Bexon Harrison recently focused full time on swimming after doing that and water polo for much of his high school career Breaststroke specialist Landry Liston has announced her commitment to continue both her academic and athletic careers at George Mason University Lennox is a six-time 4A CHSAA State Champion Texas sophomore Brayden Taivassalo has announced that he is transferring to Arizona State University for the next season Backstroker and redshirt sophomore JT Ewing has confirmed he will transfer from NC State to Arizona State for the 2025–2026 collegiate season October 12th, 2024 College, College Recruiting, News, SEC Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news swimming in college is a lifelong dream that is pursued with dedication and determination Fitter and Faster is proud to honor these athletes and those who supported them on their journey Laon Kim a Junior Pan Pacific Silver medalist for Canada announced his verbal commitment to the University of Texas’ class of 2030 At the 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships This is a massive .85 second time drop from Canadian Olympic Trials at the beginning of the summer he also split 48.56 anchoring Canada’s Junior Pan Pac medley relay he broke the Canadian 13-14 age group national record in every freestyle event as well as the 400 IM To put Kim’s speed in perspective, if SwimSwam included non-Americans in their recruit rankings Kim’s converted 100 free time would rank him first in the high school class of 2026 by .8 seconds Kim’s 3:55.14 trails the class’ best distance swimmer Gabriel Manteufel by about a second (3:54.30) Kim could vie for a spot on all five of Texas’ relay teams His 43.03 converted PB would put him 5th on the Longhorn’s 2023-24 season rankings his 200 free and 50 free sit at 6th and 8th respectively Kim’s converted best is below the 2025 NCAA B cut while his 200 free and 50 free are both tenths off the B cut He currently competes for the University of Calgary’s club team in Alberta Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" Since Canadians have been in the NCAA system since the 70s should swim swam start doing top recruits from each graduating class from Canada as well would be nice to have top recruits from each graduating class (international edition) orsomething Related: the rumors about SEC limiting roster size… if true there are a lot of star swimmers planning on swimming at Texas who won’t be swimming at Texas but I hope they’re at least being transparent with recruits Luke Hobson in theory has a 5th year remaining Not entirely clear how they’re going to treat divers (as 1 or .5 roster spots) Probably 8-9 guys on this year’s roster who aren’t really in the hunt for an NCAA appearance going to have to be some moves to close that gap Maybe the RTC that we wrote about the other day There’s also some talk that Texas might go rogue and go with the 30 maximum allowed by the settlement rather than adhere to the SEC’s 22 (and put them all on full rides) How does Hobson have a 5th year remaining if he was a freshman during the ‘21 – ‘22 season Does anyone know which other schools he was considering And this is coming from a fan of Cal (who I think just landed Baylor Stanton.) Pretty sure you’re right on Baylor Stanton His strengths and range remind me of Lasco Mark my words…here it comes the next international sensation courtesy of BB LAON KIM the male version of Summer McIntosh I’ve been following this fella for a couple of years and boy oh boy but a Junior Pac Pac silver medalist is not a multi-time Olympic gold medalist and world record holder 100% this kid is good but don’t exactly know how much upside he has Should really go to a training centre and get accustomed to Sr international swimming like Liendo did To compare him to Summer McIntosh is not appropriate Summer at 16 was a Junior WR holder and had already demonstrated world class results summer at 16 was not only a wjr record holder If not do yourself a favour and watch him this kid is on the same trajectory as Monseiur Marchand More from Will BaxleySee All Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates Advertise • Subscribe • Contact The Golf Wire South Korea – LAON PEOPLE announced today plans to exhibit at the 2025 PGA Show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando This marks the second consecutive year that LAON PEOPLE will participate in this prestigious event LAON PEOPLE will present its groundbreaking golf solutions Swing EZ represents a breakthrough in golf training integrating advanced artificial intelligence and high-speed video processing to deliver a comprehensive suite of features: VTrack offers state-of-the-art ball and club data analysis without reliance on external markers or stickers these technologies empower golfers of all levels to refine their skills with unparalleled ease and precision “We are thrilled to return to the PGA Show to present our innovative solutions to the global golf community,” said Suk Joong Lee “This platform allows us to connect with the industry’s most influential retailers and professionals while showcasing how our technology empowers players to achieve their full potential.” LAON PEOPLE specializes in the development of cutting-edge, AI-driven golf technologies designed to enhance the training and performance of players at all levels. 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Learn more about these groundbreaking solutions at https://laonswingcraft.com The PGA Show and PGA Buying Summit – Frisco are organized by PGA Golf Exhibitions (part of RX) and the PGA of America. Since its inception in 1954 the PGA Show has grown into the largest annual business event for the global golf industry Both the PGA Show and the mid-season PGA Buying Summit drive the business of golf by providing opportunities to showcase and source innovative products Learn more at PGAShow.com and follow us on “X”, Instagram and  Facebook PGA Show:  Sherry Major, (305) 318-5208, sherry.major@rxglobal.com   FAQ | Privacy Policy | Turnstile Media Group © 2025 Join us to receive the Wire with the latest golf industry  news NEW COMMIT: Freestyler Laon Kim out of Calgary has announced his verbal commitment to the University of Texas beginning in Fall 2026 Kim eanred silver in the 100m free after turning in a personal best time of 49.37 That was nearly a full second off his best time which came a few weeks earlier at the Canadian Olympic Trials Also on his resume is this fun fact: He has broken the Canadian boys’ 13-14 national age group record in every freestyle event Kim trains year-round with University of Calgary Club please send a photo and quote via email to hs@swimmingworld.com Welcome to our community. We invite you to join our discussion. Our community guidelines are simple: be respectful and constructive, keep on topic, and support your fellow commenters. Commenting signifies that you agree to our Terms of Use ' + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text + ' " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + " La La Laon, a small-scale popular music performance support project organized by the Korea Music Label Industry Association, will openly recruit participating venues and musicians ahead of the 2025 performance. The project aims to support small concert halls and indie musicians across the country and introduce various music genres to the public. Running for about two months from August to October 2025, LaLaon will be held every Monday to Thursday in the Seoul area and Friday to Sunday outside the metropolitan area. In the case of the performance, each team performs 25 minutes, and three to four teams will be on stage per performance. A total of 150 teams will participate in 50 performance venues nationwide. The qualification for the venue recruitment is a small concert hall with less than 200 seats, which usually plans and conducts popular music performances, and a total of 50 venues across the country, including local regions, will be selected to provide differential rental fees. The qualification for recruiting musicians is limited to individuals or teams with Korean nationality who can release at least five songs and perform live for at least 20 minutes. A total of around 150 teams will be selected to provide performance opportunities along with performance fees. Last year's "La Laon" was held in success at various small venues across the country, including Rolling Hall and Prism Hall in Seoul, Club Knock in Incheon, Interplay in Daejeon, Art Hall Agogo in Suncheon, Club Heavy in Daegu, Obangard in Busan, and Eidhi Hall in Jeju Island. In addition, artists active in indie scenes such as Far East Asian Tigers, The Vane, Lacuna, Broken Valentine, Yeonjung, and Crackshot appeared to successfully end the performance, drawing keen attention and response from the audience. Concert halls and musicians who want to participate can fill out the application form from April 23 to May 18, 2025, at 6 p.m., and submit it to the Korea Music Label Industry Association's e-mail with relevant evidence. The selection results will be announced in June 2025, and more details will be available on the association's official website and SNS. ※ This service is provided by machine translation tool, NAVER papago. 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POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Extra Search Illustrator Laon Kim draws her dream furry friends into realityDrawing from the many poems she writes the Seoul-based illustrator sources ideas for her work in metaphors and rhymes illustrator Laon Kim has always loved animals In her drawings Laon Kim likes to draw situations that are contrary to her existence her drawing of animals is a way to reflect the reality of not having pets “I don’t have time to take care of them because I’m often working,” Laon explains I realise the wish to be with them with my works.” Creating pets within her imagination leaves Laon leeway to imagine them in spectacular and fantastical ways The animals often tower above humans and find themselves in absurd unlikely places; in one particularly surreal piece a large white bunny leaps underwater over a submarine distinguishing attributes of the animals are repurposed entirely In Weird Wedding a large dachshund stands nonchalantly as the wedding party uses its elongated back as a dining table Illustration for Jihaksa High School Monthly Magazine (Copyright © Laon Kim Loving to put pen to paper in more ways than one Laon’s often sources inspiration from the massive number of poems she writes Between 2018 and 2019 Laon tells us that she had a particularly fruitful period Laon explains that she chose poetry because it was the easiest and most convenient way to record her many imaginings: “I only needed a cell phone without any special ingredients or plans.” It was in 2020 and wanting to express herself in more ways than one that Laon began to wonder how she could utilise her massive memo pad of drawings “I moved my first poetic pictures of the big dachshund table bat chandelier and cotton candy airtrail to the screen and I naturally started creating surreal drawings,” she tells It’s Nice That Laon’s experience with literature and visualising its words has come in handy with a number of her commissions In 2021 Laon worked with the publication ARKO (Arts Council Korea) illustrating a number of their webzines featuring contemporary literature “Because the metaphor contained in the poem or novel itself was interesting I tried to visualise the text as it was,” Laon explains I imagined and directed specific situations as if I were building stage sets.” In Heart Before Summer Laon visualises a story about feelings of “lost love” Taking the core message of the story and visually telling a story with it Laon chose to depict a plane to represent “transporting between meeting and parting” and the empty winter coat that sits next the the subject to “imply the memory of the past or a beloved one” While Laon loves commercial work for the charm of its “clarity and the fun that time limitations bring” recently she’s found herself desiring something a bit more “free” In the near future she’s looking to produce her own picture book as inspired by one of the many tangents her brain has taken her on; specifically a recent need to explore the subtle relationships between people as compared to the Korean children’s game “drop-the-handkerchief” Laon Kim: Illustration for Jihaksa High School Monthly Magazine (Copyright © Laon Kim Laon Kim: Heart Before Summer (Copyright © Laon Kim Illustration for Shaman of These Days (Copyright © Laon Kim Laon Kim: A Furry Night (Copyright © Laon Kim Laon Kim: Mafia Game (Copyright © Laon Kim Laon Kim: Posture of Love (Copyright © Laon Kim Laon Kim: Weird Wedding (WW) (Copyright © Laon Kim Further Infowww.instagram.com/llaonkim www.llaonkim.com Olivia Hingley Olivia (she/her) is associate editor of the website working across editorial projects and features as well as Nicer Tuesdays events She joined the It’s Nice That team in 2021 Feel free to get in touch with any stories Fancy a bit of It's Nice That in your inbox Sign up to our newsletters and we'll keep you in the loop with everything good going on in the creative world Instagram TikTok LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Pinterest About Careers at It’s Nice That Privacy Policy Insights Residence Creative Lives in Progress If You Could Jobs © It’s Nice That 2024 · Nice Face Logo © It’s Nice That With hundreds of jumpers under her metaphorical belt (including 45 different cat designs) Annie embraces knitwear as her illustrative medium of choice the furry competitors in the world’s largest dog show appear all the more adorable and comical The Seattle-based creative studio reveals the research script scouring and skill that goes into making an opening sequence that gets everyone talking Using the print method to make “art created from the heart” the illustrator and motion designer is celebrating all its imperfections The artist’s magical world is filled with frogs snails and tons of other silly little guys The illustrator challenges herself by stepping out of her comfort zone and always experimenting “so my work still feels like it’s changing whilst still having an essence of me” The Brighton-based visual artist’s new creative avenue has seen him animating everything from wool to receipt print reels the Buenos Aires-based artist is creating “simple The Tokyo-based artist’s strange and curious creatures are a way to “make something wonderful out of the monotony of life” a motion sensor camera and an encounter with a family of foxes resulted in this strangely beautiful series that mediates on how seamlessly humans and animals share spaces Drawing from the expansive worlds of folklore play and appreciate the world through a child’s eyes From soft and squidgy clay animations to technicolour tufted rugs this multidisciplinary artist has found drawing to be the gateway to childlike joy sweat and solidarity of musical subculture In the newest instalment of his illustrated series Brian Blomerth explores the life of John C Lilly – the scientist that used ketamine to speak to dolphins Our Amsterdam correspondent analyses why the city is so known for its publishing prowess and shares a comprehensive list of places for designers Claire’s approach to graphic design questions (and subverts) traditional graphic design methodologies curiosity and an open heart steer Margherita Sabbioneda and Barbara Nassisi’s creative practice Contemporary Haggadot are upending tradition and asking what freedom – and Jewishness – look like now The result of a bizarre obsession with this red member of the chicory family the publication is a photographic and material study of the striking plant the screenplay book – art directed by Actual Source – echoes the emotional honesty of Celine Song’s poignant film Collecting 200 fabric samples of clothing across several thousand miles of coastline the artist has created a typology that traces the tangible effects of the world’s most environmentally damaging industry Out of the Void curates the entire back catalogue of the record label’s releases The limited edition book is a time capsule of a 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La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, (323) 592-3042, escos.co taco truck Tacos Arandas has launched a second location now serving in a repurposed shipping container within Bellflower’s SteelCraft food hall arroz con leche and champurrado also are available at the new outpost Tacos Arandas is open in SteelCraft from 11 a.m 16500 Bellflower Blvd., Bellflower, instagram.com/tacosarandasofficial seasonally inspired doughnut chain famed for frying its doughnuts in small batches hourly is now in Culver City Sidecar Doughnuts & Coffee has opened with classic flavors alongside options such as huckleberry The business launched a decade ago vending out of a former Helms Bakery delivery truck; the new location operates just down the street from the original Helms Bakery Sidecar Doughnuts & Coffee is open from 6:30 a.m 10705 Washington Blvd., Culver City, (424) 390-7030, sidecardoughnuts.com Tsujita LA and dozens of other food and beverage vendors will make an appearance at this year’s Taste of Japan festival (Mariah Tauger/Los Angeles Times) Taste of JapanAnaheim’s sprawling festival dedicated to the bites and sights of Japanese culture returns on June 17 (4 to 9 p.m.) and June 18 (noon to 9 p.m.) is free to enter and includes a beer and sake garden; more than two dozen food and drink vendors; and performances and entertainment ramen and more will be available for purchase through vendors such as Tsujita 400 W. 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Food World & Nation Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map Regan Smith swam her fastest-ever time outside of either Trials or the Olympics to blow away the field on the final night in Fort Lauderdale We saw Michael Andrew in action at the Westmont Pro Swim Pouch finished 2nd in the 100 & 200 breast and 6th in the 50 breast at this year’s first stop of the Pro Swim Series Olympian Rhyan White raced at the 2025 Wesmont Pro Swim saying she’s still seeing improvements and learning ways to upgrade as an athlete March 07th, 2025 Club, National, News The Westmont stop of the Pro Swim Series has seen a bit of a revitalization of a series that has lacked punch, especially in the early season, with lots of impressive top-end swims, like Summer McIntosh’s U.S. Open Record in the 400 IM on Friday And while there aren’t a ton of deep fields at the meet there are still some good swims beyond that top-end group Ines Arnall from the Westchester Aquatic Club in New York finished 3rd in the B-Final of the women’s 200 backstroke in 2:17.51 and her twin sister Alba Arnall finished 5th in 2:17.69 The high school sophomores are Australians and swam at last summer’s Olympic Trials Ines’ previous personal best was 2:19.07 done last May In the men’s 200 free A-Final, Laon Kim swam a best time of 1:49.55 in prelims to qualify for the A-Final That shaves .07 seconds off his best time from the 2023 Canadian Championships and again makes him the fastest Canadian 16-year-old ever in the event who swam 1:50.06 in 2013 at the World Junior Championships is the second-fastest Canadian ever in the 200 free at the same age Mintenko swam a best time of 2:19.47 in prelims and lowered it again with a 2:18.84 in finals Bennett scratched the final to focus on the 400 IM It’s just the beginning of the long course season I can’t wait to see their best times this summer I am only interested in my own country USA athletes who live here not international student who need a VISA to attend school here. Here’s a thought; why don’t American athletes attend their diving program like China Great Britain or Canada or whatever they are going to excel because Canadian Summer lived in Florida as a noncitizens like the others that you commented Any American athletes in the top ten or less I saw Summer winning her race and is moving to Texas to beat Reagan and only an idiot doesn’t see that I can’t help them as French Marshant had done and still doing under Bob because of Michael.Here a though why American athletes… Read more » the United States happens to have the most develop swimming system in the world though some of our best-and-brightest have still spent time training abroad where she fell in love with swimming again More from Braden KeithSee All dieron a conocer la lista de 29 nadadores que viajarán incluidas dos incorporaciones discrecionales Sydney Pickrem found half-a-second on the breaststroke leg of her 200 IM and became the 10th-fastest performer in the event’s history on Sunday evening “I’m pretty happy to be able to qualify in my top five events so going into Paris I’m super excited,” said 17-year-old Canadian star Summer McIntosh WATCH THE RACE VIDEO of Josh Liendo breaking his own 100 fly Canadian record at 50.06 to top the World ranks and become the No Josh Liendo continued his red-hot week by sneaking under his own Canadian record in the 100 fly during prelims on Sunday with a time of 50.33 May 14th, 2024 Canada, Canadian Olympic Trials, International, News, Records Laon Kim got off his week at the 2024 Canadian Olympic Trials off to a fast start on night one of finals. In the junior final of the men’s 400 freestyle, Kim blasted a 3:56.37 for 2nd place behind Ethan Ekk he takes over as the fastest 15-year-old in Canadian history The time is also a new personal best for Kim by .42 seconds bettering the 3:56.79 he swam at the 2023 Canadian Trials for the Fukuoka World Championships He was 14 when he swam that time and set the Canadian Age Group record for 13-14 boys Kim was sitting 4th in the Canadian boys aged 15 rankings with the 4:06.59 he swam in-season at the March Provinicial Championships in Calgary Colin Jacobs set the standard earlier this season at the San Antonio Pro Series While Kim brought the record well under 4:00 for the first time also swam a personal best for eighth in the junior final Fonseca nearly joined Kim under the 4 minute mark; he swam 4:00.09 dropping 2.16 seconds from his previous personal best set in March 2024 The top three swims for this age ranking were swum this year, as Owen Ekk rounds out the top four in 4:02.10 These swims–and the jump from fourth to fifth–points to the emerging depth Canada has in this event No one qualified for the 2024 team in this event but that may change for the next Olympic cycle Lorne Wigginton owns the 15-17 age group record in a 3:49.05 Kim opened his race yesterday much faster than his 2023 pace splitting 1:00.93–the only 100 split that was slower than his swim at 2023 Trials That opening speed–and the lifetime best–is a strong sign for Kim and his goals for later in the week Kim broke onto the Canadian scene three years ago and has been rewriting Canadian Age Group records since He’s right in the mix to qualify for the Olympic team in the 200 freestyle where’s he’s seeded sixth after breaking 1:50 for this first time in August 2023 Kim changed training bases from Hyack Swim Club to the larger University of Calgary Swim Club (UCSC) last summer will put his versatility on display during the week at Trials he’s also entered in the 50 free (12th seed) He’s also entered in the 100 butterfly Kim seems to be on form which means that more Canadian records are under threat in his new Age Group a 15 yo Ian Thorpe won World Championship in 3:46.29 in BRIEFS Would still qualify for most countries’ Olympic teams haha 3:46.29 is faster than A qualifying standard for Paris (3:46.78) would qualify for almost all countries Olympics teams The exceptions (based on best individual times since January 2023 till now) are Australia Doesnt come close to the top junior freestylers right now So Summer McIntosh’s 3:59 from 2022 Worlds would’ve been the previous record for all Canadians aged 15 😮 Colin Jacobs?….not interested in swimming for Canada I think it is noting that Colin Jacobs didn’t come to trials this year and presumably would be competitive in the jr division Do we really need to do this with literal children also the 4:00 time he went at trials was at 16 years old and it’s not listed in Swimming Canada’s official database https://results.swimming.ca/2024_Olympic_Paralympic_Trials/ResultList_1.pdf she joined her local club team because her best friend convinced her it would be fun Shoulder surgery ended her competitive swimming days long ago More from Sophie KaufmanSee All 8x Olympic medalist Regan Smith graces the cover of SwimSwam Magazine’s 2025 Women In Swimming Issue Ilya Kharun opted out of both of his B-final berths at the Pro Swim Series while many other stars scratched one event in favor of another and Judy Garay combined for five Masters short-course meters world records at the 2025 Ontario Masters Swimming Championships September 04th, 2023 Canada, Club, News One of the best age group swimmers in Canada is aligning with one of the country’s strongest clubs, as Laon Kim has officially joined the University of Calgary Swim Club (UCSC) Kim underwent a trial run at UCSC this summer while weighing his options for the 2023-24 season and beyond as he had a dominant showing at the Canadian Championships in August UCSC also won the overall team banner at the championships Kim trained out of the Hyack Swim Club throughout his young career Hyack is based out of Coquitlam, British Columbia, and sent 11 swimmers to the Canadian Championships last month, including Paul Orogo winning a pair of medals in the backstroke events in the boys’ 16-18 age group In addition to the numerous individual NAG records Kim broke during his time at Hyack he also contributed to the club breaking all five SCM relay records in the 13-14 age group in the summer of 2021 UCSC sent 43 swimmers to the 2023 Canadian Championships, the most of any club, and they’ve also had recent success in putting athletes on international teams, including qualifying four for both the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships and the currently ongoing 2023 World Junior Championships. They also put one swimmer, Lorne Wigginton UCSC may be the best club in Canada at the moment More from James SutherlandSee All The Board wants to eliminate a $58 million budget deficit is considering closing pools it doesn’t lease out and cutting the jobs of 86 aquatic instructors lowered her own national record and came within .01 of the US Open record in prelims of the Fort Lauderdale Pro Series May 20th, 2023 Canada, International, News, Records 14 year old Laon Kim of Hyack Swim Club broke a Canadian Age Group Record that has stood for more than 44 years as Kim swam a 15:56.44 in the LCM 1500 freestyle Friday night Kim broke the record that was previously set by Alex Baumann back in April 1979 meaning that Kim became the youngest Canadian to break the 16-minute mark in the 1500 free This was the last freestyle record remaining in the LCM 13-14 age group that Kim had not yet broken until this weekend and 800 LCM 13-14 Canadian age group records at Canadian Trials at the end of March and the beginning of April In addition to now holding all of the LCM freestyle records in the age group The lone SCM freestyle record to still stand is held by Baumann as he swam a 15:32.15 in 1979 Kim just missed that record as his best time is a 15:32.99 which he swam in December 2022 Kim’s 13-14 Canadian Age Group Records (LCM) Last night’s swim was a drop for Kim by over 16 seconds as his previous best stood at a 16:12.80 from last summer’s Canadian Championships Although detailed splits are not yet available Kim was out in a 4:10.78 this weekend during his first 400 meters This was already over three seconds faster than his previous best as he turned at the 4:13.86 mark last summer Kim’s 100 and 400 free NAGs are faster than the US ones (at 51.12 and 3:57.62 according to USASwimming’s site) his 200 would be 2nd ahead of Maximus Williamson’s 1:53.04 Was very much hoping he’d tackle the 1500 too bwfore he aged up Any chance we’ll see him sweep the Freestyle Records on the SCM side too although highlights just how incredible Baumann’s swims were in 1979 @coleman you need to get him on the podcast for the details I’d love to know what his initial reaction was to the 16:00.xx time back then too… lots of people were wearing goggles by 1979 I started age group swimming in the 70s and I remember being told by my coach that it was OK to wear goggles in practice but not OK to wear them at a meet Apparently some people thought it was “dangerous” and the goggles could break when I dived in I never quite understood) Then I switched teams/coaches and always wore them after that Bauman was definitely wearing goggles by the 1984 Olympics Yeah Malmsten AB started making what became known as Swedish Goggles (aka swedes aka likely the most common goggle in history) back in 75 I started swimming competitively in 1980 and always wore goggles as did everyone else I swam with as it was just well established already I know that you still saw people not using them and there were weird hold out coaches and clubs like you describe but I would imagine someone at Baumann’s level would have been using them I swam at Canadian Nationals many times in the late 70s and can confirm that almost everyone wore goggles at swim meets It would have been remarked on if Baumann didn’t Guys only wore loose briefs in swim practice I think he meant “loose briefs” as compared to today’s tech suits Anya has been with SwimSwam since June 2021 as both a writer and social media coordinator and 2024 Women's NCAA Championships writing and doing social media for SwimSwam She also attended 2023 US Summer Nationals as well as the 2024 European Championships … More from Anya PelshawSee All August 01st, 2023 Canada, News Canadian age group sensation Laon Kim will be representing a new club at this week’s Canadian Swimming Championships in Toronto who has trained and competed with the Hyack Swim Club throughout his young career will be wearing the University of Calgary Swim Club (UCSC) cap at the championships this week Multiple sources confirmed to SwimSwam that Kim has been training with UCSC for at least the past few weeks and is giving the club a trial run as he ponders his options prior to next season UCSC is one of Canada’s biggest and most successful clubs, having topped the medal table at the 2022 Canadian Championships with 21 gold and 46 total medals. It also put four swimmers on the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championship team for Canada and qualified one swimmer, Lorne Wigginton Over the past year, Kim has gone on a National Age Group Record breaking tear in the boys’ 13-14 age group, now holding every single freestyle record in both short course and long course outside of the SCM 1500, which belongs to Olympic champion Alex Baumann Kim also holds the 13-14 NAG in the LCM 400 IM Laon Kim‘s NAG Records Kim also contributed to Hyack breaking all five SCM relay records in the 13-14 age group in the summer of 2021 and has sent 11 swimmers to this week’s Canadian Championships (for context so he’ll have a new set of NAG records to chase beginning this week (though Swimming Canada’s next age group is 15-17) In the opening event of the meet on Tuesday he qualified first into the final of the boys’ 14-15 400 free in a time of 4:03.17 Coach Lenny falls out with top Hyack athletes and parents they are all loosing trust This move happened quick and behind the scenes Coach Lenny and Hyack were great for his rapid development but they do have a very strong high school aged group as noted by their recent BC Prov relay records amongst other metrics 15-17 NAG in 4×100 Free… likely could have scraped it by without Kim UCSC has the best age group coaching in Canada.Laon Kim is going to be a star…..good move Must have set a record at csc’s last night SB19’s Pablo has something in store for A’TINs this September the P-pop star shared a video teaser announcing his two new albums “Alon” and “Laon” will drop on September 13 and 20 The new songs follow Pablo's earlier single “Edsa,” which was released in May In January, the SB19 leader released "Akala," a collaboration single with his brother Josue he is at the point of his life where "gusto ko na ibahagi ‘yung knowledge na natutunan ko especially sa pagpe-perform with these guys (SB19) for almost seven years And mahilig din ako mag-produce so it felt like right opportunity siya for me." During their July concert, Stell and Julie Anne San Jose announced Pablo will be the newest coach of the singing competition "The Voice Kids" first teased its "superstar coach" with a photo of Pablo showing only the back of his head Julie Anne, Stell, and Pablo will be joined by Billy Crawford who also sat in the coaches' chair in "The Voice Generations" last year "The Voice Kids Philippines" will be airing starting September 15 {{gallery.imageDetails.images.0.description}} August 07th, 2023 Canada, News, Records Laon Kim has certainly taken to his new training environment at the University of Calgary Swim Club Kim wrapped up at the Canadian Swimming Championships in style with a monstrous performance in the 200 freestyle winning the boys’ 14-15 age group by over five seconds in a time of 1:49.62 to become the youngest Canadian ever under the 1:50 barrier Kim, who only recently turned 15, rockets past UCSC teammate Paul Dardis (1:52.15) for being the fastest 15-year-old Canadian ever and also moves into the top spot in the 15-16 age group (Canadian age group records are recognized for 15-17s) Kim is now within a second of the 15-17 National Age Group Record, which has been on the books for 14 years after Etobicoke’s Hassaan Abdel-Khalik clocked 1:48.74 in 2009 during the super-suit era Kim set a new National Age Group Record for 13-14 boys in a time of 1:52.39 Prior to last week, he went 1:52.18 at the Mel Zajac Junior International in Vancouver in early June, and then at the Canadian Championships, he led off UCSC’s record-breaking 800 free relay in 1:51.08 That was followed by a preliminary swim of 1:51.24 on Sunday morning before his big performance in the final (Splits for Kim’s 13-14 NAG record are unavailable so we’re using the splits from his swim at the Canadian Trials in the spring which stood as the record for a little less than two months Looking beyond Canada, Kim’s time appears to be the seventh-fastest globally we’ve ever seen from a 15-year-old, though the data may be missing some swims. The fastest that USA Swimming has on record is the 1:48.21 produced by American Maximus Williamson at the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships last summer To further drive home the magnitude of Kim’s swim he would’ve won the 16-18 (1:49.96 winning time) and 19 & over (1:49.64 winning time) age groups on Sunday in Toronto Over the last month or so, Kim has been training with the University of Calgary Swim Club (UCSC) after he opted to change training bases from Hyack, where he’s been brought up, to experiment with a bigger environment prior to next season He has made no long-term commitments regarding where he’ll train next year but it’s clear things have been working out in Calgary Kim also picked up individual golds in the 50 free (23.01) while his splits played crucial roles in the UCSC boys breaking NAG records in both the 400 and 800 free relays Kim’s time in the 100 free made him the fastest 15-year-old in Canadian history having already held that distinction after his swim at Mel Zajac I think they should just add him.Having trials in early spring to determine a junior team to compete in late October is a bad idea.Allow yourself the ability to add at your discretion if spots are available these juniors are growing and are getting faster every day You never know what they can achieve in 6 months Here’s a good question…Why isn’t Laon Kim on Canada’s world junior team He has improved a lot since Canadian trials (March) and I don’t think was the top junior there (despite winning the junior final in 400fr/IM; Lorne Wigginton was faster in the open final in both) https://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=637118&clubId=66140 I think he swam way too many events in trial not like other swimmers This initiative for selected athletes aims to support their development by providing financial assistance and opportunities to train at the HPCs Alumni have started looking towards developing an independent varsity-like program that would be governed by the Edmonton Keyano Swim Club The President of the Collingwood Clippers and Chair for the Huronia region Patterson has played a key role in shaping the community’s swimming landscape August 04th, 2023 Canada, International, News, Previews & Recaps winning the 14-15 100 free with a massive best time knocking more than six-tenths of a second off his previous PB to become the fastest 15-year-old in Canadian history Kim overtakes current UCSC teammate Paul Dardis (50.76) for ownership of the #1 time ever for a 15-year-old taking out his previous PB of 51.05 set in March which stands as the 13-14 NAG record Kim won the event by more than two and a half seconds with Elite Swimming’s Eitan Issakov breaking 53 for the first time to earn the runner-up spot in 52.99 In the 16-18 age group, CAMO’s Antoine Sauve (50.26) emerged with the gold medal over TSC’s Filip Senc-Samardzic (50.42) and Dardis (50.53) with Sauve and Senc-Samardzic both setting new personal bests put up a time of 50.15 in the prelims to break the Quebec Provincial Record in the 15-17 age group Kryger, 14, won the girls’ 13-14 event by more than seven seconds in a time of 2:13.85, knocking off her previous PB of 2:14.80 (set in June at the Mel Zajac International) to move up into second all-time in the 13-14 age group, trailing only Taylor Ruck (2:10.22) whose previous best ranked her sixth in the age group also broke the Ontario Provincial Record for 14-year-olds with her performance Lloyd’s swim moves her up to ninth among 15-16 girls in Canada having previously been 2:13.30 less than one month ago while Schroeder also dropped more than a second Cascade’s Parker Deshayes won the 14-15 200 back in a time of 2:05.00 dropping his PB of 2:06.80 to rank seventh all-time among 15-year-olds in Canada Top 5 Canadian Team Banner (Through 35 of 75 Events) Top 5 Canadian Junior Team Banner (Through 35 of 75 Events) I do not see some events from either day covered here at all These age group categories like 13-14 or 15-16.Are they not irrelevant in the age of computers.Why not just compare 14 year olds to 14 year olds etc. For starters national records are 13-14 & 15-17 in Canada Most provinces have single age provincial records so Kim broke Dardis’s records (Alberta & Club 🦖) For a moment I though it was a 50.39 100fly and I thought wth are they putting in their maple syrup Graduate Student Abby Armstrong is writing her thesis on the Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Chapel in Laon Cathedral under the supervision of Associate Professor Richard Leson Thanks to the generous contribution of the Jeffrey R she traveled to France this past January to visit the chapel in Laon “After several months of communication between myself and Claude Bono Secretary for the Friends Association of the Cathedral of Our Lady and the Church of Saint Martin we agreed on a date during my travels in France to visit Laon and gain access to the Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Chapel in Laon Cathedral pointing out other significant monuments within the old medieval walls served as a major hub of intellectual innovation offering salvation and protection to any ecclesiastical official who chose to study with the Canons of the Church Claude brought me to his panoramic favorite view of the Cathedral Once in front of the immense façade of Laon Cathedral Claude and I admired the ever-watching oxen decorating the bell towers of the cathedral we went directly to the Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Chapel the central component of my thesis research Claude provided me with ample light as I photographed the space and observed the sculptural relief inside This relief contains an exceptional combination of iconographies: a Eucharistic Man of Sorrows and Saint Elizabeth of Hungary with kneeling canons This assemblage of images and their iconographic significance is one of the keys in understanding the motivations for the patronage of this chapel by the fourteenth century medieval woman And while the space is (sadly) used for storage today visiting and engaging in the space allowed me to take part in an esteemed and unforgettable hands-on research experience I was able to gain many important images for use in my impending thesis Claude gave me a private tour of Laon Cathedral where I gained access to private spaces with in the church Claude took me around the cathedral and spoke about the stained glass and the connections to the canons we climbed up to the gallery level–first to see the massive organ and then around one side of the Interior where they keep some of the original statuary where there is an original wall painting from the twelfth century and we walked through the cloister (which was unforgettable!) He ended the tour by showing us his favorite part of the cathedral which was the baptismal font Traveling to the sleepy medieval town of Laon allowed me to experience the medieval space central to my thesis research I left the town feeling more connected to my research and energized to continue my writing.” Copyright © University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. Jansen and Wigginton will pull double duty for Canada this summer competing at both the World Championships and World Junior Championships Swimming Canada will send 18 men and 18 women to Santiago Chile this October to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games Summer McIntosh broke her second world record in just four days in the 400 IM clocking a 4:25.87 to take down Katinka Hosszu’s time of 4:26.36 from 2016 March 29th, 2023 Canada, News, Records Laon Kim is now a perfect three-for-three in setting National Age Group Records at the Canadian Swimming Trials in Toronto followed up an incredible swim in the 400 freestyle on Tuesday night by knocking off another NAG record in the boys’ 13-14 age group on Wednesday morning Swimming in the first heat of the morning session with the fastest heat set to swim with finals Kim put up a time of 8:17.16 to knock six seconds off his previous record of 8:23.15 set last summer at the Canadian Junior & Senior Championships in Montreal was essentially out the same as he was last summer over the first 200 meters but was able to hold his 50 splits in the 31-mid range over the course of the race When Kim initially set the record, he took down the mark of 8:25.83 established by Charlie Kwinter in 2019 he sits nearly nine seconds faster than that time On Tuesday, Kim broke his 400 free NAG record of 4:01.80 with a 4:01.28 prelims swim and then demolished that in the final with a time of 3:56.79 Kim’s time would rank sixth in the U.S. with Pinion owning the all-time record at 8:08.75 Already the owner of the 13-14 NAG record in the 50, 100, 200, 400 and 800 free, Kim will have a shot at breaking the 44-year-old mark in the 1500 free later this meet. That record stands at 16:00.93 from Alex Baumann in 1979 December 19th, 2022 Canada, International, News, Previews & Recaps Laon Kim‘s assault on the Canadian age group record books didn’t stop on Sunday as the 14-year-old HYACK swimmer added a sixth NAG mark to his collection on the final day of the 2022 Ontario Junior International meet in Toronto Kim first broke his own NAG record in the boys’ 13-14 200 IM in the prelims clocking 2:03.28 to down his previous mark of 2:04.15 set in June placing second overall in a time of 2:00.93 The gains he’s made over the last six months in breaststroke were apparent this week splitting more than two seconds faster in both prelims and finals compared to where he was in June Winning the 200 IM was 17-year-old University of Calgary Swim Club product Lorne Wigginton who cracked the 2:00 barrier for the first time in 1:59.53 Kim also came incredibly close to breaking a 43-year-old 13-14 NAG record in the 1500 free, as he dropped over 48 seconds from his personal best time in 15:32.99, just shy of two-time Olympic gold medalist Alex Baumann‘s mark of 15:32.15 set way back in 1979 Kim’s previous best stood at 16:21.86 and he had gone 16:12.80 in long course this past summer Winning the boys’ 1500 was Great Britain’s Tyler Melbourne-Smith who dropped 10 seconds to finish in a time of 14:58.50 Kim capped his standout performance in Toronto with a blistering 53.92 split on HYACK’s 400 medley relay, well under both his personal best time (56.03) and the existing 13-14 NAG record held by Antoine Destang (55.22) On the girls’ side, Etobicoke’s Ella Jansen continued to shine as she won her fourth and fifth individual titles of the meet in the 800 freestyle and 200 backstroke Jansen, 17, dropped more than six seconds in the 800 free to bring her best time down to 8:16.36, taking down the meet record previously held by Olivia Anderson (also of Etobicoke) of 8:22.60 from 2015. Jansen also moved up to second all-time in the girls’ 15-17 age group behind yet another ESWIM product, Summer McIntosh (8:07.12) Jansen followed up by dropping over a second to claim the 200 back (2:07.53) while 14-year-old Madison Kryger of Brock had a significant drop to finish as the runner-up in 2:10.06 catapulting herself up into second all-time in the girls’ 13-14 age group Kryger’s PB of 2:13.34 ranked her 22nd Jansen closed things out by helping Etobicoke complete the relay sweep winning the girls’ 400 medley relay in a time of 4:02.75 to near the 15-17 NAG record of 4:01.58 set by Island Swimming in 2016 The team was comprised of Delia Lloyd (1:01.35), Elan Daley (1:09.24) Victoria Raymond (58.63) and Jansen (53.35) The Etobicoke girls broke the 15-17 NAG records earlier in the meet in the 400 and 800 free relay Daley added a second-place finish in the 50 breast swimming a best time of 31.85 as she got narrowly out-touched by Great Britain’s Mabli Collyer (31.83) “The goal is to be at the top of that podium,” Josh Liendo said about Worlds this summer “I’m going to keep working and keep fighting until I get there.” Summer McIntosh set her fifth world junior and Canadian records of the meet at Canadian Trials on Sunday March 30th, 2023 Canada, International, News, Records He’s done it again: 14-year-old Laon Kim has done it again he broke his fifth Canadian Age Record so far this week Kim, who technically qualified for the B Final but was diverted the Junior Final, knocked another tenth of a second off his 13-14 Canadian Record in the event from his prelims record Kim, who has turned into a record-breaking machine, now has the 8 fastest times in this event in Canadian history for 13-14s. The next-best swimmer, and the former National Age Group Record holder, Josh Liendo Liendo won the Canadian National Championship and booked another ticket to the World Championships in finals with a 21.80 His first four swims so far at the meet (he scratched prelims of the 100 fly) were 13-14 Records Kim also swam 2:07.68 in prelims of the 200 IM (for 10th place in the heats), which was a best time by almost a second (over a 2:08.57), but was the first non-record breaking swim of the meet for him. Cole Pratt holds that record in 2:05.26 His 400 free is faster than any American 13-14 and he’s 0.7 seconds faster than Liendo in the 50 free at the same age He has incredible potential and could elevate the men’s program so much It will be interesting to see how he develop August 01st, 2022 Canada, News MONTREAL – The pool portion of the 2022 Speedo Canadian Junior and Senior Swimming Championships came to an end on Sunday with the final 12 gold medals handed out at Montreal’s Olympic Park pool The championships officially conclude on Monday with four open water races at the Olympic Rowing Basin Maxine Clark from the University of Calgary Swim Club put an exclamation point on a sensational week with triumphs in the women’s 50m freestyle 13-14 age group final (26.50 seconds) and the 4×100 medley open relay The 14-year old Calgary resident concluded the championships with a remarkable nine gold medals In the 14-15 age group, Coquitlam’s Laon Kim from the Hyack Swim Club prevailed in a personal best time of 16:12.91 to add to his previous wins in the 400 free The 14-year-old added silver in the 50 free later in the evening to end the championships with nine podium finishes (4-3-2) “Coming into this meet I knew it was going to be really hard there are very few meets that run that long,” Wu said There won’t be much time to rest before Junior Pan Pacs but we’ll be ready.” It’s everything I could have asked for,” said Newkirk who merited the Canadian Para Female Top Swim of the Meet award thanks to her gold-medal time of 1:22.46 in the 100 backstroke on Wednesday “I had these goals at the beginning of the year and to be able to get Canadian records and all-time personal bests at the end of a very long season I’m very proud of all the work myself and my new coach Ryan (Jones) have been doing.” Also setting a Canadian Para swimming mark in the women’s 50 free was Alisson Gobeil of Club de Natation de Chicoutimi who clocked 43.30 in the morning preliminaries to better the previous S5 standard of 46.42 held since 2002 by Marie Dannehaeuser Below is a complete list of national champions from Day 7 as well as championship award winners More from SwimSwamSee All July 27th, 2022 Canada, News, Records Laon Kim set a new National Age Group Record in the boys’ 13-14 800 meter freestyle on Wednesday at the Canadian Junior & Senior National Championship meet That broke the prior record of 8:25.83 that was set by Charlie Kwinter in 2019 as he’s been focused more on races 400 meters and under lately Kim says that he had designs on this record coming into the race “I really thought before the race I would be able to get the national record,” said Kim who opened the meet on Monday with a gold medal in the 400 free “I hadn’t swum my 800 free for a very long time but I think it was more doable than the 1,500.” Kim only swam the 800 free a few prior times in his career His best time coming into this meet was an 8:30 from Canadian Trials in April Kin finished 2nd in the 14-15 200 free in 1:54.30 (he was the fastest 14-year-old by almost six seconds) 2nd in the 14-15 200 IM in 2:09.64 (six-and-a-half better than the next fastest 14 year old) That 400 free was his best time by more than three seconds and the 200 free was a best time by more than a second Kim ranks 2nd in the 14-15 age group High Point standings up and coming legend…congrats to him November 16th, 2022 Canada, International, News, Records Records are made to be broken, they say, but some records stand a little longer than others. Last weekend, Canadian 14-year old Laon Kim broke a record that has stood for more than 43 years in Canada and was previously held by one of Canada’s greatest all-time swimmers Kim swam an 8:06.05 in the 800 short course meter free on Friday at the Brad Reid Memorial Invitational. That took more than nine seconds off a 13-14 national record that has stood since April 1, 1979, when Alex Baumann swam an 8:15.14 at the same meet another Canadian Record: a 15:32.15 that still remains as the standard for that age group Baumann’s record was so ahead of its time that for decades it was actually faster than the Ontario Provincial Record in the 800 free relay Baumann was one of the great age groupers in history he owned 38 Canadian Records in swimming and the World Record in the 200 IM He would go on to win Olympic gold medals in the 200 IM and 400 IM at the 1984 Olympic Games He was the Canadian flag-bearer at those Olympic Games Baumann later went on to an accomplished career as a sport administrator including a short stint as the CEO of Swimming Australia for about three months in 2021 Kim’s previous best in the event from February was an 8:27.35 That’s not the only record that Kim has set this fall That broke another old record: a 4:24.89 done by Tobias Oriwol in 2000 Oriwol went on to race at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games At the Odlum Brown Colleges Cup last weekend he got the age group record in the 100 free (50.48) In addition to his seven short course records in the 13-14 age group he also has a Canadian Record in the 11-12 200 free in SCM Other top performers include Paige Korbely and 100 fly on the girls’ side; Paul Orogo who swept the backstrokes on the boys’ side who won the 200 fly and both IM races for girls Full Meet Replays can be seen on the Hyack Swim Club YouTube Channel: Incredible string of record-setting performances at age 14👏👏 11 strokes per 25m in that 800 must rank up there against the big boys he’ll be on his way to Surrey Knights soon 😂 I believe Janet Evans had NAG records in the 800 that were faster than the 800 FR NAG records But not many teams with four girls going 2:04 or faster back in the 80s There was no shortage of motoring events taking place in the UK over the long Jubilee weekend but for those who wanted to escape the wind and rain there was something altogether more enticing on offer 150 miles south of Calais: the Laon Historic This year was the 31st running of this annual event which saw more than 800 classics converge on this picturesque town at the centre of which is a spectacular 12th century cathedral the focus of the entries has gradually shifted ever further from older classics A decade ago you couldn’t move for fifties and sixties home-grown machinery such as Panhards Nowadays the entry list still features some oddities; just some of those taking part this year included a Renault 4-based LM a glorious Toyota Century and a Volkswagen Golf Mk2 Country If you’re thinking that 150 miles into France is a long way to go just for a classic car rally try not to think of it as a UK-style event that just happened to be on the other side of The Channel Not only was the journey every bit as enjoyable as the destination and the streets of Laon – plus it was all brilliantly organised too The format of the weekend was pretty simple On the Saturday there was a drive out into the countryside surrounding Laon then on the Sunday there were static displays of the cars taking part in the new town (at the bottom of the hill) and the old town (at the top) Once everyone had enjoyed a good gawp at the hundreds of cars and motorbikes the streets were closed and a circuit created for a couple of hours of driving Could you imagine an 850-strong drive-out in the UK on single-track roads with roadworks bringing entire counties to a halt You’d have indignant cyclists riding three abreast and the locals would be writing angry letters to the local newspaper to complain about how inconvenient it all is But in France the locals embrace the Laon Historic Many of them turned up in their classics and those who didn’t lined the streets to cheer on those taking part The 800 or so cars taking part in Saturday’s drive out were split into two main groups (A and B); those with a really old classic got a shorter third route Everyone set off from Laon for a 50-mile drive to Saint Quentin An added bonus was 30-degree heat and blazing sunshine After a couple of hours of lazing in the park in Saint Quentin poring over the classics parked up in the street The afternoon run was another 50-mile drive with groups A and B switching round so that everyone did the same route but half of the entrants did it in the opposite direction to the others Japanese classics were a focus at this year’s Laon Historic with the Mazda MX-5 and Nissan Figaro clubs taking pride of place outnumbered by large numbers of all four generations of MX-5 At the lunch stop in Saint Quentin I caught up with Claire and Peter Taylor who had driven their Figaro from Dusseldorf Claire told us: “We’re members of the UK club which alerted us to the event taking place Quite a few other members have come from Germany too We bought our Figaro seven years ago and it’s good to try new things with it The club was invited to take part and it’s been a great experience to do something that so many of our friends are also taking part in The club element has made it so much better so it’s great that owners’ groups can get involved en masse.” Laon’s town square soon filled up for the static displays; regular attendees know that by 9am the prime slots in front of the town hall have all gone so there’s fierce competition to bag a space early while those who fancy a lie-in just park up in the new town at the bottom of the hill then look on from a nearby café while the lines of classics are viewed and photographed for a few hours Jon and Angela Munn brought their children Freja and Felix from Sussex; they came in their 1995 MX-5 California that Jon bought new and a mint low-mileage Mercedes CLK 320 that joined the family five years ago Angela described the appeal: “We’re in the MX-5 Owners’ Club which told us that the Laon Historic was featuring Japanese cars this year With ours recently restored we reckoned that it was the perfect opportunity to try something new It was a good decision because it’s been great fun with lots of really friendly people but we’ve got to know quite a few enthusiasts who have been great to talk to.” the roads were closed and a circuit was created for the rest of the afternoon with entrants able to whizz up the hill on the one side through the cobbled streets of the old town before heading through the new town along the bottom In previous years the locals have turned out in droves in a bid to bag lifts from those taking part either because of occasional showers or Covid Mike and Barbara Culley drove their 2011 Ferrari California from South Wales Mike said: “We’ve loved every minute of it because it’s so different from anything we’ve done before We’ve met so many lovely people and seen such a huge variety of vehicles taking in lots of beautiful villages and empty roads and also seeing some of the battlefields from the First World War.” Save my name and email in this browser for 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Radio France opened the event organized by Jean-Michel Verneiges for three decades – unmissable for Laon's music lovers whose zeal has not been dampened by the Covid-19 pandemic (the last two festivals having taken place normally) Coupled with the impeccable Maîtrise de Radio France choir the Parisian musical group offered the Hauts-de-France region its first concert of the season with a program that was both extraordinary and eclectic the evening began with the cantata Caligula composed by Gabriel Fauré and based on a tragedy by Alexandre Dumas (the father of the famous writer) himself a native of the Hauts-de-France region marches and choruses (from Heures Guerrières and Heures Heureuses to César a Fermé la Paupière) Mikko Franck's baton meticulously coordinated the numbers that recount the tragic episode of Caligula's murder punctuated by the purity of children's voices You have 59.1% of this article left to read Lecture du Monde en cours sur un autre appareil Vous pouvez lire Le 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2022 Ontario Junior International First he swam 2:00.57 in the 200 fly for a 5th-place finish. That broke his own record of 2:00.93 set in early November in Vancouver. That race was won by Reuben Rowbotham-Keating from Great Britain in 1:57.45 after he was the runner-up in the 100 fly on Friday Kim’s next record-breaking swim came in the 50 free final, where he swam 22.61. That swim, along with a prelims 22.89, shattered the old record held by Olympian Javier Acevedo That’s the first of Kim’s records so far this week that as previously held by someone else and gives him all of the freestyle records except for legendary swimmer Alex Baumann’s 1979 record in the 1500 free Kim would just miss that record on Sunday by .74 seconds The 50 free was won by 18-year-old Ramac swimmer Eric Ginzburg in 22.47 That took over a second of his previous best time of 23.53 done in July Ginzburg represented Canada internationally at the 2022 Junior Pan Pac Championships where he finished 11th Kim’s final record of Saturday came in the session-ending 400 free relay where he split 50.30 leading off Hyack’s 8th-place effort That broke his own record of 50.48 from 2022 Kim breaking the records in the 50 and 100 freestyles is a natural extension of his results on Friday where he showed dramatically-improved opening speed in the 800 free On the girls’ side of the pool, two of the stars from Friday picked up additional individual wins on Saturday. Etobicoke’s Ella Jansen won the 400 free in dominant fashion touching in 4:02.69: five seconds ahead of the field She also won the 200 free and 400 IM on Friday Etobicoke is the same club that produced Canada’s top young star who has a similar event specialty as Jansen among many other Canadian swim stars throughout history In the women’s 50 fly, 16-year old Kamryn Cannings from the University of Calgary Swim Club also picked up her 3rd win of the meet That knocks six-tenths of a second off her previous best time and makes her the second-fastest Canadian 16-year-old ever in the event behind only Noemie Thomas (25.60) Cannings beat out British peer Eva Okaro in the 50 fly who disrupted Cannings’ butterfly sweep of the meet Baillie finished in 2:10.17 to win the race but Baillie and Cannings both roared home to take the top two positions in closing splits of 33.50 and 33.87 The swimmers from Britain..are they highly rated in Britain,maybe a national junior team The cropped headline podium photo suggests he would tower over the gold medallist on flat ground August 12th, 2022 Canada, News, Previews & Recaps The pool portion of the 2022 Canada Games came to an end on Thursday with the final 15 gold medals handed out at the Eleanor Misener Aquatics Centre Para swimmers and special Olympians are competing at this six-day competition which ends on Friday with open water races at the Welland International Flatwater Centre The final night of competition also saw 14-year-old Laon Kim of British Columbia near the boys’ 13-14 Canadian National Record in the 50 freestyle as Kim won the event in a blistering time of 24.04 That swim was just .01 shy of his lifetime best set at the Canadian Championships in late July and .07 back of the NAG record of 23.97 set by Scarborough Swim Club’s Kurtis Miller way back in 2000 Kim represents the Hyack Swim Club in club swimming Timothé Barbeau on his race: “Knowing that from the beginning of the race I was first Barbeau on winning with his teammate: “I’m happy for him and he’s happy for me.” Sebastian Gonzalez Barboza on being on the top of the podium with his teammate: “Finishing 1-2 Québec is the best thing that could happen.” Rebecca McGrath on winning: “It’s great winning a medal at Canada Games Connor Bissett on winning his fifth gold medal: “I’m very proud.” Bailey O’Regan on her experience at Canada Games: “I didn’t know what to expect going into it but it has definitely exceeded all expectations.” Julie Brousseau: “It’s been a pretty long meet but it’s really exciting getting to medal and being on the podium Katie Cosgriffe on her experience at the games: “The atmosphere of being with a team and supporting each other through all the races is something that I will carry with me for the rest of life.” March 31st, 2023 Canada, International, News During the junior final of the men’s 100 free at the 2023 Canadian Swimming trials, 14-year-old Laon Kim clocked a time of 51.05 to finish third in his heat and break the Canadian 13-14 age group record in the event He takes off over half a second from his previous record of 51.75 Kim was also just 0.06 seconds off of Chris Weeks’ time of 50.97 that had won the junior year Kim went out in a time of 24.38 before closing in 26.67 posing the fastest opening 50 of the field and the third-fastest back half The splits for his previous Canadian age record were 24.95/26.80 showing that he has developed to take out his races substantially faster who eventually turned out to be senior team stars This kid range and excellence is incredible Although Yanyan wasn't the greatest competitive swimmer she learned more about the sport of swimming by being her high school swim team's manager for four years She eventually ventured into the realm of writing and joined SwimSwam in January 2022 where she hopes to contribute to and learn more about … More from Yanyan LiSee All Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates! © 2025 Swim Swam Partners, LLC. All rights reserved. LaON brings simple and expandable comms to Yongin Leading Church Prior to the equipment upgrade, the church had been using a basic walkie-talkie system. As parts of the church were being reconstructed, the decision was made to update a lot of the old equipment. Over time, full-duplex communication among staff and a system capable of handling many wireless beltpack connections had become necessary. The new solution in use at Yongin Leading Church is built around a LaON Technology Genie BS1000 solution, the company’s flagship product. This was specified following an extensive site survey detailing coverage requirements, antenna positions and wireless frequency coordination and was the most appropriate solution given the church’s huge campus size. “There were 5GHz wireless video signals being used by a cameramen,” recalled LaON’s Miyoun Park. “We have checked the signal and coordinated for the best RF channel for our antennas to avoid interreference from those video signals. With a number of other 5GHz devices creating congestion, the LaON system allows users to change the RF channel for the antennas or set up automatic RF scanning with the GCM program. “The church is very much satisfied with the audio quality and ease of operation, and particularly likes the beltpack button lock function and the fact that a beltpack-only communication system can be constructed without a base station if necessary,” added Park. As they also host many smaller events, they only have to bring along the beltpacks for those purposes.” WhatsApp NAB moves 2021 show to October Overview Q-Sys heads for the connected meeting space with two new Cores You may also like: By using our website, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more Cookies are short reports that are sent and stored on the hard drive of the user's computer through your browser when it connects to a web Cookies can be used to collect and store user data while connected to be able to provide you the requested services Often cookies are getting deleted when the user leaves a site or logs out of it in compliance with Article 22 of Law 34/2002 of the Information Society Services we have requested your consent to their use.We use cookies to improve our services For more details please refer to our Terms of Use and/or our Privacy Policy Please note that you can enable or disable and delete cookies in your web browser March 11th, 2024 Canada, News, Records The University of Calgary Swim Club continued to rewrite the Canadian National Age Group relay records over the weekend at the Alberta Provincial Championships obliterating their own mark in the boys’ 15-17 400 medley relay cracking the previous record of 3:48.35 set by a squad that included Norman and Duncan in April 2022 at the Western Canadian Championships within striking distance of his 100 back personal best from the 2023 World Juniors (54.77) and then Kim was more than a second under his flat start best on breaststroke in 1:04.97 before Duncan (54.71) and Dardis (50.92) were within three-quarters of a second of their PBs on the back half Kim was among the top performers at the meet winning all five of his individual events with a pair of personal bests Kim went 50.30 in the 100 free to undercut his previous best and improve his stead as the fastest 15-year-old in Canadian history while he set a PB of 29.72 in the 50 breast prelims before winning the final in 29.84 He was also within .02 of his best time in the 50 free (23.03) and won the 200 free (1:51.79) and 400 free (4:07.35) the latter coming with a massive negative split in the final (2:05.07/2:02.28) Norman also had one of the top swims of the meet in the individual 100 back in 55.13, while 16-year-old Sienna Rodgers highlighted the girls’ competition with her 1:02.57 showing in the 100 back just shy of her 1:02.36 PB which ranks her #18 all-time in the 15-16 age group The University of Calgary Swim Club currently owns four of the five Canadian NAG relay records for 15-17 boys only missing the 200 free relay—an event not contested consistently at long course meets—mark of 1:34.52 set by Oakville in 2012 + Sadalberga was born into a noble family in Toul, France; her brother is Saint Bodo. + A childhood disease claimed Sadalberga’s sight, but her vision was restored through the prayers of Saint Eustace of Luxeuil. + As a young woman, she married Saint Blandinus of Laon and the couple had five children, two of whom are also honored as saints. + After their children were grown, Sadalberga and Blandinus separated so that each could enter religious life. Sadalberga became a nun in a monastery in Poulangey. + Near the end of her life, Sadalberga helped establish a new community near Laon, where she served as abbess. + Saint Sadalberga died sometime around the year 665 and was honored as a saint immediately after her death. + Saint Bodo, the brother of Saint Sadalberga, became bishop of Toul and founded a number of monasteries. Both Bodo and Sadalberga are honored as saints of the Benedictine Order, although it is likely that the monasteries they were associated with only adopted the Rule of St. Benedict in the centuries after the deaths of these saints. “I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.”—Romans 12:1-2 (from The Roman Missal: Common of Holy Men and Women—For a Holy Woman) Saint profiles prepared by Brother Silas Henderson, S.D.S. Would you like to read more like this?Get Aleteia delivered to your inbox Photo credit: lev radin/Shutterstock.com _____ 1112 – an Easter Sunday – a mob in the French town of Laon rose up in a carnival of vandalism and homicide Witnesses describe a world turned upside down Merchants murdered the local bishop and set fire to the town’s cathedral Priests hid in sewers. Men dressed as women and women as men in order to escape the mob Mothers and daughters pulled carts loaded with dead husbands and fathers An abbot at a nearby monastery placed ultimate blame on the town’s most powerful citizen an Englishman named Waldric (previously Lord Chancellor of England under Henry I but known as “Gaudry” to his French subjects) The bishop of Laon for the previous six years Gaudry had bought his bishopric with political favors even before he was ordained a priest he had devoted himself to managing business interests abroad had watched as the bishop rode around Laon pretending to be a knight He also suspected that Gaudry had organized a rival’s murder.  In the months leading to the Easter Insurrection the town’s burghers had negotiated a new charter with the bishop unhappy that his powers were being diminished paid the King of France to revoke the new charter Sources agree that the bishop died in the melee that Easter Some say he was slaughtered in the crypt of the cathedral Soon enough the local peasantry joined in the pillaging and violence Although the abbot considered Bishop Gaudry primarily responsible for Laon’s descent into anarchy he had ignored signs that this man was not fit to be a priest The abbot had even joined an embassy to Rome to persuade the pope that Gaudry deserved the bishopric was his failure to read the potential for injustice and violence hidden in plain sight.  But how should we “read” violence – how should we understand its significance Shouldn’t we be trying to interpret its broader meaning as well Philippe Buc has traced how emergent modernity pathologized violent groups Behaviors once explained as religious zeal or divine/demonic possession came to be read as manifestations of insanity or hysteria in the later Middle Ages; the Enlightenment saw them fully pathologized The “madness of crowds” now provides a staple explanation for collective uprisings making the violent acts that accompanied them a defining quality But by treating violence as essentially incoherent we create false equivalencies between all forms of public protest and between those attacked and those attacking.   Medieval observers were as ready as modern audiences to disavow violence; the term “violence” itself was largely avoided unless used to condemn the actions of others But many also saw in violence a challenge to their own abilities to respond to good and evil in the world Violence joined a group of other negatives – such as scandal or heresy – that could be repurposed in order to train and educate a mass uprising might indict an unfit leader who had corrupted his allies lied to his supporters and betrayed his high office vandalism and killing provided momentary ruptures to remind Christian writers like Guibert that humanity lost the right to peace after its expulsion from Eden this absence of peace manifested as political intrigue or sexual cravings should also be embraced as useful reminders outward violence could fit safely in a long narrative of redemption I say within the bounds of history because any prospect of the world’s end point changed the meaning of violence and its potential for containment.  even as Guibert pondered the insurrection at Laon he noted a more portentous mass movement in the Levant when Crusader armies from western Europe conquered Jerusalem and massacred its inhabitants monks who had never been east of Rome began to rethink the course of history they had maintained that the world was not moving toward its end: humanity must endure the present with good and evil intertwined The conquest of Jerusalem fit into another more dynamic vision of history: apocalypse Some historians grumble that if you’re out looking for apocalyptic concerns in medieval writing But that is exactly the point: apocalypticism is a way of looking a consciousness of history in a different register with events as headings in a new narrative the Crusader conquest of Jerusalem was like a sign reverberating backwards from the end point of history They are not the only ones to have seen history this way.  Far-Right rally goers in America today prominently display Crusader emblems repeatedly invoked Trump’s power to pardon them not unlike Crusaders who received assurances of salvation even if they died in battle without Last Rites Though “crusader” is a retrospective label historians like Jay Rubenstein have shown that these warriors saw themselves in a battle for the fulfillment of history This crusading outlook found enemies everywhere Crusaders rehearsed apocalyptic violence by massacring Jewish communities in Germany since Far-Right extremism is promiscuous in its emblems espousing any framework that will serve its monstrous purpose the inner mechanics of medieval apocalyptic thinking can illuminate a sense of history that has radicalized American Conservatives Not all apocalypticism insists that the literal end of the world is near Writing against the backdrop of global Communism Norman Cohn described millenarianism in terms of the anticipation of a collective total and proximate end as a force for mass revolution in history rather than the final destruction of life on earth Millenarianism appeared in social uprisings of the poor downtrodden and marginalized against long-standing oppressors It represented the potential for an abrupt break from the normal timeline to usher in a period of justice The rioters at the Capitol may have clothed themselves in the skin of beasts but in reality they were quite ordinary people who would shave their shaman beards they were role-playing an oppressed underclass oblivious to a real underclass that has managed for generations to resist with dignity and within the bounds of the law 6 parallels a medieval apocalyptic strain that is simultaneously reactionary It is apocalypticism as a consciousness of historical destiny and one’s own part in an unfolding ultimate drama this American apocalyptic relies on inversion and monstrosity.  “apocalypse” signals the end of an age of mercy in which good and evil were allowed to mingle apocalypse is also tied to a prophecy of universal empire Several rioters at the Capitol proclaimed Donald Trump “eternal emperor.” Some medieval Christians believed that a Last Emperor would rid the world of infidels uncertainty sometimes arises over who the ruler really is: a salvific emperor To some that distinction may mean little – as long as the apocalypse unfolds according to plan conservatives have been invoking apocalypse since the onset of the new millennium When the complacent nineties failed to provide an ultimate triumph of capitalist history right-wing commentators cast around for answers The Obama presidency offered several converging targets: Islam As the great scholar of medieval apocalypticism Bernard McGinn has argued even those who do not see the end at hand can espouse elements of apocalyptic thought and vocabulary apocalyptic language is a call to radical purification and retribution Medieval Christian thinkers saw social violence as a challenge to reason and spirit and so they tried to push beyond its surface and to understand its origins and deeper meaning – even if that meant staring down monsters But their mode of reading could radically change depending on what they believed the violence had revealed.  Where Guibert of Nogent saw misrule and bad faith in Laon, he saw a providential plan for End Times in Jerusalem. Today, some treat the attack on the Capitol as a moment come and gone. More discerning responses note that monsters have prowled the rotunda for a while now The hollow messianism that attends Trump’s departure says they’re not leaving anytime soon _____Jehangir Malegam is a historian of religion and culture in Medieval Europe at Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Jehangir Yezdi Malegam is Associate Professor of History at Duke University K-pop rookie group ENOi is making a bold return with the new single “Cheeky.” “Red in the Apple,” in Seoul on January 13 The band debuted in April last year under the newly established Kithewhale Company label It says the band’s name “ENOi” comes from the last letters of the first three words and first of the last word of the phrase “we can do it.” We feel responsible for those who’ve been waiting for us,” lead track “Cheeky” is a melodic dance track that builds upon the members’ soaring vocals and powerful rap style which the bandmates explained are seen as a symbol for love and passion Laon said he came up with such an idea while talking with Gun he is a member who hopes to be loved and give it back to others Upon wondering where that passion and dedication came from I drew out a conclusion that those feelings were part of love The members liked the song as soon as they heard its intro With red being a representative color for love and passion Laon stretched out to apples as an appropriate subject to relay the message Apples also play an integral part in the song’s vibrant music video The group shared that it had to make further efforts to perfect the song’s dynamic choreography “When we promoted ‘Bloom,’ I’d practiced its dance movements about 1,800 times For ‘Cheeky,’ I think we’ve already danced to it over 1,000 times,” As much as the group’s new single is rooted in a casual chat within the band they shared that their close-knit relationship with each other was the real driving force we spend most of our days talking to each other,” he added The four-track EP also features “Not Sorry,” “I’m With You” and “&NDiNG,” all of which credit Laon as a lyricist Our site uses cookies. Learn more about our use of cookies: Cookie Policy This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Sign In Register Laon Kim’s life is about to get a whole lot busier Not that the 14-year-old swimmer doesn’t already have a lot on his plate training with his Hyack Swim Club teammates four mornings and five afternoons a week as well as starting Grade 9 at Coquitlam’s Gleneagle Secondary School in September But winning six medals at the Canada Summer Games that recently wrapped up in Niagara Falls as well as setting a new national age group record in the 800m freestyle at the 2022 Canadian Junior and Senior Championships in Montreal said Kim has “bloomed a bit younger than others He steps up at a lot of the big races.” Kim himself is also setting his sights higher He’s targeting the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris “for the experience,” and by 2028 “I like to be challenged,” Kim said “That’s what pushes me to get better.” said even though Laon tried several sports after the family immigrated to Coquitlam from Singapore when he was five Two years after his first swimming lessons at the City Centre Aquatic Complex he was already in the competitive stream with Hyack Kim said he enjoys the discipline of practice even if it means getting up at four in the morning so he can be at the pool in time for some dryland training before getting in the water at 5:45 a.m He said the camaraderie of his swim club teammates keeps him engaged the payoff of personal bests and medals keep him pushing forward Many of those medals are displayed proudly in a room in the family’s home on Burke Mountain Kim said while he knew he had it in him to set the new national record for his age group in the 800m freestyle his successes are coming at all distances and strokes; at the Canada Games his medal haul included gold in the 50m freestyle and at nationals he also won gold medal in the 400m and 800m freestyle as well as bronze in the 100m butterfly Lennstrom said specialization will come; the next big step for the young swimmer will be competition against older athletes and eventually into meets with no age groups “Trying to find ways to keep the challenge going and the chase alive is important,” he said “I want to get used to people being next to me and actually racing me,” he said • In addition to Kim’s six medals at the Canada Games Coquitlam’s Peter Huang won five medals in the pool and Justin Jung won two the Hyack club finished second in team points and third overall in the men’s team category high school championships podium three times last weekend Twice he stood next to his Gleneagle Secondary teammates and once on his own following what was the most successful weekend by an individual athlete from the Tri-Cities at provincials in Richmond The Coquitlam swimmer left Watermania with three gold medals around his neck in adding to an impressive season that includes a national record in his age group in 800m men's freestyle a few months ago At 14 years old, ahead of starting Grade Nine, Kim claimed six medals with Team B.C. at the 2022 Canada Summer Games and nine at the Canadian Junior and Senior Championships His individual provincial gold came in the men's 200m individual medley with a time of 2:04.90 The Hyack Swim Club member (New Westminster) was the third to jump in the pool during his two team events which helped ascend the Talons to first place in the open division for 400m men's freestyle and 200m men's medley Among the Gleneagle teammates included Ian Baird a trio of other Tri-Cities swimmers also captured three medals for their respective schools at provincials Charles Best Secondary, Michelle Li of Port Moody Secondary rallied to three silvers and a bronze and Riverside's Sara Hughes claimed three silvers Riverside Secondary won the most medals of any other Tri-Cities institution with six This included a bronze from the women's overall team event finishing with 260 points from all competitions and only 12 points back of South Delta for silver Broken down by school in alphabetical order the results from local schools at the 2022 B.C high school aquatics championships are as follows: De PERE, Wis. — The Norbertine order is celebrating the 900th anniversary of its founding. St. Norbert of Xanten founded the Norbertine order in France in 1121 The jubilee year will be celebrated from the first Sunday of Advent through the feast of the Baptism of the Lord “To be rooted in such a long and rich history as Norbertines provides us with great hope as we serve and adapt to each generation,” said the Rt. Rev. Dane Radecki, abbot of St “God continues to call us to live in communio and to serve generously.” Norbert of Xanten (1080-1134) was known for his ministry as an outstanding preacher and peacemaker attracting others to follow his way of life Norbert and some of his followers settled in the valley of Prémontré committing themselves to a life of prayer and ministry in community two Norbertine priests and one brother left Berne Abbey in Holland for a journey to northeastern Wisconsin led the group to take up pastoral work to the immigrants from Belgium Holland and France who had settled in Wisconsin’s peninsula the little group was augmented by two additional Dutch Norbertines allowing Pennings to accept a parish in De Pere The De Pere Norbertines continued to serve the church in northeastern Wisconsin in education broadcasting (WBAY-TV) and its Center for Norbertine Spirituality a group of De Pere Norbertines also began to serve the poor in Lima Norbert continues through Norbertine communities across the world The Norbertines dedicate themselves to prayer sharing a common life and serving local needs Norbert Abbey also have become independent canonries Santa María de la Vid Abbey in Albuquerque New Mexico became the second independent daughter canonry of St There are two additional canonries in the United States including Immaculate Conception Priory in Wilmington and St Norbert College was founded as Pennings started educating young men for the priesthood before opening a commerce program for lay students Catholic liberal arts institution and the only Norbertine college in the world enrollments at the college increased dramatically Pennings continued in his leadership role until he retired in 1955 Today the residential campus serves approximately 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students hailing from throughout the United States and across the world moral and intellectual development of each student,” remains unchanged Norbert College has a compelling story to tell,” said President Brian Bruess “Rooted in our three pillars of Norbertine Norbert College has remained steadfast and true to its mission of embracing Abbot Penning’s founding vision and Norbertine ideals working for the betterment of society around the globe are morally and intellectually prepared for every good work living out the Norbertine value of communio: united as one.” Recent years have seen record enrollments and unprecedented investments in the St. Norbert College campus. The academic excellence of the college is nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, Princeton Review and others (www.snc.edu/about/) Norbert College also is host to the 13-time NFL champion Green Bay Packers training camp each year For more on the Norbertines, St. Norbert College has a crown jewel in the Center for Norbertine Studies. Go to https://www.snc.edu/cns/ Additionally, St. Norbert College President Emeritus Thomas Kunkel, a prolific writer, penned a book on St. Norbert, the man. Go to https://www.snc.edu/cns/norbertofxanten/manonfire/ To learn more about St. Norbert Abbey and the Norbertine order, visit www.norbertines.org Hard to believe that Laon Kim is only 14 years old But with the way he's been competing recently it may not be long before we watch him swim for Canada in the Olympics within the decade the Coquitlam product broke another national record for his age group en route to a total of six medals at the 2023 Eastern Canadian Championships This included three individual golds for Kim in the Windsor And the high-octane performance came on the heels of winning the 2022 Sports BC male high school athlete of the year award Kim clocked a time of 1:53.32 in the men's 200-metre freestyle race on March 17 That swim is now the fastest in the 13-14 age group at the Canadian national and B.C and was the second record Kim has broken in seven months the Gleneagle Secondary student broke the national age-group record in the men's 800-metre freestyle race at the 2022 Canadian Junior and Senior Championships in Montreal Kim broke three other Canadian age-group records in the 200-metre butterfly 50- and 100-metre freestyle at the Ontario Junior International Kim also broke a second record at easterns — 56.25 in the 100-metre butterfly swimmer in the men's 13-14 division of the race His third solo gold came in the 100-metre freestyle with a time of 52.57 which was a full second ahead of second place Kim also brought back three other medals from team relay races with his Hyack Sim Club teammates (New Westminster) taking a fantastic stage win in the 4 Jours de Dunkerque on an uphill sprint into Laon The Frenchman surged out of the chasing group on the climb blasting past the remnants of the day's breakaway and diving through the twisting finale to take the victory over Ethan Vernon (Soudal-Quickstep) and Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroën) Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) lost the race lead to Samuel Leroux (Van Rysel-Roubaix Lille Métropole) thanks to the time bonuses Leroux gained in the day's breakaway Stage 2 of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque got underway in Compiègne in pleasant conditions with race leader Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) facing a less than ideal stage to keep the top spot with an uphill finish in Laon.  Pier-André Coté (Human Powered Health) Logan Currie (Bolton Equities Black Spoke) Samuel Leroux (Van Rysel-Roubaix Lille Métropole) and Damien Girard (Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur) made up the early breakaway but their hopes of contesting the stage win dimmed as their gap fell under 30 seconds with 45km remaining seemingly confident the six riders posed no threat and with the breakaway in sight on a long let the gap go back out over a minute with 30km to race The hilly finale ended Girard's time out front with 21km to go while the leaders still held 52 seconds on the peloton Their hopes rose as the gap stretched out over a minute with only 12km remaining the punchy finish soon spelled the end of their ambitions as the TotalEnergies-led chasing group reduced their advantage to 12 seconds with 6km to go A tough climb shattered the peloton and brought the leaders into sight and spat Leroux out the back He was picked up by an attack from the peloton as Coté Victor Lafay (Cofidis) jumped away from the chasing peloton and joined the trio but the AG2R Citroën-led bunch were hot on their heels They were caught at the base of the final climb and the Groupama blasted past the four leaders to snatch the stage win Results powered by FirstCycling she coordinates coverage for North American events and global news As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track Laura has a passion for all three disciplines When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads UCI governance and performing data analysis Philip Welsh reflects on accounts of contrasting pilgrimage experiences to England’s premier shrine at Canterbury was rediscovered in 2016 from the Gough map of c.1360 It has now been developed as a 250-mile trail by the British Pilgrimage Trust The travel journalist Gail Simmons decided to walk the Old Way in several sections across the year and with her journey articulated around the seasons of the Celtic calendar The enjoyable result combines a recognisable account of a walker’s ups and downs (“I peeled back my hood the rustle of Gore-tex ebbed away and I heard the world again”); a loving evocation of the cursive landscape of the Downs its local history and artists; the world of pre-Reformation pilgrimage and the story of Thomas Becket; and Woven through this is the author’s own history Brought up on Chiltern chalklands in a nomadic army family and aware of a “search for somewhere to belong” she sets out on her “pilgrimage in search of a lost path and my own topography within southern England’s chalk landscapes” She does not write as a full-on Christian pilgrim but as that pastorally familiar figure “with a strong sense of the sacred though not adhering to any formal religion in spite of my Church of England upbringing” who loves to visit empty ancient country churches for their sense of rootedness and peace She avoids going in when anything is happening The one time when we find her joining any group ceremony is with a gathering of Druids in a car park She is attached to the idea that a woman walking alone is “an act of resistance” fortuitously bumping into the TV pilgrim Peter Owen-Jones at his church (I walked the same stretch while writing this though I was serenaded by a trumpeter practising considerately inside thick church walls further down the line) she introduces us to the Old Way’s creator There has been a range of books in recent years about the revival of pilgrimage or long walks of self-discovery What Between the Chalk and the Sea gives us — its title seemingly half-lifted from Patrick Leigh Fermor’s tramping classic Between the Woods and the Water — is an attractive project by a travel journalist who brings her attention back home It is not a guide-book (and woefully lacks an outline route-map) but a lively and well-informed companion that makes you — pilgrim or walker — want to see the places for yourself whether with its ancient focus on the goal or the modern focus on the journey: “The path was my shrine.” And she reminds us that those medieval pilgrims had to turn around and walk all the way back But when the author declares that her mobile phone is “as essential a piece of kit today as a pair of good walking boots” Nick Dunne picks up where Gail Simmons finishes and speaks warmly of the priest who sent him off with a blessing as she does of the priest who offered her a blessing on arrival His pilgrimage follows the Via Francigena (“the way through France”) from Canterbury to Laon with a significant detour along the Western Front Voluntary redundancy as a social worker was the opportunity for Dunne to combine this first stage of a projected walk to Rome with a longstanding interest in the First World War he is good at evoking the Christian past of the churches and shrines that punctuate his route he makes every effort to go inside and join with local people in the Christian present even when he finds himself invited to take his turn in reading prayers in his schoolboy French The military aspect of his journey occupies much of the book and Dunne draws extensively on his background knowledge and previous visits “The Western Front is a path that has defined the historical the spiritual landscape of the 20th century.” Its battle lines and cemeteries are clearly not a detour but a part of this pilgrimage on holy ground The vision of a WWI soldier inspired the historian and former head teacher to walk across Europe The miraculous post-war reconstruction of Ypres and its cathedral speaks to him of death and resurrection and of how the blowing to bits of so many combatants caused theologians to struggle with the doctrine of the resurrection of the body notable among them a stretcher-bearer at Verdun And the author finds himself concluding that the real question about the resurrection of Christ is not how it happened The Revd Philip Welsh is a retired priest in the diocese of London.Between the Chalk and the Sea: A journey on foot into the pastGail SimmonsHeadline £22(978-1-4722-8027-5)Church Times Bookshop £19.80 Walking on Holy Ground: A Pilgrimage on the Via Francigena and the Western Front, from London to LaonNick DunneSom Tam Books £9.99(978-1-7396199-0-9) Save money on books reviewed or featured in the Church Times > Click on the “Church Times Bookshop” link at the end of the review The reader discount is valid for two months after the review publication date run jointly by Sarum College and The Church Times tickets available This online seminar, run jointly by Modern Church and The Church Times discusses the theology underpinning the drive for growth tickets available We are a partnership of six diverse and welcoming congregations in the northern 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