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Laon Kim, a Junior Pan Pacific Silver medalist for Canada, introduced his verbal dedication to the College of Texas’ class of 2030.
“I’m proud to announce my verbal dedication to the College Of Texas. After some cautious and thorough consideration, I really feel able to take my athletic and educational profession to the subsequent degree. I need to thank coaches Carl, Dave, Nick, household and teammates for all of the help and steerage. Trying ahead to working with @coach_bowman, @erik_posegay, @coachmaida sooner or later! 🤘”
Kim is a mid-distance freestyler. On the 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, he gained silver within the 100 free, clocking a private better of 49.37. It is a huge .85 second time drop from Canadian Olympic Trials originally of the summer time. Notably, he additionally break up 48.56 anchoring Canada’s Junior Pan Pac medley relay.
Beforehand, he broke the Canadian 13-14 age group nationwide file in each freestyle occasion in addition to the 400 IM.
Finest LCM occasions (transformed)
- 100 free – 49.37 (43.03)
- 400 free – 3:55.14 (4:23.46)
- 200 free – 1:49.62 (1:35.87)
- 50 free – 22.95 (19.95)
- 800/1000 free – 8:17.16 (9:17.04)
To place Kim’s pace in perspective, if SwimSwam included non-People of their recruit rankings, Kim’s transformed 100 free time would rank him first in the highschool class of 2026 by .8 seconds. He would additionally rank #2 in 200 free, #3 in 50 free, and high 10 within the 500.
Kim’s potential is displayed even additional when evaluating his lengthy course occasions to high American recruits. His 49.37 places him about 1.3 seconds forward of Austin Carpenter, the 100 yard free chief within the class. He beats out 200 yard free class chief Andrew Maksymowski by almost a second when evaluating lengthy course occasions, 1:49.62 to 1:50.51. Within the 400 free, Kim’s 3:55.14 trails the category’ greatest distance swimmer Gabriel Manteufel by a few second (3:54.30).
If he continues to enhance, Kim may vie for a spot on all 5 of Texas’ relay groups. His 43.03 transformed PB would put him fifth on the Longhorn’s 2023-24 season rankings. In the meantime, his 200 free and 50 free sit at sixth and eighth respectively. On a person degree, Kim’s transformed greatest is under the 2025 NCAA B minimize, whereas his 200 free and 50 free are each tenths off the B minimize.
Kim joins a Longhorn recruiting class with three high ten American recruits: #3 Austin Carpenter, #4 Rowan Cox, and #8 Andrew Maksymowski. He at present competes for the College of Calgary’s membership staff in Alberta.
