The 9th Novice Swim Meet 2024 was held at the Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan, Shah Alam on the 8th and 9th June. The Novice Meets aim to give beginner swimmers a chance to compete and build self-confidence, encouraging their participation in future swimming competitions. Novice swimmers are defined as those who have never competed at the national level for their state or won individual medals in previous State Age Group Swimming Meets.
DSA Swimming Club had a total of 106 young swimmers in the foray, most of them first-timers and totally excited at their exposure of competitive swimming. At the end of the second day, the swimmers had collected a total of 26 medals which included 19 Golds. 8 of these were won by Zhang He Ning who set the pool blazing with her spectacular swimming performance. Natalie Rae Chiew Zhen Ee was the other superstar with her collection of 3 Golds while Kayden Chan Kai De, Shota Izawa and Max Lim Jia Jun won 2 Golds each in their events. Kana Iwasaki and Clifford Yeap Shun Long added 1 Gold each to the team tally while Zhu Yin Lai, Leon Zuehlke, Danielle Rae Chiew Wern Ee, Lai Jee Qi, Jong Qing Fung, Mia Lim Jia Yen, Lee Nahyun and Shahista Karleesha Shahmi were the others who had podium finishes in the 2-day Meet. A detailed view of the medal tally can be downloaded from the links below.