Becca Mann Crushes Katie Hoff’s Pool Record in 400 IM at 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Minneapolis

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Open water star Becca Mann of NBAC cruised to victory in the women’s 400-meter IM at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Minneapolis.

Mann, who initially trailed IM veteran Caitlin Leverenz, overtook the field and extended her lead until she won in 4:37.04. That time vaulted her to 12th in the world rankings and crushed the previous pool record of 4:40.51 set by Katie Hoff back in 2011.

Leverenz, fresh off some cash winnings on the FINA World Cup tour, collected some more money tonight with a second-place 4:39.10. That’s well off her sixth-ranked season best of 4:35.46 from the Pan American Games, but more than enough to win money tonight.

Leverenz wasn’t even slated to compete in the A final after finishing ninth, but Maya DiRado’s scratched opened the door for her to make some noise.

NCAP’s Katie Ledecky, the best freestyler on the planet, became the first person to win a pair of medals tonight with a 4:39.18 for third overall.

Minnesota’s Brooke Zeiger (4:42.49), Gator’s Elizabeth Beisel (4:43.12), SwimMAC’s Cammile Adams (4:44.07), Aggie’s Sarah Henry (4:45.35) and UBCD’s Emily Overholt (4:45.58) finished fourth through eighth.

Vietnam’s Vien Nguyen took down the consolation heat title in 4:45.15 with Trojan’s Haley Anderson earning second in 4:45.37.

                           === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Mann, Becca      17 North Baltimore-  4:42.27    4:37.04POT     
             30.23      1:03.45 (33.22)
        1:40.02 (36.57)     2:14.33 (34.31)
        2:55.35 (41.02)     3:35.75 (40.40)
        4:07.38 (31.63)     4:37.04 (29.66)
  2 Leverenz, Caitl  24 California Aquat  4:46.02    4:39.10POT     
             28.98      1:02.44 (33.46)
        1:38.73 (36.29)     2:15.47 (36.74)
        2:53.89 (38.42)     3:34.58 (40.69)
        4:07.02 (32.44)     4:39.10 (32.08)
  3 Ledecky, Katie   18 Nation's Capital  4:42.43    4:39.18POT     
             30.24      1:03.92 (33.68)
        1:41.16 (37.24)     2:16.10 (34.94)
        2:57.94 (41.84)     3:39.24 (41.30)
        4:10.15 (30.91)     4:39.18 (29.03)
  4 Zeiger, Brooke   19 Univ Minnesota-M  4:44.54    4:42.49 OT     
             30.39      1:04.57 (34.18)
        1:40.53 (35.96)     2:15.39 (34.86)
        2:56.36 (40.97)     3:37.87 (41.51)
        4:10.78 (32.91)     4:42.49 (31.71)
  5 Beisel, Elizabe  23 Una Gsc-FL        4:45.30    4:43.12 OT     
             30.78      1:05.14 (34.36)
        1:41.15 (36.01)     2:16.32 (35.17)
        2:56.81 (40.49)     3:38.41 (41.60)
        4:11.18 (32.77)     4:43.12 (31.94)
  6 Adams, Cammile   24 SwimMAC Carolina  4:45.91    4:44.07 OT     
             30.17      1:03.77 (33.60)
        1:40.17 (36.40)     2:15.59 (35.42)
        2:57.94 (42.35)     3:39.70 (41.76)
        4:12.83 (33.13)     4:44.07 (31.24)
  7 Henry, Sarah     23 Aggie Swim Club-  4:44.71    4:45.35 OT     
             31.00      1:05.64 (34.64)
        1:43.41 (37.77)     2:19.46 (36.05)
        3:00.60 (41.14)     3:41.52 (40.92)
        4:14.21 (32.69)     4:45.35 (31.14)
  8 Overholt, Emily  18 Ubc Dolphins-US   4:44.26    4:45.58 OT     
             29.72      1:03.43 (33.71)
        1:40.95 (37.52)     2:17.24 (36.29)
        2:58.93 (41.69)     3:42.03 (43.10)
        4:14.08 (32.05)     4:45.58 (31.50)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Nguyen, Vien     19 Unattached-FL     4:49.15    4:45.15 OT     
             30.18      1:04.47 (34.29)
        1:41.34 (36.87)     2:16.62 (35.28)
        2:58.35 (41.73)     3:39.77 (41.42)
        4:13.23 (33.46)     4:45.15 (31.92)
 10 Anderson, Haley  23 Trojan Swim Club  4:50.26    4:45.37 OT     
             30.20      1:04.16 (33.96)
        1:43.27 (39.11)     2:20.32 (37.05)
        3:01.35 (41.03)     3:42.79 (41.44)
        4:15.16 (32.37)     4:45.37 (30.21)
 11 Li, Celina       20 Univ California,  4:51.03    4:47.11 OT     
             29.66      1:03.54 (33.88)
        1:41.15 (37.61)     2:18.23 (37.08)
        2:59.64 (41.41)     3:41.35 (41.71)
        4:14.79 (33.44)     4:47.11 (32.32)
 12 Kylliainen, Tan  22 Cardinal Aquatic  4:51.36    4:47.79 OT     
             30.16      1:04.74 (34.58)
        1:41.21 (36.47)     2:17.63 (36.42)
        2:58.86 (41.23)     3:41.26 (42.40)
        4:14.99 (33.73)     4:47.79 (32.80)
 13 Gonzalez Hermos  20 Penn State-MA     4:55.75    4:52.76 OT     
             30.96      1:06.31 (35.35)
        1:44.12 (37.81)     2:21.63 (37.51)
        3:03.24 (41.61)     3:45.96 (42.72)
        4:19.68 (33.72)     4:52.76 (33.08)
 14 Schmidt, Sierra  17 North Baltimore-  4:53.32    4:53.40 OT     
             30.42      1:04.92 (34.50)
        1:43.27 (38.35)     2:20.64 (37.37)
        3:04.95 (44.31)     3:49.69 (44.74)
        4:22.06 (32.37)     4:53.40 (31.34)
 15 Sargent, Kay     17 Victor Swim Club  4:55.26    4:54.50 OT     
             30.78      1:05.90 (35.12)
        1:44.00 (38.10)     2:21.57 (37.57)
        3:04.12 (42.55)     3:46.88 (42.76)
        4:21.21 (34.33)     4:54.50 (33.29)
 -- Barney, Regan    16 Nitro Swimming-S  4:54.17         DQ        
             30.58      1:06.66 (36.08)
        1:42.77 (36.11)     2:19.10 (36.33)
        3:01.93 (42.83)     3:45.22 (43.29)
        4:19.14 (33.92)          DQ (33.20)

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Women’s 100 breast
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Dunc1952

10 years ago

Ledecky continues to amaze. She was home in :59.94.

Other than Ye Shewin’s :58.68 end on her world record swim in London, has there ever been another sub-minute closing 100 in a women’s 400 IM, which requires starting that last 100 from a hand-touch?.