DCST National Championship Results – Day 2 On day 2 of the National Championships, Caitlynn Moon won her second National Title in her second individual event of the meet. This time she won the 400 yard Freestyle by going 5 seconds under her previous best time and the team record by 0.5 seconds. Moon earned National All-American honors for her efforts. Day 2 marked the first swims by DCST’s male swimmers, and they too got off to a great start. Daniel Hein and Jack Fergus earned National All-American honors twice...

DCST National Championship Results – Day 1 The DCST National Team swimmers made up T-shirts for this year’s meet which say “One Lane, One Chance”, and Day 1 of the National Championships lived up to the slogan with a bunch of number 1’s. There was only 1 event on Day 1, the 1500 Meter Freestyle. Moon was DCST’s 1 swimmer in this event, and most importantly, she finished number 1. Her 10.1 second time drop set a new DCST team record by 7.5 seconds. She became the 3rd swimmer in...

DCST Excels at Age Group Championships - Nolan Fergus Wins State Title DCST sent 21 swimmers to the Illinois Age Group Championship Meet on July 25 – 28 in Lincolnshire. Eight of these swimmers were competing in the meet for the first time, while 6 swimmers qualifying for individual events in the meet for the first time. DCST swimmers had a strong weekend with 31 out of 60 best times for a 50% improvement rate. During the course of the meet, DCST had 21 finishes in the top 20, 8...

DCST Crowned Conference Champions for 13th Consecutive Year The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) won their 13th consecutive NCISC “A” Conference title on Saturday, July 20. DCST’s finished with 2,622.5 points easily ahead of second place Geneva’s 1,503 points. Some of the highlights for the meet were as follows: · DCST won 7 out of 10 Age Group High Point Awards: · 9 -10 year old Girls · 9 – 10 year old Boys · 11 – 12 year old Girls · 11 – 12 year old...

River Rats Scurry Past DCST The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) went on the road and lost their last dual meet of the season by a score of 389 – 318 to the Geneva River Rats. DCST’s dual meet record for the season was 4 – 2. As a team, DCST swam okay with only 77 personal lifetime best times out of a total of a 183 swims for an improvement rate of 42%. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two swimmers, one girl and one...

DCST Finishes 2nd at Pleasant Prairie USA Meet The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) scored 2,386 points at the Pleasant Prairie USA Meet on July 12 – 14, but that was 5.5 points too few. The Cats Aquatic Team from Libertyville scored 2,391.5 points in winning the meet. As a team, DCST had an outstanding meet with 261 lifetime best times out of 417 swims for an improvement rate of 63%. Listed below are swimmers who an improvement rate of better than 50%. Camryn Anderson (7 out...

DCST has Success against Stingrays The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) got back on the winning way with a 499 – 213 point victory over the visiting Huntley Stingrays. DCST improved to 4 – 1 on the summer season with the win. As a team, DCST swam okay with only 127 personal lifetime best times out of a total of a 320 swims for an improvement rate of 40%. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two swimmers, one girl and one boy, as the “Big Dogs"...

DCST Lets the Marlins off the Hook The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) dropped its first dual meet of the season when they traveled to McHenry. The Marlins defeated DCST by a score of 394 – 291. DCST is now 3 – 1 on the summer season. With only 49 swimmers entered in the meet, DCST did not have many swims in the meet. Furthermore, the swims were not particularly stellar with only 26 personal lifetime best times out of a total of a 124 swims for...

DCST Finishes 3rd at Champaign USA Meet The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) finished third at the Champaign USA Meet on June 28 - 30. DCST finished behind Redbird (Bloomington, IL) and the host Champaign Heat. As a team, DCST had a phenomenal meet with 280 lifetime best times out of 416 swims for an improvement rate of 67%. Listed below are swimmers who an improvement rate of better than 50%. Owen Bockman (10 out of 10) – 100% Anabelle Engleson (10 out of 10) – 100%...

DCST Takes a Bite out of the Barracudas The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) improved to 3 – 0 on the summer season with a victory against the visiting Cary Barracudas. DCST won by a score of 464 – 243. As a team, DCST swam okay with a 134 personal lifetime best times out of a total of a 292 swims for an improvement rate of 46%. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two swimmers, one girl and one boy, as the “Big Dogs" of the...