Moon and Hein Named National All-Americans for 3rd Straight Day at National Championships Caitlynn Moon and Daniel Hein remained perfect by achieving National All-American status in their third straight individual event of the meet on Day 3 of the YMCA National Championships in Greensboro, NC. Caitlynn earned this honor by lowering her personal best time and previous team record by 2.9 seconds. She placed 4th in this event. Daniel placed 7th in the 200 yard Backstroke. His time was 2 seconds faster than his previous best time, and he also...

Hein and Fergus Finish 4th and 12th in 100 Back on Day 2 of National Championships On Day 2 of the YMCA National Championships, Daniel Hein and Jack Fergus finish 4th and 12th in the Men’s 100 yard Backstroke respectively. Both swimmers were under the previous DCST team record, and they both earned National All-American honors for their efforts. For the day, Hein lowered his best time by over 1 second, and Fergus was 0.7 seconds under his best time. In addition to the Backstroke, Hein and Fergus earned National...

Moon and Hein Earn National All-American Honors on Day 1 of National Championships Caitlynn Moon and Daniel Hein each earned National All-American honors in their first individual swims at the YMCA National Championships in Greensboro, NC. Caitlynn finished 9th in the 1000 yard Freestyle. She lowered her previous best time, which was also the old DCST Team Record, by 1.0 second. This is the 18th time Caitlynn has been named a National All-American in her career which ranks her tied for third all-time in DCST history. With an 11th place...

DCST Boys Crowned YMCA State Champions; DCST Finishes 2nd in Combined and 3rd in the Girls Divisions The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) boys were crowned the 2014 Illinois YMCA State Championships by finishing ahead of second place Springfield by 19.5 points. This was DCST’s 4th Boys State Title with the others coming in 2002, 2003 and 2011. DCST’s girls finished 3rd behind Springfield and Leaning Tower (Niles, IL), while DCST was 2nd in the combined scoring trailing Springfield. For the weekend, DCST won 22 events, set...

DCST Achieves Team’s Highest Ranking in the Virtual YMCA National Swim Meet Way back on Saturday, October 19, DCST’s dual meet against Illinois Valley was part of the YMCA of the USA’s Virtual YMCA National Swim Meet. Teams across the nation competed in a meet between October 12 and October 20. The results of these meets were all combined to have a Virtual National YMCA Swim Meet. DCST achieved it highest ranking in the Female and Combined Scoring in the four history of this meet. Listed below is how DCST...

DeKalb-Sycamore’s Hein repeats as Boys Swimmer of the Year Published: Monday, March 17, 2014 11:38 p.m. CDT • Updated: Monday, March 17, 2014 11:49 p.m. CDT Caption By ROSS JACOBSON rjacobson @shawmedia.com Daniel Hein didn’t expect to be voted as a team captain when the DeKalb-Sycamore boys swimming team’s season started in November. The sophomore spent the previous year largely getting acclimated to the nuances of high school swimming, following the lead of DeKalb-Sycamore’s upperclassmen. Nonetheless, his teammates chose to vote him as a captain, a rare accolade for any...

Ye Wins Her 4th State Title and Sets State Record at Age Group Championships The last day of the Age Group State Meet was another phenomenal and extremely busy day for DCST. Athena Ye won her 4th state title, and this time she broke the State Record, too. As a team, DCST had 26 swims and 18 were career best times including 5 new team records. For the meet, DCST had 40 career best times out of 61 total swim for a very good 66% improvement rate. The team also...

Ye Wins Her 2nd and 3rd State Title at the Age Group Championship Meet The Age Group State Meet continued to be a great meet for DCST on day 3 of 4. On the Saturday, Athena Ye won two more state titles! She has now won 3, so far, for the meet! As a team, DCST had 18 swims and 10 were career best times including 3 new team records. For the meet, so far, DCST has 22 career best times out of 35 total swim for a very good...

Ye Claims State Title at Age Group Championships Day 2 of the Age Group State Meet was another successful one for DCST. Out of DCST’s 15 swims, 10 were career best times and 4 were new team records. For the meet, so far, DCST has 12 career best times out of 17 total swim for an outstanding 71% improvement rate. Athena Ye led the way by winning the 11 – 12 year old Girls 100 yard IM! She lowered her best time in the 100 yard IM by a whopping...

Hein and Lohse get DCST off to Fast Start at Age Group Championships Sarah Hein and Riley Lohse 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. Sarah dropped a whopping 30 seconds, while Riley dropped a very impressive 9 seconds. Both swimmers moved up significantly in the standings from where they were seeded. Sarah moved up 13 spots, and Riley improved by 5 spots. The meet continues for another...