DCST National Results - Day 2

DCST National Results – Day 2

            On Day 2 of the YMCA National Championships, DCST’s female distance swimmers lead the way.  Emily Launer became the most decorated swimmer at Nationals in DCST history when she was named a National All-American for the 34^th time her career with an 8^th place finish in the 1000 yard Freestyle event.  Caitlynn Moon also had an outstanding swim in this event with her almost 10 second time drop and 19^th place finish.  Moon was also named an All-American in this event.  Caitlynn also had a 0.9 second time drop in her 200 yard Freestyle earlier in the day.  Sharron Isola had a great swim in her 100 yard Butterfly which was 0.7 seconds faster than her seed time.

            Kei Ishimaru led the men’s team by breaking his previous team record twice on the day in the 100 yard Butterfly.  Kei dropped 0.7 second from his best time in prelims, and then proceeded to drop another 0.4 seconds in finals with his 22^nd place performance.  In the 200 yard Breaststroke, Ryan Schultz and Josh DeDina shined with very impressive 4.4 seconds and 1.1 seconds time drops respectively.

            In the relays, Launer and Moon teamed with Kirstin Van Oost and Brittnie Dean to break the team record in the 400 yard Freestyle Relay by 1.3 seconds.  DCST’s men’s 400 yard freestyle relay of Ishimaru, DeDina, Daniel Hein and Jack Fergus also had a nice swim with a time drop in their relay.           

            In time trials, Kristin Van Oost and Tara Gidaszewski went personal best times.

DCST Results – Day 2

Women’s 100 yard Butterfly

            Sharron Isola – 58.08 (51^st)

Men’s 100 yard Butterfly

Kei Ishimaru
            Prelims – 50.99 (22^nd) – DCST Team Record
            Finals – 50.59 (22^nd) – DCST Team Record
Daniel Hein – 52.71 (70^th)
Jack Fergus – 54.30 (131^st)

Men’s 200 yard Breaststroke

            Ryan Schultz – 2:10.09 (47^th)
            Josh DeDina – 2:12.06 (64^th)

Women’s 200 yard Freestyle

            Caitlynn Moon – 1:54.49 (54^th)

Women’s 400 yard Freestyle Relay

            Caitlynn Moon, Kristin Van Oost, Brittnie Dean, Emily Launer – 3:34.84 (30^th) – DCST Team Record

Men’s 400 yard Freestyle Relay

            Daniel Hein, Jack Fergus, Josh DeDina, Kei Ishimaru – 3:13.98 (34^th)

Women’s 1000 yard Freestyle

            Emily Launer – 10:07.24 (8^th) – National All-American
            Caitlynn Moon – 10:18.76 (19^th) – National All-American

Team Scores

            DCST Women – Tied 30^th
            DCST Men – 44^th
            DCST Combined – 26^th

Time Trials

            200 yard Freestyle
                        Kristin Van Oost – 1:57.16
                        Tara Gidaszewski – 2:00.31
                        Brittnie Dean – 2:00.74