Ledecky Tops 1500 Free in Santa Clara with Fifth Fastest Swim of All Time

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Women’s 1500 Freestyle

Katie Ledecky easily dominated the women’s 1500 freestyle in the first session in Santa Clara. Her time of 15:35.65, the fifth fastest of all time, is the fastest time in the world this year by nearly 30 seconds.

Ledecky finished almost 40 seconds ahead of the next closest competitor, Chile’s Kristel Kobrich. Kobrich’s time of 16:12.89 is the fifth fastest time in the world this year.

Island Swim Club’s Mackenzie Padington finished third in 16:31.33. Ledecky’s Stanford teammates Leah Stevens and Megan Byrnes swam a close race, finishing fourth and fifth in 16:36.13 and 16:36.31, respectively.

Chenoa Devine of the Davis Aquadarts placed sixth in 16:38.30, while Mexico’s Ayumi Macias Alba was seventh in 16:51.14.

Georgia’s Meg Finnon rounded out the top eight in 17:13.11.

Event 1  Women 1500 LC Meter Freestyle
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    Name                  Age Team                 Seed     Finals        
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  1 Ledecky, Katie G       20 Un-Stanford-PC-  15:25.48   15:35.65  
  2 Kobrich, Kristel       31 Chile-US-        16:01.63   16:12.89  
  3 Padington, Mackenzie   18 Island Swimming-  8:31.68   16:31.33  
  4 Stevens, Leah C        20 Un-Stanford-PC-  15:52.36Y  16:36.13  
  5 Byrnes, Megan E        18 Un-Stanford-PC-  15:47.62Y  16:36.31  
  6 Devine, Chenoa W       18 Davis Aquadarts- 16:55.25   16:38.30  
  7 Macias Alba, Ayumi A   20 Mexico-US-       16:50.28   16:51.14  
  8 Finnon, Meg H          19 Georgia-GA-      16:45.91   17:13.11

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Michael Maloney

8 years ago

Crush…Kill…Destroy….repeat…Crush…Kill…Destroy…nothing else needs to be said

Jan Kinsella

8 years ago

Thanks for posting this. Great news!