DCST Goes to 3 – 0 on the Season DCST improved to 3 – 0 on the season with wins over visiting Sage (McHenry County) YMCA Piranhas and Green County (Monroe, WI) Golden Gators. As a team, DCST swam great with 216 career best times out of a total of 360 swims for a 60% improvement rate. Moreover, 36 of these swims were a new event legally swum by a DCST swimmer for the first time in their career. DCST also had 16 swims which achieved the District Qualifying, and...

DCST Swimmer Theresa Alef Signs with Maryville University DCST swimmer, Theresa Alef, has made her college commitment by signing with Maryville University. The Saints are a division II school who compete in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The 2013 – 2014 is the inaugural year of their program. Theresa will add to the long list of former DCST swimmers swimming at the collegiate level. Currently, DCST has 15 alumni swimming in college or will be swimming in college this fall. These swimmers are: Alef, Grant (Jr) Saint Louis University Alef,...

DCST Dunks the Dolphins DCST began its 2013 – 2014 winter season on a winning note by downing the Illinois Valley Dolphins by a score of 510.5 to 246.5. As a team, DCST swam okay for the first meet of the season with 186 career best times out of a total of 344 swims for a 54% improvement rate. Seventy swimmers had a great meet with at least two career best times. These swimmers were: Gavin Anderson, Ava Bickner, Callie Bickner, Emma Bloyd, Owen Bockman, Gabriella Bothe, Nathan Braun, Acelin...

DCST Places 3rd at Fox Valley Meet The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) finished third at the Fox Valley Meet on October 5 - 6. 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 the other teams had a full complement of swimmers. As a team, DCST had 58 lifetime best times out of 174 swims for an improvement rate of 33%. The low...

DCST Swimmer Caitlynn Moon Named Scholastic All-American DCST Swimmer Caitlynn Moon was named to USA Swimming's 2012 - 2013 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. Caitlynn's GPA was a perfect 4.0! To be eligible for this recognition, swimmers must have completed 10th,...

Ye Excels at Central Zone Championships Athena Ye helped Team Illinois win the Zone Championships in Geneva, OH over teams from the states of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Ye finished second in individual scoring for Girls ages 11 – 12. For the meet, she had 5 personal best times in 6 individual events, and she set 4 team records (100 meter Backstroke, 200 meter Backstroke, 50 meter Butterfly and 100 meter Butterfly). She won two individual events (100 and 200 meter Backstroke), and she was on Team Illinois’s first place...

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 37 swimmers achieve this goal 331 times including 7 National Champions. DCST’s All-Time National All-American Rankings 1 Emily Launer 41 2 National Championships 2 Grant Alef 33 3 Matt Chambers 18 4 Caitlynn Moon 17 4 National Championships 5 David Gordon 16...

DCST National Results – Day 5 Jack Fergus Takes 5th in the 50 Backstroke DCST’s last day at the YMCA National Championships was highlighted by Jack Fergus’ 5th place finish in the 50 meter Backstroke. He lowered his previous career best time by 0.5 seconds, and he was name a National All-American in this event. In the 200 yard Butterfly, Daniel Hein went 5.2 seconds faster than his previous best time and had a 13th place finish. By being named a National All-American in this event, he achieved this honor...

DCST National Results – Day 4 Daniel Hein finishes in Top 10 for 3rd Consecutive Evening Daniel Hein led DCST on Day 4 of the YMCA National Championships in Atlanta, GA with his third consecutive top 10 finish. In the 200 meter Backstroke, Hein dropped 7.7 seconds to place 6th. In the same event, Jack Fergus dropped 1.9 seconds on the day to finish in 15th place, while Ryan Schultz lowered his previous best by 4.5 seconds. Hein and Fergus were named National All-Americans. For the week, Hein has been...

DCST National Results – Day 3 Caitlyn Goes over the Moon by Winning her 3rd and 4th National Championships! At the National Championship Meet, Caitlynn Moon swam 4 individual events on the first three days; and she won National Championships in all 4 events! On Day 3, Caitlynn started off the final session by winning the 800 meter Freestyle by 6 seconds over the second place finisher. Later in the evening, she won the 200 meter Freestyle in a much closer fashion. She was down 0.9 seconds with 50 meters...