Listed below is an article from the DeKalb Chronicle. DeKalb/Sycamore wins Independent Conference Comments (No comments posted.) | Add Comments E-mail this story Print this story Comments Subscribe Share Daily Chronicle Staff - [email protected] DeKalb/Sycamore co-op swimming coach Marybeth McGill knew her team would have to make up some ground Saturday at the Independent Swim Conference Championship at DeKalb’s Kishwaukee YMCA. Despite spotting Oswego 29 points because they don’t field a diving team, the local team came back to earn 285 points and win. Emily Waller and Kate Taylor each...

On Sunday, DCST finished in second place at the Rockford Early Bird Invitational behind host Rockford. 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 spirit and sportsmanship. For this meet, Hannah Pacey, age 14, and Ryan Lindsey, age 12, were selected as Big Dogs of the meet. Place Girls Boys Combined...

On Saturday, DCST moved to 4 – 0 on the season with wins over McHenry and Streator. As a team, DCST had 132 new career best individual swims including 12 first time district qualifying times, and 3 new swims which surpassed the area qualifying time standard. 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,...

Swimming together By James Nokes - Daily Chronicle Comments (No comments posted.) | Add Comments ROB WINNER | [email protected] Tara Gidaszewski, a freshman of Sycamore High School, practices the back stroke during practice at DeKalb HIgh School on Friday. 10/24/2008 E-mail this story Print this story Comments Subscribe Share DeKALB - With great fury water splashes over the gutters in the DeKalb pool. Swimmers do a flip turn, push off the wall and continue their seemingly endless training session. As snow flakes flutter outside on a cold fall day, the...

Congratulation to everyone who worked and rode on the DCST team float for the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival Parade. The float won second place in the Organization Category. Another congratulation goes to DCST swimmer Brett DeConinck. His Michael Phelps pumpkin won first place in the current events and news category for children ages 8 - 9 years old in the Pumpkin Festival’s Pumpkin Display Contest.

DCST begin the 2008 – 2009 Winter Season with an impressive win over visiting Ottawa and Dixon. Of the 105 swimmers DCST had entered in the meet, 25 were rookies getting their first taste of a real meet. The DCST coaching staff was extremely proud of their performances. In addition to swimming extremely fast, they all knew the whistle commands for the starts, and the number of disqualifications for this group was extremely low. After each meet, the coaching staff picks two swimmers, one girl and one boy, as the...

USA Swimming Readies for Record Growth in Olympic Wake U.S. Team’s Success, Strong Television Ratings Point to New Members Nation-wide COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Bolstered by record performances and high television ratings at the 2008 Olympic Games, USA Swimming is anticipating its largest single-year membership boost in history. With past Olympics sparking 5-10% increases in membership, USA Swimming hopes to see post-Beijing numbers surpass those marks. “The excitement surrounding the sport of swimming is undoubtedly at an all-time high,ý said Chuck Wielgus, USA Swimming’s executive director. “We absolutely expect that...

Daniel Hein represented DCST extremely well as a member of Team Illinois at the Mega Zone Championship in Indianapolis, IN. The Mega Zone Championships consists of the top swimmers from 14 states (Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin). Hein won the 9 - 10 Boys 50 Meter Butterfly, and he was a part the winning 200 meter Medley Relay for Team Illinois. He also places extremely high in the backstroke events with a 4th place finish in the 100...

IL Age Group Championship Meet Results DCST had a very impressive performance at the Illinois Age Group Championship Meet last weekend at UIC. DCST was represented by 18 swimmers in 41 events. Out of the 41 splashes, DCST had 30 life time best performances which included 8 new DCST Team Records and 14 top 16 finishes. Daniel Hein led the way for DCST by finishing in the top 8 in all six of his individual events. He finished third in both the 100 meter Backstroke and 50 meter Butterfly, fourth...

When the Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team’s (DCST)had their biggest group ever attending a National Championship Meet, 16 swimmers, the goal for the 2008 YMCA Long Course Championship was to have the best meet ever in DCST history. Fittingly on Friday, the last day of competition, DCST had their greatest single day scoring wise to achieve their goal of the best DCST National Team ever. DCST had 15 lifetime best performances in the preliminary session out of 18 swims bringing the three day meet total to 47 of...