James Avery Butterfly

The under-11 age group showed their talent with excellent pbs for Charlotte Hoo (Red) in the 100m individual medley and first place, and Pollyanna Rimell (Black) with a second place in the 100m IM. In the same event (boys), Cameron Hill also... 21sec, knocking 5sec off his previous pb. New pbs were gained in first-time 100m events by Kai Salih (under 13, butterfly and freestyle), Sophie Alcock (under 13, backstroke) and Tom Coveney (under 13, backstroke). Olivia Wyatt also gained an excellent pb in the 100m butterfly (under 13). In the boys' 50m butterfly (under 11), young Cameron Hill amazed all with a perfect swim for the Black team in 41. Beth Hook (under 10) came third in the butterfly and Abi Johnstone fourth in the freestyle.

God has wired into a creature that looks nothing like a butterfly, a perfectly complete butterfly "identity. " And because the caterpillar is a butterfly in essence, it will one day display attributes of a butterfly. The caterpillar matures into what is already true about it. In the meantime, berating the caterpillar for not being more like a butterfly is not only futile, it might actually harm its hearing. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. While there is great wisdom in this idea, when you're in the middle of a struggle, knowing that you're building character doesn't bring much relief. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance. "For here's what I'm going to do: I'm going to take you out of these countries, gather you from all over, and bring you back to your own land. Life's struggles help build character.

CBA's Sean Dunne wins the boys 100 yard butterfly at the Monmouth County Swim Championship Friday in Neptune. / STAFF PHOTO: PETER ACKERMAN There always seems to be that next guy in the CBA swimming program, the one capable of dominating a meet and

100 butterfly: Vandervort (G) 1:05.33. 100 free: Bailey (GC) 51.83. 500 free: Vandervort (G) 5:33.98. 200 free relay: Grove City 1:47.45. 100 back: Chang (G) 1:02.56. 100 breast: Snoad (G) 1:13.63. 400 free relay: Gahanna 3:42.98.

It started early when Sam Engel, James Falkowski David Lange and Eric Barnes teamed up for a first place finish in the 200 medley relay. The foursome finished in 1:47.14, narrowly beating the SLP quartet by a second and a half. Joey Eikens, Avery

Izzy Davila added 12 points and Avery Barlow had five assists for St. Bernard (5-7), which scored 42 points in the second half to put the game away. Killingly led 21-20 at halftime. • Andrew DeAntonis scored 10 points for Old Saybrook in a 55-36 loss

Meridian's James Reedy-Capp is ranked seventh at 195. Overall team rankings for Class 2A and 1A were not updated this week and in Class 3A Ferndale is not ranked in the top 10. On the girls side Mount Baker is once again well represented,