Over 2,500 entries a day, three sessions, and a genuine changing-of-the-guard at the top of the age groups. Here's who to watch when the MAS/MILO All-Stars Swimming Circuit touches down at Pusat Aquatik Darul Ehsan.
Sports Excel Leg 2 — the second leg of the MAS/MILO All-Stars Swimming Circuit 2026 — runs from 10 to 12 July at Pusat Aquatik Darul Ehsan (PADE), Selangor's newly built SUKMA venue. It's the circuit's biggest stop of the year so far, and the entry numbers back that up: 2,166 entries on Day 1, 2,213 on Day 2, and 2,568 on Day 3, spread across 63 events and more than 700 heats. Warm-up alone will see over 850 swimmers in the water each morning before a single race is swum.
I've been through the startlists for all three days, and a few things stand out immediately. This isn't just a big meet — it's a meet with a genuine story in nearly every age group, from a 13-year-old boy entered in fourteen individual events to an 11-and-under record-holder who's about to test herself against swimmers a full age category above her. Here's who I'll be watching for, and why.
THE BOYS TO WATCH
Ayaz Zahin Bin Azhar (EZY, 13) is the single most eye-catching entry on this startlist, full stop. He's seeded fastest in eight separate events across the Boys 12-13 and 13-&-Under categories — 200m backstroke, 200m butterfly, 100m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 400m IM, 200m IM, 800m freestyle and 100m backstroke — and he's entered in fourteen individual events total across the three days. That's not a specialist's programme, that's a swimmer testing every stroke and every distance in the same week. Watch his 400 IM and 800 free on Day 1 and Day 3 in particular; that combination of endurance and versatility at 13 is rare.
Lewis Mu Zi Long (DSA, 14) already holds this meet's records in the 200m backstroke, 400m IM, 400m freestyle and 800m freestyle — a genuinely unusual spread for one swimmer to own, since it crosses both stroke work and pure distance freestyle. He's back to defend all four, and given his age bracket, this could be the meet where he starts pulling away from the 14-15 pack for good.
Aslan Adnan (PADE, 18) is the senior standout on the home team's side of the ledger. He already holds the 16-18 age-group record in the 200m backstroke, and his seed time in the 200m freestyle (1:56.27) is the fastest in that event field for this meet — a strong signal he's building toward a big final week of racing before he ages out of the junior circuit altogether.
Shim Ze Yan (SSC, 13) owns the fastest seed times in both the 100m and 50m butterfly for Boys 13-&-Under. Butterfly at that age is as much about technique holding up under fatigue as raw speed, and having the top seed in both distances suggests he's got both.
Yu Xiang Cham (DSA, 20) already holds the 16-18 age-group record in the 100m breaststroke and is still the fastest seed in that event heading into this meet, plus the top seed in the 200m breaststroke. A senior swimmer still setting the pace in his stroke this deep into a 2,500-entry meet is worth watching closely.
THE GIRLS TO WATCH
Lai Wen An (KRM, 12) is this meet's headline story, full stop. She holds the 11-and-under age-group record across nearly every stroke she swims — breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke, butterfly and IM — and she's seeded fastest in eight events for this meet despite racing up against the 13-&-Under field rather than her own age bracket. Watch her across the 100m breaststroke, 100m freestyle and 200m IM; if she's still setting the pace against swimmers a year or more older, that's a genuine changing-of-the-guard moment for Malaysian age-group swimming.
Chong Yuan Yi (PADE, 17) is the meet's standout distance freestyler, with the fastest seed times in both the 400m and 1500m freestyle for Girls 14-&-Over. Distance freestyle rewards patience as much as raw pace, and having the top seed at both distances says she's got the engine for it.
Megan Ho (DSA, 16) carries the fastest seed times into the 50m backstroke, 100m butterfly and 50m butterfly. She set an age-group record in the 50m butterfly back when she was still racing 12-13 — now she's doing it again a full category up, which is exactly the kind of progression you want to see from a swimmer moving through the age groups.
Khoo Sue Enn (PADE, 17) is entered fastest in the 100m breaststroke and 200m IM, and already holds a 16-18 age-group record in the breaststroke. An IM swimmer with a genuine breaststroke edge is always dangerous over 200m, where that leg tends to decide the race.
Shi Qi Wong (MAS, 23) is the senior sprint standout, seeded fastest in both the 100m and 50m freestyle for Girls 14-&-Over, and an existing age-group record-holder in the 50m free. At 23, she's racing well outside the typical junior-circuit age range — a reminder that this meet draws serious depth at the very top of the field, not just juniors.
A NEW HOME FOR THE CIRCUIT
Racing at PADE for this leg matters beyond just the venue change. As one of the venues built out for SUKMA, it's a facility designed for exactly this kind of high-volume, multi-session meet — and with entry counts this size across three full days, it's getting a proper stress test early. For swimmers and clubs used to racing at older, more cramped venues, this is a noticeably different meet-day experience.
WHAT TO EXPECT ON THE POOL DECK
With sessions starting at 8:00 AM each day and running past 6:00 PM on Day 3, this is a long meet by any measure — and a demanding one for parents and coaches trying to track a swimmer's programme across 63 events and 700-plus heats. That's exactly the gap I built Heat Check to close: search a swimmer's name and see every event, heat, lane and scheduled start time across all three days, instantly, without digging through a 25-page PDF per session.
It's live now on the Sports Excel Leg 2 page, and results comparisons — including a live gold-medalist lookup for every event — will go live as each day's results are published.
As always, I'll be on deck across all three days shooting individual athlete coverage — full programme, every stroke, delivered as full-resolution files after finals. If your swimmer's racing at PADE this week, get in touch before slots fill up.
— Atlas Shotz