{"id":482024,"date":"2021-07-21T12:18:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T19:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=482024"},"modified":"2021-07-21T12:18:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T19:18:02","slug":"bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals in ‘Weirdest Event I’ve Ever Done’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals in ‘Weirdest Event I’ve Ever Done’<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Daniel Paulling<\/em><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Bill Durell<\/strong> climbed out of the pool with ease following his first event Wednesday at the U.S. Masters Swimming Short Course National Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina. The 1,650 yards he had just swum hadn\u2019t worn down the 70-year-old.<\/p>\n

No, he doesn\u2019t tire easily despite having done his entire race butterfly.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the weirdest event I\u2019ve ever done,\u201d he says. \u201cThat one is psychologically the most difficult to swim. The third and fourth lengths are the worst. The first two [lengths], you\u2019re just getting in the water, but the third and fourth, it sets in: \u2018Oh, my God, how many more do I have to do?\u2019 <\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just methodical. You just need to get in the groove. It takes about 20 (lengths) to do that. That is the only event I\u2019ve ever swum where the further you go, the easier it becomes.\u201d <\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Swimming butterfly or at a national championship didn\u2019t seem likely for him not too long ago.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

After swimming while growing up, Bill Durell took several decades off from the sport. He started lap swimming about a decade ago, and when a Masters coach invited him to compete in a meet, he joined USMS in 2014.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Durell, however, had trouble settling on which events to swim.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not a gifted swimmer, not fast,\u201d says Durell, who holds eight USMS Top 10 times. \u201cYou know the old saying, \u2018If you\u2019re not fast, you\u2019ve got to be long.\u2019 I thought, \u2018What could I do if I can\u2019t swim fast? I\u2019m not a sprinter and not terribly fast at the long (freestyle) events. What is it that I could do that would be different yet would be long? Why not this?\u2019\u201d<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Durell only learned how to swim butterfly at age 68 so he could do IM races, but he celebrated his 69th birthday by doing his first 1650 butterfly. His time of 39:20.90 on Wednesday, which placed him fourth in the 70-74 age group, was his personal best for a 1650 butterfly.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

He describes the 1650 butterfly as meditative.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a combination of meditation and concentration,\u201d Durell says. \u201cI\u2019ve found the only thing you should focus on is the breathing. In the butterfly stroke, the breathing is the absolute hardest of all the strokes. I\u2019ve found if you don\u2019t think about the number of lengths, don\u2019t focus on the kick, the pool, anything. Focus on the breathing. And that\u2019s what the meditation people do.\u201d <\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Durell, a member of Minnesota Masters, trains extensively for his race, swimming 1,000 yards of butterfly five days a week. He usually does 7 x 50s of the stroke and then a 650 butterfly, though sometimes he\u2019ll just do the 1,000 yards consecutively.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

He doesn\u2019t plan to stop swimming butterfly anytime soon. Durell hopes to become the oldest man to complete the Borboleta Challenge, a 1650 butterfly swum at an annual meet hosted by Palo Alto Masters. (Borboleta<\/i> is Portuguese for butterfly.) The record is 74.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Bill Durell, who also swam the 1000 freestyle doing freestyle later on Wednesday, recognizes that a 1650 butterfly isn\u2019t for everyone.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of nutty to do something like that,\u201d he says. <\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

However, Durell recommends people try it.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first started swimming butterfly, I could only do three (strokes) and then I was beat,\u201d Durell says. \u201cIf I can do [it, then everyone can]. It\u2019s a tremendous sense of empowerment.\u201d<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n

USMS Records Broken<\/u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Heidi George, Unattached within Pacific LMSC: women\u2019s 45-49 1000 freestyle (10:18.44)<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Heidi George, Unattached within Pacific LMSC: women\u2019s 45-49 1650 freestyle (17:05.13)<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Nancy Steadman Martin, Garden State Masters: women\u2019s 65-59 1650 freestyle (20:33.09)<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n

Note: All records are subject to change pending verification.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals in ‘Weirdest Event I’ve Ever Done’ By Daniel Paulling Bill Durell climbed out of the pool with ease following his first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":482026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[122077,9],"tags":[129028,129029,129027,4471],"class_list":["post-482024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americas","category-masters","tag-2020-us-masters-nationals","tag-bill-durell","tag-us-masters-nationals","tag-usms"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nBill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals in 'Weirdest Event I've Ever Done' The U.S. Masters nationals opened on Wednesday.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals in 'Weirdest Event I've Ever Done'\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals in 'Weirdest Event I've Ever Done' The U.S. Masters nationals opened on Wednesday.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-21T19:18:02+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/masters-usms-bill-durell.jpeg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1100\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"737\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04\"},\"headline\":\"Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals in ‘Weirdest Event I’ve Ever Done’\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-21T19:18:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-21T19:18:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/\"},\"wordCount\":642,\"commentCount\":10,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/masters-usms-bill-durell.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"2020 US Masters Nationals\",\"Bill Durell\",\"US Masters Nationals\",\"USMS\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Americas\",\"Masters\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/\",\"name\":\"Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/masters-usms-bill-durell.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-21T19:18:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-21T19:18:02+00:00\",\"description\":\"Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals in 'Weirdest Event I've Ever Done' The U.S. Masters nationals opened on Wednesday.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/masters-usms-bill-durell.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/masters-usms-bill-durell.jpeg\",\"width\":1100,\"height\":737,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: USMS\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals in ‘Weirdest Event I’ve Ever Done’\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04\",\"name\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\"},\"description\":\"Dan D'Addona is the managing editor and lead college swim writer for Swimming World. He has covered swimming at all levels since 2003, including the NCAA championships, USA nationals, Duel in the Pool and Olympic trials. He is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a graduate of Central Michigan University. He currently lives in Holland, Michigan, where he also is the Sports Editor at The Holland Sentinel.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/danield\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals","description":"Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals in 'Weirdest Event I've Ever Done' The U.S. Masters nationals opened on Wednesday.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals in 'Weirdest Event I've Ever Done'","og_description":"Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals in 'Weirdest Event I've Ever Done' The U.S. Masters nationals opened on Wednesday.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2021-07-21T19:18:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1100,"height":737,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/masters-usms-bill-durell.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/"},"author":{"name":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04"},"headline":"Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals in ‘Weirdest Event I’ve Ever Done’","datePublished":"2021-07-21T19:18:02+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-21T19:18:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/"},"wordCount":642,"commentCount":10,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/masters-usms-bill-durell.jpeg","keywords":["2020 US Masters Nationals","Bill Durell","US Masters Nationals","USMS"],"articleSection":["Americas","Masters"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/","name":"Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/masters-usms-bill-durell.jpeg","datePublished":"2021-07-21T19:18:02+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-21T19:18:02+00:00","description":"Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals in 'Weirdest Event I've Ever Done' The U.S. Masters nationals opened on Wednesday.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/masters-usms-bill-durell.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/masters-usms-bill-durell.jpeg","width":1100,"height":737,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: USMS"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bill-durell-swims-1650-butterfly-at-us-masters-nationals-in-weirdest-event-ive-ever-done\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bill Durell Swims 1650 Butterfly at US Masters Nationals in ‘Weirdest Event I’ve Ever Done’"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04","name":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor"},"description":"Dan D'Addona is the managing editor and lead college swim writer for Swimming World. He has covered swimming at all levels since 2003, including the NCAA championships, USA nationals, Duel in the Pool and Olympic trials. He is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a graduate of Central Michigan University. He currently lives in Holland, Michigan, where he also is the Sports Editor at The Holland Sentinel.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/danield\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: USMS","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/masters-usms-bill-durell.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-21oA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3915"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}