DCST’s Olson and Keck Excel at IMXtreme Games DCST’s Kylie Olson and Jensen Keck had very impressive results at the USA Swimming IM Xtreme Games in Indianapolis, IN by having personal best swims in four of the five events offered for their age group. 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 five events offer for their age group, 12 year old girls, were the 500 Freestyle, 100 Backstroke, 100...

Different challenge awaits Rosary girls swimming at state By KEVIN DRULEY - [email protected] Comments (...) | Add Comments Sarah Sykstus and the Rosary girls swimming team are going for their fifth consecutive state title this weekend in Evanston. (Photo by Sandy Bressner – [email protected]) Buy Kane County Chronicle Photos » AURORA – Rosary swimming workouts shed more than minutes and yardage this time of year. They also are gradually stripped of suspense. “During the regular season, you’re always like, ‘Oh my gosh. What are we going to do today? Can...

CBS News Chicago (Channel 2) Names DCST Swimmer Grace Waller Athlete of the Week DCST swimmer, Grace Waller, is going to be named the CBS News Chicago's (Channel 2) Athlete of the Week this week. Tune to Channel 2's 10:00 PM news cast on Thursday, November 18 to see her feature.

Waller becomes 5th DCST Swimmer to make College Commitment Grace Waller became the 5th DCST Senior this to commit to swimming at the collegiate level next year. She will be attending Oakland University. Oakland is a division 1 school who competes in the Summit League. Their women’s team has won the Summit League title for the past 11 years.

Waller heads to Oakland Comments (No comments posted) | Add Comments DeKalb senior Grace Waller signed a national letter of intent earlier this week to swim for Oakland (Mich.) University next fall. "I've been in touch with the coaches over the past couple of weeks," Waller said. "I really like their philosophy on swimming. I went on a recruiting trip there a few weeks ago and fell in love with the campus. It's gorgeous." Waller, who overcame surgery to remove a malignant tumor in her right leg and subsequent chemotherapy...

Gordon to join brother at Xavier Comments (No comments posted) | Add Comments Sycamore senior Michael Gordon signed a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to swim for Xavier University next fall. Gordon, who qualified for last year's state meet in the 200-yard individual medley and 100 breaststroke as an individual, said he had a couple of options on his list of schools but the familiarity of having older brother David Gordon and former DeKalb-Sycamore co-op teammate Chad Thompson on the squad helped push him to Xavier. "It's definitely nice...

Four DCST Seniors Make College Commitments Four DCST Seniors have made their decision on where they will be swimming next year. Grant Alef will be attending the University of Minnesota. Minnesota is a division 1 school who competes in the Big Ten Conference. Their men’s team finished 3rd in the Big 10 last year. Michael Gordon will be attending Xavier University. Xavier is a division 1 school who competes in the Atlantic 10. Their men’s team finished 6th in the Atlantic 10 last year. This is the third consecutive year...

Waller advances to state in two events By JOHN SAHLY - [email protected] Comments (No comments posted) DeKalb's Grace Waller competes in the 500-yard freestyle at Saturday's St. Charles North Sectional swimming meet. (Kyle Bursaw – [email protected]) Buy Daily Chronicle Photos » For more high school sports coverage, visit DC Preps ST. CHARLES – Grace Waller is a veteran of plenty of important meets. The DeKalb senior knows the atmosphere, knows the intensity and knows what it takes to compete in that environment. But Saturday's St. Charles North Sectional swimming meet...

Waller aims for history By JEREMY WERNER - [email protected] Comments (No comments posted) For more high school sports coverage, visit DC Preps DeKALB – Grace Waller twice has qualified for the IHSA swimming and diving state meet. She even placed 11th in the 200-meter individual medley as a sophomore. But for the DeKalb senior, qualifying for a third time might be the highlight of her high school career. Chemotherapy treatments and surgery to remove a malignant tumor in her right leg cost Waller most of her junior season. But heading...

DCST Wins Tri Meet DCST moved to 4 – 0 on the season with wins over Rockford and Freeport. As a team, DCST had 119 new career best individual swims out of a total of 240 swims or a 50% improvement rate. Moreover, DCST had 13 swims which were a swimmer’s first time achieving a particular time standard this season. The breakdown of the time standards achieved was: 9 new District qualifying times, 4 new Area qualifying times. DCST had 40 swimmers with at least two personal best times. These...