Heilman and Ruetten Excel on First Day of the Age Group Championships Theo Heilman and Paul Ruetten got DCST off to a great start on the first evening at the ISI Age Group Championship Meet. Both swam personal best times in the 1650 yard Freestyle event. Theo dropped a whopping 42 seconds, while Riley dropped a very impressive 24 seconds. The meet continues for another 3 days in Pleasant Prairie, WI. DCST Meet Results – Day 1 13 – 14 Boys 1650 yard Freestyle Theo Heilman – 17:18.98 (10th) Paul...

DCST Wins 10th Straight Northwest District Championship DCST won its 10th straight Northwest District combined scoring championship by 462.5 points over second place Sage (McHenry). In the boys division, DCST won its 11th straight title by a score of 2,361 to 1,940 over Sage (McHenry). While in the girls division, DCST’s 41.5 point margin of victory over Sage (McHenry) was good for its 9th straight girls’ title. For the weekend, DCST had an excellent meet with 338 season best times out of 596 swims for an outstanding 57% improvement rate....

DCST has 139 Career Best Times at DCST Open DCST finished off a very productive weekend by achieving 139 career best times at the DCST Open. DCST had a total of 226 swims, so the team’s improvement rate was an astonishing 62%. DCST had 20 swims in which a swimmer swam a new event legally for the first time. DCST also had 17 swims which achieved the District Qualifying, 12 swims which achieved the State Qualifying time, 5 swims which achieved the National Qualifying time and 8 swims which achieved...

DCST Finishes Winter Season at 8 - 2 By winning its last meet of the season, DCST will finish the 2014 – 2015 winter season with an 8 – 2 dual meet record. On Saturday, February 28, DCST scored 796 points to outscore Rock River – Rockford (444 points), Belvidere (268 points) and Streator (59 points). As a team, DCST continued to swim well at the end of the season with 179 career best times out of a total of 353 swims for a 51% improvement rate. DCST had an...

DCST Wins Tri-Meet After defeating the Fox Valley Aqua Force (FVAF) and the Hastings Lake Stingrays (HLYS), DCST improved its record on the season to 5 – 2 on the season. As a team, DCST swam extremely well for the third consecutive meet with 194 career best times out of a total of 348 swims for a 56% improvement rate. DCST had 12 swims in which a swimmer swam a new event legally for the first time. DCST also had 25 swims which achieved the District Qualifying and 14 swims...

DCST Swimmer Caitlynn Moon Qualifies for the USA Olympic Trials USA Swimming recently released a list of the initial swimmers who have qualified for the 2016 USA Swimming Olympic Trials, and for the first team in the history of the Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST), they have a swimmer on the list. Caitlynn Moon qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 800 meter Freestyle with her time of 8:48.06 from the YMCA National Championship meet held last summer held on July 28 – August 1. The qualifying...

DCST has 571 Career Best Times at Winter Classic Meet At the DCST Winter Classic meet, DCST had 571 individual career best times out of a total of 928 individual swims for an eye popping improvement rate of 62%. This included DCST swimmers swimming a new event legally for the first time in their career 104 times. DCST won the meet by 2,239.5 points over second place Elgin. DCST also bolstered its chances for an outstanding YMCA Championship season with 65 swims which achieved a YMCA qualifying time standard for...

DCST Takes a Bite out of the Sharks DCST improved to 3 – 2 on the season by defeating the visiting Leaning Tower (Niles) Sharks by a scores of 607 – 240. As a team, DCST swam extremely well with 211 career best times out of a total of 361 swims for a 58% improvement rate. DCST had a whopping 52 swims in which a swimmer swam a new event legally for the first time. DCST also had 22 swims which achieved the District Qualifying and 6 swim which achieved...

DCST Takes 4th at Academy Invitational DCST finished 4th at the Academy Invitational. DCST had 79 career best times out of a total of 248 individual swims for a subpar improvement rate of 32%. The 6 swimmers listed below had a great meet with a better than 50% improvement rate in their individual swims. Nathan Braun (1 out for 1) – 100% Theo Heilman (7 out of 8) – 88% Donny Gramer (5 out of 6) – 83% Quinn Cynor (8 out of 10) – 80% Mason Dukes (6 out...

DCST Finishes 2nd at David Wolf (Belvidere) Invite On Sunday, January 4th, the Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team finished 2nd at the David Wolf Invite hosted by Belvidere. As a team, DCST was a little off by only achieving 51 career best times out of 152 individual swims for a 34% improvement rate. DCST had 2 swimmers who swam a new event legally for the first time, and DCST had 5 swims which achieved the district qualifying time for the first time in their careers. Congratulations to the...