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WYATT WARD MEDALS AT SPEEDO GRAND CHALLENGE

May 312014

Twelve year old Wyatt Ward of Hanford was the sole medalist among our team of eight who attended the Speedo Grand Challenge swim meet over the Memorial Day weekend. The championship final heat at this meet is limited to the top 4 performances in the preliminary heats for swimmers 13-over, and only the top four performances are recognized on the podium for any event. Wyatt Ward swam 37.55 in the 50 meter breaststroke on day 1 to finish 3^rd in that 12-under event, and ended his meet with a 4^th place finish in the 100 meter breaststroke in a time of 1:22.57 for that event.

Two other swimmers earned second swims, with Danielle Albright making it to the championship final, and 8^th place finish, in the 100 breaststroke after swimming a 1:26.44 in the preliminary heats while only eleven years old. Danielle was the youngest competitor at the senior meet that was host to swimmers like Karlee Bispo, Bobby Bollier, Jessica Hardy, and Mike Alexandrov, and representing teams from the likes of USC, Stanford, and countries such as Portugal and Guatemala. Kyle Grissom was our only other finalist as he placed 13^th , winning the B-consolation heat with a time of 56.99 in the 100 meter butterfly.

Emily Goodbar’s time improvement to 1:05.80 in the 100 fly was our next highest finisher at 31^st in that event, while Khloe McCarthy’s time of 5:25.53 in the 400 IM finished 34^th there. Katelyn Herrera’s 4:37.60 in the 400 meter freestyle was enough for her highest finish of 37^th, while Owen Ansel had his highest finish of 40^th in the 100 meter breaststroke after dropping to a time of 1:11.47. Jimmy Koster’s highest place was 41^st in the 200 back, resulting from his time of 2:18.11.

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TWO TELEVISED FINALS EARNED AT MESA

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Apr 302014

The USA Swimming Grand Prix circuit for 2014 is comprised of six swim meets across the country with the meet in Mesa, Arizona being the forth stop for those competing among the Olympic Athletes who have historically represented countries around the globe. This year’s Mesa meet was different, partly because of the return of Michael Phelps onto the competitive stage, and also for two of our swimmers qualifying for the televised finals broadcast on Universal Sports live, and one of whom qualified to the Championship heat alongside the likes of Olympic Gold Medalist and Olympic and American Record Holder Tyler Clary, North Carolina’s, and USA Swimming National Team members, Tom Luchsinger, and Stanford’s Bobby Bollier.

Christopher Nolan came home with a 7^th place finish in the final heat of the 200 meter butterfly after outperforming names such as Tom Shields during the preliminary heats. Chris’s time in the fastest seeded heat of 2:04.99 came in second behind Tyler Clary. Chris also earned a second swim in the 400 IM moving from 30^th in the D-final after swimming 4:44.89 to 29^th. He improved his 200 meter freestyle to a 1:58.82.

Mallory Korenwinder earned a spot on live TV in the 100 meter breaststroke after swimming a time of 1:13.34 in the preliminary heats. She was one of only two 15-year old swimmers among the top-16. Her time has posted as the top 15-year old nationally to date. Her second final was in the 200 breaststroke where her 2:43.02 was enough for a 28^th place finish in the D-final.

Sixteen year old Lauren Davis made it to her first showing among the Olympians with her highest finish at 38^th in the 100 breaststroke, and a time of 1:19.68.

Pictures taken by Swimming World Magazine at the Mesa Grand Prix, such as those presented here, can be found on the Swimming World Facebook site at https://www.facebook.com/SwimmingWorld/photos_stream

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2014 USA Olympic Training Center Altitude Training Camp

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Apr 302014

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89% NEW AND IMPROVED SWIMS AT JO MAX MEET

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Apr 142014

Twenty-seven TNT swimmers competed in a total of 106 total events at the short course JO Max meet in Tulare on March 23rd, and 44 events resulted in improvements, while 50 of those events were new swims for our members (or 89% of them). Madelyn Brumit, Devon Cardoza, Dylan Hunt, Tanner Kelm, Olivia Machado, Daden Medeiros, Alissa Nalewajko, Ava Olson, and Parker Princewill entered and successfully competed in all new events, setting the foundation for future success, and a starting point for goals to come.

Many of our swimmers competing at the meet, had previous times, and entered new events at a meet tailored for trying new challenges. Congratulations to Caleb Bonds for swimming the 100 free, Dominic Colvin for competing in the 50 breaststroke, Erica Garcia for braving the 200 IM, Mackenzie Garza for taking on the 200 free, Morgan Garza for swimming the 50 back for the first time, Alyssa Logan for swimming under the 3:00 mark in the 200 free, Rylee Lord for swimming the 50 fly the first time, Genoveve Mcilwaine for swimming four new events, including the 100 free, Jorge Noricumbo for including the 200 free and 200 IM to his repertoire, Joseph Oliveira for adding the 50 breast to his efforts, and Mariah Oliveira successfully completed the 100 free.

Some of our more experienced swimmer had preexisting times in all of their events they competed in, and they included Jillian Gaines who improved both the 200 free and 50 breaststroke events, Brother Tristan Gaines who won the 100 back, Seiji Shinkawa who improved over 15 seconds in the 200 free, Shoji Shinkawa who improved three of four events, Aubrie Walker who improved over three seconds in the 200 free, Emmie Walker who improved nearly four seconds in the 100 IM, and Jenna Yeates who improved over ten seconds in the 100 free, and over three seconds in the 50 breaststroke.
The team’s overall improvement percentage was 57%.

MALLORY KORENWINDER BREAKS CCS RECORDS IN 200 BREASTSTROKE

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Feb 012014

One year after placing 2^nd in the Small Teams Division at Sectionals with 14 swimmers, a mere five swimmers competed at the 2014 Short Course Sectionals and placed 9^th from a field of approximately 40 teams that fall into the division.

Our highest place finish came in the 2^nd place performance by Mallory Korenwinder’s 200 breaststroke swim in a time of 2:17.12 that becomes a 15-16 CCS Record in the event, a record of 2:17.64 that was set one year after Mallory was born, in 2000 by Shallene Catalano. This was also the CCS Senior Record that was shared by Jenni Brelsford from the 17-18 age division, and set in 1996 prior to Mallory’s birth. Mallory’s time currently stands as the 6^th fastest time nationally for girls at age 15. Her second highest finish was third in the 100 breaststroke, where her time of 1:02.85 is a new team record topping her National performance of 1:03.33 one month earlier. Only three other 15-year old girls had gone as fast anywhere in the nation since September of 2013 (one of the three being questionable). Mallory’s time was under the 2013 US Open time standard. Mallory’s next highest finish resulted from her 56.80 in the 100 butterfly event, and was enough for a 17^th place finish, winning the bonus heat. The time also went under the 15-18 team record that was set as 57.82 by Sierra Jett at the Terrapin meet in November, and was also under the Senior team record of the same time that was shared by Sierra and Ana Mitchell. The new record now stands as the 67^th fastest nationally. Mallory earned a second swim in all but one event. Her final team record came in the 200 IM, where she had previously set the record at Junior Nationals in December as a 2:08.47. Her 2:05.59 at Sectionals finished 20^th, and stands as the 56^th fastest nationally. Her final second swim was in the 400 IM where her time of 4:33.15 was enough for a 23^rd place finish there. Mallory was our only swimmer to improve 100% of times.

Our next highest point-getter was Kyle Grissom who set a new team record in the 100 fly with a time of 49.21 that finished 4^th in a heat where the National Age Group Record was broken. Kyle had set the 15-18 team record at Junior Nationals at a 50.16 last month. Kyle just got into the 16-year old age division, and already his time ranks among the top 10 nationally, at eight. Kyle’s second scoring swim also came in a championship heat, and 7^th place finish in the 50 free.

Chris Nolan earned his spot on the Central California – Nevada All Star Team that will compete against Japan next month. After earning his spot on the team based on his performance at Junior Nationals in the 200 fly, Chris improved his time, and therefore team record, in the event to a 1:49.05 and 5^th place finish there. Chris’s time stands as the 17^th fastest nationally among boys at age 17. Chris’s next highest finish was 20^th in the 100 fly (50.73), and 20^th in the 400 IM (4:05.83). Chris earned second swims in five of his six events, his final one coming in the 23^rd place finish resulting from his time of 1:43.34 in the 200 freestyle.

Distance swimmer Katelyn Herrera competed in the 1650 freestyle, improved over five seconds in the event to a 17:45.35 and finished 15^th in the event. Her time is an improvement over her own preexisting team record of 17:49.90 that was set at the Clovis meet early 2013. Her time is ranked 89^th nationally to date.

Khloe McCarthy is one of the few who are able to return to Sectionals following the stringent time standard changes, and her highest finish came as 32^nd in the 400 IM where she improved her time to 4:36.52 from a performance just weeks earlier. Another improvement came with the 25.84 in the 50 freestyle.

TWO NEW NCSA SPRING CHAMPIONSHIPS MADE AT WINTER SENIOR MEET

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Dec 312013

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 90^th fastest nationally for all 15-year old girls. She also swam to a 13^th 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 15^th 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 20^th 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 12^th in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:54.31. She followed this with a 13^th place finish in the 100 free (52.90), and a 15^th 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 13^th 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 19^th place finish there. She swam her fastest club time in the 100 back event with a time of 1:02.07 resulting in a 20^th place finish there.

Chris Hansen earned his spot for a second swim in the 200 breaststroke event, where he moved up three places from 24^th to 21^st 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 23^rd in the event. Katelyn Herrera was our other bonus finalist, finishing 21^st 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 32^nd in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.89). Josh Avila improved five of six events, finishing 29^th in the 200 breaststroke (2:17.47), while Jimmy Koster improved all four events he competed in. His highest finish was 56^th in the 100 free (49.84). Matthew Tashima improved two of his four events, and finished 34^th in the 50 free (22.51). Morgan Coddington finished 32^nd in the 400 IM (4:51.03) after qualifying for the meet just last month, while Conor Martin had his highest finish of 44^th in the 500 free with a time of 5:15.40.

CHRIS NOLAN FINALS AT JUNIOR NATIONALS

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Dec 192013

Four TNT swimmers competed at the USA Swimming Junior National Championships in Greensborough, North Carolina over the second weekend of December. Graduating senior, Chris Nolan, was the sole finalist for TNT making his first finals at a Junior Nationals while he took the team into scoring position on the men’s side. Chris swam three events and a time trial, capping his performance on the final day with a 1:49.29 in the preliminary heats of the 200 yard butterfly which was fast enough to move him to a 12^th place seeding into finals, after being seeded 27^th going into the meet. Chris swam his second time under the 1:50 mark during finals where his 1:49.57 finished 13^th in the event. He swam twice under his previous team record of 1:50.66 that he set in February at the Clovis meet, and his current record stands as the 12^th fastest nationally among all 17-year old male swimmers, just over three months into the reporting cycle. Chris also set a new team record in the 200 IM which was his time trial event. He improved well over four seconds in the event to a 1:55.55, and a time that slides under the previous team record of 1:55.88 that was set by Colin Landweer at Junior Olympics this past February. This time stands as the 122^nd fastest nationally.

Mallory Korenwinder returned from Nationals that was held in Tennessee the week prior, and along with Kyle Grissom while at Junior Nationals, had our team’s next highest finish at 32^nd place. After improving upon her team record to a 1:03.33 at Nationals in the 100 breaststroke, Mallory’s 1:03.77 was her highest finish at Junior Nationals. She did set a new team record at Nationals, and her time from that meet currently stands as the 5^th fastest nationally for girls at age 15. Mallory had the highest number of qualified events for Junior Nationals, competing in four events that included the 200 breaststroke, and 200 IM, both of which resulted in new team records. She had re-set her own 15-18 team record in the 200 breaststroke at Nationals one week earlier with a 2:20.29, and improved that time once again at Junior Nationals. Her current time of 2:18.28 is the 10^th fastest on record nationally, six of the top ten performances occurring at Junior Nationals. Her final team record came with her 2:08.47 in the 200 IM, and this time slid under Megan Eppler’s previous team record of 2:08.72 that was set in 2007 at the Winter Invitational at the City of Commerce pool. This time stands as the 105^th fastest nationally. Mallory dropped over a half second in the 100 fly to a 58.02.

Although ten swims out of 15 resulted in improvements over previous times, Kyle Grissom was our only swimmer to improve 100% of swims that included two qualified events, and one time trial. His highest place came in the 32^nd place finish from his bonus event, 50 free, where his time of 20.84 broke Bradley Matsumoto’s 15-18 team record of 21.18 set in 2004 at Winter Invite. A time of 20.72 earned a top-24 final spot. Kyle’s new team record currently stands as the 9^th fastest nationally after just entering the age division. Kyle also broke the team record in the 100 fly where his time of 50.16 was under Kohlton Norys’s previous record of 50.22 set in 2005 at the Winter Invitational. This time currently stands as the 22^nd fastest nationally. His final improvement was his 46.79 that resulted from nearly a two second drop in the 100 free.

Lauren Davis of Fig Garden attended her second Junior National meet, and first short course Junior Nationals. She came away with her highest finish of 100^th in her qualified event of the 200 breaststroke, and a lifetime best of 2:21.96 which was over a half second improvement. Her largest drop came in the time trial 100 free event where her 55.45 was 1.36 seconds faster. She also competed in the 100 breaststroke, where he 1:05.96 was enough for a 119^th place finish in a field of over 140 athletes.

LARGE IMPROVEMENTS AT CONEJO SIMI TRI-MEET

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Nov 272013

Despite the cool (borderline cold) weather experience at the Conejo Simi Tri-meet that took place during Friday, November 20^th and Saturday, November 21^st, five swimmers still managed to maintain a 100% improvement rates. Seven year old Katie Frost improved all four of her events, the largest drop being over seven second sin the 50 free (35.22). Katie also came home with two 1^st place finishes that included the 50 free, and the 50 fly. Eleven year old Gabriel Jett entered five events, and improved all of his, and his largest improvement was over five seconds in the 100 free (1:16.62). Seventeen year old Ashley Lamascus impvoed nearly two seconds in the 100 free (1:03.00), while 11-year old Molly Obannon improved both of her events, the largest margin being nearly five seconds in the 50 back (46.82). Thirteen year old Conor Righetti went 38 seconds faster in the 200 IM over his previously recorded club time in the 200 IM (3:06.93), and improved two other events by 9 and 8 seconds as well. The largest improvement came from Jonas Huckabay who improved one minute and 18 seconds in the 1650 free (18:51.03) from a time that was swam just one month earlier.

Eight additional swimmers improved 50% or more of their events in the cold weather, and these included: Bennett Frost (66%), Jackson Huckabay (80%), Lucas Huckabay (66%), Toby Jones (66%), Madison Pallares (50%), Emma Pena (60%), Satoshi Shinkawa (60%), and Emily Vagim (75%).

A total of 199 swimmers competed at the tri-meet, primarily composed of the 113 swimmers of Conejo Simi. Tule Nation Tritons presented a team of 42 versus the 41 swimmers of Pleasant Valley Swim Team. If scored to eight places, the points of TNT (581.50) would have placed behind both Conejo Simi (1,130.5 points) and Pleasant Valley (601). If scoring the top-16 places, TNT points (2,009.50) would have placed behind host Conejo Simi (4,072) and ahead of Pleasant Valley (1,835.5). Our team points would have been led by six-year old Lucas Huckabay and ten-year old Peyton Costa, each with four first place finishes. Lucas was undefeated in the 5-6 division, and took home first place finishes in the 50 back (54.85), 50 free (42.79), 50 fly (58.04) and 100 free (1:44.71) events, while Peyton won the 9-10 boys 50 back (35.55), 50 free (30.96), 50 fly (35.28), and 500 free (6:25.63) events.

Other event champions included: Janessa Bringe in the 11-12 girls 200 IM (2:35.13), Skylar Ford in the 11-12 girls 50 back (31.80), Kate Frost in the 7-8 girls 50 free (35.22) and 50 fly (52.84), Jackson Huckabay in the 11-12 boys 100 breast (1:23.80) and 100 free (1:01.49), Chloee Obannon in the 7-8 girls 50 breast (49.23) and 100 breast (1:53.06), and Madison Pallares in the 11-12 girls 50 breast (34.81) and 100 breast (1:18.56).

15-18 GIRLS 400 MEDLEY RELAY QUALIFIES FOR WINTER JUNIOR NATIONALS

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Jul 252013

Time improvements from Jillian Hatch and Matlyn Morris while competing at Sectionals over the July 17-21 weekend enabled an aggregate qualifying time for the upcoming Junior Nationals to be held in December. Selma swimmer Jillian Hatch led off the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 59.27, while Matlyn Morris swam 1:08.27 in the individual 100 meter backstroke event. These two times, combined with Mallory Korenwinder’s best 100 meter breaststroke time of 1:12.21 and Selma swimmer Emily Goodbar’s top 100 fly time of 1:05.91 combines for a 4:25.66 sliding just under the 4:25.79 minimum time standard for Winter Junior Nationals to held in Greensboro, North Carolina over the December 12-14 weekend. Our girls are 1.97 seconds off of the summer Junior National standard that stands at 4:23.69.

Our 15-16 girls of Jillian Hatch, Katelyn Herrera, Emily Goodbar and Khloe McCarthy swam a time of 8:53.21 in the 800 freestyle relay to break the CCS record of 9:04.87 that the TNT team of Katelyn Herrera, Mallory Korenwinder, Lauren Davis and Emily Goodbar had set at the LA Invitational earlier in the month.

Our top point getter at 41.5 points, and highest place finisher was Chris Nolan who finished 4th in the 200 fly with a time of 2:04.74 missing the winter National cut by just over a tenth of a second. Chris had a consolation swim in the 100 fly with a time of 57.39, placing 13th which was just behind teammate Kyle Grissom who swam a time of 57.30 for his 12th place finish. Chris also had the most second swim opportunities on our team, with a bonus scoring swim, and 23rd place finish, in the 400 IM with a time of 4:44.70. Kyle doubled up his second swims with a D-final time of 2:10.41 in the 200 fly and a 27th place finish there.

Mallory Korenwinder had the next highest accumulation of points with her championship 6th place finish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:13.83, combined with her consolation swim, and 11th place finish, in the 200 breaststroke that resulted from her 2:40.47 time. Jillian Hatch had the next highest place doubling up her finals with a 14th place finish in the 200 free after swimming 2:07.47 in that event, and a 28th place finish in the D-final for the 400 free with a time of 4:30.13. Fig Garden swimmer, Lauren Davis, scored in the 200 breaststroke after swimming a 2:40.88 that finished 18th there, while Emily Goodbar earned a 31st place spot in the D-final of the 200 fly with her time of 2:26.39.

Other swimmers, along with their top placed event, include: Matlyn Morris (100 back – 35th), Katelyn Herrera (400 free – 49th), Khloe McCarthy (200 back – 52nd), Nathan Rhea (200 breast – 56th), Sierra Jett (100 fly – 78th), Joseph Cobarrubias (50 free – 107th), and Josh Avila (50 free – 148th).

Jillian Hatch not only swam to two individual event finals, but also led the team in the number of team records broken. She began with the 200 free by swimming under her preexisting team record of 2:08.77 not just once, but three times while at Sectionals, her fastest being 2:07.47 swam at finals in the individual event. The time stands as the 35th fastest nationally for girls of age 15. She went on to swim 4:30.13 in the 400 free and break the record that Katelyn Herrera had set as 4:36.81 just the previous weekend at Clovis. Jillian’s time stands as the 30th fastest nationally. Her final record came in the lead-off leg of the 400 free relay where her time of 59.27 set the 15-18 team record that was set by Megan Eppler at Junior Olympics in 2008. The new record stands with a national ranking of 25.

Mallory Korenwinder took back her team record in the 200 breaststroke, ownership of which seems to toggle between her and Lauren Davis. Lauren had set the record as a 2:41.27 at the LA Invitational earlier in the month, and along with Mallory, went under that preexisting record. Mallory’s time of 2:40.47 currently stands as the 14th fastest nationally for girls of age 15. Mallory’s championship swim of 1:13.83 in the 100 breaststroke improved her preexisting record of 1:14.66 that she swam at Mission Viejo last month, and the time ranks among the top 8 nationally.

Our only other team record-breaking performance in individual events came in the 200 fly where Chris Nolan’s 2:04.74 topped his own team record in the event that previously stood at 2:05.46 set last year at the very same meet and pool. Only four other 17-year old swimmers had gone that time or faster anywhere in the nation this year.

18 OF 26 TNT SWIMMERS FINAL AT CLOVIS SENIOR Q

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Jul 152013

Tule Nation Tritons had 26 swimmers enter the Arena Grand Challenge meet at Clovis in mid-July, and 18 of them, or nearly 70%, earned a second swim in one of three final heats. Nine of our swimmers performed well enough for a spot in the championship heat.

Sixteen year old Joseph Cobarrubias of Fig Garden doubled up his championships swims with a pair of 7^th place finishes, one in the 50 meter freestyle (25.34) and the other in the 100 free (55.73), while 16-year old teammate of Fig Garden, Lauren Davis, also doubled up her championship swims with a 5^th place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:18.24), and a 3^rd place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:42.49). Lauren is our current team record holder in the 200 breaststroke, and is on the verge of obtaining a Winter and Summer Junior National cut in that event that stand as 2:40.09 and 2:39.49 respectively. Our Fresno Pacific collegiate swimmer who returned to compete for TNT for the summer, Wesley Coles, finished 4^th in the 100 fly (58.95) and 5^th in the 200 free (1:58.74) events. Emily Goodbar of Selma finished 8^th in the 100 fly (1:07.31), an event where she too currently holds the team record. Emily’s 15-year old teammate from Selma, Jillian Hatch, is our current team record holder in the 200 freestyle, and she had a 4^th place finish in the 50 freestyle (27.55) as she too nears the Junior National cut in that event which stands as a 26.89. Katelyn Herrera entered one event with the intent of re-qualifying for the Sectional meet that is to be held this next weekend, and she improved over three seconds to do so with a time of 4:36.81, a time that resulted in an 8^th place finish in the event, and a new team record for both the 15-18 division, and the Senior division. Her time stands as the 158^th fastest time in the nation for a 16-year old girl. Fifteen-year old Selma swimmer, Sierra Jett, achieved her bonus Sectional cut in the 100 fly during the preliminary heats, making this her second qualified event for the meet next week with a time of 1:06.85, and her championship swim at Clovis earned a 7^th place finish in the event. Seventeen year old Christopher Nolan had our team’s highest finish of 2^nd, and he did this in the 100 fly with a time of 57.54. He doubled up championship swims with a 6^th place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:35.44) event. Cameron Weas of Hanford, who completed his first collegiate year at Cuesta Community College, finished 7^th in the 100 fly event (1:01.63), where Cameron joined Wes Coles and Chris Nolan as TNT fielded three of the eight championship finalists at the meet.

Consolation finalists, placing among the 9^th – 16^th places, included: Owen Ansel who finished 10^th in the 100 breast (1:13.07), 12^th in the 200 breast (2:43.94), 15^th in the 100 back (1:09.21), and 13^th in the 200 back (2:28.96); Joseph Cobarrubias who, in addition to his championship swims, finished 15^th in the 100 back (1:09.21); Lauren Davis, who in addition to her championship swims, finished 10^th in the 400 IM (5:22.41), and 15^th in the 200 back (2:40.31); twelve year old Madison McCarthy competed at her first Senior-Q meet and finished 14^th in the 200 back (2:39.85), while age contemporary teammate twelve year old Preston Niayesh finished 16^th in the 200 fly with a time of 2:39.78. Preston’s time also resulted in a new team record for the 11-12 boys by breaking Chris Noland’s record of 2:41.83 that was set in Bakersfield in 2009. Preston also set a team record in the 200 breaststroke, breaking his own standard in the event that he set at the Age Group Invite as a 3:01.51 last month. Preston ranks 126^th and 59^th in the nation respectively for all 12-year old boys. Adding to his championship swim, Cameron Weas also finished 14^th in the 100 free with a time of 57.11.

Bonus swims came from Janessa Bringe (24^th in the 800 free [11:30.62]), Joseph Cobarrubias (19^th in the 200 free [2:05.76], 19^th in the 200 IM [2:24.26] and 23^rd in the 400 free [4:38.40]), Noah Haworth (17^th in the 1500 free [20:31.46]), Sierra Jett (17^th in the 50 free [28.12]), Jakob Koorey (23^rd in the 200 breast [3:01.89]), Jimmy Koster (22^nd in the 200 IM [2:27.26]), Madison McCarthy (22^nd in the 100 back [1:15.47]), Cody Nash (19^th in the 100 breast [1:17.49]), Preston Niayesh (21^st in the 200 breast [2:54.75]), Chris Nolan (17^th in the 200 fly [2:11.12]), and Taylor Shaw (19^th in the 200 back [2:39.82], and 23^rd in the 100 back [1:15.55]).

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