DCST Wins Northwest District Championship On Day 2 of the Northwest District Championships, DCST’s swimmers ages 13 and over continued the great the meet that swimmers ages 12 and younger started a day earlier. DCST won all three scoring categories (Girls, Boys and Combined). Highlights of Sunday’s Meet · DCST qualified 29 swimmers in 7 relays (out of a possible 8) and 72 individual events for the Area Championships · These totals bring the weekend total to 60 swimmers in 19 relays (out of a possible 20) and 117 individual...

DCST Takes Day 1 Lead in District Championships After the first day of the Northwest District Championships, DCST leads in the Girls, Boys and Combined scoring. Now, it is up to DCST’s swimmers ages 13 & over to increase our lead in each of the three scoring categories on Day 2 (Sunday). Highlights of Saturday’s meet: · DCST qualified 31 swimmers in 12 relays (out of a possible 12) and 45 individual events for the Area Championships · DCST had 125 lifetime best times out of 210 swims (60%) ·...

DeKalb swimmers set for state By JAMES NOKES - [email protected] Comments (No comments posted) | Add Comments E-mail this story Print this story Comments Share DeKALB – This is a time to exhale. The DeKalb/Sycamore boys swimming co-op met its goals last week at the St. Charles East Sectional. They ascended the mountain of expectations that come with having just one chance to make it to the IHSA State Meet. So when David Gordon, Michael Gordon and the 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relay teams enter the New Trier pool...

State promises excitement - for top programs and also swimmers without a team By Darryl Mellema | Daily Herald Correspondent Contact writer One of the most wide-open boys swimming state meets takes place this weekend, and area swimmers are sure to leave their mark, whether with individual success or as part of their team’s accomplishments. Action starts at New Trier on Friday with preliminaries and concludes on Saturday with the finals. Only points scored on Saturday count, though Friday is a mad scramble for contending teams to put as many...

DCST Defeats Belvidere and Rockford DCST finished it regular dual meet season with an 11 – 1 record with wins over Belvidere and Rockford. DCST scored 605 points which out distanced Belvidere with 366 and Rockford with 359 points. As a team, DCST had 134 new career best individual swims (out of a possible 278 or 48%), including 15 first time district qualifying times, 8 new swims which surpassed the area qualifying time standard, and 3 new national qualifying times. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two swimmers, one...

Gordons, relay team qualify for state By KEVIN CHROUST - [email protected] Comments (No comments posted) | Add Comments E-mail this story Print this story Comments Share ST. CHARLES – DeKalb boys swimming coach Marybeth McGill told her team prior to Saturday’s IHSA St. Charles East Sectional that the 200-yard medley relay would set the tone for the kind of meet they would have. The relay entered with a seed time one-tenth of a second over the state qualifying mark of 1:40.32, and the four swimmers apparently took what their coach...

5 DCST Swimmers Qualify for IHSA State Championships Five DCST swimmers qualified for the IHSA HS State Championship on Saturday, February 21. Chad Thompson, Michael Gordon, David Gordon and Cory Page all qualified in the 200 Medley and 400 Freestyle Relays for the DeKalb / Sycamore co-op team. In individual events, David qualified in the 200 and 500 yard freestyle events, while Michael qualified in the 200 yard Individual Medley and 100 yard butterfly. Grant Alef, representing his high school (Kaneland), qualified for the State Championship meet in both of...

No teams, but Batavia, Kaneland both have state-bound individuals By Darryl Mellema | Daily Herald Correspondent Published: 2/20/2008 12:14 AM What water there is to be found at Batavia and Kaneland high schools tends to come out of sinks or drinking fountains. It most certainly does not come in 25-yard increments separated by lane markers. But the lack of a swimming pool at either high school hasn't stopped students from swimming. And it hasn't stopped the Bulldogs nor the Knights from having representation at this weekend's boys state meet in...

Prep Boys Swimming Notes: State berths on line for Gordons, relays By JAMES NOKES - [email protected] Comments (No comments posted) E-mail this story Print this story Comments Share DeKALB – The time has already been posted. But that was during the regular season. Now it is up to Michael and David Gordon to deliver that same performance for the DeKalb/Sycamore boys swimming co-op when it matters most at the IHSA St. Charles East Sectional. Michael Gordon is the third seed in the 200 individual medley and the second seed in...

Missouri Grand Prix Results DCST swimmers Grant Alef, Katie Hallenbeck and Emily Launer got their first chance to swim in an International Meet and / or open age competition at the Missouri Grand Prix on February 13 – 16 in Columbia, MO. This meet included seven U.S. Olympic swim team members including Olympic gold medalist and world record-holder Ryan Lochte and multiple Olympic medalist Katie Hoff. These swimmers were joined by U.S. Olympians Garrett Weber-Gale, Eric Shanteau, Chloe Sutton, Mark Gangloff and Christine Magnuson. In addition to the strong pool...