CDST 13-14 Age Group Swimmers' Excellent Performances at Winter Junior Olympic

CDST's 13-14 age group boys did an excellent job at the 2021 Winter Junior Olympic at Santa Clara International Swim Complex last weekend. 

Individuals

Eric Meng, 13 
Eric placed 5th in the Individual High Point of his age group. He advanced all his events in the final sessions, and all his races achieved best times. 

100 Free - 52.09 - 3rd Place
100 Back - 59.75 - 3rd Place
200 Back - 2:04.73 - 3rd Place
100 Butterfly - 58.31 - 6th Place
200 Free - 1:54.74 - 6th Place
400 IM - 4:40.60 - 7th Place
50 Free - 24.59 - 7th Place

Justin Ely, 14
Justin was showing his freestyle strength at the JO Meet. He finaled all his freestyle events and got all his personal best times in all his race events. Sub 50 seconds in 100 Free and under 5 minutes in 500 Free were his highlight results last weekend.  

50 Free - 23.16 - 5th Place
100 Free - 49.83 - 5th Place
500 Free - 4:58.37 - 8th Place

Relays

13-14 Boys Relay Team has Eric Meng, Justin Ely, Alex Wang, and Kevin Liu. They raced in 200 Freestyle Relay and 200 Medley Relay and placed 11th and 14th. Alex Wang and Kevin Liu were at the championship level meet for the first time. It was a great learning experience for them, and they all performed their best at the relay. Eric had three individual finals before relay events on each night's final. He still posted best times in relay and helped the team look strong at the meet. Justin posted a split of 22.18, the fastest split in the whole field. Way to go, boys!

We are looking for more CDST swimmers to qualify for Spring Junior Olympic in March 2022!