Your DCST swimmers had a great meet against the Leaning Tower swimmers from Niles, IL last weekend. Multiple swimmers have mad the corrections needed to continue to improve and move them toward tier goals. We had over 70 swimmers achieve 50% or better on their lifetime best times! DCST Dives back into action this weekend at the DCST TYR Classic! Molly Allison Asa Andrews Gabriella Bothe Timothy Braun Acelin Bruhl Aidan Bruhl Sophie Cork Sam DeLa Cruz Chloe Domroes Riley Doyle Ava Farrell Kate Farrell Anna Fell Ellie Ferguson Nicole...

DCST Swims to Success at Three Locations. Last weekend DCST Swimmers competed at the Academy Bullets meet at Vaugh and Marmion as well as on Sunday at the David Wolf Invitational. All three locations showed strong swims with multiple season and lifetime best swims as well as a meet record at the Vaughn Center. The 13 and over swimmers competed at the Academy meet Friday through Sunday, the 12 and under swimmers were at Marmion on Friday through Sunday while we had a group of all ages competing at the...

DCST TYR Barb Wire Classic The DCST-TYR Barb Wire Classic was a huge success. DCST Swimmers displayed a high level of technical excellence as a team. Swimmers were able to achieve high levels of performance improving upon their lifetime best. The women, men and team took second overall of the 14 teams attending. There were multiple new district and state times achieved at the meet as well as a few meet records. DCST will be back in action after the new year. 50% Improvement on Lifetime Best Miranda Zhang Samantha...

DCST-TYR Barb Wire Classic The weekend of 12/10 DCST is hosting the TYR Barb Wire Classic!! We have over 120 Swimmer participating in the meet. The swimmers will be competing over two days against13 other YMCA’s multiple other YMCA’s from the State. Stay Tuned to Meet Mobile for Results through the weekend. Belvidere Barracudas Blue Marlins Swim Team Dixon Family YMCA Elgin YMCA Swim Team Fox Valley Family YMCA Illinois Valley YMCA Dolphins Kewanee YMCA Neptune Swim Team NW Dupage YMCA / B.R. Ryall S Ottawa YMCA Sage YMCA Streator...

DCST posted some impressive mid-season swims on December 3rd. The work they have put into their underwater dolphin kick and turns really showed at this meet. DCST swimmers were able to overtake their opponents in close races with their superior turns and underwater dolphin kicking. DCST will be back in action at the TYR-Barb Wire Classic December 10-11 at the Kishwaukee Family YMCA. YMCA of Rock River 610, DCST 575, Belvidere 356, Dixon 101, Freeport 34 Big Dogs of the Meet: Alissa Kocjan and Stephen Heinisch The following swimmers achieved...

This past weekend we had over 90 swimmers from our team compete at the 2016 Pilgrim Plunge. We had swimmers across the board show improvement in not only time but in race strategy and the technical aspects of the race. This meet shows there are even greater things to come at the end of the year championship meets. Swimmers with at least 50% lifetime best swims Gavin Anderson Asa Andrews Colin Bafia Emma Bafia Mona Bahaji David Beaty Anthony Biundo Kristina Biundo Nicholas Biundo Nathan Braun Jacob Bresten Riley Collins...

Last weekend DCST Competed in 2 separate meets. On Saturday the team competed at the SAGE YMCA Quad meet where all ages were able to attend and on Sunday we competed at the 11 and Over Rockford Early Bird meet. Sage Quad Meet DCST Combined: 2nd DCST Men: 2nd DCST Women: 3rd 50 % lifetime best swims Anthony Biundo Kristina Biundo Nicholas Biundo Sophie Cork Nina De La Cruz Sam De La Cruz Ava Farrell Kate Farrell Nicole Fitch Brayden Goff Kaitlyn Goff Matteo Graham Devin Green Daryl Kay Hannah...

DCST Swimmers had a strong showing at the Quad meet on 10/22/16. The men won the meet the women took 3rd and combines team we took 2nd. Swimmers below had at least 50% lifetime best swims David Beaty Tim Braun Sophia Cork Nina De La Cruz Samuel De La Cruz Riley Doyle Mason Dukes Quin Dukes Nicole Fitch Matteo Graham Noah Johnson Ava Karolewicz Grace Kozlowski Rebecca Nenonen Luke Oland Angelica Sanyal Alexander Skrzypek Brendan Sullivan David Wanner Big Dogs of the meet 9/10 Girl - Sade Consella 9/10 Boy...

DCST Swimmers had 96.5% of their swims faster than one year ago at this meet. The swimmers showed a dramatic improvement from the start of practice this season with the under-water work. They were all able to finish their races with a strong kick and strong under waters. DCST took advantage of the back half of all the races and executed impeccable under water dolphin kick while tired at the end of the race. Swimmers who competed in the 400 IM, 200s of stroke, 500 free, 1000 free or the...

DCST Alumni Adam Thomas Killed in Afghanistan The thoughts and prays of the DCST family go out to the family of Army Staff Sergeant Adam Thomas. Sgt. Thomas was killed by a road side bomb in Afghanistan while serving his country on Tuesday, October 4. Thomas, who joined the Army in 2008, was a highly decorated Green Beret. Thomas was the recipient of a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart, and the National Defense Service Medal along with multiple other Commendation medals. This was his third deployment. He had deployments in...