Art Stott |
Art Stott was a great Canadian diver and he represented his nation at the British Empire Games and at the Olympics. During the 1920s, Art became Vancouver Island and B.C. senior men's champion and earned two golds, two silvers and a bronze in five national championships. Art placed second in the Canadian trials for the first British Empire (now Commonwealth) Games in 1930 and he placed second in springboard at the Canadian trials for the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. His diving prowess was evident as a 13-year-old when he won the Junior Boys Pacific Northwest three-metre title in 1923. As well as his competitive diving accomplishments, Art competed in England with the Highgate Diving Club, putting on acrobatic shows for awe-struck audiences. He became an international diving judge and was a founding member of the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame.
Kim Dyke with gold medal |
Kim Dyke getting ready |
Kim Dyke |
Kim Dyke in the water |
Kim Dyke in the water |
Kim was a late start but once she got going, she never looked back. At age 11 she "dove into the deep end" and with dogged persistence and dedication she finally found her niche through coach Ron Jacks who suggested she try to swim a 25km marathon in Canada. Marathon swimming involved swimming distances from a minimum of 25km to a maximum of 88km.
The best way to describe her first swim in Lac Memphrmagog is that "ignorance is bliss." Kim was 19 years old and she finished well ahead of many swimmers; men included! Joyfully, her amazing first marathon swim took her on an eight year journey swimming all over the world in oceans, lakes, rivers, lagoons and canals. She got to see what a magnificent world this truly is; even though the view was mostly from the water.
Some of her finest swims included:
-1990, 25km Lac Memphremagog, Magog, Quebec. 5hr 47min 06sec. 2nd woman, 3rd overall.
- 1993 25km PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS/PRE-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Sabaudia to Terracina, Italy. 7hr 48min. 40 sec. 2nd woman, 7th overall. This gave her an automatic selection for the 1994 Canadian Team - World Championships.
- 1995 26km Marathon Acuatica Internacional, Mar Del Plata, Argentina. 5hr 45min 51sec. 1st woman.
