DCST National Results - Day 4

DCST National Results – Day 4

            Day 4 was another good day for DCST with 3 swimmers earning National All-American honors, and 3 team records were broken.  Emily Launer and Caitlynn Moon earn National All-American honors in the 1650 yard Freestyle with their 12^th and 18^th place finishes respectively.  Moon’s time was a personal best by a whopping 8.5 seconds.  Launer and Moon teamed up with Brittnie Dean and Ashley Stark to break their previous team record in the 200 yard Freestyle Relay.  Launer, Moon, Dean and Sharron Isola had a very good 400 yard Medley Relay which was 1.5 seconds faster than their seed time.

In the 200 yard Butterfly, Kei Ishimaru was awarded National All-American status for his 14^th place.  His time was new DCST record.  Daniel Hein also set the 13 – 14 year old team record in this event with his 4.1 second time improvement.  Jack Fergus and Josh DeDina joined Ishimaru and Hein for an impressive 1.4 second time drop in their 200 yard Freestyle Relay.

For the entire meet, DCST had 26 personal best times out of 42 swims for a 62% improvement rate.  Six swimmers earned National All-American honors a total of 11 times, and 10 new team records were set.

DCST Results – Day 4

Women’s 200 yard Freestyle Relay

            Ashley Stark, Brittnie Dean, Caitlynn Moon and Emily Launer – 1:39.29 (44^th) – DCST Team Record

Men’s 200 yard Freestyle Relay

Jack Fergus, Daniel Hein, Josh DeDina and Kei Ishimaru – 1:28.81 (39^th)

Women’s 200 yard Butterfly

            Sharron Isola – 2:09.67 (51^st)

Men’s 200 yard Butterfly

            Kei Ishimaru
                        Prelims – 1:53.30 (15^th)
                        Finals – 1:52.45 (14^th) – National All-American, DCST Team Record
            Daniel Hein – 1:56.31 (39^th) – 13 – 14 year old Boy DCST Team Record

Women’s 100 yard Breaststroke

            Brittnie Dean – 1:10.70 (149^th)

Men’s 100 yard Breaststroke

            Josh DeDina – 1:00.99 (90^th)
            Ryan Schultz – 1:01.07 (95^th)

Women’s 400 yard Medley Relay

            Emily Launer, Brittnie Dean, Sharron Isola, Caitlynn Moon – 3:59.25 (33^rd)

Men’s 400 yard Medley Relay

            Jack Fergus, Josh DeDina, Daniel Hein, Kei Ishimaru – 3:35.33 (35^th)

Women’s 1650 yard Freestyle

            Emily Launer – 17:05.59 (12^th) – National All-American
            Caitlynn Moon – 17:11.98 (18^th)

Team Scores

            DCST Women – 34th
            DCST Men – 41st
            DCST Combined – 27^th

DCST’s National All-American List