DCST Wins Barb Wire Classic
DCST had an excellent meet in winning the 2008 Barb Wire Classic by a whopping 2,409 points. DCST scored 4,052 points compared to second place Belvidere which had 1,643. Listed below are some statistics on DCST’s performance at the meet.
· DCST had 199 career best swims out of a total of 366 swim or 54%
· Swimmers with three career best times on the day: Autumn Baker, Marc Dubrick, Alyssa Ferrigan, Erin Fidler, Bailey Flemming, Logan Johnson, Tori Johnson, Sophie Jones, Analisa Joyner, Kaila Joyner, Brianna Kramer, Ryan Lindsey, Nicholas Lockhardt, Lucy Prais-Lewis, Riley Regan, Kiley Roach, Frank Rosas, Libby Swedberg, Alex Wang, Jessica Weber, Athena Ye
· DCST set 14 new meet records - Daniel Hein (3), Emily Launer (3), Grant Alef (2), Kei Ishimaru (2), Joelle Maish (2), Katie Hallenbeck (1), Athena Ye (1)
· We had 13 swimmers who same a legal Breaststroke, Butterfly or IM event for the first time.
· We had 21 swims which were faster than the District Qualifying time for the first time this season.
· We had 10 swims which were faster than the Area Qualifying time for the first time this season.
· We had 3 swims which were faster than the National Qualifying time for the first time this season.
With so many great swims, the coaching staff had a difficult time selecting only two Big Dogs of the Meet; therefore, we selected 8. The Big Dogs of the meets were as follows:
Bianca Fant – Age 5
Noah McGuire – Age 8
Alyssa Ferrigan – Age 10
Tyler Schultz – Age 10
Riley Regan – Age 11
Logan Johnson – Age 12
Drake Burger – Age 14
Tori Johnson – Age 14
Congratulations to both the swimmers on their great performances and the parent group for running a first rate meet. With DCST’s next meet not until after New Year, we hope everyone has a Happy Holiday Season. Event thought there are no meets for the next three weeks; this is a great time for training and learning new strokes and mechanics. DCST will be offering practices, and everyone his highly encouraged to attend.
Team Scores (Top 5 of 13 teams)
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Place
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Girls
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Boys
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Combined
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1
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DCST
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2.411.5
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DCST
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1,640.50
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DCST
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4,052
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2
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Rockford
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997
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Des Moines
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720
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Belvidere
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1,643
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3
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Belvidere
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991
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Illinois Valley
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654
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Rockford
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1,526
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4
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Ottawa
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885
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Belvidere
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652
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Naperville
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1,507.50
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5
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Naperville
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862
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Naperville
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645.5
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Ottawa
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1,451
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