Dolphins Down DCST DCST began its 2014 – 2015 winter season on a losing note by falling at the Illinois Valley (Peru, IL) Dolphins by a score of 397 - 321. As a team, DCST swam okay for the first meet of the season with 72 career best times out of a total of 188 swims for a 38% improvement rate. Seventeen swimmers had a great meet with at least two career best times. These swimmers were: Anthony Biundo, Kristina Biundo, Nicholas Biundo, Nathan Braun, Timothy Braun, David Buck, Quinn...

DCST Swimmers Bjork, Hein and Olson Selected for 2014 National Leadership Camp DCST Swimmers Jacob Bjork, Daniel Hein and Kylie Olson were all recently selected as part of a group of 20 high school students from around the country to participate in the 2014 National YMCA Swimming Leadership Development Camp in Orlando, Florida. The threesome attended the camp on October 9 – 12. Applicants were chosen based on their academic performance, leadership skills and community service. The goal of the camp is to further develop personal, team and community leadership...

DCST Places 5th at Fox Valley Meet The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) finished fifth at the Fox Valley Meet on October 11 - 12. 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 30 lifetime best times out of 94 swims for an improvement rate of 32%....

DCST wants to congratulate Melanie Chambers on being named the new coach of both the Girls and Boys' DeKalb / Sycamore High School swim teams. Coach Chambers has been coaching with DCST for the past 10 years, and she will continue to coach with DCST when she is not coaching the high school teams.

DCST Swimmers Jacob Bjork, Daniel Hein and Caitlynn Moon Named Scholastic All-Americans DCST swimmers Jacob Bjork, Daniel Hein and Caitlynn Moon were all named to USA Swimming's 2013 - 2014 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...

DCST Swimmer Athena Ye is featured in an article on SwimSwam! SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 7/30/2014 SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimmi... We're getting caught up on our WWAGS. Take a peek at the Daring Dozen from the weekend of July 25-27, 2014. View on swimswam.com Preview by Yahoo

Faces in the Crowd: August 18, 2014 Print More by Ali Fenwick Email Posted: Tue Aug. 19, 2014 Faces in the Crowd: August 18, 2014 C.J. Cummings Beaufort, S.C. > Weightlifting C.J., a freshman at Beaufort High this fall, became the youngest lifter -- at 14 -- to set a senior U.S. record with a clean and jerk of 153 kilograms (337.3 pounds) in the 62-kg class (136.7 pounds) at nationals in Salt Lake City. Earlier this year he won the all‑around titles at Youth Pan Ams (62-kg) and youth...

Ruetten Twins help Team Illinois Win Central Zone Championships David and Paul Ruetten helped Team Illinois win the Zone Championships in Geneva, OH over teams from the states of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Both David and Paul had two top 16 individual finishes in the Boys ages 11 – 12 division. David was 12th in 200 meter Butterfly and 13th in the 50 meter Freestyle, while Paul was 9th in the 50 meter Breaststroke and 16th in the 50 meter Backstroke. Listed below are all of their results. David Ruetten:...

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 39 swimmers achieve this goal 361 times including 10 National Champions. 1 Emily Launer 41 2 National Championships 2 Grant Alef 33 3 Caitlynn Moon 25 7 National Championships, 2 National Records 4 Daniel Hein 22 5 Matt Chambers 18 6 David...

DCST National Championship Results – Day 5 Moon Wins 7th Career National Title On the last day of the YMCA National Championships, Caitlynn Moon won the 800 meter Freestyle. This was her 3rd National Title of the meet and the 7th in her career. She was recognized as a National All-American, and she holds the National Record in this event. In a few weeks, Caitlynn will be continuing her swimming career at Texas A&M University. She leaves DCST ranked 3rd all time on the program’s National All-American list by earning...