Pacific Swimming
Level 1

CDST Dec 3-5, JO results

 

CDST had 18 swimmers participate in this past weekend’s Junior Olympics Championships held in Pleasanton. Once again, the dolphins showed they have what it takes to compete on the JO Stage! Some major highlights from the meet:

 

In the ten and under girls age group we had three swimmers participate. Clarissa Kung swam in 6 events and posted new personal bests in three, including a new Far Western time in the 100 free. Keerthana Raghuraman swam in her first ever JO’s and swam a very strong 50 Backstroke. Suri Yu swam six events posting best times in two and a new far western standard in the 100 freestyle.

 

In the ten and under boys age group, we had three swimmers compete. Mars Lu had a strong meet with 9 swims, making finals in four of those events and posting new far western times in the 100 IM. Andrew Nguyen also had a strong meet swimming in 8 events and posting new lifetime bests in 4. Alexander Zhou had a great meet swimming in 9 individual events. He posted best times in 8 of those events including an astounding 6 new Pacific Reportable Times (PRT) in the following events, 100 free, 50 back, 100 back, 100 fly, 100 IM and 200 IM!

 

In the 11-12 girls age group, Jessica He posted best times in 5 out of 6 of her events.

 

In the 11-12 boys age group, Kevin Cui swam in 9 events posting a new PRT in the 200 Breaststroke.

We had 10 swimmers compete in the 13-14 boys age group. Misha Galant swam in 8 events and posted new best times in 4 of them. Nicholas Kung had 5 swims with 3 new best times. Stephen Lau swam 6 events and posted five new best times including a new far western time in the 400 IM. Eric Lee had three swims and best times in two of them. Zachery McDonald a perfect meet going five for five in best times. Michael Sui posted best times in two swims including new PRT times in the 50 and 100 free. Chris Yu swam 5 events and posted best times in 2 events including a new far western standard in the 100 free. Cedric Zhou had a strong swim in the 400 IM. Dustin Lam posted a new best time in his 400 IM. Andrew Lou swam 8 events and posted new best times in 5 of them.

 

I would like to congratulate all of our competitors on a great swim meet. Although the weather was cool and cloudy (with a couple of downpours on Sunday) we still managed to have a great meet!