Hein and Fergus Finish 4th and 12th in the 100 Back on Day 2 of National Champs

Hein and Fergus Finish 4^th and 12^th in 100 Back on Day 2 of National Championships

        On Day 2 of the YMCA National Championships, Daniel Hein and Jack Fergus finish 4^th and 12^th in the Men’s 100 yard Backstroke respectively.  Both swimmers were under the previous DCST team record, and they both earned National All-American honors for their efforts.  For the day, Hein lowered his best time by over 1 second, and Fergus was 0.7 seconds under his best time.

        In addition to the Backstroke, Hein and Fergus earned National All-American honors for the second time on the day when they teamed up with Ryan Schultz and Dylan Powers in the 400 yard Medley Relay.  This foursome finished 11^th with a new DCST Team Record.  They shattered the old DCST record by 6.9 seconds!

        On the girl’s side, Caitlynn Moon garnered her second National All-American honor of the meet with a 13^th place finish in the 200 yard Freestyle.  Caitlynn lowered her previous best time and DCST team record by 1.9 seconds.  Athena Ye, Jensen Keck and Sarah Fergus joined Moon to easily break DCST’s record in the 400 yard Medley Relay by an outstanding 5.9 seconds!  In the 100 yard Backstroke, Athena Ye set the team record for women aged 12 and younger when she went 0.6 seconds under her career best time.  In the same event, Sarah Fergus improved her best time by ½ a second.  In time trials, Sarah Hein was successful in lowering her career best time by 0.1 seconds in the 100 yard backstroke.

        With two days left in the meet, DCST has had 5 swimmers earn National All-American status 9 times; has set 12 team records; and has 16 career best times out of 26 swims for a 62% improvement percentage.

Day 2 (April 2) – DCST National Results

Women’s 100 yard Backstroke

        Athena Ye – 56.50 (27^th) – New DCST Team Record for swimmers ages 12 and younger
        Sarah Fergus – 58.71 (85^th)
        Kylie Olson – 59.18 (97^th)

Men’s 100 yard Backstroke

        Daniel Hein
                Prelims – 49.55 (4^th)
                Finals – 49.25 (4^th) – National All-American, New DCST Team Record
        Jack Fergus
                Prelims – 50.72 (11^th)
                Finals – 50.44 (12^th) – New DCST Team Record

Women’s 200 yard Freestyle

        Caitlynn Moon
                Prelims – 1:50.73 (14^th)
                Finals – 1:49.73 (13^th) – National All-American, New DCST Team Record

Men’s 200 yard Freestyle

        Jacob Bjork – 1:45.70 (94^th)
        Dylan Powers – 1:46.49 (105^th)

Women’s 400 yard Medley Relay

        Athena Ye, Jensen Keck, Sarah Fergus, Caitlynn Moon – 3:52.04 (19^th) – New DCST Team Record

Men’s 400 yard Medley Relay

        Daniel Hein, Ryan Schultz, Dylan Powers, Jack Fergus
                Prelims - 3:24.42 (9^th)
                Finals – 3:23.67 (11^th) – All Four Swimmers Named National All-Americans, New DCST Team Record

Time Trials

100 yard Backstroke
        Sarah Hein – 59.95

200 yard Freestyle
        Ashley Stark – 2:02.23