The Deree Swim Academy successfully participated with 24 athletes in the “Spring Swim Cup of Pre-competitive Categories 10-11-12 years,” held at the Athens Olympic Complex (OAKA) on March 9-10, winning a total of 13 medals.

Specifically:

Gold:

• Kapetanea Konstantina – 100m backstroke – Girls 10 years
• Raptis Georgios – 800m freestyle – Boys 12 years
• Bergin Georgios, Simos Iasonas, Pentidis Yiannis, Georgiadis Nikolas – 4x50m freestyle relay – Boys 10 years

Silver:

• Georgiadis Nikolas – 200m freestyle – Boys 10 years
• Stavrianou Renia – 200m freestyle – Girls 12 years
• Raptis Georgios – 400m freestyle – Boys 12 years
• Stavrianou Renia – 400m freestyle – Girls 12 years

Bronze:

• Georgiadis Nikolas – 50m freestyle – Boys 10 years
• Zafeiropoulou Eleni – 100m backstroke – Girls 11 years
• Mantzara Filio – 200m backstroke – Girls 12 years
• Bergkin Georgios, Simos Iasonas, Pentidis Yiannis, Georgiadis Nikolas – 4x50m medley relay – Boys 10 years
• Angelidi Alexandra, Kostagiola Ioanna, Mantzara Filio, Stavrianou Renia – 4x100m freestyle relay – Girls 12 years
• Minogiannis Athanasios, Mantzara Filio, Raptis Georgios, Stavrianou Renia – 4x100m medley relay – Mixed 12 years

The team was accompanied by our coach , Ms. Samartzi Sophia.

Congratulations to all our athletes for their effort and achievements!

The Deree Swim Academy successfully participated with 43 athletes in the “Winter Championship of Southern Greece for Boys – Girls, Teens – Juniors”, held on February 16-18 at OAKA.

The Deree College Athletic Club won the championship in the Boys – Girls, Boys, Girls categories, 3 new trophies, and 36 medals in total!

Worth mentioning were the placings in the finals with 32 different athletes, the personal records, and the 1,225 points (993 Boys-Girls+232 Teenagers-Teens) that the DCAC collected in total.

Congratulations to all athletes and their coaches!

The Deree Swim Academy participated with 30 athletes in its first target competition of the season, held at OAKA, February 9-11, and secured the first position in the Girls B’ category and in the overall standings of Boys-Girls A’ & B’, winning a total of 2 trophies and 19 medals (6 gold, 7 silver, 6 bronze).

Analytically the medals:

Gold (6):

• Vlachakis Marios: 100m, 200m butterfly, and 200m individual medley

• Painesi Natassa: 200m individual medley

• Albanis Vitalios: 200m individual medley

• Chalvantzi Kali, Zarboutis Anastasis, Tzoumis Dimitris, Painesi Natassa: 4x100m individual medley relay A’-B’-B’

Silver (7):

• Chalvantzi Kali: 200m backstroke

• Tzoumis Dimitris: 100m butterfly

• Albanis Vitalios: 400m individual medley

• Solomou Katerina, Panayioti Manos, Vlachakis Marios, Kripa Irida: 4x100m mixed freestyle relay A’

• Vlachakis Marios, Panayioti Manos, Solomou Katerina, Kripa Irida: 4x100m mixed freestyle relay A’

• Tzoumis Dimitris, Albanis Vitalios, Kanari Elena, Painesi Natassa: 4x100m mixed freestyle relay B’

• Chalvantzi Kali, Geramani Vasiliki, Kanari Elena, Painesi Natassa: 4x200m freestyle relay B’

Bronze (6):

• Solomou Katerina: 200m freestyle, 100m, 200m backstroke

• Tzoumis Dimitris, Tsoumpelis Nikolaos, Albánis Vitalios, Theodoulidis Thanasis: 4x100m freestyle relay B’

• Chalvantzi Kali, Painesi Natassa, Perdikari Angeliki, Kanari Elena: 4x100m individual medley relay B’

• Ioannou Stergios, Zarboutis, Albanis Vitalios, Theodoulidis Thanasis: 4x100m individual medley relay B’

Finally, it’s worth mentioning the numerous placements in the top 8 and top 16 of the events, the countless individual records, and the 1015 points we gathered.

Congratulations to everyone!

The Deree Swim Academy participated successfully with 25 athletes and won 10 medals in the “2nd Winter Swimming Competition for Pre-Competition Categories, in a 50m swimming pool”, held on February 3-4 at OAKA.

Congratulations to all for their effort!

Gold Medals

Mantzara Filio (100m freestyle, 200m breaststroke and 50m backstroke)
Kapetanea Konstantina (50m backstroke)
Stavrianou Renia (50m freestyle)
Ranzos Nikolas (50m freestyle and 50m butterfly)

Silver Medals

Stavrianou Renia (400m freestyle)
Alivizatos Stavros (200m breastroke)
Pentidis Yiannis (100m freestyle)

Bronze Medals

Alivizatos Stavros (50m backstroke)
Minogiannis Thanasis (200m freestyle)
Eleni Zafiropoulou (50m freestyle)

The Deree Swim Academy made a distinguished contribution to the Swim Event “Okeanos,” held at the Olympic Indoor Aquatic Center (OAKA) on January 12-14, and presented a contingent comprising 20 pre-competitive athletes and 65 competitive athletes.

Throughout the event, the athletes exhibited notable advancements in their individual performances, achieving numerous personal records and garnering commendable distinctions. Congratulations to the pre-competitive team, which secured 14 medals, and the competitive team, which achieved a noteworthy total of 31 medals!

The delegations were under the guidance of esteemed coaches, including Antoniou Antonis, Demetis Vasilis, Syrbopoulos Giannis, and Sofia Samartzi.

Sincere and profound congratulations are extended to all the participants for their outstanding accomplishments, reflecting the highest standards of sportsmanship and dedication.

The Deree Swim Academy participated with twenty-two athletes at the Men’s – Women’s Winter Championship (Open) at OAKA on Dec. 15-17.

We congratulate Marios Vlachakis on his national record, breaking his own at 200m. butterfly style, with an impressive 2:11:12, and Ioanna Pazaiti who won a gold medal at 200m. backstroke.

Even if our team was comprised of younger-age athletes, many achieved distinctions and qualifications in semi-finals or finals.

All distinctions below:

• Ioanna Pazaiti: 1^st at 200m Backstroke, 7^th at 100m Backstroke, 14^th at 50m Backstroke.
• Areti Zarbouti: 6^th at Breaststroke, 13^th at Group solo.
• Stella Rota: 6^th at 400m. Freestyle, 11^th at 200m. Freestyle, 14^th at 800m. Freestyle.
• Angelos Zografakis: 7^th at 200m. Butterfly.
• Lydia Sotiriou: 7^th at 200m Breaststroke.
• Konstantinos Geramanis: 9^th at 400m. Freestyle, 12^th at 200m. Freestyle.
• Danae Petropoulou: 9^th at 50m. Breaststroke, 10^th at 100m. Breaststroke, 15^th at 200m. Breaststroke.
• Marios Vlachakis: 10^th at 200m. Butterfly.
• Nefeli Venetsanou: 9^th at 200m. Freestyle, 13^th at 400m. Freestyle.
• Maria Exarchou: 10^th at 400m. Group solo, 12^th at 200m. Group solo.
• Sylia Xeera: 10^th at 1500m. Freestyle, 16^th at 800m. Freestyle.
• Laura Ferra: 10^th at 200m. Freestyle, 13^th at 100m. Freestyle.
• Doretta Zarbouti: 12^th at 200m. Breaststroke.
• Maria Gaitanidi: 14^th at 200m. Breaststroke.
• Eirini Anagnostopoulou: 14^th at 1500m. Freestyle.
• Annie Stavrianou: 15^th at 1500m. Freestyle.

(Note: the rankings are calculated without the foreign athletes, following K.O.E.’s directive)

Coaches Antonis Antoniou, Vasilis Demetis and Giannis Syrmpopoulos chaperoned our team.

The Deree Swim Academy participated with 28 athletes in the 1st Winter Swimming Competition held at Athens Olympic Complex, held on December 9-10, achieving many individual records.

Congratulations to our team for the following places:

2nd place:

Raptis George– 400m and 800m freestyle (boys-12 years old)
Alivizatos Stavros – 100m butterfly (boys-12 years old)
Stavrianou Renia – 800m freestyle (girls-12 years old)
Bourika Ioanna – 200m backstroke (girls-11 years)

3rd place:

Raptis George – 50m freestyle (boys-12 years old)
Mantzara Filio – 100m backstroke and 400m freestyle (girls-12 years)
Zafeiropoulou Eleni – 100m backstroke (girls-11 years)
Bergin George – 100m backstroke (boys-10 years old)
Kapetanea Konstantina – 50m butterfly (girls-10 years)
Alivizatos Stavros – 50m butterfly (boys-12 years old)
Simos Iasonas – 50m butterfly (boys-10 years old)
Minogiannis Thanassis – 200m backstroke (boys-12 years old)
Zafiropoulou Eleni – 400m freestyle (girls-11 years old)

Our athletes were accompanied by their coach Ms. Sophia Samartzi.

The Deree Swim Academy participated with 69 athletes in the “7^th Trophy PAO” taking place in OAKA, on December 1-3, bringing impressive performances and many individual records.

Our athletes won 45 medals in total (twenty gold, twelve silver, and thirteen bronze) and the “Trophy PAO” in the U16 categories, achieving remarkable distinctions.

Our athlete, Marios Vlachakis achieved also three new national records, breaking his own national record, which stood from 2017, twice in the same day.

The delegation was chaperoned by coaches Antonis Antoniou, Vasilis Demetis and Giannis Syrmpopoulos.

Warm congratulations to all for their participation and successes!

The Deree Swim Academy successfully participated with 71 athletes in the “2^nd 25m Pool Performance Swimming Competition”, held on October 11-12, at the Municipal Swimming Pool of Chalandri.

Congratulations to our athletes for their performance and to the following athletes for breaking five Panhellenic records:

• Marios Vlachakis (200m. butterfly, 400m. mixed individual, 100m. butterfly)
• Lydia Sotiriou (200m. breaststroke)
• Konstantinos Geramanis (400m. freestyle)

We are happy to welcome George Vallas back to the DCAC team!

George will assume the role of Manager – Swimming Programs Development, in our effort to have a top quality program in benefit of our athletes.

He will be working with us in parallel with his duties at the Greek Swimming Federation as Technical Advisor, has a vast experience in the sport, and during his first tenure with the DCAC and the Deree Swim Academy highly contributed in building a top notch program!

He holds a Bachelor in Sports Science and Physical Education with specialty in Swimming from the University of Athens, a Master’s Degree in Applied Nutrition and Dietetics with specialty in Nutrition and Exercise from Harokopio University of Athens, and speaks English, and Greek.

George, welcome back home and good luck in your new duties!