DCST Sizzles At Summer Sizzler The Kishwaukee YMCA/Dekalb County Swim Team competed at their first long course meet of the summer on June 24th and 25th. DCST swam well with 36 of our 40 swimmers who participated swimming career best times. This accumulated to 158 of our 199 individual swims resulting in 79% career best times! The following swimmers had outstanding meets swimming best times in all of their individual events: Molly Allison Stella Anderson Emma Bloyd Logan Borth Benden Evans Will Evans Kate Farrell Rachel Haberkorn Olivia Hall Sophia...

DCST Comes Out Ahead Of Cary And Kankakee The Kishwaukee YMCA/Dekalb County Swim Team hosted Cary and Kankakee in a home dual meet on June 14th. DCST swam well with 50 of our 71 swimmers who participated swimming career best times. This accumulated to 94 of our 200 individual swims resulting in 47% career best times! The following swimmers had outstanding meets swimming best times in all of their individual events: Silas Beckley Emma Bloyd Jon Boonstra Bronwyn Butler Leo Clapp Duhau Jacob Foltz Paul Groza Zoe Heredia Gabriella Lesatz...

DCST Sinks Huntley In First Meet Of Summer The Kishwaukee YMCA/Dekalb County Swim Team hosted Huntley in their first home dual meet of the season on June 7th. DCST swam well with 60 of our 77 swimmers who participated swimming career best times. This accumulated to 120 of our 202 individual swims resulting in 59% career best times! The following swimmers had outstanding meets swimming best times in all of their individual events: Hailey Boonstra Jon Boonstra Logan Borth Chloe Domroes Benden Evans Jacob Foltz Ana Hall Oraya Karkavatsos-Ziegler Kristian...

DCST Competes at YMCA Short Course Nationals The Kishwaukee YMCA/Dekalb County Swim Team had six swimmers that competed at the YMCA Short Course National Championships March 28-April 1 in Greensboro, NC. The meet concluded a successful winter season for the National group. DCST swimmers bettered their seed times in 4 of 11 individual swims for a 36% improvement! They also competed in 13 time trial events in which 7 of 13 swims were improvements for a 54% rate. Overall, it was an outstanding meet competing against the best swimmers in...

DCST Finishes 3rd at Illinois YMCA State Championships DCST finished 3rd at the Illinois YMCA State Championships in combined scoring, 3rd in the girl’s division, and 3rd in the boy’s division. For the weekend, DCST had an excellent meet with 100 season best times out of 194 swims for a 52% improvement rate. DCST had 16 top 10 relay finishes and 96 individual top 10 finishes including two State Champions DCST swimmers won State Championships in the following events: Gage Helfrich – Boys 14 & Under 100 Butterfly – 53:65...

DCST Comes Out On Top At Northwest District Championships DCST finished 1st at the Northwest District in combined scoring and the girl’s division, and 2nd in the boy’s division. For the weekend, DCST had an excellent meet with 140 season best times out of 344 swims for a 41% improvement rate. DCST had 13 relay District Champions, 40 individual District Champions! The swimmers listed below had an outstanding meet with all of their individual swims resulting in best times. Bronwyn Butler Gage Helfrich Rebecca Nenonen Team Scores (Top 5 of...

DCST Has Strong Showing at Open The Kishwaukee YMCA/Dekalb County Swim Team finished off a very productive weekend as it hosted the DCST Open. We had 42 of our 49 participating swimmers go career best times and 91 of our 142 individual swims calculated out to 64% best times for the team. The following swimmers had an outstanding meet with all of their individual swims resulting in best times: Molly Allison Chloe Domroes Courtney Domroes Jacob Foltz Matteo Graham Sean Harrelson Noah Johnson Eileen Lehan Gabriella Lesatz Sophia Lyle Andrew...

Fox Valley and Kankakee Visit DCST For Final Home Dual Meet The Kishwaukee YMCA/Dekalb County Swim Team hosted Fox Valley and Kankakee in their last home dual meet of the season on February 26th. DCST swam well with 46 of our 55 swimmers who participated swimming career best times. This accumulated to 90 of our 160 individual swims resulting in 56% career best times! The following swimmers had outstanding meets swimming best times in all of their individual events: Amanda Buck Courtney Domroes Eileen Lehan Kaytie Lehan Maeve Lehan Gabriella...

DCST Represented By Six Swimmers At IHSA Boys State Championships DCST swimmers competing for three different high schools will be swimming at the IHSA State Championship Meet on February 25th and 26th. After winning their Sectional meet last weekend, the Dekalb-Sycamore co-op advance their 200 free relay and individual swimmers Jacob Gramer and Jared VanderSchee. DCST will also be represented by Byron high school swimmer Levi Schamper and Elgin South swimmer Dom Schlueter. The swimmers will be competing in the following events: Byron – Levi Schamper – 100 Fly Dekalb-Sycamore...

DCST Takes On Ottawa, FLVY, KKEE And ILVY In Home Dual Meet The Kishwaukee YMCA/Dekalb County Swim Team hosted Ottawa, Fox Valley, Kankakee and ILVY in their first home dual meet of 2022 on February 12th. DCST swam well with 52 of our 60 swimmers who participated swimming career best times. This accumulated to 107 of our 175 individual swims resulting in 61% career best times! The following swimmers had outstanding meets swimming best times in all of their individual events: Stella Anderson Esme Beckley Silas Beckley Amanda Buck Bronwyn...