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...

Greetings CDST Families, Happy Spring to All! It was a cold and wet Winter, but as a Team we overcame the elements and did our best with the Short-Course Swim Season. In the past couple of Months, CDST has experienced many successes. Including the 2024 Zone 2 Championships where Swimmers achieved personal best times, and qualified for the Pacific Swimming Zone All Star Meet, Age Group Championships, and Far Western Swim Meets. Congrats to all the hard working Swimmers achieving these goals. Shout out to the 6 CDST Swimmers who...

Hello parents and swimmers, On March 15, the 2024 spring Age Group Championships, hosted by SBA, were a great success for our team. The California Dolphins Swim Team had 15 swimmers and a total of 108 events. Over the course of three days, our team acquired 10 AAAA times, 34 AAA times, 30 AA times, 16 A times, 15 BB times and 3 B times. The California Dolphin Swim Team had 8 gold, 12 silver, and 4 bronze, and we scored 309 with 663.1 points. Great job, everyone, and I...

Edward Huang represents CDST racing this week at the nation's highest 18&U meet, Winter Junior Nationals, in Westmont, IL. He brought up a stunning performance on the first two days of his racing. Finished 15th in 50 Freestyle on the first day of finals and improved his PB to 20.26. The second day was the most challenging for him to have doubles in 100 fly and 100 back. He finished 6th in fly and 4th in back with new PBs in both events. At this highest national level meet, he...