June 16, 2017 DCST was represented by only 28 swimmers in the dual meet with Cary. It was disappointing to only have 28 swimmers representing DCST, but they swam well. Take a moment to congratulate these swimmers for showing their DCST pride at Cary. There were some rather large time drops by Cole Moon, Collin Moon, Aiden Page, Hunter Smith, Brendan Sullivan, Calvin VanderSchee, and Jared VanderSchee. The coaches awarded the Big Dog award to two of our new swimmers who are working very hard to make their mark. Congratulations...

DCST at Joliet USA Meet The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) finished second place in the men’s division and 10th place in the women’s division at the Joliet USA Meet on June 9 - 11 in Chicago. As a team, DCST swam well with 148 lifetime best times out of 209 swims . Gavin Anderson (7 out of 7) – 100% Emma Bloyd (6 out of 6) – 100% Timothy Braun (3 out of 3) – 100% Nina DeLaCruz (6 out of 6) – 100% Sam DeLaCruz...

June 7, 2017 The Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team (DCST) won its first dual meet of the season with a 412 - 298 point victory over the visiting Geneva River Rats on Tuesday, June 6th. As a team, DCST swam okay with 85 personal lifetime best times out of a total of a 237 individual swims. 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...

The 2017 SCY YMCA Nationals ended on Friday, 4/7/17. Nathan Braun added the 200 butterfly to his list of National qualifying swims for the summer meet and the 2018 SCY Meet. Over the course of the week, the swimmers had some great swims and some learning experiences. DCST had 10 rookies at the meet this season and three veterans. The veteran swimmers took the lead and did an excellent job at leading their teammates throughout the week. The rookies, while nervous all had a strong first National meet. It will...

Lifetime best swims turning in by Mallory and Nhia. Day 5 DCST will have 4 individual swims and 2 time trials. 200 Fly Sarah 100 Free Nhia Riley 1650 Free Daryl 200 fly time trial Elissa Nathan 100 free time trial Alex

Great racing on days two and three of YMCA Nationals. Lifetime pest swims out of Daryl, Nathan and Elissa. Both the 200 Medley relays post lifetime best as well. Women’s relay Sarah Mallory Elissa Nhia Men’s relay Riley David Nathan Daryl DCST will be back in action Tomorrow 4/6 for Day 4 of Nationals. 500 Free Daryl 100 Breast Mallory 50 Free Nhia Riley 800 Free Relay Devin Alex Nathan Daryl Time Trials 50 Free Alex Mallory

Day 1 of the 2017 SCY Nationals brought multiple lifetime best relay splits for the men and women as well as a team record for the men. The Men’s 200 freestyle relay swam to a 1:27.09 breaking the old mark of 1:27.64. Day 2 Women’s 200 back Sarah Women’s 100 Fly Sarah Elissa Men’s 100 Fly Nathan Women’s 200 Breast Madelynn Mallory Women’s 400 Medley Relay Elissa Mallory Sarah Nhia Men’s 400 Medley Relay Riley Paul Nathan Daryl

Today Kicks the meet off with the 200 freestyle relays and the 100 freestyle. Women’s 200 free relay Camryn Madelynn Mallory Nhia Men’s 200 Free Relay Devin Alex Daryl Riley Women’s 1000 Madelynn Men’s 1000 Daryl

Monday, April 03, 2017 the 2017, YMCA National Meet starts in Greensboro, NC. This year DCST will have 13 swimmers, 3 women’s relays and 4 men’s relays. The swimmers will start the week with the 200 freestyle relays and the 1000 free. These events will start on Monday evening. Keep your eyes on your email and meet mobile for updates to all the action!

DCST Alumni Daniel Hein Takes 3rd at NCAA Swimming Championships On Thursday, March 23 at the NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship in Indianapolis, IN, DCST Alumni Daniel Hein was part of the University of Missouri’s 400 Medley Relay which placed 3rd. Daniel lead off the relay with a personal best time of 45.99 in the 100-yard Backstroke. Daniel, a Freshman, was teamed up with 3 Seniors, Fabian Schwingenschloegl, Andrew Sansoicie and Michael Chadwick. Missouri only finished behind the University of Texas and the University of California. Texas’ winning relay...