DCST has 564 Career Best Times at Winter Classic Meet At the DCST Winter Classic meet, DCST had 564 individual career best times out of a total of 1057 individual swims for an improvement rate of 53%. This included DCST swimmers swimming a new event legally for the first time in their career 77 times. DCST won the meet by 3,523.5 points over second place Elgin. DCST also bolstered its chances for an outstanding YMCA Championship season with 57 swims which achieved a YMCA qualifying time standard for the first...

DCST Swimmer Athena Ye Selected for USA Swimming 2014 Central Zone Select Camp DCST swimmer, Athena Ye, has been selected by USA Swimming to participate in the 2014 Central Zone Select Camp at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio on May 22 – 25. There are a total of four zones in USA Swimming, and swimmers were selected on the criteria listed below. 28 male and 28 female athletes are selected in each of the four Zones. Selected girls must be age 12-13 at the time of performance. Selected boys must...

DCST Defeats Fox Valley and Hastings Lake DCST went to 8 – 1 on the dual meet season with victories over visiting Fox Valley (Plano) and Hastings Lake (Lindenhurst). As a team, DCST swam extremely well with 200 career best times out of a total of 338 swims for a 59% improvement rate. Moreover, 17 of these swims were a new event legally events swum by a DCST swimmer for the first time in their career. DCST also had 16 swims which achieved the District Qualifying, and 19 swims which...

DCST Gets Toppled at Oak Park USA Meet DCST finished 4th at the Oak Park (TOPS) USA Meet. DCST had 91 career best times out of a total of 192 individual swims for an improvement rate of 47%. The 15 swimmers listed below had a great meet with a better than 50% improvement rate in their individual swims. Nolan Fergus (6 for 6) – 100% Ana Flavia Michelini (3 for 3) – 100% Ethan Heinrich (7 for 8) – 88% Teresa Gramer (5 for 6) – 83% Amanda Underwood (4...

DCST Out Swims TOPS and LEAN At a home triangular meet, DCST easily defeat visiting Oak Park and Leaning Tower (Niles). DCST is now 6 – 1 on the season. As a team, DCST swam better than we did in the last couple of meets with 212 career best times out of a total of 363 swims for a 58% improvement rate. Moreover, 44 of these swims were a new event legally swum by a DCST swimmer for the first time in their career. DCST also had 29 swims which...

DCST Takes 5th at Academy Invitational DCST finished 5th at the Academy Invitational. DCST had 126 career best times out of a total of 363 individual swims for a sub par improvement rate of 35%. The 7 swimmers listed below had a great meet with a better than 50% improvement rate in their individual swims. Grace Johnson (3 for 3) – 100% Emily Stark (7 out of 8) – 88% Nicole Skrzypek (8 out of 10) – 80% Justin Buck (6 out of 8) – 75% Collin Moon (5 out...

DCST Finishes 3rd at David Wolf (Belvidere) Invite On Sunday, January 5th, the Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team finished 3rd at the David Wolf Invite hosted by Belvidere. As a team, DCST was a little off by only achieving 44 career best times out of 127 individual swims for a 35% improvement rate. DCST had 5 swims which were first time district qualifying times. Congratulations to the following 12 swimmers who had at least two best individual times at the meet: Celia Carpenter, Bella De La Cruz, Mason...

USA Swimming Recognizes DCST as a 2014 Bronze Medal Club USA Swimming has released the results of their 2014 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...

Moon Shines Brighter at USA Swimming Jr. Nationals DCST swimmer Caitlynn Moon’s improved her performance at the USA Swimming Junior National Championships compared to a year ago. In the 500 Freestyle (4:57.05) and 1650 yard Freestyle (16:41.77), Caitlynn’s times were faster than times last year. Furthermore, she didn’t even qualify for the 200 Free a year ago, so her 1:51.81 was another nice swim. Caitlynn’s highest placing finish was 17th in the 1650 yard Freestyle. This meet was held on December 12 – 14 in Greensboro, NC. Meet Results Women’s...

DCST Snags Barb Wire Classic Title DCST won the Barb Wire Classic by a very comfortable 3,637 points differential over second place Leaning Tower (Niles, IL). DCST scored 5,551 points compared to Leaning Tower’s 1,914. Over the weekend, DCST had 470 new lifetime career best times out of a total of 785 individual swims for a very impressive improvement percentage of 60%. The following 92 swimmers had an excellent weekend by having an individual improvement percentage over 50%: Justin Buck (6 out of 6) – 100% Celia Carpenter (6 out...