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Swimming: National swimmer Zachary Tan to join UC Berkeley
The 17-year-old had moved to the US in 2018 to pursue his swimming ambitions
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Zachary Ian Tan will enrol at the University of California, Berkeley in 2022, if he can defer his NS.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF ZACHARY IAN TAN
SINGAPORE - Standing on the starting blocks at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Richmond, Virginia in April last year, Zachary Ian Tan could hardly contain his excitement at competing alongside two-time Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel.
He immediately texted his mother, Jillian, after his 200m individual medley (IM) race.
