Powers living up to eye-popping middle school times By JOHN SAHLY - [email protected] Created: Thursday, January 12, 2012 5:30 a.m. CST Updated: Thursday, January 12, 2012 9:15 a.m. CST Comments (0) Tweet Text Size: Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Dylan Powers, a freshman at Sycamore, works on his butterfly during practice Tuesday afternoon at Huntley Middle School in DeKalb. The DeKalb-Sycamore co-op team member is consistently one of the first swimmers to the wall in his distance and butterfly events. He proved it starting in the first meet of the...

DCST Takes 4th at Academy Invitational DCST finished 4th at the Academy Invitational with only 43 swimmers. This total made DCST the second smallest team in the meet out of a total of 8 teams. Moreover, the three teams which finished ahead of DCST had 255 swimmers (Academy), 106 swimmers (New Trier) and 183 swimmers (Fox Valley). As a team, DCST swimmers achieved a District qualifying for the first time this season in 9 events, achieved an Area qualifying time for the first time this season in 12 events, and...

DCST Finishes 4th at David Wolf (Belvidere) Invite On Sunday, January 8th, the Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team finished 4th out of 11 teams at the David Wolf Invite hosted by Belvidere. As a team, DCST had a really successful meet with DCST’s 34 swimmers achieving 61 career best times out of 100 individual swims for a 61% improvement rate. DCST had five swims which were the first time a swimmer swam a legal breaststroke, butterfly or IM event. Furthermore, DCST had four swims which were new first...

DCST is Highest Ranking Illinois Team in the Virtual YMCA National Swim Meet On Saturday, October 22, DCST’s dual meet with 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 15 and October 23. 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 female, male and combined (female and male) standings. Listed below is...

USA Swimming recognizes DCST as a 2012 Bronze Medal Club USA Swimming has released the results of their 2012 Club Excellence Program, and DCST was named a Bronze Medal winner. The USA Swimming Club Excellence Program is a program that recognizes USA Swimming clubs for their commitment to excellence in performance. This program strives to meet the following objectives: Promote the development of strong, well-rounded age group and senior swimming programs that produce elite 18 & under athletes; Provide recognition and resources to motivate and assist member clubs to strive...

DCST Dominates Barb Wire Classic DCST dominated the Barb Wire Classic by winning the meet by 1,699.5 points over second place Sage YMCA (McHenry County). DCST scored 3,797.5 points compared to Sage’s 2098. On the day, DCST had 199 new lifetime career best times for an improvement percentage of 52%. The following 70 swimmers had at least two individual best times: Madison Aimone, Katherine Albano, Franz Allendorfer, Camryn Anderson, Gavin Anderson, Ava Bickner, Anthony Biundo, Jacob Bjork, Austin Bockman, Owen Bockman, Nathan Braun, Timothy Braun, Palmer Bubb, Justin Buck, Maxwell...

Ishimaru ready to write legacy By JOHN SAHLY - [email protected] Created: Thursday, December 8, 2011 5:30 a.m. CST Comments( 0) Tweet Text Size: AaAaAaAaAa DeKalb-Sycamore co-op senior captain Kei Ishimaru rests for a moment during swim practice Dec. 1 in DeKalb. Ishmaru looks to craft his own legacy this season after the graduation of teammate Michael Gordon, last season’s Daily Chronicle Swimmer of the Year. (Rob Winner – [email protected]) Buy Daily Chronicle Photos » DeKALB – It’s not just about making the state meet anymore for Kei Ishimaru. “We lost...

DCST Rocks Woodstock Splashtastic On December 2 – 4, the Kishwaukee YMCA won the Woodstock Splashtastic by 2,340.5 over second place Elgin. For the meet, DCST had 219 individual career best swims out of 457 swim for a 48% improvement percentage. Individually, the 24 swimmers listed below had a better than 50% improvement percentage for the meet. Daniel Hein (7 for 7) – 100% Abbie Johnson (6 for 6) – 100% Jacob Bjork (4 for 4) – 100% Anabelle Engleson (4 for 4) – 100% Jamie Weber (2 for 2)...

DCST Welcomes back High School Girl Swimmers (3 Qualified 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 12 girls represent 7 different high schools at 4 different sectional meets. Listed below are some of the highlights of the sectional and state swimmers from DCST. Burlington Central – Ashley Start and Kristin Van Oost represented Burlington Central High...

Gidaszewski conquers her weakness in the pool By JOHN SAHLY - [email protected] Created: Friday, November 25, 2011 5:00 a.m. CST Updated: Friday, November 25, 2011 8:26 a.m. CST Comments (0) Tweet Text Size: Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Tara Gidaszewski is the 2011 Daily Chronicle Swimmer of the Year. (Rob Winner – [email protected]) Buy Daily Chronicle Photos » DeKALB – Tara Gidaszewski will be the first swimmer to admit she’s not a sprinter. But in Illinois, the Sycamore senior didn’t have much choice in her high school career. Her premier...