Boldly Butterflying Barnabus
Photo courtesy of Robbie & Robert Bailey of Bailey Photography. Information courtesy of Phil White, Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. 76-year-old Barnabus Zeng from Fresh Meadow, New York was awarded Ice Tongs for being the most mature member of the Memphremagog Winter Swimming Society as the oldest swimmer at the 2016 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival.
He swam the 25m butterfly in 31.5ºF (-0.2ºC) water with air temperature in the mid 20ºFs.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010).
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