DCST Excels at Age Group Championships DCST sent 21 swimmers to the Illinois State Age Group Championships, and had 22 top 16 finishes. Although it was a small group, DCST had some outstanding swims over the weekend of March 11-13. In the 10 years old and under age group, DCST’s top 16 finishers included: Athena Ye – 2nd in the 50 Fly and 50 Back, 5th in the 100 Fly, 7th in the 100 IM, 8th in the 100 Back and 11th in the 200 IM Nolan Fergus – 10th...

No looking back By JOHN SAHLY - [email protected] Add comment feedback Sycamore senior Michael Gordon, of the DeKalb-Sycamore co-op swimming team, is the Daily Chronicle’s 2011 Boys Swimmer of the Year. (Rob Winner – [email protected]) Buy Daily Chronicle Photos » There was one practice this winter that DeKalb-Sycamore co-op swimmer Michael Gordon had to miss in order to take a visit to Xavier University, where he’ll swim in college. His team almost didn’t know how to start practice without him. “He’s the first one in every day at practice,” DeKalb-Sycamore...

DCST Scores Hat Trick at Northwest District Championships DCST won the 2011 Northwest District girls, boys and combined team scoring titles at the Northwest District Championships. The titles were DCST fifth, seventh and sixth consecutive titles respectively. DCST’s margin of victory was 170.5 points over second place Rockford in the girls division, 581 points over second place Rockford in the boys division, and 751.5 points in the combined scoring over Rockford. In age group scoring, DCST won 4 of the 5 divisions contested on Saturday. DCST finished first in the...

DCST takes Overall & Girls Scoring Lead after 1st Day of the District Championships After the first day of the Northwest District Championships held in La Salle – Peru, DCST had the overall and girls scoring leads. In the girls division, which included swimmers ages 12 and younger on day 1, DCST had a 166 point lead over second place McHenry. In the boys division, which includes swimmers ages 10 and younger on day 1, DCST was in second place 82.5 points behind host Illinois Valley. In the combined scoring...

Six DCST High School Boy Swimmers Qualify for IHSA State Championships Fourteen DCST swimmers represented their high schools last month at the IHSA Sectional meets, and six of these swimmers qualified for the IHSA State Championships. Listed below is a summary of their performances. Numerous articles from newspapers about DCST’s swimmers are listed on DCST’s web page under the section “DCST News.” DeKalb / Sycamore Co-op(Marc Dubrick, Michael Gordon, Kei Ishimaru, Ryan Lindsey, Matt Marchewka, Cory Page, Josh Page, Ryan Schultz, Drew Seneczko, and Sam Seneczko) – The DeKalb /...

DCST Looks Good in Last Meet Prior to the Championship Season The DCST Open proved to be a very beneficial meet for DCST. As a team, DCST had 103 career best times out of 164 swims for a very impressive 63% improvement rate. More importantly, DCST picked up 4 new District Times, 14 new Area Times, and an impressive 6 new National Times! DCST’s next meet will be the Northwest Jr. District and District Championships on March 5 and 6 at the Illinois Valley YMCA in LaSalle-Peru. The line-ups for...

By Darryl Mellema O'Hare flight information Metra service advisories Why Not the Best Web site Why Not the Best Web site Why Not the Best Event by event during Saturday’s state finals, St. Charles North’s boys swim team went about improving on its placings from this year’s prelims. By the time the final event was over, the North Stars had themselves a fifth-place finish and re-established themselves as one of the top teams in the state. “This meet showed you how much parity there is in the state, other than,...

Gordon takes sixth in 100 breaststroke at state meet By KEVIN DRULEY - [email protected] Comments (No comments posted) | Add Comments WINNETKA – Swimming unites the Gordon family for most of the year. On Saturday, it divided them. DeKalb-Sycamore co-op senior Michael Gordon will join older brother David at Xavier soon enough, but for now, the last weekend in February creates a conflict. While Gordon's mother watched him finish sixth in the 100-yard breaststroke at the IHSA state meet at New Trier, his father was in Buffalo, N.Y., rooting David...

Gordon, Alef advance to swimming finals By ERIC VAN DRIL - [email protected] Comments (No comments posted) | Add Comments WINNETKA – Before this weekend’s state meet, DeKalb-Sycamore co-op swimmer Michael Gordon had swam in the state meet on two occasions, but failed to finish in the top-12 – the cutoff for qualifying for Saturday’s finals – in all his races. That changed Friday when Gordon finished fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke, earning a berth in today’s Championship Qualifier. “It was my last chance [to qualify for finals] as a senior,...

DCST Finishes Regular Season 7 – 1 The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) finished their 2010 – 2011 regular season with a 7 – 1 dual meet record by defeating Rockford and Belvidere. As a team, DCST had 128 personal lifetime best times out of a total of 256 swims for a 50% improvement rate. DCST also had 5 individual swims which were first time District qualifying times, and 12 individual swims which were first time Area qualifying times. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two...