Katie Ledecky Rockets to Another Sub-Four Minute 400 Free

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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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Katie Ledecky broke four minutes for the tenth time in her career on Friday night at the 2017 Phillips 66 USA Swimming National Championships. Ledecky won the race comfortably with a 3:58.44 to break her US Open Record she had at 3:58.86 that was set at the 2014 Nationals. That swim was a world record at the time. Ledecky now has the opportunity to defend the World title she has won the last two World Championships in 2013 and 2015.

Ledecky will be joined in Budapest once again by Leah Smith who finished second at 4:03.77. That is the fourth individual event Smith has qualified for for World Championships this summer, while it is Ledecky’s third. Sierra Schmidt of Club Wolverine was third at 4:07.92.

Purdue’s Kaersten Meitz (4:08.38), Wisconsin’s Cierra Runge (4:08.43), NC State’s Hannah Moore (4:09.55), Stanford’s Katie Drabot (4:11.54) and Auburn’s Ashley Neidigh (4:15.29) also competed in the A-final.

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Pat Kennedy
6 years ago

Katie Ledecky and Leah Smith, Team USA’s Dynamic Duo. Can’t wait to see you and all of TEAM USA in Budapest at World Champs.

Cindy Ault Kittrell
6 years ago

No video?

Janell Sailer
6 years ago

Wow it just never ends with her does it?

Askar Amirkhanov
6 years ago

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