DCST National Results – Day 1 Day 1 of the YMCA National Championships in Greensboro, NC for DCST was highlighted by the Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay. Jack Fergus, Josh DeDina, Daniel Hein and Kei Ishimaru all earn National All-American honors for their 2.9 second time drop on the day, and their 18th place finish. This was the first time Josh has earned All-American honors. It was the second time for Fergus and Hein, and the ninth time for Ishimaru. In the individual events, Ishimaru swam his personal best 200 IM...

DCST Girls Take Second at IL / MO Area Championships The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) took second at the 2012 Illinois / Missouri Area Girls Championships behind first place Edwardsville by a score of 900.5 to 790. This was the second consecutive year DCST finished behind Edwardsville, but DCST cut the deficit from to 227.5 points from a year ago to 110.5 this year. In the combined scoring for the two days, DCST finished second to Edwardsville by a score of 1,712 to 1,547.5. As a...

DCST Boys Take Second at IL / MO Area Championships The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) took second at the 2012 Illinois / Missouri Area Championships behind first place Edwardsville by a score of 801.5 to 757.5. As a team, DCST had an excellent meet with 51 improved times out of a total of 71 swims for an improvement percentage of 72% compared to the District Championships. On the day, DCST set 2 new IL / MO Area Records, 6 new team records, won 8 events, and...

DCST Starts out Area Meet with 3 New National Qualifying Times DCST got off to a great start in the IL / MO Area Meet with 9 career best individual performances out of a total of 12 events. One of these individual swims was a new national qualifying time. In addition to the individual swims, DCST easily qualified both of their 400 yard Freestyle Relays for the National Championships. The girls relay team of Brittnie Dean, Kristin Van Oost, Caitlynn Moon and Emily Launer went almost 2 seconds under the...

DCST Rewrites the Record Books at ISI Age Group State Meet DCST rewrote the record books at the ISI Age Group State Meet by setting 3 new Illinois State Records and 16 new team records. In the Girls Ages 10 and Younger division, Athena Ye won the 50 yard Backstroke, 50 yard Butterfly and the 100 yard IM. All three of her winning times in these events were new Illinois State Records! Obviously, these times were also new DCST team records. In her other events, Athena took 2nd in both...

Sycamore's Ishimaru Chronicle Boys Swimmer of the Year By JOHN SAHLY - [email protected] Created: Friday, March 9, 2012 5:30 a.m. CDT Comments (0) Tweet Text Size: Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Sycamore senior Kei Ishimaru – the 2011-12 Daily Chronicle Boys Swimmer of the Year – qualified for the state meet for a third straight season, this time in the 100-yard butterfly and 200 individual medley. He broke a 30-year-old DeKalb pool record in the butterfly, finishing his senior night meet in a blazing 52.02 seconds. (Kyle Bursaw – [email protected])...

DCST Wins 7th Straight Northwest District Championship DCST won its 7th straight Northwest District combined scoring championship by 1,342 points over second place Sage (McHenry). In the boys division, DCST won its 8th straight title by a score of 1,932 to 1,307 over Rock River Valley (Rockford). While in the girls division, DCST’s 382 point margin of victory over Sage (McHenry) was good for its 6th straight girls’ title. On the second day of the meet, DCST won all 5 divisions contested (11 – 12 Boys, 13 – 14 Girls,...

Listed below is the obituary for Marybeth McGill. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family. DCST will forever be indebted to her for her contributions to our program. MARYBETH McGILL (June 12, 1962 - March 3, 2012) Send Flowers View/Sign Guest Book | Create Memorial Website Marybeth McGill, 49, of DeKalb, Illinois, died Saturday, March 3, 2012, at home surrounded by her loving family. Born June 12, 1962, in DeKalb, the daughter of Thomas E. and Mary E. (Mills) O’Brien, she married Lance C. McGill on July 1,...

DCST takes Lead after 1st Day of the District Championships After the first day of the Northwest District Championships, DCST has the overall, girls and boys scoring leads. In the girls division, which included swimmers ages 12 and younger on day 1, DCST has a 7 point lead over second place Sage (McHenry). In the boys division, which includes swimmers ages 10 and younger on day 1, DCST has a 182 point lead over second place Illinois Valley. In the combined scoring division, DCST leads second place Sage (McHenry) by...

DCST Welcomes back High School Boy Swimmers (4 Qualified 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. These boys just finished a very successful high school season. Overall, DCST had 12 boys represent 5 different high schools at 4 different sectional meets. Listed below are some of the highlights of the sectional and state swimmers from DCST. Algonquin (Jacobs) – Josh DeDina represented the Algonquin Jacobs team, and he qualified for...