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DCST Looks for 9th Consecutive Conference Title DCST is looking to win its 9 th consecutive NCISC Conference Title on Saturday. A victory would also be DCST’s 15 th in the last 17 years. On paper, Oswego and McHenry look to be DCST’s biggest competitors. The coaching staff wants to challenge the swimmers to see if they can top last year’s point total of 2,131 points. Warm-ups for DCST are as follows: 6:15 AM – Bull Dog and National Practice Groups 6:45 AM – Terrier, Golden Retriever, Greyhound, Husky, St....
DCST Takes 3rd at Sheridan (Quincy) USS Meet DCST took 3 rd at the Sheridan USS meet finishing behind Columbia (MO) and Peoria. DCST had 161 lifetime best swims out of a total 370 swims for a respectable 44% improvement percentage. Both Columbia (90 swimmers) and Peoria (62 swimmers) had more swimmers than DCST (40 swimmers). Individually, DCST had 18 swimmers who had at least 50% best time percentage. These swimmers are as follows: Dylan Powers (10 for 10 – 100%) Theresa Alef (10 for 11 – 91%) Katie LeMieux...
DCST Walks over Trails of Algonquin The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) got back on the winning path on Thursday night with a 459 – 232 over the visiting Trails of Algonquin Swim Team. After two poor showings in their previous two meets, DCST showed some improvement with 88 lifetime best swims out of a total of 213 swims for a 41% improvement rate. The DCST Coaching Staff is expecting a 60% improvement rate for the conference championship meet next Saturday. After each meet, the coaching staff...
DCST Senior Coach Brian Bickner and DCST swimmer and coach David Gordon will be on WLBK (1360 AM) this morning promoting the swim team. Brian and David will be on the air from around 8:40 - 9:00 AM.
Big Dogs Taken to the Pound by Woodstock For the second straight meet, DCST had a low swimmer turnout (43 swimmers), and a not too stellar performance (20 career best swims out of 121 total swims, 17%). Thus, the result was the same as the previous week with a 399 – 292 loss to the Woodstock Dolphins. DCST is now 3 – 2 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...
Cary Barracudas Swim Past DCST DCST fell to 3 – 1 on the season with a 388 – 305 lost at Cary. DCST only had 35 swimmers who participated in the meet compared to 125 swimmers for Cary. In additions to the low turnout, DCST did not swim practically well with only 13 career best times out of 94 swims (14%). DCST looks for a better performance and participation level when they compete at Woodstock on Tuesday, July 7. Woodstock should be DCST toughest competition this season. Woodstock finished second...
DCST Finishes 2nd at Sterling USS Meet At the Sterling USS Meet, DCST finished just 31 points behind first place Delta Aquatics (Oswego, IL). The margin of victory for Delta was close considering Delta had 158 more entries (428 – 270) in the meet than DCST. For the weekend, DCST had 145 life time best individual swims out of 228 total individual swims (64% improvement rate). Individually, DCST had 8 swimmers who placed in the top 3 individual scoring for their age groups. These swimmers were as follows: Kylie Olson...
DCST Swimmer Grant Alef Selected for Altitude Training Camp Congratulations to DCST Swimmer Grant Alef for being selected to attend the YMCA Altitude Training Camp at the USA Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Grant was one of 24 swimmers (12 girls, 12 Boys) selected to attend they camp based on their performance from last spring’s YMCA National Championship Meet. The camp runs from August 17 – August 22.
DCST Skins the Oswego Otters DCST moved to 3 – 0 on the season with a 427 – 260 win over visiting Oswego. As a team, DCST had 77 lifetime best swims on Tuesday (out of a total of 220 swims or 35%). 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...
