DCST Swimmers Athena Ye and Nolan Fergus Set National Records DCST Swimmers Athena Ye and Nolan Fergus have been credited with setting YMCA National Records. On March 22, at the IL YMCA State Championships, Athena set the National Record in the 50 yard Backstroke (26.48) for Girls Ages 11 – 12. On January 31, at the Joliet USA Meet, Nolan set the National Record in the 100 yard Butterfly (55.09) for Boys Ages 11 – 12. For all potential National Records, paperwork needs to be filed and approved by the...

Dolphins down DCST The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) lost its first dual meet of the season while visiting Woodstock on Tuesday, June 24. DCST lost to the Dolphins by a score of 359 – 290. DCST is now 2 – 1 on the summer season. As a team, DCST didn’t swim well with only 57 personal lifetime best times out of a total of a 187 swims for an improvement rate of 30%. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two swimmers, one girl and one...

DCST Takes Third at Champaign USA Meet The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) finished third at the Champaign USA Meet on June 20 - 22. DCST finished behind Redbird (Bloomington, IL) and the host Champaign Heat. As a team, DCST had its best meet of the year, so far, with 273 lifetime best times out of 391 swims for a phenomenal improvement rate of 70%. Listed below are swimmers who an improvement rate of better than 50%. Grace Flemming (10 for 10) – 100% Elissa Roose (10...

DCST Takes a Bite out of the Barracudas The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) improved to 2 – 0 on the summer season with a victory against the visiting Cary Barracudas. DCST won by a score of 468 – 243. As a team, DCST swam okay with a 156 personal lifetime best times out of a total of a 348 swims for an improvement rate of 45%. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two swimmers, one girl and one boy, as the “Big Dogs" of the...

DCST Swimmer Underwood Competes at Zone Open Water Champs Congratulations to DCST swimmer Amanda Underwood who placed 42nd in the Women’s ages 13 – 14, 2.415 K Open Water Swim at USA Swimming’s Central Zone Championships in Pleasant Prairie, WI on June 14th. Amanda was part of team Illinois which won the Women’s Division, but place 3rd in the combined scoring behind Wisconsin Swimming and Team Ozark.

DCST Continues Reign over Geneva On Tuesday, June 10, DCST travel to Geneva for its first dual meet of the season. After a few hours in a continuous rain in cool weather, the meet was stopped with only about 1/3 of the events being swum. At that point, DCST had 144 – 113 point lead. Due to the conditions, DCST didn’t swim particularly well. As a team, there were 17 career best times out of a total of 62 swims for a 27% improvement rate. The following swimmers had at...

DCST Takes 7th Place at Joliet USA Meet The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) finished seventh at the Joliet USA Meet on June 6 - 8 in Chicago. DCST only competed on Friday and Sunday of this meet. As a team, DCST swam extremely well with 104 lifetime best times out of 140 swims for an improvement rate of 74%. Coach Maggie had a contest on Sunday to see which gender could improve the most on their seed times. The girls went 229 seconds under their seed...

DCST Finishes 6th at Fishers USA Meet The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) finished sixth at the Fishers USS Meet on May 16 - 18 in Fishers, IN. As a team, DCST had 98 lifetime best times out of 173 swims for an improvement rate of 57%. Listed below are swimmers who an improvement rate of better than 50%. Quin Cynor (8 out of 8) – 100% Nicole Skrzypek (6 out of 6) – 100% Emily Stark (4 out of 4) – 100% Ethan Heinrich (9 out...

Congratulations to DCST Swimmers Noah Dean and Athena Ye on being selected to attend the 2014 Illinois Swimming Grand Prix Elite Training Camp. Dean and Ye will be traveling to Charlotte, North Carolina on May 16 - 18 for this camp along with some of the other top swimmers in the State of Illinois.

Moon and Hein Finish 4 for 4 at National Championships On the last day of the YMCA National Championships, Caitlynn Moon and Daniel Hein remained perfect for the week by earning National All-American honors for the fourth time in their fourth individual swims. Caitlynn took home 4th place in the 1650 yard Freestyle with an awesome 13 second time drop and new DCST team record. Daniel earned a 12th in the 200 yard Butterfly in finals after moving up two spots from his preliminary finish. In their careers, Caitlynn has...