DCST National Results – Day 1 On the first day of the YMCA National Championships in Greensboro, NC, DCST had 2 National All-Americans and set 4 new team records. Both Daniel Hein and Caitlynn Moon earned National All-American honors for finishing 9th in the 100 yard Backstroke and 1000 yard Freestyle, respectively. In prelims, Daniel finished 14th. He then dropped 0.55 seconds from his morning swim to win his heat in finals. He also lowered his team record in the 13 – 14 year old Boys age group by half...

DCST’s Men Take 2nd at IL MO Area Meet DCST’s Men’s Team had an excellent Area Meet. Listed below are some of their accomplishments: · 56 time improvements over the District Championship for a 71% improvement rate. · Won two age group divisions. · Finished third in one age group division. · Won 5 events · Set 5 Team Records · Set 3 Area Records In team scoring, DCST finished second behind Springfield. In combined scoring for the weekend, DCST also finished second behind Springfield. DCST won the 13 –...

DCST Claims IL / MO Area Girls Championship The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team won the 2013 IL / MO Area Girls YMCA Championships with a score of 695 points. Edwardsville was the second place finisher with 664.5 points. This is DCST’s third Girls Championship title. The other two came in 2007 and 2009. DCST was lead by its 13 – 14 year old Girls Age Group who finished second overall in the age group scoring. The 200 yard Medley Relay team of Kylie Olson, Jensen Keck, Sarah...

DCST Starts out Area Meet with 2 New National Qualifying Times DCST got off to a good start in the IL / MO Area Meet with 5 career best individual performances out of a total of 10 individual swims. Lexi Olson’s 200 yard Breaststroke time was her first career national qualifying time. The relay team of Dylan Powers, Jacob Bjork, Daniel Hein and Jack Fergus qualified for Nationals in the 200 yard Freestyle Relay. Best individual times on Friday evening were: Ty Ament – Dropped 0.2 seconds in his 100...

Hein Breaks 4-time Olympic Gold Medalist’s State Record At the ISI Age Group Championships on Friday, March 8 – Sunday, March 10, DCST swimmers set 1 Illinois Age Group State Record and 9 team records. Daniel Hein led the way in the record breaking performances when he set the State Record in the 100 yard Backstroke for Boys Ages 13 – 14 with a time of 51.03 seconds. The previous record of 51.85 seconds was set by Matt Grevers of Lake Forest. Grevers currently has gone on to win 4...

DCST Wins 7th Straight Northwest District Championship DCST won its 8th straight Northwest District combined scoring championship by 1,264.5 points over second place Sage (McHenry). In the boys division, DCST won its 9th straight title by a score of 2,123 to 1,055.5 over Sage (McHenry). While in the girls division, DCST’s 187 point margin of victory over Sage (McHenry) was good for its 7th straight girls’ title. On the second day of the meet, DCST won 4 of the 5 age group divisions contested (11 – 12 Boys, 13 –...

DCST takes Overall & Girls Scoring Lead after 1st Day of the District Championships After the first day of the Northwest District Championships held in La Salle – Peru, DCST had the overall and girls scoring leads. In the girls division, which included swimmers ages 12 and younger on day 1, DCST had a 181 point lead over second place Rock River Valley (Rockford). In the boys division, which includes swimmers ages 10 and younger on day 1, DCST was in fourth place 144 points behind first place Sage (McHenry)....

DCST is Highest Ranking Illinois Team in the Virtual YMCA National Swim Meet for Second Straight Year Way back on Saturday, October 20, DCST’s dual meet at 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 13 and October 21. The results of these meets were all combined to have a Virtual National YMCA Swim Meet. DCST was the highest ranking team from the state of Illinois in the male and combined (female and...

DCST Welcomes Back High School Boy Swimmers (Seven Qualify for IHSA State Meet) DCST would like to welcome back many of our high school aged boy swimmers who have been swimming with their high school teams. The boys just finished a very successful high school season. Overall, DCST had 21 boys represent 6 different high schools at 4 different sectional meets. Seven DCST swimmers qualified for the IHSA State Meet. Listed below are these swimmers with some highlights. Algonquin (Jacobs) – Josh DeDina represented Algonquin (Jacobs). As a team, Algonquin...

DCST has 116 Career Best Times at DCST Open The DCST Open proved to be a very beneficial meet for DCST. As a team, DCST had 116 career best times out of 212 swims for a 56% improvement rate. More importantly, DCST picked up 7 new District Times, 6 new Area Times, and 5 new National Times. DCST’s next meet will be the Northwest Jr. District and District Championships on March 2 and 3 at Illinois Valley. The line-ups for this meet will be posted by Tuesday.