough for to qualify of Sectionals in the 400 meter IM event. Sam has had previous experience at Sectionals while competing for FALFINS in Colorado, a team that practiced at the Olympic Training Center at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Sam had competed at the Sectional meet for Colorado, which was held at Federal Way, Seattle only a few months prior to arriving to TNT. Since each Sectional meet in the United States has different time standards, Sam now qualifies for the Western Sectionals meet that will be held in Clovis this summer. The winter Sectionals meet will be held at the Belmont pool in Long Beach. Sam is also one second away in the mile (1500 meter freestyle or 1650 yard freestyle events). Wish Sam good luck in qualifying in his second event.
Sam Hansen has returned from meets such as the Speedo Grand Challenge and the Janet Evans Invitational where he competed in meets with swimmers such as Jason Lezak and with swimmers from schools such as Auburn (Kohlton), Stanford, USC, Tulane and others, as well as with swimmers competing from countries such as Korea and Japan, to win three of his events in Porterville. Sam was the 15-over champion in the 200 IM, 200 breaststroke and 400 IM events.
Other individual swimmers who won events at the Porterville meet were led by 8-under Dax Korenwinder, who once again has a perfect undefeated performance winning all five of five events entered. Wesley Coles swam Saturday and won the 100 fly event, an event in which he had more recently qualified for the Senior Group on the team. Age Group Invitational qualifier Alex Ellis wins the 13-14 girls 100 fly event. High school swimming standout from Hanford, Hannah Giles won the 200 meter breaststroke, while relatively new arrival Katelyn Herrera takes first place finishes in both the 50 and 100 butterfly events, thereby beginning to establish herself as a force in that stroke to be reckoned with within CCS. High school swimmer training with Bill Freeman, Jill Jackson wins the 200 breaststroke event, while eight year old Thys Jacobi has triple wins taking the 100 and 200 freestyle events, along with the 200 IM event. From Visalia, brother and sister team of Jazmine Niayesh (6 year old) and Preston Niayesh (8 year old) also become champions winning two events each. Jazmine wins the 50 breaststroke and 50 freestyle events, while brother Preston wins the 50 breaststroke and 100 butterfly events. Our fourteen year old Nathan Rhea, working his way to his first Sectional cut, wins both the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke events. Allison Ross, who is nearing her first Age Group Invitational cut, became the champion if the 13-14 girls 100 backstroke event. Our final individual event champion went to 13 year old Talyor Shaw who wins the 200 meter backstroke event while she may had become the sole swimmer with the largest net improvement dropping nearly 20 seconds in the 800 freestyle event and over 18 seconds in the 400 IM events. While on the bottom of the age group, Taylor had also achieved her first Age Group Invitational time standard. Congratulations to all winners.
The 989.5 team points for TNT outscored all other teams by 647.5 points. Merced was the second place team with 342 combined points. Poterville awarded top three individual high point winners, and TNT swimmers were the recepients for many of these awards. Winning the youngest age group (6-under girls) was Jazmine Niayesh training in Visalia. 8-year old Madison McCarhty took home the 2nd place high point for the 8-under girls division while Thys Jacobi and Dax Korenwinder took home 1st and 2nd place awards respectively for the 8-under boys division. The Hanford duo of Parker Giles and Fayyaz Ahamed took home 2nd and 3rd place trophies for the 9-10 boys division, while Katelyn Herrera and Chris Hansen both took home the 3rd place trophy for the 11-12 girls and boys division respectively. In the 13-14 girls division, Allison Ross and Hannah Giles captured the 2nd and 3rd place finishes, while on the boy’s side, Nathan Rhea and Alex Hansen tied for the 3rd place finish. Sam Hansen was the 2nd place point getter for the 15-over boys division.
Besides winning events, TNT had several swimmers who improved all times that had been previously recorded on the team. New arrival from New York, swimming his second meet with TNT, Fayyaz Ahamed of Hanford improves 100% of his times that were previously recorded with our team. Chris Ewins and Nick Orton both training with Bill Freeman in Tulare both also improve 100%, while Jacquelyn Delgados Mackenzie Gilbert joins the perfect group improving all four of her four events. Angela Martinhos Katelyn Herrera and Visalias Athena Niayesh were the other two individual swimmers who improved all events. Congratulations to all six swimmers.
In addition to Sam Hansen qualifying for Sectionals, a few other swimmers had made new qualifying standards for upcoming championship-level meets. Eight year old Dax Korenwinder makes new cuts for the 10-under division of the Age Group Invitational meet, while sister Mallory Korenwinder achieves a new standard for Western Zones to be held in Hawaii in a couple of months. Thirteen year old Taylor Shaw achieved her first Age Group Invitational standard for this summers meet in Ventura and more than likely had qualified for the Winter Age Group Invitational meet in December. Congratulations to all new cuts made.