2022 Zone 2 Championships

CDST return to Zone 2 Championships after 8 years at Moraga, 1/29-1/30. We had 30+ swimmers from all age groups participate in the meet, including 10 relay teams. Elite, Senior, Platinum Group provided 80% of CDST entries and relay teams. We also had 4 swimmers selected to the Zone Challange Team, and represent Zone 2 to compete in Pacific Swimming Zone Challange Meet at the end of February 2022. Below is the link to the photos taken from the meet last weekend and the summary from each group coach. 

Go To: Photos at Zone 2 Championships 
Photo Credit: Mullick Family. (For security and privacy reasons, Please do not share the link with the others.)

Zone Challange Team Quailferies
8 and Under 
Teah Sun
Heber Sun

13-14 
Justin Ely
Eric Meng

Zone Challange Coaching Team
Coach Ian
Coach Lawrence

CDST Relay Teams
11-12 Boys
Freestyle - 11th
Medley - 10th

13-14 Girls
Freestyle - 9th
Medley - 11th

13-14 Boys
Freestyle - 4th
Medley - 7th

15-18 Girls
Freestyle - 8th
Medley - 7th

15-18 Boys
Freestyle - 4th
Medley - 5th

Elite & Senior Group
By Coach Chen & Coach Anna

50 Free
The Elite group wasn't training too much of speed after the holiday. The results at the meet were at a normal level, with not much personal best time, except Sophie Lowe got 27.0,  Audry Lim got 28.85, and Justin Ely got 22.67 as their new PBs.  All swimmers raced without any major mistakes. Jennifer Xu and Jonathan Xu from Senior Group, both got best times in 50 free. Their times are Jennifer 28.74, Jonathan 25.62.

100s
Personal best time Edward Huang in 100 Butterfly with 49.94 on top of his age group. Alex Torjyan in 100 butterfly's PB with 1:03.65. In Backstroke, Eric Meng missed his best time under 1 second. In Breaststroke, Edward got the best time with 1:03.55 and Alex Wang got 1:14.01. All other swimmers had very close time with their PBs. Emily Schwartz had her best time in 100 Freestyle with 1:03.96. Medha Raghuraman, Ella Gross, and Angela D' Amelio did well in 100 Freestyle, with 1.3 seconds off from their best times. 

200s
Elite Group worked hard in mid-distance training before the meet. Best times in 200 Free: Emily(2:24.51), Ethan Gallagher(2:05.48), Edward(1:43.79), Justin(1:50.23). Best times in 200 IM: Ryin Ruaboro(2:07.86), Ray Cillo(2:09.45), Edward(1:56.29), Ethan(2:26.54).

Platinum Group
By Coach Ian

On January 29-30, CDST competed in the Zone 2 Championship meet and I am pleased with our performance. Although we would like to encourage more of our student-athletes to attend meets to further increase their opportunity for improvement. The Platinum swimmers had great swims, had energy, but most importantly, displayed determination and camaraderie. The support I witnessed for our teammates was phenomenal and inspiring. Keep up the great work and I hope to see more improvement with your efforts. CDST had great swims with a majority of the students dropping 2-3 seconds. However, I did notice that times swam in the mornings were about 1.5 second gain. Please remember to stay dry, warm, and hydrated because this can greatly effect one's time. I suggest that every swimmer would benefit from creating a routine on race days. This could possibly be getting up at the same time, eating the same breakfast, stretching, having homework, or other obligations taken care of to reduce stress. This can increase your chances for success and eliminate most unforeseen variables that could have a negative impact on events. 

I want to give a shout-out to Aaron Ely and Arjav Mullick from the Gold group for stepping in and helping with the 11-12 Boys relay team on Saturday and Sunday. Thank You. 

I also want to give a huge congratulations to Meddy Ben Ayed and Kevin Zhang, both just broke one minute for their 100 Free. Great races gentlemen. 

These were also great races! Every participant should feel accomplished and become increasing confident in their own ability at competition.  

Maya Wen                50 Free 31.72
Natile Lim                200 IM 2:44.43
Shreya Pawar          100 Free 1:05.25
Sophia Gallagher     200 IM 2:47.79
Arjav Mullick             50 Free 31.51 
Carston Hambali      200 IM 2:40.36
Kevin Liu                  100 Breast 1:10. 69
Kevin Zhang             100 Free 59.32
Meddy Ben Ayed      100 Free 59.25 
Phillip Lu                   200 Free 2:23.80 
Yongjian Zhang         50 Free 30.93

These were just a few of the great races that took place. CDST also had four students who made the Zone 2 All-Star Team. Our swimmers will be representing their age group and zone 2 at the All-Star meet. CDST is proud of our team's annual tradition of qualifying and representing our zone at this swim meet. Keep up the amazing work everyone!

Helpful tip, strong kids equal strong races  : )

Gold & Silver Group
By Coach Lei & Coach Lawrence

Teah Sun, Heber Sun, Tongyue Zhang are the top 8 and Under swimmers at the meet. All of them went best times in their events. Arjav Mullick also did every well in his events and helped relay teams in both days. We wish to see more and more Gold and Silver Grou swimmers will quaifly for the Zone 2 Championships next year and of course, Junior Olympics and Far Western in the coming months