Youths

Josiah Binnema (2016)

Swimming

After years of development with the Prince George Barracudas swim club, Binnema made the Canadian junior national team in April of 2015. Then, at the FINA World Junior Championships in Singapore, he set a Canadian age-group record in the 100-metre butterfly with a time of 53.86 seconds. He beat the old record of 53.92 seconds, and, in the process, placed 11th out of 80 swimmers.

Closer to home, Binnema is a member of the University of Alberta Golden Bears swim team. As a first-year member of the team in 2015, he helped the Golden Bears to national gold in the 4x100-metre medley relay. With Binnema swimming the butterfly leg, the Bears upset the heavily-favoured UBC Thunderbirds.