Dave Bell contributoed to this report.
James Zenyuh, 41, has broken the USMS 40-44 American Record in the 50-yard butterfly.
Swimming on April 14, 2018 at the Colonies Zone Championship Meet at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, he swam a 22.60 that eclipsed the 2009 record set by Mike Ross by 0.01. Zenyuh also posted several other highly-ranked USMS 40-44 all-time swims at the meet: 23.25 50 back (#2), 51.25 100 back (#3), and 50.75 100 fly (#5).
Zenyuh represents Riptide Masters out of Chantilly, VA and did his collegiate swimming for Harvard. (The winner of the race in the video was Lucas Bureau, 23, who swam a 21.95.)
Race Video, courtesy Dave Bell:
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Braden – please note there is no such thing as an American Record in masters. They are National Records. Any swimmer of any nationality may set a record – they just have to be a registered USMS member (i.e. there is no proof of USA citizenship).
I think he was faster than Lucas on top of the water ?
Fun meet
Great to see SwimSwam covering notable Masters performances! Congrats from a Yale Bulldog alumni!
The word “alumni” used as a singular noun in Swimswam comments again. It burns! It burns!
ehem, pronoun.
alumni is a noun homie, dont have to go to yale to know that
LOL. Alumnus??? I stand corrected. I studied philosophy and physics, not English. My apologies…. LMAO