The youngest competitor in the 400 meter IM field (long course) at the 2017 Southern Zone Sectional Championships in Plantation, Florida swam a 4:45.09 in prelims on Friday morning to break the 11-12 National Age Group Record.
Joshua Zuchowski, coached by his father Jonathan at Flood Aquatics, was the 8th-fastest swimmer in prelims (though he’s scratched the final). His swim took almost 6 full seconds from the old National Age Group Record of 4:51.03 set by Destin Lasco in 2014.
Comparative splits:
| Zuchowski ’17 | Lasco ’14 |
| New Record | Old Record |
| 1:05.27 | 1:07.64 |
| 1:12.69 | 1:13.03 |
| 1:22.17 | 1:26.62 |
| 1:04.96 | 1:03.74 |
| 4:45.09 | 4:51.03 |
Zuchowski also swam 29.14 in the 50 back prelims on Friday, which ranks him as the 13th-best in the history of that event. Ronald Dalmacio has the best 50 back ever at 27.88.
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Congrats to Josh, coach Jon, & Flood Aquatics for creating such a posiitve team training environment for success!
Just crazy good! Congratulations to Josh and Coach:)
Last time I saw Josh swim the 4IM at winter Champs and I remember that both my buys and myself were in awe!!
Wish we would have see this one, great stuff!
Very impressive. As a big fan of the 400 IM, I say congrats.
and I recall when Charlie Hickox won gold at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968 with a time of 4:48.4
Very impressive that he outsplit Lasco on the backstroke leg.
crazy fast for a 12yr old, congrats
Awesome!!!!! Way to go Josh!!!