Katie Ledecky Cruises to 800 Free Victory at TYR Pro Swim Series Santa Clara

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Katie Ledecky cruised to an easy victory in the 800 free to kick off Saturday’s finals at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Santa Clara. Ledecky won the race in 8:11.08.

Ledecky, who announced she signed with TYR earlier this week, took the early lead and coasted. Her time was seven seconds slower than her seed time.

Leah Smith was second at 8:26.01, followed by Megan Byrnes (8:31.58), Ashley Neidigh (8:41.84), Leah Stevens (8:43.28), Olivia Anderson (8:48.20), Nicole Oliva (8:48.62) and Ayumi Macias Alba (8:49.20).

Event 15  Men 800 LC Meter Freestyle
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        World: W 7:32.12  7/29/2009 Lin Zhang, CHN
     American: A 7:43.60  7/31/2013 Michael McBroom, USA
     Pro Swim: M 7:49.96  2014      Michael McBroom
    Name                  Age Team                 Seed     Finals        
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  1 Grothe, Zane           26 Mission Viejo Na  7:50.97    7:55.14  
    r:+0.70  27.83        57.92 (30.09)
        1:27.47 (29.55)     1:58.39 (30.92)
        2:28.61 (30.22)     2:58.88 (30.27)
        3:28.99 (30.11)     3:59.21 (30.22)
        4:29.15 (29.94)     4:58.99 (29.84)
        5:28.86 (29.87)     5:58.66 (29.80)
        6:28.29 (29.63)     6:57.71 (29.42)
        7:26.64 (28.93)     7:55.14 (28.50)
  2 Park, Tae Hwan         28 Korea             8:01.65    7:57.68  
    r:+0.64  26.89        56.77 (29.88)
        1:27.27 (30.50)     1:57.30 (30.03)
        2:26.96 (29.66)     2:57.24 (30.28)
        3:27.18 (29.94)     3:57.57 (30.39)
        4:27.70 (30.13)     4:58.06 (30.36)
        5:28.34 (30.28)     5:58.64 (30.30)
        6:28.92 (30.28)     6:59.39 (30.47)
        7:29.42 (30.03)     7:57.68 (28.26)
  3 Vargas Jacobo, Ricard  20 Mexico            8:01.24    7:58.81  
    r:+0.67  27.93        58.04 (30.11)
        1:28.52 (30.48)     1:58.86 (30.34)
        2:29.23 (30.37)     2:59.42 (30.19)
        3:29.56 (30.14)     3:59.58 (30.02)
        4:29.69 (30.11)     4:59.69 (30.00)
        5:29.75 (30.06)     5:59.68 (29.93)
        6:29.72 (30.04)     6:59.78 (30.06)
        7:30.02 (30.24)     7:58.81 (28.79)
  4 Calloni, Johannes      18 Unattached Stanf  7:59.80    8:01.88  
    r:+0.73  28.14        58.08 (29.94)
        1:28.36 (30.28)     1:58.51 (30.15)
        2:29.01 (30.50)     2:59.31 (30.30)
        3:29.68 (30.37)     4:00.08 (30.40)
        4:29.61 (29.53)     5:00.77 (31.16)
        5:31.54 (30.77)     6:02.81 (31.27)
        6:33.28 (30.47)     7:03.70 (30.42)
        7:33.56 (29.86)     8:01.88 (28.32)
  5 Sweetser, True         20 Unattached Stanf  7:53.32    8:02.16  
    r:+0.70  28.41        58.39 (29.98)
        1:28.76 (30.37)     1:59.04 (30.28)
        2:29.73 (30.69)     3:00.14 (30.41)
        3:30.92 (30.78)     4:01.61 (30.69)
        4:32.58 (30.97)     5:03.16 (30.58)
        5:33.76 (30.60)     6:03.86 (30.10)
        6:34.27 (30.41)     7:04.09 (29.82)
        7:34.16 (30.07)     8:02.16 (28.00)
  6 Norman, Nick           21 California Aquat  8:14.75    8:02.92  
    r:+0.70  27.29        56.30 (29.01)
        1:26.15 (29.85)     1:55.81 (29.66)
        2:26.09 (30.28)     2:56.21 (30.12)
        3:26.92 (30.71)     3:57.51 (30.59)
        4:28.45 (30.94)     4:59.04 (30.59)
        5:29.92 (30.88)     6:00.57 (30.65)
        6:31.67 (31.10)     7:02.46 (30.79)
        7:33.32 (30.86)     8:02.92 (29.60)
  7 D'Arrigo, Mitch        23 Gator Swim Club   8:13.63    8:09.30  
    r:+0.73  27.63        57.15 (29.52)
        1:27.32 (30.17)     1:57.74 (30.42)
        2:28.74 (31.00)     2:59.47 (30.73)
        3:30.21 (30.74)     4:01.00 (30.79)
        4:32.18 (31.18)     5:03.24 (31.06)
        5:34.52 (31.28)     6:05.64 (31.12)
        6:36.45 (30.81)     7:07.27 (30.82)
        7:38.25 (30.98)     8:09.30 (31.05)
  8 Grieshop, Sean         19 California Aquat  8:13.43    8:12.27  
    r:+0.65  28.11        57.92 (29.81)
        1:28.98 (31.06)     1:59.87 (30.89)
        2:30.95 (31.08)     3:01.98 (31.03)
        3:33.12 (31.14)     4:04.26 (31.14)
        4:35.57 (31.31)     5:06.81 (31.24)
        5:38.07 (31.26)     6:09.24 (31.17)
        6:40.71 (31.47)     7:11.58 (30.87)
        7:42.44 (30.86)     8:12.27 (29.83)
  9 Litherland, Kevin      22 Dynamo Swim Club  8:03.19    8:12.34  
    r:+0.66  27.99        58.38 (30.39)
        1:29.08 (30.70)     1:59.73 (30.65)
        2:30.62 (30.89)     3:01.55 (30.93)
        3:32.73 (31.18)     4:04.06 (31.33)
        4:35.25 (31.19)     5:06.57 (31.32)
        5:38.03 (31.46)     6:09.27 (31.24)
        6:40.66 (31.39)     7:11.91 (31.25)
        7:42.77 (30.86)     8:12.34 (29.57)
 10 Wieser, Chris          22 Una DART          8:00.40    8:15.80  
    r:+0.64  27.57        57.81 (30.24)
        1:28.57 (30.76)     1:59.25 (30.68)
        2:30.35 (31.10)     3:01.56 (31.21)
        3:33.12 (31.56)     4:04.94 (31.82)
        4:36.21 (31.27)     5:07.80 (31.59)
        5:39.14 (31.34)     6:10.37 (31.23)
        6:42.33 (31.96)     7:13.84 (31.51)
        7:45.40 (31.56)     8:15.80 (30.40)
 11 Miller, Kevin          20 Athens Bulldog S  8:09.60    8:15.81  
    r:+0.68  27.68        57.66 (29.98)
        1:28.43 (30.77)     1:59.32 (30.89)
        2:30.35 (31.03)     3:01.74 (31.39)
        3:33.00 (31.26)     4:04.55 (31.55)
        4:36.24 (31.69)     5:07.61 (31.37)
        5:39.44 (31.83)     6:11.30 (31.86)
        6:42.83 (31.53)     7:14.49 (31.66)
        7:45.77 (31.28)     8:15.81 (30.04)
 12 Fail, Brooks           18 Tucson Ford Deal  8:08.79    8:16.93  
             28.48        59.43 (30.95)
        1:30.80 (31.37)     2:02.05 (31.25)
        2:33.27 (31.22)     3:04.91 (31.64)
        3:36.59 (31.68)     4:08.00 (31.41)
        4:39.63 (31.63)     5:11.30 (31.67)
        5:43.07 (31.77)     6:14.53 (31.46)
        6:46.03 (31.50)     7:17.36 (31.33)
        7:48.16 (30.80)     8:16.93 (28.77)
 13 Collins, Jack          20 Badger Swim Club  8:13.10    8:19.44  
    r:+0.70  28.87        59.51 (30.64)
        1:30.76 (31.25)     2:01.92 (31.16)
        2:33.05 (31.13)     3:04.65 (31.60)
        3:36.34 (31.69)     4:07.75 (31.41)
        4:39.41 (31.66)     5:10.94 (31.53)
        5:42.75 (31.81)     6:14.59 (31.84)
        6:45.92 (31.33)     7:17.94 (32.02)
        7:49.29 (31.35)     8:19.44 (30.15)
 14 Selmanovic, Din        20 Bearcat Aquatics  9:15.70Y   8:19.91  
    r:+0.67  28.49        59.24 (30.75)
        1:30.72 (31.48)     2:02.17 (31.45)
        2:34.03 (31.86)     3:05.50 (31.47)
        3:37.18 (31.68)     4:08.71 (31.53)
        4:40.30 (31.59)     5:11.87 (31.57)
        5:43.46 (31.59)     6:15.29 (31.83)
        6:46.90 (31.61)     7:18.55 (31.65)
        7:49.67 (31.12)     8:19.91 (30.24)
 15 Hirschberger, Matthew  19 Unattached Stanf  8:08.12    8:23.09  
    r:+0.78  28.63        58.76 (30.13)
        1:30.25 (31.49)     2:01.16 (30.91)
        2:33.00 (31.84)     3:04.32 (31.32)
        3:36.00 (31.68)     4:07.44 (31.44)
        4:39.25 (31.81)     5:10.66 (31.41)
        5:42.74 (32.08)     6:14.90 (32.16)
        6:47.18 (32.28)     7:19.36 (32.18)
        7:51.80 (32.44)     8:23.09 (31.29)
 16 David, Calvin          16 Pleasanton Seaha  8:22.38    8:25.18  
    r:+0.76  29.87      1:01.63 (31.76)
        1:33.71 (32.08)     2:05.71 (32.00)
        2:37.69 (31.98)     3:09.68 (31.99)
        3:41.68 (32.00)     4:13.70 (32.02)
        4:45.79 (32.09)     5:17.55 (31.76)
        5:49.30 (31.75)     6:21.03 (31.73)
        6:52.96 (31.93)     7:24.51 (31.55)
        7:55.87 (31.36)     8:25.18 (29.31)
 17 Barao, Will            17 Bluefish Swim Cl  8:09.38    8:25.53  
             28.25        59.30 (31.05)
        1:30.62 (31.32)     2:01.80 (31.18)
        2:32.94 (31.14)     3:04.35 (31.41)
        3:35.97 (31.62)     4:07.66 (31.69)
        4:39.57 (31.91)     5:11.99 (32.42)
        5:44.51 (32.52)     6:17.16 (32.65)
        6:49.77 (32.61)     7:22.30 (32.53)
        7:54.38 (32.08)     8:25.53 (31.15)
 18 Murphy, James          20 Unattached Stanf  8:21.84    8:25.87  
             29.78      1:01.49 (31.71)
        1:33.63 (32.14)     2:05.50 (31.87)
        2:37.53 (32.03)     3:09.70 (32.17)
        3:41.72 (32.02)     4:13.55 (31.83)
        4:45.34 (31.79)     5:16.96 (31.62)
        5:48.63 (31.67)     6:20.42 (31.79)
        6:52.34 (31.92)     7:24.23 (31.89)
        7:55.82 (31.59)     8:25.87 (30.05)
 19 Kaskawal, Jerad        22 Tucson Ford Deal  8:11.91    8:27.11  
    r:+0.75  28.38        59.17 (30.79)
        1:30.78 (31.61)     2:02.43 (31.65)
        2:34.38 (31.95)     3:05.98 (31.60)
        3:37.97 (31.99)     4:09.81 (31.84)
        4:42.04 (32.23)     5:13.96 (31.92)
        5:46.34 (32.38)     6:18.50 (32.16)
        6:51.00 (32.50)     7:23.57 (32.57)
        7:55.91 (32.34)     8:27.11 (31.20)
 20 Haber, Ido             22 Wisconsin Aquati 15:28.78Y   8:27.62  
             28.65      1:00.63 (31.98)
        1:32.57 (31.94)     2:05.03 (32.46)
        2:37.21 (32.18)     3:09.60 (32.39)
        3:41.99 (32.39)     4:14.23 (32.24)
        4:46.50 (32.27)     5:18.68 (32.18)
        5:50.66 (31.98)     6:22.84 (32.18)
        6:54.80 (31.96)     7:26.48 (31.68)
        7:57.69 (31.21)     8:27.62 (29.93)
 21 Tsukikawa, Yugo        16 Badger Swim Club  8:29.78    8:31.12  
    r:+0.69  29.42      1:01.87 (32.45)
        1:33.99 (32.12)     2:05.99 (32.00)
        2:38.18 (32.19)     3:10.39 (32.21)
        3:42.66 (32.27)     4:14.73 (32.07)
        4:46.94 (32.21)     5:19.16 (32.22)
        5:51.17 (32.01)     6:23.37 (32.20)
        6:55.73 (32.36)     7:27.94 (32.21)
        8:00.14 (32.20)     8:31.12 (30.98)
 22 Blake, Daniel          17 Santa Clara Swim  8:31.89    8:33.59  
    r:+0.66  29.60      1:01.30 (31.70)
        1:34.08 (32.78)     2:05.90 (31.82)
        2:38.50 (32.60)     3:10.57 (32.07)
        3:43.45 (32.88)     4:15.46 (32.01)
        4:48.04 (32.58)     5:20.55 (32.51)
        5:53.37 (32.82)     6:26.15 (32.78)
        6:59.39 (33.24)     7:31.51 (32.12)
        8:03.54 (32.03)     8:33.59 (30.05)
 23 McGee, Gavin           18 Santa Clara Swim  8:33.14    8:34.34  
    r:+0.75  28.82      1:00.71 (31.89)
        1:32.95 (32.24)     2:05.04 (32.09)
        2:37.51 (32.47)     3:10.00 (32.49)
        3:42.32 (32.32)     4:15.26 (32.94)
        4:47.75 (32.49)     5:20.50 (32.75)
        5:53.59 (33.09)     6:26.37 (32.78)
        6:59.08 (32.71)     7:31.64 (32.56)
        8:04.08 (32.44)     8:34.34 (30.26)
 24 Mertz, David           17 Neptune Swimming  8:30.11    8:36.38  
    r:+0.60  29.38      1:00.90 (31.52)
        1:33.67 (32.77)     2:05.78 (32.11)
        2:38.61 (32.83)     3:10.81 (32.20)
        3:43.61 (32.80)     4:16.45 (32.84)
        4:49.06 (32.61)     5:21.93 (32.87)
        5:54.36 (32.43)     6:27.38 (33.02)
        7:00.13 (32.75)     7:32.95 (32.82)
        8:05.11 (32.16)     8:36.38 (31.27)
 25 Plattel, Lleyton       15 Pleasanton Seaha  8:09.74    8:36.84  
    r:+0.70  29.15      1:00.34 (31.19)
        1:32.42 (32.08)     2:04.58 (32.16)
        2:36.65 (32.07)     3:08.96 (32.31)
        3:41.48 (32.52)     4:14.16 (32.68)
        4:47.23 (33.07)     5:19.93 (32.70)
        5:52.57 (32.64)     6:25.34 (32.77)
        6:58.31 (32.97)     7:31.46 (33.15)
        8:04.43 (32.97)     8:36.84 (32.41)
 26 Forker, Shane          20 California Aquat  8:32.30    8:44.60  
    r:+0.64  29.33      1:00.76 (31.43)
        1:33.72 (32.96)     2:06.31 (32.59)
        2:39.34 (33.03)     3:12.44 (33.10)
        3:45.71 (33.27)     4:19.18 (33.47)
        4:52.65 (33.47)     5:25.99 (33.34)
        5:59.35 (33.36)     6:32.57 (33.22)
        7:06.05 (33.48)     7:39.37 (33.32)
        8:12.79 (33.42)     8:44.60 (31.81)
 27 Nikolaev, Alex         18 Una SLO           8:19.80    8:52.94  
             29.42      1:01.87 (32.45)
        1:34.73 (32.86)     2:08.26 (33.53)
        2:42.01 (33.75)     3:15.67 (33.66)
        3:49.63 (33.96)     4:23.78 (34.15)
        4:57.55 (33.77)     5:31.57 (34.02)
        6:05.67 (34.10)     6:40.01 (34.34)
        7:13.34 (33.33)     7:47.22 (33.88)
        8:21.07 (33.85)     8:52.94 (31.87)
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Thomas A. Small
Thomas A. Small
5 years ago

Congratulations Katie

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Juan Carlos Cordova
Juan Carlos Cordova
5 years ago

Mowgli

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Erin Marie
Erin Marie
5 years ago

Abby Dudash

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Carole Machol-Atler
Carole Machol-Atler
5 years ago

G.O.A.T.!

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Michael Maloney
Michael Maloney
5 years ago

SMH…I pray that you don’t run the swimming hall of fame like you do your swim reporting/// editing….does anyone even look proof read these articles…you have the mens 800 posted to the womens article….sloppy…like always..just saying

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