US Olympian Zach Harting Takes Half in Grown-Up Swimming in Denver

Tokyo Olympian Zach Harting has traded his token walkout costumes and 200 butterfly races for a little bit of a unique sort of racing ambiance, with Grown-Up Swimming, a unique twist on the game, permitting adults to reignite the flame of racing brief and enjoyable races, as many athletes did as kids.

The idea of Grown-Up Swimming is to provide its members a low-pressure, enjoyable surroundings, involving athletes of all ability ranges, that includes shorter races, resembling 25s and 50s, and generally a 50 IM race.

Some races even contain utilizing swim floaties as part of a relay,

Harting was featured in an Instagram put up by Grown-Up Swimming in Denver, the place he shall be collaborating within the third season.

Harting final competed on the World Short Course Championships in December of 2024, the place he completed twentieth within the 100 fly with a time of fifty.36.

He represented the US on the Tokyo Olympics in 2024, qualifying to swim within the 200 fly at these video games, ending ninth within the semifinals in 1:55.35, lacking the Olympic remaining by only one spot.

This shouldn’t be the primary time that Harting has taken half in Grown-Up Swimming, having participated final summer season in Denver as effectively.

Over the final 12 months plus, Harting has been working as a Project Manager with Myrtha Pools, the pool producer that’s answerable for the 2025 World Championships pool in Singapore, the 2024 Olympic pool in Paris, and the 2024 US Olympic Swimming Trials pool inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.