11 – 12 Boys Lead DCST at ISI Age Group State Meet DCST’s 11 – 12 boys lead the way for DCST at the ISI Age Group Championship Meet. The relay team of Dylan Powers, Jacob Bjork, James Lorr and Daniel Hein finished 7 th in the 400 yard Freestyle Relay and 9 th in the 400 yard Medley Relay. In individual events, Hein placed in the top 16 in all six of his individual events (4 th – 100 yard Backstroke, 6 th – 50 yard Butterfly,6 th –...

DCST Sweeps Team Northwest District Scoring Titles DCST won the 2010 Northwest District girls, boys and combined team scoring titles at the Northwest District Championships. The titles were DCST fourth, sixth and fifth consecutive titles respectively. DCST’s margin of victory was 295 points over second place Rockford in the girls division, 536 points over second place Rockford in the boys division, and 831 points in the combined scoring over Rockford. In age group scoring, DCST won 3 of the 4 divisions contested on Saturday. DCST finished first in the boys...

Swimmers ages 12 and younger give DCST Scoring Lead DCST swimmers ages 12 and younger got DCST off to a strong start at the Northwest District Championships held in La Salle – Peru. After the first day of the meet, DCST leads in all the scoring categories (girls, boys and combined). DCST has a 70.5 point lead over Rockford in the girls scoring division, a 344 point lead over Illinois Valley in the boys scoring division, and a 537.5 point lead over Rockford in the combined scoring division. In age...

Driving to be the best By KEVIN DRULEY Shaw Suburban Media Comments (No comments posted) | Add Comments Kaneland’s Grant Alef is the Daily Chronicle’s Boys Swimmer of the Year. He is the first athlete from Kaneland to medal at state since 1980. (Sandy Bressner – Shaw Suburban Media) E-mail this story Print this story Comments Share Most seasoned swimmers avert repetitive motion injuries by balancing workouts and stretching. Grant Alef does one better. He switches carpool routes. There are many ways to get from Kaneland High School to the...

DCST has Productive Open Meet The DCST Open proved to be a very beneficial meet for DCST. As a team, DCST had 72 career best times out of 132 swims for a 55% improvement rate. More importantly, DCST picked up 2 new District Times, 8 new Area Times, and an impressive 7 new National Times! DCST’s next meet will be the Northwest Jr. District and District Championships on March 6 and 7 at the Illinois Valley YMCA in LaSalle-Peru. The line-ups for this meet will be posted by Tuesday. By...

Alef makes history By ERIC VAN DRIL - [email protected] Comments (No comments posted) | Add Comments E-mail this story Print this story Comments Share EVANSTON –Grant Alef accomplished a feat no other Kaneland swimmer had ever done in the history of the school during Saturday’s IHSA state final meet. He won a swimming medal. Twenty minutes after a ninth-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (4:40.78), Alef followed the long-distance race with an eighth-place showing in the 100 backstroke (52.73). “It’s phenomenal,” Alef said. “It’s the first swimming medal we have...

DCST Finishes Regular Season 12 – 1 The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) finished their 2009 – 2010 regular season with a 12 – 1 dual meet record by defeating Rockford and Belvidere. As a team, DCST had 128 personal lifetime best times out of a total of 266 swims for a 48% improvement rate. DCST also had 15 individual swims which were first time District qualifying times, and 10 individual swims which were first time Area qualifying times. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two...

Kaneland Alef advances at state By KEVIN DRULEY - [email protected] Comments (No comments posted) | Add Comments DeKalb’s Michael Gordon swims the 100-yard breastroke during the IHSA State Meet preliminaries Friday at Evanston Township High School. (Sandy Bressner – Shaw Suburban Media) E-mail this story Print this story Comments Share EVANSTON – Grant Alef shook his head with an easy smile as an overflow crowd glanced at the video board. Twelve names, times and school abbreviations flashed up, and fans packed into the Evanston natatorium shouted at what the Kaneland...

Listed below is an article from the DeKalb Chronicle about DCST's IHSA state qualifiers. In uncharted waters By JOHN SAHLY - [email protected] Comments (No comments posted) | Add Comments DeKalb/Sycamore relay team members Chad Thompson (from left), Cory Page, Kei Ishimaru, and Michael Gordon take a break between laps during practice Wednesday as the prepare for today’s state meet at Evanston Township High School. (Rob Winner – [email protected]) E-mail this story Print this story Comments Share DeKALB – The deck is overcrowded. The fans are louder and more intense and...

Five DCST High School Boy Swimmers Qualify for IHSA State Championships Ten DCST swimmers represented their high schools last weekend at the IHSA Sectional meets, and five of these swimmers qualified for the IHSA State Championships. Listed below is a summary of their performances. DeKalb / Sycamore Co-op (Marc Dubrick, Michael Gordon, Kei Ishimaru, Cory Page, Taylor Roose, Sam Seneczko, and Chad Thompson) – The DeKalb / Sycamore Co-op finished 6th at the St. Charles sectional meet. Chad Thompson, Michael Gordon, Kei Ishimaru and Cory Page qualified for the IHSA...