Justin Ely Being Named on Scholastic All-America Team

Congratulations to Justin Ely for being named USA Swimming's Scholastic All-America Team*. He is the 4th CDST swimmer to receive this honor. 

Here is Justin's reply to receiving this honor:

"Hello, I’m Justin, and I’m super excited to receive the Scholastic All-American award! In school, my favorite subjects are physics and math, and in the pool I swim short-mid distance freestyle and sprint breaststroke. Out of those events, my favorite has to be the long course 100 breaststroke because of the balance of technique and training. I’ve been on CDST since I was 9, and I especially love the small-team experience that it brings. My teammates have always pushed me, and our coaches have been amazing. Again, I’m super grateful to receive this award, and thanks to all my coaches, teammates, and teachers for all the support!"

Go To: USA Swimming SAA Page

* To qualify for the team, pool swimmers must have a minimum 3.5 unweighted GPA for the current academic year (A = 4, B = 3, C = 2), with honors, advanced placement, IB, PLTW, and dual credit college level courses receiving .2 extra bonus points, and grades below C mean automatic disqualification.

Only grades for academic subjects are used in calculating the award – history/social studies, English, mathematics, sciences, foreign languages, computer sciences, visual and performing arts if indicated as academic. Ironically, this means that in states where students can receive a grade for being on the swim team (like Texas), a student’s grade in swimming doesn’t count toward the calculation.

In the pool, applicants must have swum an individual pool time equal to or faster than the 2023 Winter Junior National qualifying time in any individual event during the SAA qualifying period (Sep 1, 2023-Aug 31, 2024, dates inclusive) with the qualifying times in SWIMS.