DeKalb's Keck qualifies for state swimming meet in 100 breast stroke By ROSS JACOBSON - [email protected] Created: Sunday, November 11, 2012 5:30 a.m. CST Comments (0) Tweet Text Size: Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Kyle Bursaw — [email protected] Jensen Keck swims breaststroke at practice for the DeKalb/Sycamore co-op swim team at Huntley Middle School on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Several swimmers will compete at sectionals on Saturday Nov. 10. ( ()) Jensen Keck knew coming into Saturday's sectional meet that she had a chance to qualify for state. Going through...

DCST Defeats Rock River Valley (Rockford) and Freeport DCST moved to 3 – 1 on the dual meet season with wins over Rock River Valley (Rockford) and Freeport. DCST is now 3 – 1 on the season. As a team, DCST swam great with 213 career best times out of a total of 344 swims for a 62% improvement rate. Moreover, 46 of these swims were a new event legally swum by a DCST swimmer for the first time in their career. DCST also had 20 swims which achieved the...

DeKalb/Sycamore co-op swim team gears up for sectional By ANTHONY ZILIS - [email protected] Created: Thursday, November 8, 2012 5:30 a.m. CST Comments (0) Tweet Text Size: Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Freshman Jensen Keck swims breaststroke at Friday's practice for the DeKalb/Sycamore co-op team at Huntley Middle School. Several swimmers will compete at sectionals Saturday. (Kyle Bursaw – [email protected]) DeKalb/Sycamore co-op swim team coach Leah Eames has learned not to make predictions in the days leading up to the sectional meet each year. How swimmers will react to the pressure...

DCST Wins Early Bird Invite DCST won the Early Bird Invite hosted by the YMCA of Rock River Valley (Rockford). DCST finished ahead of second place Rock River Valley by 166.5 points (385.5 – 219). As a team, DCST swam just okay with 40 career best times out of a total of 98 swims for a 41% improvement rate. DCST had 4 swims which achieved the District Qualifying and 1 swim which achieved the Area Qualifying time for the first time. A total of 13 swimmers had a great meet...

DCST Takes a Bite Out of the Piranhas DCST won its first dual meet of the season with a 434 – 348 point victory over the visiting Sage (McHenry County) YMCA Piranhas. DCST is now 1 – 1 on the season. As a team, DCST swam great with 250 career best times out of a total of 382 swims for a 65% improvement rate. Moreover, 77 of these swims were a new event legally swum by a DCST swimmer for the first time in their career. DCST also had 26...

DCST Falls at ILVY Despite a 132 – 69 swimmer deficit and swimming on the road, DCST gave Illinois Valley (ILVY) a very close contest as they fell 385 – 361 in their first dual meet of the season. As a team, DCST swam okay for the first meet of the season with 96 career best times out of a total of 188 swims for a 51% improvement rate. 36 swimmers had a great meet with at least two career best times. These swimmers were: Joanna Burnham, Sadie Burton, Danny...

DCST Kicks Off Season in Bloomington – Normal A small group of DCST swimmers kicked off the 2012 – 2013 winter season with a meet in Bloomington – Normal. Eight swimmers from the Bull Dog and National practice groups participated in the meet. As expected for an early season meet, DCST did not have many career best times. However, first season Bull Dog swimmers, Colette LeBlanc, Madisyn Grever and Cole Moon had strong showings with 5, 4 and 3 career best times respectively. Josh Smith had DCST’s other career best...

Five DCST Swimmers Represent Team Illinois at Central Zone Championships Five DCST Swimmers (Serena Allendorfer, Jacob Bjork, Megan LeBlanc, Abby Pardridge and Athena Ye), help Team Illinois win the Central Zone Championship over teams from Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, South Dakota and North Dakota. Athena Ye had a very busy weekend with 8 swims. In the Girls Ages 11 – 12 Division, she took home a 6th in the 50 meter Backstroke, a 13th in the 200 meter Backstroke, a 17th in the 100 meter Backstroke, a 26th in the...

18 Swimmers Represent DCST at ISI Age Group Championships – 5 Swimmers going to Zone Championships The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) sent 18 swimmers to the ISA Age Group Championships. These 18 swimmers combined to have 25 career best times out of 44 swims for a 57% improvement percentage. Athena Ye set 2 new DCST Team Records. Five DCST swimmers (Serena Allendorfer, Jacob Bjork, Megan LeBlanc, Abby Pardridge and Athena Ye) will be representing Team Illinois at the USA Swimming Central Zone Meet on August 2...

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. DCST’s All-Time National All-American Rankings 1 Emily Launer 41 2 National Championships 2 Grant Alef 33 3 Matt Chambers 18 4 David Gordon 16 5 Grace Waller 15 6 Michael Gordon 14 7 Travers Smith 13 Chad Thompson 13 9 Kate Taylor 11 Emily Waller 11 Valerie...