CDST swimmers Edward Huang & Ryin Ruaboro attended SCSC International Meet last weekend at Independence High School, San Jose. Both had multiple high-performance races in the long course back to back from their high school swimming season. It was a great meet to start the summer and championships season. Highlights: Edward Huang 50 Back, 1st Place, 25.84, Personal Best 100 Back, 2nd Place, 56.87, Season Best 100 Fly, 2nd Place, 55.69, New US Open Time 100 Free, 3rd Place, 51.97, New Junior National Time Ryin Ruaboro 50 Free, 24.89, New...

CDST had one of the best Spring Far Western Championships at the beginning of April. We have sent 13 swimmers and four relay teams to the meet. Many are first-time participants in the Far Western Championships, the highest age group meet. CDST's young age groupers posted very fast times and scored many points at the meet. Dhivashree Kesavan made the finals in all her seven individual events and scored 29.5 points at the finals. Sophia Gallagher also made four finals and placed 2nd in the 100 Backstroke. Andy Bi &...

CDST finished February strong with many Swimmers attending the 14 and Under, Last Chance Meet in San Ramon. Swimmers were trying their best to get Junior Olympic qualifying times. Below are some highlights from that Meet: 10 & Under Girls: Kuo, Vanessa 100 Free: 1:10.26 BB, 50 Back: 37.92 BB, 100 Back: 1:20.96 BB, 100 Fly: 1:24.09 BB, 200 IM: 2:50.52 BB, 500 Free: 6:31.81 11-12 Girls: Gao, Grace Y 50 Free: 30.81 BB, 100 Back: 1:17.40 BB 13-14 Girls: XU, Jennifer W 50 Free: 26.64 BB, 200 Free: 2:15.04...

Elite Group Swimmers Medha Raghuraman, Ray Cillo, Justin Ely, Edward Huang, and Ryin Ruaboro raced well at Spring Sectional in Novato, CA. Most of them performed best times at March Meet, attended all seven sessions, and finally brought 2nd place in Small Team High Point. It was CDST's best performance in Sectional Level meet. Here are the highlights from the meet: Medha Raghuraman - 100 Back - 1:00.41 - Best time in 2023 Ray Cillo - 50 Free - 21.92 - Finaled and placed 23rd. Justin Ely - 1650 Free...

Greetings CDST, As a Team we had a great first couple of Months of 2023. We held our First-Annual CDST Dolphin Challenge in February, and we were extremely successful by fundraising a total of $4,080.45. Each Group took on the Swim Challenge by swimming as many laps as possible within one-hour. A HUGE thank you to ALL Swimmers who participated in the Lap and Fundraising challenges. With these funds, CDST plans on buying swim equipment for practice, Swim Meets, etc. Here is a Summary of the Swimmers who earned Prizes:...

From Coach Chen: Elite Group sent younger age groupers to the LAC Meet. Most reached their season-best times or improved from the last meet, especially in the mid-distance events. At shorter distance events, swimmers' racing details were not executed very well. They still need to bring the problems to daily practice and master those details. Highlights: Sophie Gallagher - 50 Free - 26.22 (FW Cut), & 200 Back - 2:22.14 (FW Cut) On the observation of the younger age groups(Silver, Gold & Platinum), CDST age group swimmers had tremendous improvement...

Coach Chen: The entire Elite group participated in the Zone 2 Championship Meet. January was a month for Elite swimmers to push their limits on mid-distance & hard-intensity sets at practice. All swimmers went to the meet with no rest, or tech suits & still finished well in their current condition. No best times or highlights for individual events, as there were common mistakes made on turns at the Orinda Pool. Elite Group did not prepare well, & many swimmers missed walls or had bad turns during their events. They...

Hello CDST Swimmers & Families, First of all, Happy New Year! 2023 is going to be a great year filled with opportunities for growth & improvement. We have many things to look forward to this Month, including Zone 2 Championships this coming weekend (1/21-22), and the Dolphin Challenge (A Swimming Fundraiser), the following week (1/27-28). During December we held our Annual Christmas Party for over 100 CDST Swimmers. Together we celebrated with dinner, music, games, & some more team bonding. Coaches also gave out some fun awards to Swimmers who...

Greetings Swimmers & Families, December 10th & 11th, CDST competed at one of the biggest swim meets we’ve attended so far this Season, the SRVA C/B/BB+ Meet in San Ramon. Despite the weather, attendance was up, & swimmers were determined to show that the rain down pours, wind, & cold temperatures wouldn't stop them from reaching their personal goals. Swimmers exhibited mental toughness in their efforts both in & out of the water. In fact, the whole Team was challenged not only by the unfavorable swimming weather, but also to...

CDST Elite Group sent six swimmers to Husky Invitational, Federal Way, WA, and one swimmer to the Winter Junior National Championships, Austin, TX in the past two weeks. Many best times, new championship meet cuts and histories had been made in the past weeks as one of the successful winter seasons for CDST's senior-level swimmers. 72nd Husky Invitational The last time CDST participated in Husky Invite was in 2019. After 3 years of interruption by COVID, we backed to the meet again this year. The six quaifiers were the first...