| DCST Prevails Easily in Barb Wire Classic | |
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Dec 11, 2010 |
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DCST Prevails Easily in Barb Wire
Classic
DCST won the Barb Wire Classic by a very comfortable 1,817 points
differential over second place Ottawa. DCST scored 3,539
points compared to Ottawa’s 1,712. On the day, DCST had
190 new lifetime career best times for an improvement percentage of
54%.
The following 31 swimmers had a perfect day by earning individual
best times in all of their events on the day: Camryn
Anderson, Ava Bickner, Kristina Biundo, Austin Bockman, Owen
Bockman, David Buck, Dylan Conklin, Jennifer Cordero, Ashley
Crotteau, Tyler Crown, Josh DeDina, Shane Fergus, Alyssa Ferrigan,
Roman Friedrichs, Hannah Hanks, Grace Johnson, Jack Keck, Carson
Klein, Kylie Olson, Dane Pardridge, Dylan Powers, Savannah Price,
Josie Rivera, Chance Rose, Bradley Ruetten, Garrett Sims, Nicole
Skrzypek, Andrew Tatum, Alex Wang, Jenni Weber, and Reilly
Zak.
Some more
impressive facts:
· DCST had 3 swimmers who broke 8 individual
meet records. Daniel Hein (11 – 12 Boys 50 Fly, 100
Free and 50 Back), Grant Alef (15 & Over Boys 200 IM, 100 Fly,
100 Back) and Alexa Miller (11 – 12 Girls 200 Free and 200
IM)
· DCST set 4
relay meet records:
o 11
– 12 Girls 200 Medley Relay (Kylie Olson, Jensen Keck, Alexa
Miller, Serena Allendorfer)
o 11
– 12 Girls 200 Free Relay (Alexa Miller, Bailey Flemming,
Serena Allendorfer, Jensen Keck)
o 11
– 12 Boys 200 Medley Relay (Austin Bockman, Alexander Wang,
Daniel Hein, Jacob Bjork)
o 11
– 12 Boys 200 Free Relay (Tyler Schultz, Austin Bockman,
Jacob Bjork, Daniel Hein)
·
DCST had 9 swimmers who swam a legal
breast, fly or IM for the first time.
· DCST had 7 swims which were faster than the
District Qualifying Time for the first time this
season.
· DCST had 4 swims which were faster than the Area
Qualifying Time for the first time this season.
With so many great swim, the
coaching staff had a difficult time selecting only two Big Dogs of
the Meet; therefore, we selected eight. The Big Dogs of the
Meet were:
Nicole Skrzypek
– Age 6
Roman Friedrichs
– Age 6
Hannah Hanks
– Age 10
Tyler Crown
– Age 9
Colette LeBlanc
– Age 11
Levi Johnson
– Age 12
Reilly Zak –
Age 13
Josh DeDina
– Age 16
Congratulations to both the swimmers
on their performances and the parents on running a great
meet! With DCST’s next meet not until the David Wolf
Invitational in Belvidere on January 9th, we hope
everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Even
though there are no meets for the next four weeks, this is a great
time for training, learning new strokes and improving
mechanics. So please make sure to keep up your practice
attendance during the Holiday Season.
Teams Scores (Top
5 of 14 teams)
|
Place
|
Girls
|
Points
|
|
1
|
DCST
|
1,675.0
|
|
2
|
Ottawa
|
1,113.0
|
|
3
|
Leaning Tower
(Niles)
|
822.0
|
|
4
|
McHenry
County
|
753.0
|
|
5
|
Belvidere
|
633.5
|
|
Place
|
Boys
|
Points
|
|
1
|
DCST
|
1,854.0
|
|
2
|
Illinois Valley
(Peru)
|
764.0
|
|
3
|
Ottawa
|
599.0
|
|
4
|
Des Moines,
IA
|
549.0
|
|
5
|
Elgin
|
529.0
|
|
Place
|
Combined
|
Points
|
|
1
|
DCST
|
3,529.0
|
|
2
|
Ottawa
|
1,712.0
|
|
3
|
Illinois Valley
(Peru)
|
1,285.0
|
|
4
|
Des Moines,
IA
|
1,167.5
|
|
5
|
Belvidere
|
1,049.0
|
