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Katie Ledecky cruised to first place in the women’s 400 free to begin the final night of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series in Santa Clara. The newly-turned professional swimmer posted a time of 4:00.51 to complement her 200 and 800 wins from earlier this weekend.
Ledecky was a few seconds off of her world-leading 3:57.94 set last month in Indy.
Leah Smith dropped nearly three seconds from her morning swim to take second in 4:04.72. Melanie Margalis finished third in 4:08.84.
Kennedy Goss (4:13.96), Regan Smith (4:14.34), Courtney Harnish (4:15.35), Ashley Neidigh (4:17.36), Ayumi Macias Alba (4:18.09) and Chenoa Devine (4:21.87) rounded out the top heat.
=== Championship Final ===
1 Ledecky, Katie 21 Stanford Swimmin 4:04.06 4:00.51
r:+0.55 27.72 57.22 (29.50)
1:27.15 (29.93) 1:57.81 (30.66)
2:28.46 (30.65) 2:59.49 (31.03)
3:30.34 (30.85) 4:00.51 (30.17)
2 Smith, Leah 23 Tucson Ford Deal 4:07.50 4:04.72
r:+0.72 28.76 59.10 (30.34)
1:29.87 (30.77) 2:00.70 (30.83)
2:31.91 (31.21) 3:03.13 (31.22)
3:34.40 (31.27) 4:04.72 (30.32)
3 Margalis, Melanie 26 Saint Petersburg 4:10.87 4:08.84
r:+0.71 29.13 59.89 (30.76)
1:31.15 (31.26) 2:02.70 (31.55)
2:34.34 (31.64) 3:06.24 (31.90)
3:38.24 (32.00) 4:08.84 (30.60)
4 Goss, Kennedy 21 Swim Ontario 4:14.21 4:13.96
r:+0.67 29.99 1:01.90 (31.91)
1:34.09 (32.19) 2:06.42 (32.33)
2:38.72 (32.30) 3:10.94 (32.22)
3:42.77 (31.83) 4:13.96 (31.19)
5 Smith, Regan 16 Riptide Swim Tea 4:16.75 4:14.34
r:+0.69 29.10 1:00.40 (31.30)
1:32.85 (32.45) 2:05.45 (32.60)
2:38.35 (32.90) 3:10.97 (32.62)
3:43.48 (32.51) 4:14.34 (30.86)
6 Harnish, Courtney 19 York YMCA 4:16.12 4:15.35
r:+0.78 30.32 1:01.87 (31.55)
1:33.87 (32.00) 2:05.97 (32.10)
2:38.53 (32.56) 3:10.73 (32.20)
3:43.39 (32.66) 4:15.35 (31.96)
7 Neidigh, Ashley 23 Una MVN 4:16.86 4:17.36
r:+0.78 29.74 1:01.78 (32.04)
1:33.45 (31.67) 2:05.84 (32.39)
2:38.35 (32.51) 3:11.08 (32.73)
3:44.22 (33.14) 4:17.36 (33.14)
8 Macias Alba, Ayumi 21 Mexico 4:19.61 4:18.09
r:+0.71 30.68 1:02.32 (31.64)
1:35.04 (32.72) 2:07.27 (32.23)
2:40.39 (33.12) 3:12.88 (32.49)
3:46.25 (33.37) 4:18.09 (31.84)
9 Devine, Chenoa 19 California Aquat 4:20.19 4:21.87
r:+0.71 29.72 1:01.85 (32.13)
1:34.55 (32.70) 2:07.58 (33.03)
2:40.94 (33.36) 3:14.72 (33.78)
3:48.57 (33.85) 4:21.87 (33.30)
Congratulations