Katie Ledecky Repeats 500 NCAA Title; Leads 1-2 With Katie Drabot

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In what came as no surprise, Stanford sophomore Katie Ledecky easily defended her NCAA title in the 500 with a 4:26.57. She was a little off her NCAA record of 4:24.06 from last season, but she defended her title and led a 1-2 finish with Stanford teammate and fellow sophomore Katie Drabot.

Drabot finished in second at 4:34.86 in a tight race ahead of Arizona’s Kirsten Jacobsen (4:35.04) and Virginia’s Jen Marrkand (4:35.21).

This is the biggest margin for a swimmer in the 500, as the previous margin was 5.91 seconds with Caroline Burckle of Florida winning over Maggie Bird of Auburn in 2008 in the same Ohio State pool ten years later.

This is the second year in a row Ledecky has won the 500 and is Stanford’s ninth win all-time in the 500 as she joins Janet Evans (1990, 1991), Jessica Foschi (2001), Lisa Jacob (1993) and Marybeth Linzmeier (1982-1984) as winners in the event for the Cardinal.

 Event 3  Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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         NCAA: N 4:24.06  3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
     American: A 4:24.06  3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
    U.S. Open: O 4:24.06  3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
         Meet: C 4:24.06  3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
         Pool: P 4:26.46  11/18/2016Katie Ledecky, Stanford
                 4:36.30  AUTO NCAA A Standard
                 4:47.79  CONS NCAA B Standard
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Katie Ledecky    SO Stanford          4:29.73    4:26.57         20  
    r:+0.68  24.71        51.19 (26.48)
        1:18.18 (26.99)     1:44.76 (26.58)
        2:11.94 (27.18)     2:39.08 (27.14)
        3:06.11 (27.03)     3:33.26 (27.15)
        4:00.28 (27.02)     4:26.57 (26.29)
  2 Katie Drabot     SO Stanford          4:36.68    4:34.86         17  
    r:+0.72  25.56        52.79 (27.23)
        1:20.71 (27.92)     1:49.14 (28.43)
        2:17.27 (28.13)     2:44.63 (27.36)
        3:12.28 (27.65)     3:40.13 (27.85)
        4:07.95 (27.82)     4:34.86 (26.91)
  3 Kirsten Jacobse  SO Arizona           4:36.07    4:35.04         16  
    r:+0.77  25.16        52.78 (27.62)
        1:20.73 (27.95)     1:48.98 (28.25)
        2:17.16 (28.18)     2:45.11 (27.95)
        3:12.79 (27.68)     3:40.40 (27.61)
        4:08.07 (27.67)     4:35.04 (26.97)
  4 Jen Marrkand     SR Virginia          4:35.53    4:35.21         15  
    r:+0.65  25.62        53.55 (27.93)
        1:21.53 (27.98)     1:49.60 (28.07)
        2:17.66 (28.06)     2:45.42 (27.76)
        3:13.36 (27.94)     3:41.11 (27.75)
        4:08.59 (27.48)     4:35.21 (26.62)
  5 Kaersten Meitz   SR Purdue            4:35.82    4:36.83         14  
    r:+0.83  26.51        54.67 (28.16)
        1:22.93 (28.26)     1:51.32 (28.39)
        2:19.32 (28.00)     2:47.07 (27.75)
        3:14.84 (27.77)     3:42.45 (27.61)
        4:10.01 (27.56)     4:36.83 (26.82)
  6 Evie Pfeifer     FR Texas             4:37.12    4:36.96         13  
    r:+0.77  26.38        54.46 (28.08)
        1:22.79 (28.33)     1:51.14 (28.35)
        2:19.24 (28.10)     2:47.24 (28.00)
        3:15.08 (27.84)     3:42.86 (27.78)
        4:10.42 (27.56)     4:36.96 (26.54)
  7 Hannah Moore     SR NCState           4:37.25    4:37.78         12  
    r:+0.73  25.57        53.07 (27.50)
        1:20.92 (27.85)     1:49.14 (28.22)
        2:17.40 (28.26)     2:45.55 (28.15)
        3:13.93 (28.38)     3:42.22 (28.29)
        4:10.49 (28.27)     4:37.78 (27.29)
  8 G Ryan           SR Michigan          4:36.42    4:42.46         11  
    r:+0.70  26.41        54.69 (28.28)
        1:23.09 (28.40)     1:51.62 (28.53)
        2:20.10 (28.48)     2:48.71 (28.61)
        3:17.42 (28.71)     3:46.00 (28.58)
        4:14.61 (28.61)     4:42.46 (27.85)
   Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 3                 
 
  1. Stanford                          124   2. Michigan                           78
  3. Virginia                           69   4. California                         66
  5. Texas                              63   6. Tennessee                          62
  7. Louisville                         59   8. Georgia                            39
  9. Arizona                            30  10. Ohio St                            24
 11. Minnesota                          22  12. Southern Cal                       20
 13. NC State                           18  13. Texas A&M                          18
 15. UNC                                14  15. Purdue                             14
 17. Kentucky                           12  18. Missouri                           10
 19. Penn St                             9  20. Wisconsin                           8
 21. UCLA                                6  22. Auburn                              4
 22. Alabama                             4  24. Indiana                             2
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Joyce Nordeman Rivers
6 years ago

My 11 year old daughter was thrilled to watch Katie swim tonight. So inspiring to the next generation. She is crazy amazing!

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