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2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships were held from 24 to 27 August 2022 at Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States."National Development Team Program Announces Squads For International Competitions" '' Swimming Canada''. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honolulu
Honolulu (; ) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean. It is an unincorporated county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island of Oahu, and is the westernmost and southernmost major U.S. city. Honolulu is Hawaii's main gateway to the world. It is also a major hub for business, finance, hospitality, and military defense in both the state and Oceania. The city is characterized by a mix of various Asian, Western, and Pacific cultures, reflected in its diverse demography, cuisine, and traditions. ''Honolulu'' means "sheltered harbor" or "calm port" in Hawaiian; its old name, ''Kou'', roughly encompasses the area from Nuuanu Avenue to Alakea Street and from Hotel Street to Queen Street, which is the heart of the present downtown district. The city's desirability as a port accounts for its historical growth and importance in the Hawaiian archipelago and the broader P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Maurer
Rex may refer to: * Rex (title) (Latin: king, ruler, monarch), a royal title ** King of Rome (Latin: Rex Romae), chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom People * Rex (given name), for people with the given name * Rex (surname), for people with the surname * Rex (artist), American gay pornographic artist * Rex (singer), Li Xinyi (born 1998), Chinese singer and songwriter * Rex King (wrestler), Timothy Well (1961–2017), American professional wrestler * Mad Dog Rex, professional wrestler from All-Star Wrestling Places * Rex, Georgia, an unincorporated community in the United States * Rex, North Carolina, a census-designated place in the United States * Rex River, Washington, United States * Mount Rex, an isolated mountain in Antarctica * Port Rex Technical High School , a technical high school in South Africa. Animals * ''-rex'', a taxonomic suffix used to describe certain large animals * Rex (dog), once owned by Ronald Reagan * Rex (search and rescue dog), a dog that rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Staples
Joshua Staples (born 2004) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He is the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific champion in the 400-metre freestyle, 800-metre freestyle, 1500-metre freestyle, and 4×200-metre freestyle relay. In 2022, he was part of a first sweep of all men's individual freestyle events at a single Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships by Australian swimmers, winning three of the six gold medals with Flynn Southam winning the other three. Background Staples was born in Casuarina, Northern Territory, where he trained under the guidance of Peter Brasher as part of the Casuarina Storm Swimming Club.McGowan, Marc (5 November 2015)"Casuarina Swimming Club's Josh Staples is on a Northern Territory record-breaking mission in the pool" ''Northern Territory News''. Retrieved 6 September 2022. He currently trains with the St Peters Western swim club, where he is coached by Dean Boxall. Career 2021–2022 After being named to the 2021 Australian World Junior Team, Staples took par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Wu
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as "mankind". tells of God's creation of the world and its creatures, including ''adam'', meaning humankind; in God forms "Adam", this time meaning a single male human, out of "the dust of the ground", places him in the Garden of Eden, and forms a woman, Eve, as his helpmate; in Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge and God condemns Adam to labour on the earth for his food and to return to it on his death; deals with the birth of Adam's sons, and lists his descendants from Seth to Noah. The Genesis creation myth was adopted by both Christianity and Islam, and the name of Adam accordingly appears in the Christian scriptures and in the Quran. He also features in subsequent folkloric and mystical elaborations in later Judais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximus Williamson
Maximus Williamson (born September 4, 2006) is an American competitive swimmer. He has won 6 world junior championship gold medals. He is a 100 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley Champion in 2023 World Junior Championships, also win gold medalist in 4×100 m freestyle, 4×200 m freestyle, 4×100 m medley and 4×100 m mixed medley with silver medalist in 4×100 m mixed freestyle. In 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships he win gold medalist in the 200 meter individual medley and silver medalist in the 200 meter freestyle, 400-meter individual medley, and 4×200 meter freestyle relay. In 2022, he became the fastest male American swimmer in history in the 15-16 age group in the long course 200 meter individual medley with a time of 1:59.01. Background Williamson was born in 2006.Hy-Tek (August 27, 2022)"2022 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships: Results" ''swmeets.com''. Retrieved October 25, 2022. He attended Southlake Carroll in Southlake, Texas for his freshman year of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Mooney
Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and in Catalonia it became ''Jaume''. In western Spain Jacobus became '' Iago''; in Portugal it became ''Tiago''. The name ''Saint James'' developed in Spanish to '' Santiago'', in Portuguese to ''São Tiago''. The names '' Diego'' (Spanish) and '' Diogo'' (Portuguese) are also Iberian versions of ''Jaime''. In the United States, Jaime is used as an independent masculine given name, along with given name James. For females, it remains less popular, not appearing on the top 1,000 U.S. female names for the past 5 years. People * Jaime, Duke of Braganza, Portuguese nobleman of the 15th/16th centuries, the 4th Duke of Braganza * Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908–1975), Spanish prince, the second son of Alfonso XIII of Spain and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Heilman
Thomas Heilman (born February 7, 2007) is an American competitive swimmer. He is a world junior record holder in the long course 4×100 meter freestyle relay. He is also a 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships gold medalist in the 100 meter butterfly, 4×100 meter freestyle relay, and 4×100 meter medley relay, and a silver medalist in the 100 meter freestyle, 200 meter butterfly, and 4×200 meter freestyle relay. Background Heilman attends Western Albemarle High School in Crozet, Virginia and trains with the swim club Cavalier Aquatics. He has an older brother, Matthew, who is a competitive swimmer as well. Career 2021–2022 By the start of 2022, Heilman had amassed over ten National Age Group records, fastest times ever swum by an American swimmer under 18 years of age and bracketed into age groups, including setting a record of 53.27 seconds in the 100 meter butterfly, which broke the former record that had been set by Michael Andrew.Martin, Lisa (January 6, 2022)"Crozet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaii Winkler
Kaii Liam Winkler (born 2006) is an American competitive swimmer. He is a world junior record holder in the long course 4×100-meter freestyle relay. At the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, he won gold medals in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay and 4×100-meter medley relay, as well as a silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle. Background Winkler is homeschooled for high school, competing scholastically as part of the South Florida Heat. He has an older brother, Finn, who is also a competitive swimmer. Career 2021–2022 At his first Florida High School 1A State Championships in the autumn of 2021, Winkler placed second in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 44.00 seconds and second in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:36.78.Curreri, Gary (December 25, 2021)"Broward boys swimming first team, second team, honorable mention, coach of the year" ''Sun-Sentinel''. Retrieved September 11, 2022. In March the following year, he became the fastest American 15-year-old swim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diggory Dillingham
Diggory or Digory may refer to: People * Sylvia Farnham-Diggory (born 1927), American author on psychology and disabled people. * Sylvia Beckingham née Diggory (1935-2006), the first National Health Service UK patient. * Terence Diggory (born 1950), American professor, editor, poet and author. * Diggory Dyer Listed as working in the Kitchen and Scullery of in 'A Catalogue of the Household and Family of Richard, Earl of Dorset, 1613- 1624 in Knole, Kent Fictional characters As given name ;Diggory * Diggory Compton, a fictional character from ''Coronation Street'' *Diggory Venn, a fictional character from Thomas Hardy's ''Return of the Native'' (1878) ;Digory *Digory Kirke, a fictional character from ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' As family name * Cedric Diggory, a fictional character from the ''Harry Potter'' series ** Amos Diggory The Ministry of Magic is the government of the Magical community of Britain in J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World, headed by an official entitled the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flynn Southam
Flynn Southam (born 5 June 2005) is an Australian swimmer. At the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, he won gold medals in the 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, and 200 metre freestyle. In the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, he won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games as well as silver medals at the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships and the 2022 World Short Course Championships, swimming on the finals relay at each competition. In the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, he won gold medals as a finals relay member at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, and a silver medal at the 2022 World Short Course Championships. Background Southam was born 5 June 2005 in Australia."Flynn Southam" '' |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
