Dragons: The dragon symbolizes luck, virtue, peace, and longevity. Dragons are confident, romantic, passionate, brave, and generous. A dragon will do everything to make his or her dreams come true.
Vision: To create a positive, challenging, safe, healthy, and nurturing environment in supporting and safeguarding our swimmers to achieve excellence in competitive swimming and translate the learning experience in swimming into real life. The experience at PDST will build a lifetime-enduring ethic for our swimmers and enable them to succeed in their future endeavors.
Mission: PDST (Pacific Dragons Swim Team) is a competitive swim team seeking to enable all its swimmers to reach their highest potential as athletes and persons through excellence in its coaching, training, and caring in a safe, positive, and healthy environment.
Culture: We seek to create a respectful, cohesive, and vibrant culture for all of our athletes and athletes’ families. Win or lose, high respect and caring are fostered for our teammates, competitors, and ourselves.
PDST Highlights:
Sept 2009: Inaugural season with 29 swimmers
Dec 2009: 34th at PNS Age SC Champ meet
Jan 2010: Parent Booster Club (PDBC) established
April 2010: Received US Swimming Level 1 Club Recognition
July 2010: 15th at PNS Age LC Champ meet, received USS Level 2 Club Recognition
Aug 2010: 3 swimmers represented PNS Western Zone Champ Team
Dec 2010: 7th at PNS Age SC Champ meet
Jan. 2011: 1st PDST swimmer ranked in the National Age Group top 16
Mar 2011: 14th at NW Age Group Regional Champ meet
July 2011: 11th at PNS Age LC Champ meet
August 2011: 3 swimmers were selected for PNS NACC (North American Challenge Cup) Team
Dec 2011: 5th at PNS Age SC Champ meet
Mar 2012: 7th at NW Age Group Regional Champ meet
July 2012: 5th at PNS Age LC Champ meet
Aug 2012: 4 swimmers were selected for PNS NACC Team; 11 swimmers represented PNS Western Zone Champ Team
Dec. 2012: 4th at PNS Age SC Champ meet
Mar 2013: 6th at NW Age Group Regional Champ meet
July 2013: 4th at PNS Age LC Champ meet
August 2013: 10 swimmers were selected for PNS NACC Team; 2 swimmers represented PNS Western Zone Champ Team
August 2013: First PDST swimmer to break Western Zone Age Group record in 100M Back event
March 2014: Team ranked 6th at NW Age Group Regional Champ meet
July 2014: The team finished 4th at PNS Age LC Champ meet
August 2014: 8 swimmers represented PNS Western Zone Champ meet
March 2015: Team ranked 6th at NW Age Group Regional Champ meet
July 2017: PDST finished 3rd overall at PNS Age LC Champ meet
Dec. 2017: PDST finished 3rd overall at the PNS Age SC Champ meet
March 2018: 15th at Age Group Sectional
July 2018: 9th at PNS Age LC Champ meet
Dec. 2018: 8th at PNS Age SC Champ meet
March 2019: 11th at NW Age Group Regional Champ meet
July 2019: 10th at PNS Age LC Champ meet
Dec 2019: 9th at PNS Age SC Champ meet
July 2021: Team ranked 3rd at PNS Age SC Champ meet
August 2021: 8 swimmers represented PNS Western Zone Champ meet
Dec 2021(2 swim meets): 5th at PNS Age SC Champ meet
Mar 2022: Team ranked 7th at the 2023 WA Champ Meet
July 2022: Team ranked 3rd at PNS 14 and Under LC Champ meet
August 2022: 12 swimmers represented PNS Western Zone Champ meet
Dec 2022: Team ranked 2nd at PNS Age 12&U SC Champ meet
Dec 2022: Team ranked 3rd at PNS Age 14&U SC Champ meet
Jan 2023: 3 swimmers were selected for PNS All-Star Champ Meet
Mar 2023: Team ranked 3rd at NW Age Group Regional Champ meet
May 2023: Top 1 in Gold Medal Ranks at 2023 WestCoast International Invi Meet
July 2023: Team ranked 3rd at PNS Age 14&U LC Champ meet
Dec 2023: Team ranked 3rd at PNS Age 14&U SC Champ meet
Jan 2024: 4 swimmers were selected for PNS All-Star Champ Meet
