Records galore as DSA wins Overall Championship at Mid & Long Distance Meet
109 young swimmers of the DSA Swimming Club made sure that the team’s unbeaten streak over the Meets this year remained intact as the Club came out as the Overall Champions. The 5th MAS/NSC Mid & Long Distance Swimming Championship held at the National Aquatic Centre, Bukit Jalil was held on 08-10 October 2022. The Meet was held after a gap of 2 years and DSA Swim Club grabbed the top spot of Overall Champions, moving up from the Runner Up position in 2019.
Going in with the biggest contingent of the Meet and a blazing track record this year, the swimmers were not perturbed with the high expectations of the team. A whopping, incredible 18 new Meet Records and 49 Golds and a host of Silvers and Bronzes ensured the Club was well above the rest of the field with 994.50 points on the board.
The whole team of young swimmers were par excellence in the display of competitive swimming and the trailblazers included Jerriel Lau who made 4 new Meet records in the Girls 18-25 yrs category. Jayden Tan Khai Xin made 2 new Meet records in the Boys 15-17 yrs category. Gabriel Francis McCartan, Yap Yong Jie, Atticus Ng E Hin, Hayley Ng E Mun, Teh Tze Lin, Megan Wong, Lee Tze-Le, Hayley Cassandra Yap Hay Ee, Ashley Soh Wern Yi, Celyn Pan Xiao Ying, Heidi Chong Zi Xin and Vitus So Teng Hoe each created a new Meet record in their events.
Hayley Ng E Mun with 6 Golds, Masato Mark Fujimoto with 4 Golds, Jayden Tan Khai Xin, Teh Tze Lin and Vitus So Teng Hoe with 3 Golds each; Gabriel Francis McCartan, Yap Yong Jie, Megan Wong, Evan Chua Min Hao, Xin Qi, Lewis Mu Zi Long and Evita Tan Ee Lin with 2 Golds each in their events inclusive of the Relays added a big number of Golds to the team total.
The other Gold winners were Yap Shi Chi, Adam Jeffrey Dillon, Joanne Lew Zi Yan, Atticus Ng E Hin, Lee Tze-Le, Yii Shyun Tiing, Dimas Ardhan Rumawas, Neelkantha Arjoo Segar, Angel Zhou, Megan Ho, Jiang Bo Xiu, Miles Nathaneal Yap and Analey Yap Cai Li who won a Gold each inclusive of their Relays. The medal winners also included Cham Yu Xiang, Jayden Yap Ee Jen, Yoong Chang Shen, Jason Loh Jia Sheng, Emir Danish, Shawn Pan Xiao Song, Hayley Cassandra Yap Hay Ee, Ashley Soh Wern Yi, Celyn Pan Xiao Ying, Heidi Chong Zi Xin, Kaylee Wong, Kaylee Koh Lee Shen, Anna Zhou, Heidi Lim Pei Xin and Nik Naazneen Mirza Mohd Rosli who took home Silvers and Bronzes.
A detailed view of the medal winners and the full results can be downloaded from the links below.
With this magnificent team performance, DSA Swim Club has been having a dream run at this year’s swimming calendar, and it’s a very big thanks and round of applause to all those who have been instrumental in making this happen. The DSA team of coaches and parents and most of all the young swimmers have been giving their utmost effort and dedication and living up to the motto of One Team, One Dream.