USA Swimming Recognizes DCST as a 2015 Bronze Medal Club USA Swimming has released the results of their 2015 Club Excellence Program, and DCST was named a Bronze Medal winner. The USA Swimming Club Excellence Program is a program that recognizes USA Swimming clubs for their commitment to excellence in performance. This program strives to meet the following objectives: Promote the development of strong, well-rounded age group and senior swimming programs that produce elite 18 & under athletes; Provide recognition and resources to motivate and assist member clubs to strive...

DCST’s Coach Brian Bickner is quoted in an article in the December issue of Swimming World. The article, on page 10 and 11, is about training for long course meets in a short course pool. Coach Bickner was asked for his input on the topic based on the success of DCST swimmer Caitlynn Moon’s success in long course meets while mostly training in a short course pool.

DCST Claims Barb Wire Classic Title DCST claimed the Barb Wire Classic by 726.5 points over second place Sage (McHenry, IL). DCST scored 3,483 points compared to Sage’s 2,756.5 points. Over the weekend, DCST had 362 new lifetime career best times out of a total of 643 individual swims for a very impressive improvement percentage of 56%. The following 74 swimmers had an excellent weekend by having an individual improvement percentage over 50%: Nina De La Cruz (6 out of 6) – 100% Audra Ettelbrick (6 out of 6) –...

DCST Places 3rd at Woodstock Splashtastic DCST placed 3rd at the Woodstock USA Meet held on December 5 – 7 finishing behind Sage (McHenry) and Woodstock. For the meet, DCST had a very impressive 149 individual career best swims out of a total of 273 swims for a 55% improvement percentage. Individually, the 29 swimmers listed below had a great meet with better than 50% improvement percentage for the meet. David Beaty (6 for 6) – 100% Aleida Wilkins (6 for 6) – 100% Bella De La Cruz (3 for...

Eleven DCST Swimmers Compete at IHSA Sectional Meets (3 Qualify for State Meet) Eleven DCST High School Girls swam for four different high school teams at the IHSA Sectional Meets at two different Sectional Meets. Three of these swimmers qualified for the IHSA State meet. Listed below are these swimmers. Burlington Central – Ashley Stark and Kylie Cork represented Burlington Central High School. Ashley and Kylie swam with DCST as their high school does not official have a high school team; therefore, the team was not allowed to score points...

DCST Swimmer Dylan Powers Signs with Wright State University DCST swimmer, Dylan Powers, has made his college commitment by signing with Wright State University. The Raiders are a division I school who compete in the Horizon League. Last year, Wright State finished 5th at their conference championships. Last year, DCST swimmers Ryan Schultz and Jack Fergus signed with Wright State University. DCST will be hosting a signing party for Dylan on Tuesday, November 25th at 6:30 PM. Everyone is welcome to come and congratulate Dylan in the pool lobby. Cake...

DCST Finishes 12th at Pleasant Prairie USA Meet DCST finished in 12th place at the Pleasant Prairie USA Meet. For the meet, DCST had an off meet with only 89 individual career best swims out of a total of 258 swims for a 34% improvement percentage. Individually, the 11 swimmers listed below had a great meet with better than 50% improvement percentage for the meet. Kristina Biundo (4 for 4) – 100% Sam De La Cruz (4 for 4) – 100% Bella De La Cruz (7 for 8) – 88%...

DCST Wins at Rock River (Rockford) DCST won its first two meets of the season by beating Rock River (Rockford) and Freeport on November 8 at the Rock River YMCA. DCST scored 604 points compared to 458 and 158 for Rock River and Freeport, respectively. DCST is now 2 – 2 so far this season. As a team, DCST had 100 career best times out of a total of 226 swims for a 44% improvement rate. DCST had 5 swims which achieved the District Qualifying time for the first time....

DCST Finishes 3rd at Early Bird Invite DCST finished in 3rd place at the Early Bird Invite hosted by the YMCA of Rock River Valley (Rockford). As a team, DCST swam pretty well with 37 career best times out of a total of 79 individual swims for a 52% improvement rate. DCST had 1 swim which achieved the District Qualifying and 1 swim which achieved the Area Qualifying time for the first time. A total of 14 swimmers had a great meet with at least two career best times. These...

Piranhas take a Bite out of DCST DCST fell to 0 – 2 on season by losing at home to the Sage (McHenry) Piranhas by a score of 448 - 409. As a team, DCST had its best meet of the season, so far, with 152 career best times out of a total of 315 swims for a 48% improvement rate. Forty-nine swimmers had a great meet with at least two career best times. These swimmers were: Kyleigh Allen, Matt Allen, David Beaty, Anthony Biundo, Kristina Biundo, Emma Bloyd, Robert...