DCST Swims past the Rays and Bluefins On October 31, DCST went to 3 – 0 on the season with victories over the visiting Rock River (Rockford) Stingrays (RAYS) and the Freeport Bluefins (BLFN) YMCAs. DCST had 985 points followed by Rock River with 331 and Freeport with 78. As a team, DCST swam very well with 207 career best times out of a total of 369 swims for a 56% improvement rate. Sixty-six swimmers had a great meet with at least two career best times. These swimmers were: Asa...

DCST Swimmer Jensen Keck Signs with Illinois State University DCST Senior, Jensen Keck, has signed to swim with Illinois State University. The Redbirds are a division I school who compete in the Missouri Valley Conference. Illinois State’s Women finished 3rd last year in their Conference Championship meet. Jensen will be added to the long list of former DCST swimmers swimming at the collegiate level. She is the 55th DCST swimmer to swim at the collegiate level in the last 22 years. Currently, DCST has 17 alumni currently swimming in college...

DCST Dunk the Dolphins On October 17, DCST began its 2015 – 2016 winter season with a win over the visiting Illinois Valley (Peru, IL) Dolphins by a score of 520 - 232. As a team, DCST swam pretty well for the first full team meet of the season with 178 career best times out of a total of 349 swims for a 51% improvement rate. Forty-eight swimmers had a great meet with at least two career best times. These swimmers were: Asa Andrews, David Beaty, Jack Blaise, Cumorah Bound,...

DCST Places 4th at Fox Valley Meet The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) finished 4th at the Fox Valley Meet on October 9 - 11. The finish was not too bad considering the team only entered swimmers in 20 of the 102 events offered. DCST only sent our Bull Dog and National swimmers to this meet, while some of the other teams had a full complement of swimmers. As a team, DCST had 37 lifetime best times out of 78 swims for an improvement rate of 47%....

DCST Swimmer Kylie Olson Signs with Cleveland State University DCST Senior, Kylie Olson, has signed to swim with Cleveland State University. The Vikings are a division I school who compete in the Horizon League. Cleveland State’s Women finished 7th last year in the Conference Championships. Kylie will be added to the long list of former DCST swimmers swimming at the collegiate level. She is the 54th DCST swimmer to swim at the collegiate level in the last 22 years. Currently, DCST has 16 alumni currently swimming in college or will...

DCST Swimmer Daniel Hein Signs with Missouri DCST Senior, Daniel Hein, has signed to swim with the University of Missouri. The Tigers are a division 1 school who compete in the SEC. Missouri’s Men finished 11th last year in the Men's NCAA Swimming Championships. Daniel will be added to the long list of former DCST swimmers swimming at the collegiate level. He is the 53rd DCST to swim at the collegiate level in the last 22 years. Currently, DCST has 14 alumni currently swimming in college or will be next...

DCST Swimmers Jacob Bjork and Daniel Hein Named Scholastic All-Americans DCST swimmers Jacob Bjork and Daniel Hein were all named to USA Swimming's 2014 - 2015 Scholastic All-American Team. Each year, USA Swimming recognizes its member athletes who excel both in the classroom and in the pool. The Scholastic All-America Team is made up of high school student-athletes who have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and who have achieved the required time standard in a single event. Jacob and Daniel's GPA were a perfect 4.0! To be...

DCST Swimmer Michael Carlson Signs with South Dakota State DCST Senior, Michael Carlson, has signed to swim with South Dakota State. The Jack Rabbits are a division 1 school who compete in the Summit League. South Dakota State’s Men finished 3rd last year in the conference championship meet. Michael will add to the long list of former DCST swimmers swimming at the collegiate level. Currently, DCST has 13 alumni swimming in college. These swimmers are: Alef, Theresa (So) Carlson, Michael (Fr) Maryville University South Dakota State Dean Brittnie (Jr) Lewis...

Once a DCST swimmer achieves a national qualifying time, they are challenged to try to achieve National All-American status. After they have achieved this status, the coaching staff challenges them to see how far up DCST’s All-Time National All-American list they can climb. Since 1994, DCST has had 41 swimmers achieve this goal 392 times including 13 National Championships. 1 Emily Launer 41 2 National Championships 2 Grant Alef 33 Daniel Hein 33 3 National Championships 4 Caitlynn Moon 25 7 National Championships, 2 National Records 5 Matt Chambers 18...

Hein and Ye Earn Their 4th Individual All-American Honors on Day 5 of the YMCA National Championships On Day 5 of the YMCA Long Course National Championships, Daniel Hein and Athena Ye completed their perfect week by earning National All-American status in all four of their individual events. Hein got his 4th individual honor by taking home a 2nd place in the 200 meter Butterfly. Hein was 2.5 seconds under his personal best and previous team record. With a 0.4 second time drop in the 50 meter Backstroke, Ye placed...