Meet Records Lead DCST To Victory At Districts DCST won the Northwest District meet in combined scoring, the girl’s division, and the boy’s division. For the weekend, DCST had a good meet with 78 of our 88 swimmers going at least one best time with 215 season best times out of 480 swims for a 45% improvement rate. DCST had 21 relay District Champions, 46 individual District Champions and 5 individual Junior District Champions! Congratulations to the following swimmers who set District Records! Quinn Cynor - Boys 21 & Under...

Cynor Leads DCST At Illinois Swimming Winter Open The Kishwaukee YMCA/Dekalb County Swim Team had three swimmers compete at the Illinois Swimming Winter Open in Westmont, IL. For the meet DCST had a good showing with 2 of its 3 swimmers going best times in 5 of their 11 swims resulting in best times for a 45% improvement rate. Congratulations to Quinn Cynor who set DCST Team Records in the following events: Boys 15 & Over 200 Yard Butterfly – 1:46.68 Boys 15 & Over 200 Yard Free – 1:...

DCST Competes Against Other Teams For The First Time In Five Months The Kishwaukee YMCA/Dekalb County Swim Team held a meet against Ottawa, ILVY, Dixon and Freeport that resulted in a lot of great swims. We had 58 of our 71 participating swimmers go career best times and 131 of our 212 individual swims were best times which calculated out to 62% best times for the team. Congratulations to Gage Helfrich who set a DCST Record! Gage Helfrich - Boys 12 & Under 100 Breaststroke – 1:06.66 The following swimmers...

Hummingbirds can flap their wings as fast as 52 wing beats per second. How many times does Nhia Caras kick her feet per second? Have you watched her? Nhia had amazing swims at the last Age Groups Championship meet that she will be able to participate in. She was seeded with a time of 1:01.67LC for the 100 freestyle. She raced for a time of 1:00.27LC in the prelims to earn 5th place. Coming back for finals, she was ready to go. She had another time drop to 59.79 LC....

Summer Nationals 2017 Our last day of swims in Greensboro, NC. We have had an exciting week. Everyone should be safe and sound with their families now. It’s a long way to travel, but worth it to see these athletes compete at this level. I can’t wait to see who goes to Nationals in the spring. Sarah swam beautifully in the 200 butterfly. She was seeded 42nd and dropped 1.34 seconds to make 35th place. What an exciting race it was to watch. She was all smiles after her swim,...

Summer Nationals 2017 Like We’re Totally Awesome (80’s theme) The small but mighty summer national team has had 4 days of fun in Greensboro, NC. We are missing our other national teammates who were unable to make the trip. Day 4 Daryl started us out today with his 400 freestyle. He was seeded 41st and outswam his opponents to finish in 37th place. He went out fast with a 1:00.72 for the first 100. He didn’t let up and he achieved a new personal best time. Sarah raced her 50...

Summer Nationals 2017 Like We’re Totally Awesome (80’s theme) The small but mighty summer national team has had 3 days of fun in Greensboro, NC. We are missing our other national teammates who were unable to make the trip. We enjoyed our pizza party tonight at the hotel with the swimmers, parents, and a sibling. Day 3 The day was started with a senior recognition. All of the swimmers who have graduated and are leaving for college soon were asked to step forward for all to see. Our very own...

Summer Nationals 2017 Like We’re Totally Awesome (80’s theme) The small but mighty summer national team has had 2 days of fun in Greensboro, NC. We are missing our other national teammates who were unable to make the trip. As a team, we enjoyed a team dinner at Kickback Jack’s where the boys were able to play some bags after eating. We had a team lunch at Olive Garden with lots of pasta, raspberry lemonades or tea, and lots of laughs. Day 1 The Men’s 200 Free Relay went off...

LCM YMCA STATE – I don’t know about you, but I had a great time with your kids. The meet closed on a somewhat sad note. Our friendly competitor, Leaning Tower, will not have a swim team next season. They have had to abandon the swim team due to structural concerns at their facility. Their team members will have to find a new team, new coaches, and new teammates. We wish them all well and hope to see them in competition again. As for DCST, I was very proud to...

Matt Anderson Hired as New DCST Senior Coach The Kishwaukee Y is honored to announce that they have hired Matt Anderson as their new Senior Coach for DCST. Coach Anderson is a former DCST age group swimmer who went on to swim at NIU. During his senior year at NIU, he was named team captain. While at NIU, Coach Anderson was also an assistant coach for DCST. After graduation, he then spent 5 years as the Assistant Men and Women’s Swimming Coach at NIU. He then left DeKalb to become...