DCST Finishes National Championship with Best Ever Finish (Day 5 Results) One of DCST’s goals for the 2009 Summer National Championships was to be the best national team in DCST’s history. With their 10 th place combined (women and men) finish, DCST achieved this goal. DCST’s previous best finish was 12 th in 2008. The men’s team finished in 10 th, while the women’s team finished 15 th. In achieving this goal, DCST had 9 swimmers earn National All-American honors in 7 relays and 19 individual events, had 51 lifetime...

800 Free Relays Move DCST Up in National Team Standings (Day 4 Results) DCST’s phenomenal 800 Free Relay performances on Thursday moved DCST up in both the women and men’s team standings. The women’s relay team of Casey Jepsen, Kate Taylor, Emily Launer and Emily Waller dropped 7.5 seconds from their seed time to finish 5 th. On the day, the women’s team moved up from 14 th to 11 th place. Grant Alef, Chad Thompson, Michael Gordon and David Gordon went 15.5 seconds faster than their seed time to...

DCST Keeps Making Big Waves at National Championships (Day 3 Results) DCST’s kept riding its wave of success on day 3 of the National Championships with 10 lifetime best times in 12 events raising their meet total to 30 for 35. As a team, DCST’s broke 5 more team records for a meet total of 16 while remaining extremely high in the team scoring (women – 14 th, men – 8 th, combined scoring – 7 th). On Wednesday, DCST’s 400 freestyle relays lead the way. The team of Casey...

DCST Continues Torrid Pace at National Championships (Day 2 Results) DCST came out on fire on day 2 of the National Championship Meet. DCST had 16 lifetime best swims out of a total of 18 swims on Tuesday. This brings the meet total after two days to 20 best times out of 23 swims. DCST also set 7 team records for a two day total of 11. In team scoring, DCST is currently ranked 5 th in the combined scoring, 6 th in the men’s scoring, and 16 th in...

DCST in First Place after Day 1 of National Championships Day 1 of the National Championships only consisted of one event, the 1500 Freestyle; but DCST used this one event to their advantage and took the early team combined scoring lead. DCST stands second in both the men and women’s scoring. In the men’s event, Grant Alef dropped 23 seconds from his previous personal best to finish 5 th. David Gordon finished 10 th with his personal best time improvement of 18 seconds. Both swimmers were well below the previous...

Focused and ready By JON STYF - [email protected] Comments (No comments posted) Grant Alef of the Kishwaukee YMCA and DeKalb County Swim Team will race in four individual events this week at the YMCA Nationals in College Park, Md. (Beck Diefenbach – [email protected]) E-mail this story Print this story Comments Share Grant Alef knows that it will all come down to fractions of a second this week. That’s why the Kaneland junior has spent his summer trying to trim time however he can. He’s done plenty of core-training exercises and...

Listed below is an article about Grace Waller from the Daily Chronicle. Amazing Grace By JON STYF - [email protected] Comments (No comments posted) | Add Comments Grace Waller stands with the assistance of her crutches after swimming practice on July 15 at the Kishwuakee YMCA in Sycamore. The 16-year-old DeKalb High junior was diagnosed with cancer last November and now trains between chemotherapy treatments. (Beck Diefenbach – [email protected]) E-mail this story Print this story Comments Share DeKALB – It's a slow afternoon at the Kishwaukee YMCA swimming pool. In one...

Listed below is an article about DCST's National Team written by the Daily Chronicle. Suiting up for Nationals By ASHLEY SCHRADER - [email protected] Comments (No comments posted) | Add Comments Kishwaukee YMCA and DeKalb County Swim Team member Emily Waller checks her time during practice Monday at the Kishwuakee YMCA in Sycamore. Waller and 14 of her DCST members will be competing in the YMCA Nationals Championships next week at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. (Beck Diefenbach – [email protected]) E-mail this story Print this story Comments Share...

Listed below is an article for the Daily Chronicle about DCST's Conference Championship. Kish/DCST swimmers take home ninth straight conference title By The Daily Chronicle - [email protected] Comments (No comments posted) | Add Comments E-mail this story Print this story Comments Share The Kishwaukee YMCA/DeKalb County Swim Team scored 2,164 points Saturday to take home the combined North Central Illinois Swim Conference (NCISC) A Conference Championship for the ninth consecutive year. Second place was the Oswego Otters with 1,348 points at the Kishwaukee YMCA pool. The girls team took first...

DCST Claims NCISC “A” Conference Title by 816 Points DCST won their 9 th consecutive NCISC “A” Conference title in dominating fashion. DCST finished with 2,164 points which easily outdistance second place Oswego’s 1,348 point total. This year’s point total surpassed DCST 2008 point total of 2,131 points, and DCST also increased its margin of victory from 675.5 in 2008 to this year’s 816 point winning margin. One of DCST’s goals for the meet was to have a 60% best time improvement percentage, but DCST came up just short with...