A three-day meet at Pusat Akuatik Kuala Lumpur produced nine meet record performances across six events, with a pair of seven-gold performances from Aslan Adnan and Keina Kimura headlining the individual story of the meet.
The MAS/MILO All-Stars Swimming Circuit returned to the Pusat Akuatik Kuala Lumpur for its 2026 Central leg, drawing clubs from across the country for three days of long course competition. When the final results were tallied, PADE-SuperSharkz Swimming Club had claimed the overall medal count with a dominant haul of 90 medals — 33 gold, 34 silver and 23 bronze — asserting early authority over the circuit standings.
DSA Swimming Club (73 medals) and DSAS Swim Club (66 medals) completed the top three, with Ikan Bilis Swimming Club a clear fourth on 43. Across the three days, nine meet records fell — including a shared breaststroke mark claimed independently by two swimmers in the same event — and the individual performances of Aslan Adnan and Keina Kimura, both collecting seven gold medals apiece, set the standard for the circuit ahead of Leg 2.
Nine meet records were broken across the three days, with performances spread across backstroke, butterfly, freestyle and breaststroke. Three of the nine came from backstroke events on Day 1, while a record in the Girls 12-13 200m Breaststroke was shared by two different swimmers who both swam under the old mark in the same event.
Noma Horiuchi (DSAS, 12) opened the records with a 2:31.31 in the Girls 12-13 200m Backstroke, edging past the previous mark of 2:31.51. Yu Shan Liew (DSAS, 15) went further — her 2:26.19 in the Girls 14-15 200m Backstroke was a decisive 3.31 seconds clear of the old record of 2:29.50. Jia Jun Nathaniel Shu added a Boys 14-15 200m Backstroke record with 2:15.83, improving on the old mark of 2:16.59. On Day 2, Abdul Karim Jaafar Azhar (KPGCC) clocked 27.30 in the Boys 16-18 50m Backstroke to clip 0.26 off the previous standard, while Shi Qi Wong (DSA) set a new mark in the Girls 19 & Over 50m Backstroke with 33.08, improving the old record by a significant 1.64 seconds.
The stand-out butterfly performance of the meet came from Aslan Adnan (PADE, 18), who stopped the clock at 2:12.16 in the Boys 16-18 200m Butterfly — a new meet record that shaved 0.08 off the previous standard of 2:12.24. It was the kind of narrow, hard-fought improvement that speaks to the depth at which records now sit at this level of age-group swimming.
Rachel Chu (DSA) held her nerve in the Girls 19 & Over 400m Freestyle to clock 4:42.79, edging the previous meet record of 4:42.81 by just 0.02 seconds — one of the closest record margins of the meet. In the distance pool, Lewis Mu Zi Long delivered a commanding run in the Boys 14-15 1500m Freestyle, recording 16:50.45 to take more than 12 seconds off the old standard of 17:03.05.
The Girls 12-13 200m Breaststroke produced the meet's most unusual record: two swimmers broke the old standard of 2:46.70 independently in the same event. Li Wanyu touched in 2:44.43 and Kimberley Bee (VSC) in 2:45.97 — both under the old mark, with the record officially going to Li Wanyu as the faster of the two swims.
Beyond the record-breaking swims, the meet produced several standout races across age groups. Send screenshots or data for any event you'd like written up below — each entry follows the same format: a short prose paragraph in Rich Text, then an embed table block for Webflow.
Six swimmers collected five or more gold medals across the three days, with two reaching seven — a feat not managed by anyone else in the field. Their performances across multiple strokes and distances mark them as the defining individual stories of the Central leg.
Aslan Adnan was the standout male swimmer of the meet. The 18-year-old from PADE-SuperSharkz collected gold medals across seven events — 200m Butterfly (with a new meet record), 100m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly, 200m Freestyle, 200m IM, 400m IM and the 1500m Freestyle — an extraordinary range that signals genuine all-round ability. His 2:12.16 in the 200m Butterfly was the centrepiece: a record that had stood at 2:12.24, trimmed by just 0.08 seconds but with clear authority in the race itself.
Keina Kimura (DSA, 11) matched Aslan Adnan's seven-gold tally in the Girls 11 & Under age group, dominating her category across breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke, freestyle and IM. Competing at the youngest tier of the circuit, her multi-event consistency was the most complete individual performance of the meet and marks her as a name to watch as she moves up in age.
Noma Horiuchi (DSAS, 12) was the standout female swimmer of the meet. Six gold medals across backstroke, butterfly, IM and freestyle events, including a meet record in the 200m Backstroke, made her the most decorated girl in the pool over three days. At just 12 years old, she broke a record in an event typically contested by 13-year-olds — and her winning margin of 1.81 seconds over second place suggests the standard is now set considerably higher.
Shim Ze Yan (SSC, 13) swept the backstroke and butterfly events in the Boys 12-13 category, claiming six gold medals in total including the 200m Backstroke, 200m Butterfly, 50m Backstroke, 100m Butterfly, 50m Butterfly and 100m Backstroke. His butterfly double — winning both the 50m and 100m — underscores a genuine speciality strength that could develop quickly at national level.
Hermann Tang Bok Yu was the dominant 14-15 boy at the meet, taking five golds across freestyle, butterfly and IM — events 400m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly, 200m Freestyle, 200m IM and 400m IM. His range across middle-distance and IM events is particularly notable at this age group.
Yu Shan Liew (DSAS, 15) capped a dominant meet with five golds including a meet record in the 200m Backstroke. She also took gold in the 200m IM, 50m Butterfly, 100m Backstroke and 200m Freestyle, establishing herself as the top female 14-15 swimmer of the Central leg by a clear margin.
PADE-SuperSharkz Swimming Club finished the three-day meet as the top club in the combined medal count, leading a competitive field of 22 clubs across all age groups and events.
With PADE-SuperSharkz holding a substantial lead in the early circuit standings, the question heading into Leg 2 is whether DSA and DSAS — both consistent medal-count threats — can close the gap. The individual performers to watch will be familiar names: Aslan Adnan and Noma Horiuchi will carry strong momentum, while emerging talents like Keina Kimura (11 & Under), Shim Ze Yan (12-13) and Hermann Tang Bok Yu (14-15) showed the kind of multi-event versatility that should only improve with racing experience.
Details for Leg 2 will be announced by MAS — full coverage to follow on Atlas Poolside.