DSA retains position at Mid & Long Distance Meet


DSA Swim Team runners-up at Meet with 24 Gold

DSA retains position at Mid & Long Distance Meet

DSA Swim Team continued their good run on the Meets with a runners-up position at the 2nd ASUM/NSC/MILO Mid & Long Distance Swimming Championships 2017 held at the National Aquatic Centre, Kuala Lumpur Sports City, Bukit Jalil on 21 and 22 October.

The young swimmers who took top honours included Yap Yong Jie, Misa Okuzono, Yumi Okuzono, Georgene Wee Ee Jern, Koh Teck Chen, Yap Yong Jia and fellow relay team members who all contributed towards the rich haul of 24 Golds at the Meet. The Medals Tally for the team is given below.

It was the second-last Meet of the Swim Calendar for the year and was the build-up for the prestigious President Cup slated for the second half of November at the same venue. We wish all the swimmers the best of luck in their training and preparation for the upcoming Meet.

Medal-Tally

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DSA wins big at Junior Splash 2


DSA Swim Team runners-up at Meet with 11 New Records, 22 Gold

DSA Swim Team gave a sterling performance at the second leg of the ASUM/NSC/Milo Junior Splash Swim 2017, just missing out being the champions, falling short by one Gold.

The young swimmers who took top honours included Darren Lew Chen Jet, Misa Okuzono and Yap Yong Jie who together made quite a few new Meet records. Other splendid performances included the Girls Group 4 and Boys Group 4 relay teams who won Gold in many events. The Meet had a delayed day one with swimmers staying back very late. The remaining days went smoothly and the swimmers had much to celebrate as they relished the success of the Meet. Many thanks goes out to the entire team, the DSA coaches and the support gives by the parents and well-wishers. A detailed highlights of the Team’s performance is as follows:

Boys:
Darren Lew Chen Jet
100m Freestyle Group 3 – 58.62 (Gold) *new meet record
50m Backstroke Group 3 – 29.74 (Gold) *new meet record 
50m Butterfly Group 3 – 28.11 (Gold) *new meet record 
100m Backstroke Group 3 – 1:06.35 (Gold) *new meet record 
50m Freestyle Group 3 – 26.17 (Gold)*new meet record 

Yap Yong Jie
50m Backstroke Group 4 – 33.70 (Gold)*new meet record 

Girls
Misa Okuzono 50m Breaststroke Group 4 – 37.55 (Gold) *new meet record 
100m Backstroke Group 4 – 1:13.84 (Gold) *new meet record 
100m Breaststroke Group 4 – 1:20.87 (Gold)*new meet record 
100m Butterfly Group 4 – 1:07.59 (Gold) *new meet record 
50m Freestyle Group 4 – 29.65 (Gold) *new meet record 

Relay: 9-10 (Girls) Group 4
4x50M Free Relay – Gold
4x50M Medley Relay – Gold
4x100M Free Relay – Gold

Relay: 13-14 (Girls) Group 2
4x50M Free Relay -Silver
4x50M Medley Relay – Silver
4x100M Free Relay – Bronze
4x100M Medley Relay – Bronze

Relay: 9-10 (Boys) Group 4
4x50M Free Relay – Bronze
4x50M Medley Relay – Gold
4x100M Medley Relay – Gold

Relay: 11-12 (Boys) Group 3
4x50M Free Relay – Silver
4x50M Medley Relay – Bronze

DSA Swim Team finish runner-up


Moves up to 2nd spot, just 5 points away from top at MILO/Sport Excel 2017 

DSA Swim Team made a great step forward as the Team finished as the runner-up just 5 points short of beating the champions at the NSC/Milo/Sport Excel Junior Swimming Circuit – Grand Final held at the Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras pool on the 12-13th August.

Yap Yong Jie and Darren Lew Chen Jet led the Team with top honours breaking 5 Meet records between them. They were also the Best Boys in their respective Groups.  Both of them brought back 4 Golds each in their events. Koh Teck Chen won 2 more Golds to add to his collection while 1 Gold each was added to the team by Georgene Wee Ee Jern and Liam Eu Li-An. It was a significant achievement for the Team to reach the second spot of the yearly Circuit Championship and that leaves only a couple of more Meets in the Calendar as the year draws to a close. The Team must not gear up for the most important Meet of the Calendar, The President Cup scheduled for late November.

The Record Breakers and Medals Tally of the Team was as follows:

Yap Yong Jie (Boy 10 & Under Group 4)

  • 50m Back 0:32.21 (Gold)*Broke MR (0:32.50) & NAG (0:33.62)
  • 100m Freestyle 1:03.35 (Gold)*Broke MR (1:03.79)
  • 100m Fly 1:08.76 (Gold)*Broke MR(1:10.27) & NAG (1:10.89)
  • 100m Back 1:09.31 (Gold)*Broke MR(1:11.28) & NAG (1:11.69)

Darren Lew Chen Jet (Boy 11-12 Group 3)

  • 50m Free 0:25.97 (Gold)*Broke MR (0:26.09) & NAG (0:26.15)
  1.  Yap Yong Jie – Best Group 4 Boys
  2.  Darren Lew Chen Jet – Best Group 3 Boys

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Golds for Misa & Yong Jie in Singapore


DSA Swim Team makes mark with new records at overseas Swim Meet

DSA Swim Team

DSA Swim Team participated in the Chinese Swimming Club Super Junior Swimming 2017 Meet held at the Chinese Swimming Club Pool, Singapore on August 5th and 6th. With over 700 swimmers from countries like Philippines, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam, it was an international exposure of sorts for the DSA Swim Team members. The small team who made it to the Meet included Chong Jun Ron, Cheong Hoe Hann, Noah Zameer Lee, Mutale Mwamba, Aisha Lee, Misa Okuzono, Yap Yong Jie, Natasha Sophea and Yoong Chang Shen.

Yap Yong Jie and Misa Okuzono led the Team on a winning note on the very first event of with Golds. It was a tremendous performance as the swimmers shed a couple of seconds and it was another new record for Misa who was the girls’ (11-year-olds) Most Valuable Swimmer. She set new meet records in all of her wins (50m breast, back, fly, free, 100m fly, free, back and breast, 200m free and medley), except the 200m free. Brilliant performances also by Chong Jun Ron, Cheong Hoe Hann, Noah Zameer Lee, Mutale Mwamba, Aisha Lee, Natasha Sophea and Yoong Chang Shen in smashing their Personal Bests. It was remarkable that all the Team members improved on the Personal Bests despite being their first performance in a foreign pool. It was a sweet payoff for the incredible amount of training the swimmers had been putting in over the months and a big applause to the DSA coaches for their awesome guidance and hard work.

We look forward to more participation from the Team at such international events where the swimmers gain a great amount of experience rubbing shoulders and facing off with swimming clubs from other countries.

The Medals Tally and points contribution by the swimmers were as

Boys
No. Name Gold Silver Bronze Points
1 Cheong Hoe Hann 3
2 Noah Zameer ee 29
3 Mutale Mwamba 2
4 Yap Yong Jie 5 3
Girls
No. Name Gold Silver Bronze Points
1 Misa Okuzono 10 137