CDST swam at the AAA Swim Meet in Albany on October 28th & 29th. Overall, Swimmers did very well, and there were less DQ slips at the Meet. This is showing that swimmers have been working hard at cleaning up the details in their daily practice habits, and competitive races skills. For CDST Girl Swimmers: 8 & Under Swimmers did very well in all their events. A special recognition to Ella Zu for placing 1st in all her events for the Meet. Vanessa Kuo also achieved some personal best times...

Fall Greetings, to all CDST Swimmers and Families! We are well underway with the new 2023-2024 CDST Swim Season, and would like to welcome back all returning swimmers, and welcome all new swimmers to the California Dolphin Swim Team. We have grown significantly in all groups, so thank you all for your continued dedication and support. CDST attended two Swim Meets in September, and for many this was their first time competing since the end of last Season, or was their first competitive meet as a California Dolphin. It’s been...

Congratulations to Edward Huang, who has been selected as Pacific Swimming's Long Course Outstanding Swimmer for their age for the 2022-23 season. He will be recognized at the annual PacSwim Awards on October 14, 2023.

With the new season going well, we want to acknowledge our CDST top performers at the end of summer champion meets! During our first week of summer break, three age group swimmers representing Pacific Swimming competed at the Western Zone Age Group Championships at Boise, ID. CDST swimmers Dhivashree Kesavan, Sophia Gallagher, and Andy Bi captured many points at their races and helped the Pacific Swimming(LSC) All-Star Team win the meet. Full news link from Pacific Swimming: CLICK HERE. Also, a huge congratulations to Dhivashree Kesavan for her 50 M...

Amazing smiles, Amazing races, Amazing performances! The 2023 Summer Championships in Hollister, California, was a success for CDST. July, 7th-9th, I witnessed beautiful displays of team support, triumph over personal goals, and victories. Our young and talented swimmers did an amazing job in warming up and down before and after each event. The attainment of making finals for three consecutive days after breaking personal records displays more than just being fast. In giving our time, our dedication, and our drive in the pursuit of success, we focused on positive habits...

Elite Group Swimmers Medha Raghuraman, Justin Ely, Edward Huang, Eric Meng, Leo Gao, Ethan Gallagher, and Ryin Ruaboro had great travel meet at Summer Sectional in Fullerton, CA. CDST is growing a bigger team in the Senior State/National level meets. All of them performed their best times last weekend and attended all eight sessions with multiple finals and relays. Here are the highlights from the meet: Medha Raghuraman - 50 M Free - 28.52 - First Long Course Sectional Cuts Justin Ely - 100 M Breast - 1:08.15 - First...

Congratulations to the CDST swimmers Dhivashree Kesavan, Andy Bi, and Sophia Gallagher, that will represent Pacific Swimming at the 2023 Western Zone Championships in Boise, ID, August 2-5, 2023! Go To: Pacific Swimming News

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...