DCST National Championship Results – Day 4 Hein Named All-American for 5th Time At the YMCA National Championships on Day 5, Daniel Hein led the way for DCST by being named a National All-American two more times. With one day to go in the meet, he has been named a National All-American 5 times, so far! Individually, Hein set a new DCST Team Record and earned All-American honors with his 4th place finish in the 200 meter Backstroke. He went a 2:07.45 which was 2.3 second under his previous personal...

DCST National Championship Results – Day 3 Moon Wins 2nd National Title On day 3 of the National Championships, Caitlynn Moon won her second national title of the meet in the 200 meter Freestyle. Her time of 2:02.62 was a new DCST Team Record and a personal best by 1.1 seconds. She has now been a National Champion 6 times and a National All-American 24 times in her career. Daniel Hein was extremely busy on Wednesday. He was name a National All-American two times on the day. Like Moon, he...

DCST National Championship Results – Day 2 Moon, Hein Shine On day 2 of the National Championships, Caitlynn Moon and Daniel Hein both earned National All-American honors for their performances in the 400 meter Freestyle and 100 meter Butterfly events, respectively. Caitlynn was 3.9 seconds under her career best time. Her time was 0.8 seconds under the previous National Record. She finished in second place, and she was just 0.14 seconds out of first place. Daniel was 0.6 seconds under his life best with his 7th place finish. Both times...

DCST National Championship Results – Day 1 Moon Wins National Title; Smashes National Record Caitlynn Moon got the YMCA National Championship meet in Indianapolis, IN started off just like she did a year ago by winning the Women’s 1500 meter Freestyle. This year, however, she was 26.4 seconds faster than her time from a year ago, and her time broke the YMCA National Record by an amazing 19.4 seconds! Her time broke her previous team record, and she finished 21.5 seconds ahead of the second place finisher. This was her...

Ye Claims Two State Titles at Illinois Age Group Championship Meet DCST had an excellent Age Group Championship Meet with a total of 54 swims in the meet; DCST had 40 lifetime best performances for a 74% improvement rate. In the 13 – 14 year old Girls Age Group, Athena Ye won both the 100 meter and 200 meter state titles. Furthermore, she also had a pair of 10th place finishes in the 400 meter IM and 100 meter Butterfly events. Athena achieved best times in 5 of her 7...

DCST Crowned Conference Champions for 14th Consecutive Year The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) won their 14th consecutive NCISC “A” Conference title on Saturday, July 19. DCST’s finished with 2,433 points easily ahead of second place Geneva’s 1,513 points. Some of the highlights for the meet were as follows: DCST won 7 out of 10 Age Group High Point Awards: 8 & Under Boys 11 – 12 year old Girls 11 – 12 year old Boys 13 – 14 year old Girls 13 – 14 year old...

DCST Exterminates the River Rats The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) defeated the Geneva River Rats at their last dual meet of the season on Tuesday, July 15. With the 383 – 325 point victory, DCST finished the season with a 4 – 2 dual meet record. As a team, DCST swam okay with 120 personal lifetime best times out of a total of a 354 swims for an improvement rate of 34%. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two swimmers, one girl and one boy,...

DCST Takes Third at Pleasant Prairie USA Meet The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) finished third at the Pleasant Prairie USA Meet on July 11 - 13. DCST finished behind Southwest Aquatics (Hartland, WI) and Waukesha Express (Waukesha, WI). As a team, DCST had a good meet with 200 lifetime best times out of 344 individual swims for an improvement rate of 58%. Listed below are the swimmers who an improvement rate of better than 50%. Colette LeBlanc (8 out of 8) – 100% Elissa Roose (8...

Crystal Lake Downs DCST The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) went on the road to Crystal Lake and lost by a score of 391 - 303. With the loss, DCST fell to 3 – 2 on the summer season. As a team, DCST didn’t swim particularly well with only 42 personal lifetime best times out of a total of a 165 swims for a dismal improvement rate of 25%. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two swimmers, one girl and one boy, as the “Big Dogs"...

DCST Stings the Rays The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) defeated the visiting Huntley Stingrays by a score of 434 – 272. With the win, DCST improved to 3 – 1 on the summer season. As a team, DCST didn’t swim particularly well with only 130 personal lifetime best times out of a total of a 346 swims for an improvement rate of 38%. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two swimmers, one girl and one boy, as the “Big Dogs" of the meet. Big Dogs...