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DSA Runners-up at Shah Alam Meet

DSA Swim Clubs (Selangor & KL) win second overall spot at both State and Novice
Divisions with 10 new Meet records

Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan, Shah
        Alam was the venue for the
        8th Selangor ARENA Short
Course Sprint Invitational Swimming
Championships 2019 held on 27-29
August 2019. Being a Selangor Invitational
Meet, all Selangor affiliate clubs including
both DSA-Selangor and DSA-KL
participated with DSA-KL swimmers
participated in the State Swimmers
category. Both the clubs had a great time
with the young swimmers achieving many
firsts and brought home a number of
medals in both divisions.

DSA Selangor finished as the first Runner-        Top Performers State Division              Top Performers novice Division
Up in the Novice category and second
Runner-Up in the State category while           Chong Xin Lin – Overall Champion            Yoong Chang Lin Lin – Overall
DSA KL took the first Runner-Up in the          (Girls 11-12 yrs)                           Champion (Boys 10 yrs & under)
State category. There was a number of           Elise Wong Ving – Overall Champion
great performances to record by the DSA         (Girls 13-14 yrs)                           Charmaine Hung Yun Wen Lin –
team, 19 of the swimmers were in the            Koh Teck Chen – Overall Champion            Overall Champion (Girls 11-12 yrs)
Overall Top 3 of their own age-group            (Boys 15-17 yrs)
category which is quite a remarkable feat.      Eunice Wong Ee Yin – First Runner-          Jayden Wong Ken Ryu – Overall
DSA Champ Fatin Amira Ahmad Hadri               Up (Girls 10 yrs & under)                   Champion (Boys 11-12 yrs)
won the Best Female Athlete amassing 9          Jaydrien Ng Shen Khang – First
Golds and 2 Silvers with 3 Meet Records         Runner-Up (Boys 10 yrs & under)             Trisha Chong Sue Yan – Overall
with some brilliant performances in the         Yean Yu Ng – First Runner-Up                Champion (Girls 15-17 yrs)
pool. Yap Yong Jie, another of DSA’s            (Boys 11-12 yrs)
favourite won the Best Male Athlete             Sajina Aishath – First Runner-Up            Lim Le Kun – Overall Champion (Boys
garnering 6 Golds and 1 Silver with 7 Meet      (Girls 18 yrs & over)                       15-17 yrs)
Records.
                                              and Isabelle Leong Zi Qing all winning        Lee Zi Ying – First Runner-Up (Girls
A lot of outstanding swimmers in addition     Silver and Bronze in their first Meet too.    13-14 yrs)
also contributed to the DSA tally which       Seungmin Woo, despite being grouped
included Muhammad Zullquman Razali:           with older boys in his draw still brought     Loong Wen Shuen– First Runner-Up
3 Golds, Koh Zhi Ying: 6 Silvers, Nicholas    home 3 Silvers from the Meet. And             (Boys 13-14 yrs)
Chan Zhe Yan: 1 Gold and Afieq Azrin: 2       definitely someone to watch out in the
Golds among their many medals. Some           coming years is the upcoming champion,        Joanne Lew Zi Yan – Second Runner-
notable performances were Aldreena            Yoong Chang Lin Lin who won a total           Up (Girls 11-12 yrs)
Wong Chun Rei winning a Gold on
her very first Meet, and Yap Jun Hin                                                        Aldreena Wong Chun Rei – Second
                                                                                            Runner-Up (Girls 13-14 yrs)

                                                                                            Audrey Wong Mei Yie – Second
                                                                                            Runner-Up (Girls 15-17 yrs)

                                                                                          of 6 Golds and winning the Overall
                                                                                          Champion position in his age group. DSA
                                                                                          Swimming Club also had the honour of
                                                                                          making a Meet Record in the Mixed 11-12
                                                                                          yrs 4×50 SC Meter Medley Relay with
                                                                                          the quartet of Chong Xin Lin, Alex Sew
                                                                                          Jia Wei, Yap Yong Jie and Dian Isandra
                                                                                          Johan. A detailed view of the results is
                                                                                          avaliable at www.dsaswimteam.com

                                                                                          It was a great celebration of the team spirit
                                                                                          as both the clubs of DSA Swim Team
                                                                                          created new Meet records and also took
                                                                                          home a host of medals. The swimmers left
                                                                                          no stone unturned in their training and the
                                                                                          dedication of the swimmers, parents and
                                                                                          the DSA coaches have once again shone
                                                                                          through. Brilliant performance and onward
                                                                                          Team DSA! n

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