DCST Finishes 5th at David Wolf (Belvidere) Invite On Sunday, January 6th, the Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team finished 5th at the David Wolf Invite hosted by Belvidere. As a team, DCST had a really successful meet with DCST’s 32 swimmers achieving 55 career best times out of 93 individual swims for a 59% improvement rate. DCST had 7 swims which were the first time a swimmer swam a new legal event. Furthermore, DCST had four swims which were 7 new first time district qualifying times. Congratulations to...

Moon Shines in Tennessee at USA Swimming Jr. Nationals DCST swimmer Caitlynn Moon had an outstanding meet at the USA Swimming Junior National Championships in Knoxville, TN held on December 6 – 8. Caitlynn started the meet with a swim of 4:57.92 in her 500 yard Freestyle. This was a personal best by 1.3 seconds. With her 54th place finish in this event, she moved up 35 spots from where she was seeded. In the 1650 yard Freestyle, Moon dropped a very impressive 19.4 seconds to finish with a time...

DCST Dominates Barb Wire Classic DCST won the Barb Wire Classic by a very comfortable 1,486.5 points differential over second place Sage (McHenry). DCST scored 3,589 points compared to Sage’s 2,103. On the day, DCST had 242 new lifetime career best times out of a total of 442 individual swims for an improvement percentage of 55%. The following 89 swimmers had an excellent day by earning at least 2 individual best times: Katherine Albano, Franz Allendorfer, Serena Allendorfer, Camryn Anderson, Cole Anderson, Gavin Anderson, Ava Bickner, Callie Bickner, Kristina Biundo,...

DCST Rocks at Woodstock USA Meet DCST won the Woodstock Splashtastic USA Meet by 843.5 points over second place Elgin. For the meet, DCST swam okay with 158 individual career best swims out of a total of 296 swims for a 53% improvement percentage. Individually, the 27 swimmers listed below had a great meet with better than 50% improvement percentage for the meet. Ethan Heinrich (8 for 8) – 100% Anthony Gutierrez (6 for 6) – 100% Grace Johnson (6 for 6) – 100% Joe Luetkehnas (6 for 6) –...

DCST Welcomes Back High School Girl Swimmers (Two Qualify for IHSA State Meet) DCST would like to welcome back many of our high school aged girl swimmers who have been swimming with their high school teams. These girls just finished a very successful girl’s high school season. Overall, DCST had 13 girls represent 7 different high schools at 3 different sectional meets. Listed below are these swimmers with some highlights. Burlington Central – Ashley Start and Grace Stiberth represented Burlington Central High School. Ashley and Grace swam with DCST as...

DCST Takes 3rd at Pleasant Prairie USA Meet DCST finished third place finish at the Pleasant Prairie USA Meet. DCST with 54 swimmers entered in the meet did well to finish behind only Elmbrook (Brookfield, WI) with 110 swimmers and Southwest Aquatic (Muskego, WI) with 120 swimmers. For the meet, DCST had a very impressive 227 individual career best swims out of a total of 400 swims for a 57% improvement percentage. Individually, the 31 swimmers listed below had a great meet with better than 50% improvement percentage for the...

Prep roundup: DeKalb's Keck finishes 33rd in state swim meet By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF Created: Saturday, November 17, 2012 5:30 a.m. CST Comments (0) Tweet Text Size: Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa DeKalb freshman Jensen Keck finished 33rd in the 100-meter breaststroke at the IHSA State Meet at Evanston High School. Keck had a time 1:07.64, and was the third-fastest freshman in the event, but failed to qualify for the finals or consolation finals.

Work with Waller leads Keck to state By ANTHONY ZILIS - [email protected] Created: Friday, November 16, 2012 5:30 a.m. CST Comments (0) Tweet Text Size: Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Jensen Keck wasn’t sure if she’d reached her year-long goal of qualifying for the state meet for a few seconds after she touched the wall in the 100-yard breaststroke at the St. Charles North Sectional last weekend. The DeKalb-Sycamore co-op freshman knew she had a shot at the state qualifying time of 1:08.22 when she touched the wall halfway through...

DCST Swimmer Josh DeDina Signs with South Dakota State DCST Senior, Josh DeDina, made his college commitment by signing with South Dakota State. The Jack Rabbits are a division 1 school who compete in the Summit League. South Dakota State’s Men finished 2nd last year in the conference championship meet. Josh will add to the long list of former DCST swimmers swimming at the collegiate level. Currently, DCST has 17 alumni swimming in college. These swimmers are: Alef, Grant (So) University of Minnesota Fergus, Shane (Fr) Lewis University Gidaszewski, Tara...

Prep Zone: Hampshire's DeDina finds right fit on signing day By JOE STEVENSON – [email protected] Created: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:26 p.m. CST Comments (0) Tweet Text Size: Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Hampshire senior Josh DeDina scoured the Internet a couple of months ago searching for just the proper match. DeDina needed a college that offered agriculture business as a major and had a swimming team. It was not the easiest combination to find. “If I didn’t swim in college, I would have felt like I wasted all those...