﻿{"id":358985,"date":"2019-03-19T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T18:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=358985"},"modified":"2019-03-20T08:47:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T15:47:38","slug":"zumo-performance-of-the-week-marius-kusch-becomes-fifth-fastest-performer-in-100-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/zumo-performance-of-the-week-marius-kusch-becomes-fifth-fastest-performer-in-100-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"ZUMO Performance of the Week: Marius Kusch Becomes Fifth Fastest Performer In 100 Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zumousa.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"347179\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/zumo-performance-of-the-week-annie-lazor-has-big-swims-in-knoxville\/banneradzumo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BannerAdZumo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,125\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BannerAdZumo\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BannerAdZumo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BannerAdZumo-700x125.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BannerAdZumo.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-347179 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BannerAdZumo.jpg\" alt=\"BannerAdZumo\" width=\"900\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BannerAdZumo.jpg 900w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BannerAdZumo-280x39.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BannerAdZumo-300x42.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BannerAdZumo-450x63.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BannerAdZumo-150x21.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BannerAdZumo-500x69.jpg 500w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BannerAdZumo-533x74.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week\u2019s ZUMO Performance of the Week goes to Queens senior <\/span><b>Marius Kusch <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/marius-kusch-blasts-44-32-in-100-fly-for-new-division-ii-ncaa-record-moves-to-fifth-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his record breaking performance in the 100 butterfly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the 2019 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships this weekend. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kusch absolutely blew away the field in the 100 fly at D2 NCAA\u2019s, splitting 20.44\/23.88 to hit the wall in a final time of 44.32. That established a new Division II NCAA national record, moving Kusch past <\/span><b>Matt Josa\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2015 record of 44.89. You can see video of Kusch\u2019s swim from the meet below: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New School Record by Victor Rocha Furtado in the 100 fly (47.08)! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoPanthers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoPanthers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow Live:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zo1CDe5RqZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/Zo1CDe5RqZ<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nZ6CKtgAo9\">https:\/\/t.co\/nZ6CKtgAo9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9azMBuBrjI\">pic.twitter.com\/9azMBuBrjI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FIT Swimming (@FloridaTechSwim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FloridaTechSwim\/status\/1106345914333954048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is currently the fastest time across Division I, II, and III swimmers for the 2018-19 season, and makes Kusch the fifth fastest performer of all time. He moves just one spot ahead of <\/span><b>Jack Conger <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(44.35) with his swim. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Caeleb Dressel, Florida, 42.80 (2018)<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Joseph Schooling, Texas, 43.75 (2017)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Tom Shields, Cal Aquatics, 43.84 (2016)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Austin Staab, Stanford, 44.18 (2009)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>Marius Kusch, Queens, 44.32 (2019)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kusch also broke the national records in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/marius-kusch-crushes-ncaa-division-ii-record-in-100-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 back (45.09)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/marius-kusch-becomes-first-division-ii-man-under-42-in-100-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 free (41.73)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and was part of Queens national record setting 400 free relay (2:49.98). He was named the Swimmer of the Meet at the end of the meet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations to Marius Kusch on earning ZUMO\u2019s Performance of the Week!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zumousa.com\/pages\/team\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"347181\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/zumo-performance-of-the-week-annie-lazor-has-big-swims-in-knoxville\/zumo-300x50-d3-1118\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ZUMO-300X50-d3-1118.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,250\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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