James Savage became the youngest person to accomplish that feat by swimming more than 21 miles from Camp Richardson in South Lake Tahoe to the Hyatt Regency in Incline Village.
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He started at midnight on August 1, and it took him just under 12 hours.
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Savage swam the other two legs of the Tahoe Triple Crown over the last two summers.
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The Los Banos High School sophomore has a long list of other achievements, including swimming from San Francisco to Alcatraz 16 times.
He also won an honorary ESPY for his record-breaking swim of the San Luis Reservoir in 2019.
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