Zheng Yang Yeap

Class:
Senior
Weight:
null
Hometown:
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
High School:
Catholic HS
Major:
Business Finance

SIU TOP TIMES

50-yard freestyle: 21.17
100-yard freestyle: 44.88
200-yard freestyle: 1:38.76
200-yard IM: 1:50.74
500-yard freestyle: 4:30.87
1,650-yard freestyle: 16:34.77

2021-2022 (SENIOR)

Competed in four events... holds top-five SIU time in 200-free... set new lifetime best in 200-free... swam on SIU's fastest 800-free relay, also swam on three other top SIU relays... earned first place marks in the 200-free against Mizzou (10/9/21), Eastern Illinois (1/28/22), and the A3 Invitational (11/11-13/21)... racked in 14 top-eight marks through the season.

2020-2021 (JUNIOR)

Participated in four events... holds top-five SIU times in the 200-free and 200-IM... swam on four of SIU's fastest relays... finished sixth in the 100-freestyle event at the MAC Championships... earned second place points in the "B" final of the 200-free and 200-IM at MAC's... garnered 12 top-eight marks throughout the season.

2019-2020 (SOPHOMORE)

All-MAC Second Team... MAC All-Academic team... Fastest SIU time in the 200-free... Swam on four of SIU's fastest relays... Top-five SIU times in the 50-free, 100-free, and 500-free... Earned points in the 100-free (6th), 200-free (8th), and 500-free (11th) at the MAC Championships... PR in the 50-free (21.62) at the CSCAA NIC... Victories in the 100-free, 200-free, and 500-free at the SIU Invitational... Won the 100- and 200-free against Bellarmine/Valparaiso and Evansville... 16 top-five finishes.

2018-2019 (FRESHMAN)

Competed in five events... Top SIU time in the 500-free... Top-five Saluki times in four freestyle events... Placed sixth in the 200-free, eighth in the 100-free and ninth in the 500-free at the MAC Championships... Won the 100-free and 500-free at Ball State... Won the 200-free versus Missouri State and Evansville... 11th-place finishes in the 200-free and 500-free at the Mizzou Invite... 10 top-five finishes.

PRIOR TO SIU

Attended Catholic High School Petaling Jaya in Malaysia...Set meet record and won 200-meter freestyle in the 15-17 age group for Malaysia at the Asian Age-Group Aquatics Championships...Won gold medal in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the Asean University Games.

PERSONAL

Born on May 7, 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...Son of Yeap Chong Boon and Chin Beng Hoan...Father is a businessman and mother is a teacher...Majoring in business finance.