Olson and Keck Shine at IMXtreme Games DCST’s Kylie Olson and Jensen Keck had very impressive results at the USA Swimming IM Xtreme Games in Indianapolis, IN. In order to enter this meet, swimmers had to have a certain minimum score in the USA Swimming IM Xtreme events; therefore, the competition was very exclusive. The six events offer for their age group, 13 year old girls, were the 500 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke, 200 Breaststroke, 200 Butterfly, 200 Individual Medley and 400 Individual Medley. Kylie and Jensen had 4 and 3...

DCST Takes 2nd at Pleasant Prairie USS Meet DCST had an impressive second place finish at the Pleasant Prairie USS Meet. If you consider DCST only had 57 swimmers entered in the meet compared to Southwest Aquatic from Muskego, WI which won the meet with 163 swimmers, then finishing second was not too bad. For the meet, DCST had a very impressive 237 individual career best swims or a 56% improvement percentage. Individual the 31 swimmers listed below had a better than 50% improvement percentage for the meet. Nolan Fergus...

DCST Takes Second in Triangular by One Point DCST finished second, one point behind host Rockford, in a triangular meet which also included Freeport. DCST scored 566 points compared to Rockford’s 567 and Freeport’s 70. DCST’s dual meet record is now 4 – 1 on the season. 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 only selected on their performance in the meet, but the coaches also take into consideration the swimmer’s practice...

DCST Swimmer Ishimaru Signs with University of Illinois at Chicago Kei Ishimaru became the fourth DCST senior this year to make his college commitment. Kei has accepted a scholarship to swim at University of Illinois at Chicago. The Flames are a division 1 school who compete in the Horizon League. UIC’s men’s team finished 2nd last year at the conference championship meet.

DCST Take 2nd at Rockford Early Bird Invite DCST took second place to host Rockford at the Rockford Early Bird Invite. As a team, DCST had an off meet with only 15 new career best individual times out of 68 swims for a dismal 22% improvement rate. The 4 DCST swimmers who bucked this trend with at least two personal best times in the meet were: Camryn “Smiley” Anderson, Tyler Berger, Grace Johnson and Jenni Weber. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two swimmers, one girl and one boy,...

DCST Wins Triangular Meet DCST improved its dual meet record to 3 – 0 with a victory over Sage YMCA (McHenry) and Green County (Monroe, WI). DCST had 672 points compared to 528 for McHenry and 76 for Green County. 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 only selected on their performance in the meet, but the coaches also take into consideration the swimmer’s practice attendance, work ethic, team spirit and sportsmanship....

DCST Swimmer Launer Signs with Northwestern Emily Launer became the third DCST senior this year to make her college commitment. Emily has accepted a scholarship to swim at Northwestern. The Wildcats are a division 1 school who compete in the Big Ten Conference. Northwestern’s women’s team finished 8th last year at the conference championship meet.

DCST Swimmers Gidaszewski and Isola sign with Illinois State Tara Gidaszewski and Sharon Isola become the first two DCST seniors this year to make their college commitments, and both swimmers have signed with Illinois State University. They will join DCST alumni, Valerie Jones, who is just starting her freshman year at Illinois State. The Illinois State Redbirds are a division 1 school who compete in the Missouri Valley Conference. Illinois State’s women’s team finished 2nd last year at the conference championship meet.

DCST Downs the Dolphins DCST began its 2011 – 2012 winter season with a victory over the Illinois Valley (LaSalle – Peru) Dolphins by a score of 623 – 132. Being the first meet of the year, there were a few bugs, but nothing we cannot fix quickly. We had a lot of new swimmers in today’s meet, and they did a terrific job. We did have some swimmers who forgot to talk to the coaches after their race. We ask that all swimmers try to remember to talk to...

Four DCST Swimmers Named to USA Swimming’s Scholastic All-American Team Each year, USA Swimming recognizes its members who excel both in the classroom and in the pool. The Scholastic All-America Team is made up of high school student-athletes who have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and who have achieved the required time standard in a single event. To be eligible for this recognition, swimmers must have completed 10th, 11th or 12th grade and must be a USA Swimming member athlete. Eligible times must be swum by June...