Well-known Swim Coach, Olympic Medalist and Former National Coach Sergio Lopez Miro was at DSA Kampung Pandan, with the budding champions of the DSA Swim Team for 2 nights, giving the insights that only a world-class authority can.

Born in Barcelona, Spain, Sergio’s moment of international fame came at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where he won the Bronze medal in 200m Breast Stroke. He then moved on to coaching and served as the head coach at West Virginia University. In 2007 he became the head swimming coach at The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida. He has coached several swimmers onto the US national team including Ariana Kukors, Charlie Houchin, Ryan Murphy and later most famously, Joseph Schooling who represented Singapore and made headlines at the 2016 Olympics. After spending the past year and several months coaching Singapore Swimming as High Performance Head Coach, he is moving to Auburn University as Associate Head Coach.

Sergio was on the pool deck for the evening training session at 7.30pm on April 6, where he explained the fundamentals of each stroke, imparting to the young swimmers a lot of knowledge about the basics. Following the swimming drill sessions, Sergio then went on to have a sharing session with the DSA coaches to wrap up the activity for the first night. The second night also included the DSA swimmers’ parents for a Q&A session where the role of a swimmer parent was discussed. Sergio went on to describe how he needed to be a parent for his swimming kids despite being a highly acclaimed swim coach. Further drills and enhancement of diving skills was next and it was late into the night as the enthusiastic swimmers and parents bid adieu to Sergio, enriched by his immense experience and guidance. Selfies, autographs and group photographs galore marked close of the events.

Thank you Sergio for the wonderful time, from everyone at DSA!

DSA contributes a massive 20 Gold, 7 New Records to Kuala Lumpur Team to end Championship drought

DSA swimmers made significant contribution to the Kuala Lumpur Team with over 7 New Records and 20 Gold at the 53rd MILO/PRAM Malaysia Invitational Age Group Swimming Championships held at Pusat Akuatik Hang Jebat, Melaka. It was an astounding performance by the young DSA swimmers as they won event after event, making up half the Kuala Lumpur team’s tally of 40 Gold to make it the Champion at the Meet. This was even more special as the Kuala Lumpur team ended a Championship drought over the last one decade with this win.

The big contributors to the Medal tally and the amazing new records included young Misa Okuzono, who has been unbeatable in the last few Meets, with an amazing 9 Gold of which 5 were new records. This little girl is truly an Olympic champion in the making. Yap Yong Jie, another young sensation won 6 Gold with 2 new records, while Darren Lew Chen Jet won 5 Gold and just narrowly missed out on a new record. Other medals winners were Yumi Okuzono and Koh Tech Chen with 2 Silver each, Chong Hiong Kiet with 1 Silver,  Dian Isandra Bt Johan  with 1 Silver and 1 Bronze and Wesley Kam with 2 Bronze.  4 New records were also made by the Relay Teams which included the DSA swimmers who contributed to the Kuala Lumpur’s collection of 4 Gold with new records at the Relay events. Besides the medal winners, the DSA swimmers also notched up the PBs and did their best for the remarkable and significant, history making win at the Championship.

Hearty Congratulations goes to the all the swimmers of  the Kuala Lumpur team for their exemplary performance and fighting hard to get the Championship this year. They have literally doubled their Gold medal haul from last year, which is a fitting reward for their tireless efforts and also for the support of team managers, coaches, support teams and everyone else who played a part in the great performance.

DSA congratulates the swimmers for their great performance and also the coaches and families for the hard work, dedication and contributions for their support and togetherness with the team. Go DSA,One Team, One Dream!

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Congratulations to the following swimmers selected to represent Kuala Lumpur as part of the State Team at the 53rd Malaysia Invitational Age Group Swimming Championship (NAG) to be held at Pusat Akuatik Hang Jebat, Melaka between 9-12 March 2017. It’s been a great effort by the swimmers and coaches on reaching this milestone and we wish them all the best for the Meet.

1. Sean Goh Min Chang
2. Chan Evon
3. Chung Ze Xuan
4. Koh Teck Chen
5. Lee Jia Jing
6. Asley Chow
7. Chong Hey Sheen
8. Georgene Wee Ee Jern
9. Yumi Okuzono
10. Darren Lew Chen Jet
11. Wesley Kam Zhuo Wei
12. Wong Yu Xuan
13. Chong Hiong Kiet
14. Dian Isandra B. Johan
15. Misa Okuzono
16. Yap Yong Jie

DSA wishes you all the best in your events. We are proud of you!

Go DSA! One Team, One Dream!

DSA Swim team makes an incredible 132 medals haul at MILO/PRAKL Age Group 2017

Records galore at Komplex Renang, Bandur Tun Razak as DSA Swimmers made an astounding collection at the 3 day Swimming Championship making it an awesome start for 2017 for the team. With a team of more than 130 swimmers all geared up after some dedicated training, DSA inched closer to the top slot, winning  55 Gold medals, just 3 short of the top. More remarkable was the amazing amount of record breakers, 21 new records, the maximum by any team in the Meet.

The record breakers included Misa Okuzono who not only won Gold in all her events, all 10 of them, but made a new record in each of them as well! We are sure Misa is going to be one big name in international swimming in the coming years for sure. Darren Lew Chen Jet made the team richer with 9 Gold with 2 new records while Yumi Okuzono added 8 more Gold in her events with 2 new records. Yap Yong Jie added to the record haul with 7 Gold and 6 of them in record time. The Girls 13-14 years group Medley Relay team added one more record in their Gold winning performance bringing the total number of new records by DSA Swimming Team to 21. The host of Gold medal winners included Wesley Kam Zhuo Wei with 4 Gold, Koh Teck Chen, Lee Jia Jing, Georgene Wee Ee Jern and Eunice Wong Ee Yin with 2 Gold each. Chan Evon and Wong Yu Xuan added a Gold each to the team tally.

Other medal winners included Sean Goh Min Chang, Tan Rupert, Wong Yu Hao, Tan E-Shawn, Ng Jia Yi, Cynthia Khor Wen Qi, Chung Ze Xuan, Lim Shun Hern, Asley Chow, Chong Kar Hian, Lim Shun Yuan, Teow Jing Yang Jeremy, Zachary Chin Zi Yong, Chan Ying Yi, Nur Afiqah Mohd Shahrill, Lana Malika Hussayni, Aw Jian Ting, Chong Hiong Kiet, Cheong Hoe Hann, Dian Isandra Johan, Lee Sam Yee, Lean Yiyi and Eunice Wong Ee Yin. Download the detailed Medals Tally from the links below.

A significant amount of the swimmers came home with resounding victories, both in medals and points, a result of the efforts and dedication to training by the swimmers DSA coaches and support by the parents. We cannot thank them enough for all their hard work for this wonderful result and a great way to start of the Swimming Calendar for the year 2017. Go Team DSA!

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3 days that kindled the spirit of DSA – We are DSA!

The first DSA Swim Team Camp was held at the glamorous d’Tempat Country Club at Sri Sendayan during the last week of 2016. Moving further from the one day Team Camp last year, a 3 day Camp incorporated varied activities with the objective to build and develop team spirit among the DSA swimmers.

Owing to the multiple training locations in Kg. Pandan and Shah Alam, swimmers from different locations do not get to meet each other regularly let alone train, so it became essential for some kind of common activity to be carried out. The prestigious d’Tempat Country Club proved to be an apt location as the lovely pool and facilities kept the swimmers enthralled.

The planning and co-ordination of the entire program had started much earlier as it involved not just regular training, but also team building activities and overnight accommodation.  At the assembly point in Technology Park Malaysia, Bukit Jalil, a group of 87 swimmers arrived, ready to experience the 3 days of team activity. After a group photo session, it was off to the d’Tempat Club and the challenges that were waiting. The swimmers were divided into 4 groups, and the first day activity was team building in Klana Resort, Seremban. The activities were all hosted and facilitated by the Resort and after some initial hesitation, the swimmers gradually got into the thick of it. A bowling match between the teams was the last event of the day, which was wildly cheered by the team members.

The second day included activities which were to develop the team building skills to a deeper level with small projects to be completed by each team. The day started with a sharing session with the speaker, Marellyn Liew, ex-National swimmer, and holder of the current National record for 50m and 100m Butterfly events being the DSA Swim Coach and the Organiser/Team Manager for the Swim Camp as well. The topic for the session was the path Marellyn had taken to reach the National level, training for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the reasons which caused her to miss out on qualifying for the Olympics.  The team building projects conducted later involved the development of the DSA Swim Team T-shirt Design and creation of a Team Cheer. Selection of winners for both the projects concluded the activities for the second day.

The final day had a Water Polo match awaiting, and the hectic event saw the teams fight it out, but it was not enough to quench the energy of the young swimmers who then had a couple of more hours of fun at the water park before it was time to call it a day. The final breakfast session was followed by a prize distribution ceremony and sharing sessions by the coaches and team leaders about the Swim Camp.

The kids were very thrilled with the experience and many did not want to go back home.  They were eagerly looking forward to the next Swim Camp. The overwhelming response was that many of the kids had got to know each other, especially from the other training venues; and the words rang out “We are DSA! not KP or Shah Alam!” This was the main purpose of the Swim Camp, and it was safe to say that the objective was achieved.  Big thanks to all the organisers, the program co-ordinators, coaches, parents and most of all the young participants who gave it their all with their exuberant enthusiasm and team spirit. The next Swim Meet will surely see a lot more fervour and cheering from the galleries. Onward Team DSA!

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