DCST Skins the Otters The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) got back on their winning ways with a 492 – 222 victory over the visiting Oswego Otters. DCST’s record on the season stands at 3 – 1. As a team, DCST swam okay with 155 personal lifetime best times out of a total of 343 swims for an improvement rate of 45%. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two swimmers, one girl and one boy, as the “Big Dogs" of the meet. Big Dogs are not...

Rock River YMCA Stings DCST The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) lost their first dual meet of the season when they travel to the Rock River YMCA (Rockford) Stingrays. The final score of the meet was 347 – 326. DCST is now 2 – 1 on the summer season. As a team, DCST swam alright with 74 personal lifetime best times out of a total of 149 swims for an improvement rate of 50%. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two swimmers, one girl and one...

DCST Races to 4that Indianapolis USA Meet The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) finished fourth at the Indianapolis (FINS) USA Meet on June 22 - 24. DCST finished behind Carmel, IN, Wildcat Aquatics (Lexington, KY), and NASA Wildcat Aquatics (Evanston, IL). As a team, DCST swam alright with 153 lifetime best times out of 298 swims for an improvement rate of 51%. Listed below are swimmers who an improvement rate of better than 50%. Gavin Anderson (8 for 8) – 100% Carson Klein (8 for 8) –...

DCST Reels in the Marlins The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) went to 2 – 0 on the summer season with a 485 – 229 victory over the visiting McHenry Marlins. As a team, DCST swam a little better than last week, but was still just okay with 157 personal lifetime best times out of a total of 299 swims for an improvement rate of 53%. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two swimmers, one girl and one boy, as the “Big Dogs" of the meet....

DCST Exterminates the River Rats The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) won its first dual meet of the summer season by going on the road to defeat the Geneva River Rats by a score of 388 – 314 . As a team, DCST was a little rusty with only 77 personal lifetime best times out of a total of 196 swims for an improvement rate of only 39%. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two swimmers, one girl and one boy, as the “Big Dogs" of...

DCST Earns 3rd Place at Joliet USA Meet The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) finished third at the Joliet USA Meet on June 8 - 10 in Chicago. DCST finished behind Hickory Willow (Palos Hills, IL) and Fox Valley (Naperville, IL). As a team, DCST swam very well with 225 lifetime best times out of 334 swims for an improvement rate of 67%. Listed below are swimmers who an improvement rate of better than 50%. Jacob Bjork (8 for 8) – 100% Austin Bockman (8 for 8)...

DCST Finishes 2nd at Fishers USA Meet The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) finished second at the Fishers USS Meet on May 18 - 20 in Fishers, IN. The only team to finish ahead of DCST was the host team. As a team, DCST had 206 lifetime best times out of 284 swims for an outstanding improvement rate of 73%. Listed below are swimmers who an improvement rate of better than 50%. Franz Allendorfer (10 for 10) – 100% Serena Allendorfer (10 for 10) – 100% Tyler...

DCST National Results – Day 4 Day 4 was another good day for DCST with 3 swimmers earning National All-American honors, and 3 team records were broken. Emily Launer and Caitlynn Moon earn National All-American honors in the 1650 yard Freestyle with their 12th and 18th place finishes respectively. Moon’s time was a personal best by a whopping 8.5 seconds. Launer and Moon teamed up with Brittnie Dean and Ashley Stark to break their previous team record in the 200 yard Freestyle Relay. Launer, Moon, Dean and Sharron Isola had...

DCST National Results – Day 3 Kei Ishimaru was DCST’s big star on Day 3 of the Winter National Championships. Kei dropped 4.5 seconds in prelims and then over more than a second in finals of the 400 IM to place 16th. His time in finals was new team record and earned him his second National All-American honor of the week. This is the 10th time he has earned this honor in his career. Daniel Hein (1.2 second time drop) and Emily Launer (0.3 second time drop) also broke their...

DCST National Results – Day 2 On Day 2 of the YMCA National Championships, DCST’s female distance swimmers lead the way. Emily Launer became the most decorated swimmer at Nationals in DCST history when she was named a National All-American for the 34th time her career with an 8th place finish in the 1000 yard Freestyle event. Caitlynn Moon also had an outstanding swim in this event with her almost 10 second time drop and 19th place finish. Moon was also named an All-American in this event. Caitlynn also had...