2024-2025 Season Welcome and 14th Annual Banquet Summary

Season Greeting to all CDST Swimmers & Families,

 

It has been a great start to the 2024-2025 CDST Swim Season.  A warm welcome to all the new Swimmers and Families who’ve recently joined our Team.  We hope that swim practice and meets have been fun learning experiences for you thus far.  And to all the returning Swimmers and Families, it has been great to see everyone working hard and returning to our routines.

The Team would also like to thank you all for your participation in our first Team event this past weekend.  Including our Picture Day, Welcome Breakfast, and our 14th Annual CDST Swim Banquet.  Food and Fun was had by all who attended and we look forward to our next Team Gathering.  Below is the 2023-2024 Swim Season Appreciations, SlideShow Link, Awards, Swimmers with Top 25 Times, & Championship Teams:

 

Thank you to our Parent Group Leaders:

Silver:  Van Kwok & Joyce Yin

Gold:  Jing Guo & Lydia Hao

Platinum:  Jingwei Zhang

Senior:  Dena Tom

Elite:  Holly Gallagher

 

Thank you to Our Banquet Planners:

Joanne Zhou

Rob Bates

 

Thank you to our Officials:

Al Chang, Yu Du, Dree Gangisetty, Ben Gao, Xu Han, William Ho, Charles Lou, Rohit Malik, Vijay Nagarajan, Raghu Raghuraman, Bob Ritter, Charles Song, Bing Tong, Dan Zhang.

And, Welcome to our new officials:

Ron Chen, Carola Di Alessandro, Henry Fadillah, Saurabh Mital, Sada Mopuri, Anil Musku, Sean Wu.

 

14th Annual CDST Swim Banquet SlideShow Link:  CDST_2024_Slideshow_Final.mp4

 

Hardest Worker Award:

Silver 1:  Jacqueline Han,  Evie Kwok,  Catherine Li

Silver 2:  Myra Behl,  Elijah Meng,  Aarya Raina

Gold 1:  Steven Hu,  Andrew Wu,  Alvin Zhou

Gold 2:  Ethen Fadillah,  Riya Patel,  Tongyue Zhang

Platinum:  Justin Huang,  Jayden Lee,  Maximus Wang

Senior:  Eric Su

Elite:  Philip Lu,  Yongjian Zhang

 

Most Improved Award:

Silver 1: Ivan Li,  Lingqun Tang,  Tyra Mujumdar.

Silver 2: Yekshit Cherakam, Rachel Li, Aaris Monsalud.

Gold 1:  Gracie Chen,  Kevin Liao,  Gavin Xie.

Gold 2:  Jasmina Horn,  Jacqueline Kuo,  Charles Liu Bates.

Platinum:  Armaan Malik,  Vinodhkannan Srinivasan,  Ean Yu.

Senior:  Rhea Nayagam,  Jaslyn Tsui.

Elite:  Kenneth Wang,  Maya Wen.

 

Most Dedicated Age Group Swimmer:  Andy Bi

 

Rookie of the Year:   Chase Yardley

 

Most Inspirational:  Vincent Huang

 

Coaches Awards:

Coach Chen:   Justin Ely

Coach Ian:   Vanessa Kuo

Coach Anna:  Jiajun Zu

Coach Miranda:   Ella Zu

Coach Lei:   Jozua Sugianto

Coach Lawrence:   Eddie Bi

 

Female Age Group Swimmer of the Year:   Dhivashree Kesavan

Male Age Group Swimmer of the Year:   Asher Song

 

Female Swimmer of the Year:   Sophia Gallagher

Male Swimmer of the Year:  Edward Huang

 

Top 25 Times:

Jacqueline Kuo

Catherine Li

Jacqueline Han

Ella Zu

Delina Chen

Jasmine Li

Zi Xin Chen

Vanessa Kuo

Dhivashree Kesavan

Sophia Gallagher

Charles Liu Bates

Jozua Sugianto

Maximus Wang

Vincent Huang

Jayden Lee

Justin Huang

Andy Bi

Asher Song

Jiayong Yin

Chengyong Wu

Eric Meng

Justin Ely

Edward Huang

Ryin Ruaboro

 

Championship Teams:

• U.S. Summer National

Edward Huang, Elite

• Western Zone

Dhivashree Kesavan, Elite

Ashar Song, Platinum

Maximus Wang, Platinum

 

• Future

Chengyong Wu, Elite

Ryin Ruaboro, Elite

• Junior National Relay Team

Edward Huang,

Justin Ely,

Eric Meng,

Chengyong Wu

• Winter Junior National

Justin Ely, Elite

• Sectional

Sophia Gallagher, Elite

Ray Cillo, Elite

Eric Meng, Elite

Ethan Gallaghe, Elite

Leo Gao, Elite

• Age Group Championships

Jonathan Fan, Elite

Philip Lu, Elite

Jiajun Zu, Platinum

Kevin Liao, Platinum

Armaan Malik, Platinum

Gautham Kumar, Platinum

Victor Wei, Platinum

Jasmine Li, Gold

• Far Western

Grace Gao, Elite

Kenneth Wang, Elite

Kevin Zhang, Elite

Yongjian Zhang, Elite

Isabella Li, Elite

Bhavyesh Gangisetty, Platinum

Matthew Chang, Platinum

Vanessa Kuo, Platinum

Andy Bi, Platinum

Justin Huang, Platinum

Jayden Lee, Platinum

Chase Yardley, Platinum

Jiayong Yin, Platinum

Zixin Chen, Gold

Ella Zu, Gold

Vincent Huang, Gold

Tyra Mujumdar, Gold

 

 

Have a Great Season!  GO CDST!!