Leah Smith. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
Leah Smith coasted to an expected victory in the 800 free. Swimming for Tuscon Ford, she finished in 8:25.05.
It was Smith’s third victory of the meet and was the seventh fastest time in the world this year.
Fellow former Olympian Cierra Runge, swimming for Arizona State, finished 8:29.93.
Ally McHugh was third (8:32.21), followed by Boilermaker Aquatic’s Kaersten Meitz at 8:34.73.
Event 27 Women 800 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 8:04.79 8/7/2016 Katie Ledecky, USA
American: A 8:04.79 8/7/2016 Katie Ledecky, USA
U.S. Open: O 8:06.68 1/17/2016 Katie Ledecky, Nation's Capital
Jr World: J 8:11.00 8/24/2014 Katie Ledecky, USA
Pro Swim: P 8:06.68 2016 Katie Ledecky
Name Age Team Seed Finals FINA Points
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1 Leah Smith 23 Tucson Ford Deal 8:17.22 8:25.05 884
r:+0.70 28.88 1:00.22 (31.34)
1:31.71 (31.49) 2:03.62 (31.91)
2:35.53 (31.91) 3:07.53 (32.00)
3:39.54 (32.01) 4:11.63 (32.09)
4:43.48 (31.85) 5:15.37 (31.89)
5:46.99 (31.62) 6:18.99 (32.00)
6:50.83 (31.84) 7:22.93 (32.10)
7:54.73 (31.80) 8:25.05 (30.32)
2 Cierra Runge 22 Arizona State Un 8:29.27 8:29.93 859
r:+0.81 29.15 1:00.76 (31.61)
1:32.94 (32.18) 2:05.12 (32.18)
2:37.23 (32.11) 3:09.62 (32.39)
3:41.75 (32.13) 4:14.12 (32.37)
4:46.08 (31.96) 5:18.69 (32.61)
5:50.92 (32.23) 6:23.30 (32.38)
6:55.28 (31.98) 7:27.43 (32.15)
7:59.03 (31.60) 8:29.93 (30.90)
3 Ally McHugh 21 Unattached 8:35.01 8:32.21 847
r:+0.81 30.96 1:03.37 (32.41)
1:35.96 (32.59) 2:08.41 (32.45)
2:41.02 (32.61) 3:13.25 (32.23)
3:45.49 (32.24) 4:17.58 (32.09)
4:49.76 (32.18) 5:21.67 (31.91)
5:53.63 (31.96) 6:25.58 (31.95)
6:57.90 (32.32) 7:29.96 (32.06)
8:01.75 (31.79) 8:32.21 (30.46)
4 Kaersten Meitz 22 Boilermaker Aqua 8:34.30 8:34.73 835
r:+0.84 30.21 1:02.32 (32.11)
1:34.48 (32.16) 2:06.69 (32.21)
2:39.06 (32.37) 3:11.41 (32.35)
3:43.67 (32.26) 4:16.06 (32.39)
4:48.56 (32.50) 5:21.15 (32.59)
5:53.85 (32.70) 6:26.55 (32.70)
6:58.95 (32.40) 7:31.02 (32.07)
8:02.99 (31.97) 8:34.73 (31.74)
5 Becca Mann 20 Una Asu 8:21.77 8:35.63 831
r:+0.82 30.71 1:02.84 (32.13)
1:35.04 (32.20) 2:07.36 (32.32)
2:39.67 (32.31) 3:11.99 (32.32)
3:44.28 (32.29) 4:16.73 (32.45)
4:49.00 (32.27) 5:21.44 (32.44)
5:53.78 (32.34) 6:26.37 (32.59)
6:58.82 (32.45) 7:31.36 (32.54)
8:03.74 (32.38) 8:35.63 (31.89)
6 Mariah Denigan 15 Northern KY Clip 8:39.84 8:38.64 816
r:+0.64 29.64 1:01.61 (31.97)
1:33.87 (32.26) 2:06.57 (32.70)
2:39.25 (32.68) 3:11.90 (32.65)
3:44.24 (32.34) 4:17.03 (32.79)
4:50.01 (32.98) 5:22.70 (32.69)
5:55.44 (32.74) 6:28.13 (32.69)
7:00.77 (32.64) 7:33.65 (32.88)
8:06.33 (32.68) 8:38.64 (32.31)
7 Kristel Kobrich 32 Chile 8:33.82 8:39.81 811
r:+0.84 30.75 1:02.87 (32.12)
1:35.21 (32.34) 2:07.70 (32.49)
2:40.23 (32.53) 3:12.78 (32.55)
3:45.38 (32.60) 4:18.06 (32.68)
4:50.86 (32.80) 5:23.65 (32.79)
5:56.45 (32.80) 6:29.22 (32.77)
7:02.12 (32.90) 7:34.92 (32.80)
8:07.90 (32.98) 8:39.81 (31.91)
8 Cassy Jernberg 20 Schroeder YMCA S 8:40.71 8:39.96 810
r:+0.72 30.91 1:03.44 (32.53)
1:36.45 (33.01) 2:09.22 (32.77)
2:42.03 (32.81) 3:14.45 (32.42)
3:47.09 (32.64) 4:19.53 (32.44)
4:52.31 (32.78) 5:24.80 (32.49)
5:57.82 (33.02) 6:30.41 (32.59)
7:03.36 (32.95) 7:36.01 (32.65)
8:08.71 (32.70) 8:39.96 (31.25)
Congratulations