DSA Swim Clinic 2020 with Coach Peter Bishop
Educative and Inspiring day with the SASI Team
DSA Swimmers had the special privilege of having some of the best international swimming talent to both train and guide them in competitive swimming. South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) identifies, develops and supports athletes with the potential to perform at the highest national and international levels of sport. The SASI team of Coaches Peter Bishop, Craig Stewart, Tim Rawlins (Performance Analyst) and Luke Knappstein (Strength and Conditioning) were in Malaysia with their athletes as part of their training to prepare them for Tokyo Olympics.
DSA had 32 young swimmers who attended the Swim Clinic and had the privilege of exploring the personalized and improved diving techniques using the technology of video viewing and analysis by Coaches Tim and Craig.
Besides this, Coach Luke was running a series dryland workout to different levels of swimmers to enhance their performance in water. Coach Peter meanwhile was running the stroke and technique work to help swimmers to swim more efficiently and faster.
2016 Olympic Gold Medalist Kyle Chalmers, 2016 Olympian and World Championship Medalist Madison Wilson, and the team of swimmers shared their inspiring experiences as competitive swimmers. All swimmers have their ups and downs regardless what levels of success they have reached, and these world class swimmers shared their stories about how they bounced back and achieved their goals. The SASI swimmers enthralled their young audience demonstrating their finesse and helped in aligning DSA swimmers’ techniques for better performances.
The young DSA swimmers received invaluable advice and feedbacks to their questions from the Olympic level swimmers and no doubt that the swimmers were very high spirited and motivated after participating in the Swim Clinic.
DSA Swimmers celebrate double delight
Clubs crowned Champions in PRAKL and SAG 2020 Swim Meets
DSA Swimmers had a mega blast off as they made history winning both the recently concluded Swim Meets at the very start of the year’s Swimming calendar. DSA Swimming Club came out victors in the MILO/PRAKL Age Group Swimming Championship 2020 held at Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, KL, on 10-12 Jan, while DSAS Swim Club were Champions at the 30th Selangor Age Group Swimming Championship 2020 held at Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan, Shah Alam, on the same weekend.
The PRAKL Meet had some outstanding performance from the young swimmers of DSA, who were in full force, the biggest team of the Meet and they made an astounding 19 new Individual Meet Records and 7 new Meet Relay Records. Champion swimmer Alma Louise Bendix Dahl swept the field with an unbelievable 12 Golds with 11 Meet records in the 13-14 yrs Girls category, while Chong Xin Lin added 10 Golds with 3 Meet records in the 13-14 yrs Girls category. Other top notch swimmers sharing the glory were Yap Yong Jie with 9 Golds and Elise Wong Ving Yan winning 6 Golds and 3 Meet records.
Other up and coming champions among DSA swimmers who performed well included Annis Hiew Xin Ting with 5 Golds; Sophie Chan Yi Lin with 4 Golds; Mellissa Naily Darwin (1 Meet Record) and Seungmin Woo with 3 Golds each while Nikita Yong Scanlan (1 Meet Record), Joelle Koo Yu Qing and Sebastian Zecha Simmons added 1 Gold each to the team tally. Notable credit was first-timer Lewis Mu Zi Long winning a Bronze at his very first Meet. A detailed view of the team tally for the Meet can be downloaded from the links given below.
The SAG Meet held at Shah Alam was almost an DSAS affair with the Club winning almost all the Overall Champions trophies with a placing in the top 3 in the many age groups in both the State and Novice categories.
In the State category, DSAS had 3 Overall Champions and 3 Meet Records which included Elizabeth Chan Yiwen (Girls 10 & Under Overall Champion) with 10 Golds, Lew Yan Chuan (Boys 11-12 Overall Champion with 1 Meet Record) with 5 Golds, Fatin Amira bt Ahmad Hadri (Girls Open Overall Champion) with 2 Golds. Runners Up included Kaelyn Chee Wei Yi (8 Silvers), Marcus Woo Yong Hau (4 Golds), Yeap Zheng (4 Golds and 1 Meet Record), Adam Jeffrey Dillon (4 Golds), Lew Yan Zheng (3 Golds and 1 Meet Record) and Jerriel Lau (2 Golds).
In the Novice category, DSA Swimming Club prided itself with an astounding 8 Overall Champions and 8 Runners Up victories. The Overall Champions included Alvina Ching Ru En – 6 Golds (Girls 10 & Under), Evan Chua Min Hao – 8 Golds (Boys 10 & Under), Tan Yenyi – 7 Golds (Girls 11-12), Yoong Chang Shen – 8 Golds (Boys 11-12), Charmaine Hung Yun Wen – 5 Golds (Girls 13-14), Jayden Wong Ken Ryu – 2 Golds (Boys 13-14), Trisha Chong Sue Yan – 7 Golds (Girls 15-17) and Muhammad Zulluqman Razali – 3 Golds (Boys 15-17)
The Runners Up in the many age groups included Hailey Chong Sue Huey – 2 Golds, (Girls 11-12 2nd Runner Up), Yoong Chang Lin – 3 Golds (Boys 11-12 1st Runner Up), Jason Loh Jia Sheng – 3 Golds (Boys 11-12 2nd Runner Up), Hayley Ng E Mun – 2 Golds (Girls 13-14 2nd Runner Up), Austin Gan Ee Kye – 2 Golds (Boys 13-14 2nd Runner Up), Ng Gha Yuan – 2 Golds (Girls 15-17 2nd Runner Up), Goh Zemin – 2 Golds (Boys 15-17 1st Runner Up) and Afieq Azrin – 1 Gold (Boys 15-17 2nd Runner Up). A detailed view of the team tally for the Meet can be downloaded from the links given below.
The performances of the swimmers in both the clubs has been simply astounding and a great morale booster for the start of the swimming calendar for the year. 2020 looks to be a major record breaker year for the clubs and they gear for the oncoming swim Meets lined up, both national and also some international participation. We wish the young swimmers all the very best and our support to the parents and coaches for the hours of dedication. Onward Team DSA, onward 2020!
Young DSA swimmers bring back wins from Aussie Meets
DSA Swimmers participate at Asia-Pac Super Splash and WA State Age Swimming Championships
The 2019 Asia-Pac Super Splash two day Swim Meet was held in Perth, Western Australia on 14-15 December. The Meet is an international event to provide emerging swimmers an opportunity to represent their country. Open to swimmers aged 9 years to Open, this event beckoned the young swimmers of DSA to have their taste of overseas competitive participation.
A small team of DSA swimmers and coaches arrived at the world-class HBF Stadium sport complex, which is the only venue to host two FINA World Swimming Championships in Australia. The Stadium 3 Olympic size pools, one indoor and two outdoor are built to cater high-performance use, and has geothermal heating system to ensure the pools are heated to 27 degrees centigrade all year round. The temperature outside however was a blistering 41degrees, something the DSA swimmers were not exposed to and had to take the immense heat in their stride. The training sessions in the heat was very hot for the swimmers but they had the opportunity to train in both the outdoor and indoor environments. The hosts were very welcoming and that helped the swimmers stay focused on their events. The oppressive heat did not affect their performances as the swimmers won a host of medals to bring home.
The tally included Georgene Wee Ee Jern with 6 Golds, 3 Silvers, 1 Bronze; Jerriel Lau – 5 Golds & 4 Silvers; Adam Jeffrey Dillon – 5 Golds & 4 Silvers; Atticus Ng – 5 Golds & 3 Bronzes; Ianna Tan – 2 Silvers & 2 Bronze, Ng Gha Yuan -1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze; Lim Qi Feng – 2 Bronzes and Benjamin Marc Vijayaratne and Hayley Ng Ee Mun with 1 Bronze each.
The Sunsmart WA State Age Swimming Championships was at a higher level than the Asia-Pac Meet with the events having multiple Heats and Finals. Held between 20-23 December at the HBF Stadium, the Meet had the best swimmers from Western Australia competing and the DSA Swimmers did exceedingly well to reach the finals. Georgene Wee, Adam Jeffrey Dillon and Atticus Ng were the swimmers with Atticus Ng – 4th place in 100m breaststroke and 200m IM; Georgene Wee – 6th place in 800m Free style, 7th in 200m Breaststroke and Adam Jeffrey Dillon – 5th 100m Butterfly (broke the 1:00 for first time). Zadrian Chan Zhi-Weng won the top spot in 50m, 100m Freestyle and Backstroke Multi-Class event (a para event). It was a bit overwhelming and nervousness played on the swimmers as they competed in this high level of competition, but there was plenty to take back from this even for the young DSA swimmers. Overall, it was great exposure for the small group of swimmers and in addition to the enjoyable time it was an immense experience to participate in such international level Meets. All the best for the New Year 2020 Team DSA and many more international Meets to win.
DSA Swim Team finish Swimming Calendar as First Runners-Up
Swimming Club completes the year with 10 Meet Records at the President Cup Meet
DSA Swim Team under DSAS Swimming Club celebrated a glorious finish to the year’s swimming activities with a First Runners-Up position in the 38th President Cup 2019 Inter-Club Swimming Championship. Held at Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan, Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, the President Cup brings together Swimming Clubs from all over Malaysia, vying for the Top spot and the Championship title.
The young DSA swimmers did the club extremely proud as the final scores saw the Club standing just 67.50 points behind the leader, a massive step up from the previous year when they were at second Runners-Up position, trailing about 400 points behind. This was the biggest team for the Club at the Meet with a total of 316 swimmers roaring support under the DSAS banner.
Outstanding performances included 8 Golds with 7 Meet Records from Alma Louise Bendix Dahl and 4 Golds with 2 Meet Records from Yap Yong Jie. Other outstanding performances were by Sebastien Rion Azlir, Mellissa Nailly Darwin, Chong Hiong Kiet, Chong Xin Lin, Liew Xiao Rou, Liam Eu Li-An (1 Meet Record), Carynn Kay Chan, Fatin Amira Ahmad Hadri, Leong Wan Ying (DSA Coach). Besides these, sterling performances by the young upcoming champions and other swimmers who gave it their all, was the reason that DSAS was within reach of the title and finished at first runners-up spot. A detailed medal tally by the swimmers is given in the table below.
A source of inspiration for the young swimmers is to see their favorite coaches in action, and DSA Coaches Leong Wan Ying, Gerard Goh and Anukul Wong stepped up to the challenge by participating this year. Swimmers were ecstatic and cheered as they witnessed their coaches in action. Leong Wan Ying who was ex Sarawak SUKMA Swimmer, has won a Silver in 50m Butterfly, adding much to the thrills of the young fans.
An added attraction was the presence of DSAS Team Mentor, Dato’ Setia Aubry who visited the venue and the team on the second day of the Meet. He was there to understand the developments in the Malaysian swimming in Selangor and to give encouragement to DSAS swimmers.
Having reached the greatest result in the Meet so far, the Club can look ahead for greater achievements in the future and also look back at the years gone by and recognize the efforts of everyone who had a part to play in the team’s performances. From a very few meets a few years ago, the team now participates in more than 12 Meets every year and this requires the utmost dedication of the Team as a whole. Undoubtedly, there a lot of sacrifices not only by the young swimmers, but also the parents, the coaches and the DSA team members. This large support system of the parents, the DSA swim coaches and all the staff have been at their very best to make these great results happen.
Hats off to the team, thank you DSA Swim Team, One Team, One Dream and all the best for the year 2020.
Young swimmers shine at local MBPJ Meet
The Pesta Renang MBPJ Swimming Meet was held on 9 Nov at the Kelana Jaya Swimming Complex. This is a small local Meet hosted by Stingray Swimming Club meant for beginners in competitive swimming who will get an exposure of participating in a FINA standard swimming Meet. The Meet is not open to State swimmers to enable a good level of participation and motivation for the fresh swimmers.
The 38 young DSA swimmers who participated had a good time enjoying the exposure and also improving their personal best timings. The medal winners included Chong Jun Jet, Josette Ewe, Yoong Chang Shen, Ashley Soh , Chong Jun Ron and Yoong Chang Lin. A detailed view of the medal winners is given below.
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