Greetings CDST Families, Happy New Year to all, and congratulations to CDST Swimmers who attended the Zone 2 Championship Meet. CDST won 1st place in the large club division, and took home the trophy! The trophy will be at the Pool for each Group to take photos for a couple of weeks. As a team we have experienced many wins together. Coaches and Swimmers got to see their hard work payoff, and Parents, Officials, and Meet coordinators experienced the success of their hardwork and dedication to the sport. There were...

Before the winter break, our CDST Elite Group swimmers did a tremendous job at the 2024 Winter Sectional at Mt.SAC College, Walnut, CA. At this meet, swimmers not only received their best times, new time cuts, and season bests but also learned how to face the difficulties of the meet. Justin had his best times with significant cold symptoms at the meet. Sophia re-bounced from an unexpected backstroke ledge accident, made it to finals, and received her 1st Futures Cuts in 100 Back. Eric returned strong and swam his fastest...

Hello Parents and Swimmers, On December 6th-8th, 2024 the California Dolphin Swim Team competed in Pacific Swimming SC Winter Age Group Championships in Morgan Hill, Ca. Over the course of three days our talented and dedicated athletes worked tirelessly to exhibit skill, resilience, and determination. I am so happy our athletes performed well and dropped time in preliminaries. I am ecstatic for all those who’s hard work led them to finals. I am so proud of those athletes who made the podium, because now you can see the potential our...

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...

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...

CDST Relay Teams showed great teamwork at the age group and senior-level summer championship meets. Our 11-12 boys relay and Elite Groupeved the best results in the CDST's history. Let's shout out to the following swimmers: 11-12 Boys won the 200 Medley and 200 Free relays in the Age Group Championships! Freestyle Team: Jiayong Yin, Matthew Chang, Armaan Malik, Asher Song Medley Team: Chase Yardly(Back), Jiajun Zu(Br), Asher Song(Fly), Jiayong Yin(Fr) 11-12 Boys won the 400 Freestyle and 200 Medley relays in the Far Western Championships! Freestyle Team: Jiayong Yin(59.57),...

Hello Parents and Swimmers, What an incredible experience it was to witness so many passionate races! Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to the sport of swimming. Your contributions are the reason CDST continues to progress and achieve new time standards at each meet. The California Dolphin Swim Team had 20 qualifiers who participated in the 2024 Long Course Far Westerns in Morgan Hill, California, from July 25-28. CDST entered 93 events, and our amazing and resilient athletes achieved 21 AAAA, 22 AAA, 29 AA, 17 A,...

The 2024 Speedo Summer Championships, a culmination of Edward's six-year journey to the National level meets, were hosted at Irvine, CA, from 07/23-07/27. This championship meet was combined with the Senior(19+) and Junior nationals(18 & U). Edward's significant progress in his events, racing time, and experiences with elite-level competitions is a testament to his dedication and hard work. In the the 100 meter Freestyle, he advanced to the D finals and swam the season-best time, 51.56, and placed 27th overall. In the 100 meter Butterfly, he improved his personal best...

Hello Parents and Swimmers, Congratulations to all the CDST swimmers who participated in the 2024 Age Group Championship in Concord, California. The California Dolphin Swim Team is proud to announce that with only 23 swimmers entered in 134 events, our incredible student-athletes achieved outstanding results: 19 AAAA times, 27 AAA times, 41 AA times, 36 A times, 9 BB times, and 2 B times. Competing against 48 teams in the Summer Age Group LCM Championship, CDST scored 341 points, securing ninth place. A heartfelt thank you to all the student-athletes...

Summer Greeting CDST Swim Families, We are well into the heat of Summer, and Swimming stronger than ever in the practice & race lanes. There is so much to be said on how hard each of us CDST Coaches, Swimmers, & Parents, have been working and putting our ALL into these Spring & Summer days. A special thank you to our Meet Coordinators, Group Parents, & Membership Parents for coordinating/ running and assisting Families with Meets, Apparel Orders, Team Events/ Parties, etc. Also, thank you to ALL Family members who...