LumaLanes Performance of the Week: Katie Ledecky’s NCAA Record

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This week’s LumaLanes Performance of the Week goes to Katie Ledecky, who put her name in the NCAA Record books for the first time by breaking the NCAA record in the 1000 freestyle.

Touching in 9:10.49, Ledecky took almost 10 seconds off the previous record of 9:20.15, which had been set by Leah Smith at the 2016 ACC Championships. Check out Ledecky’s splits from the race below:

This is Ledecky’s first NCAA record since beginning her freshman campaign at Stanford. As you may remember, she redshirted the 2015-2015 season to prepare for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games after verbally committing to Stanford way back in May of 2014. Ledecky’s swim also broke the Stanford pool record of 9:30.69, which had been held by distance legend Janet Evans since 1990.

That time is a little more than 10 second off of her lifetime best of 8:59.65, which she did at the NCAP Invitational back in December of 2015. That time stands as the American Record in the event. This time gives Ledecky the top time in the country in the event this year, with Leah Smith’s recent 9:21.54 from the 2016 USA College Challenge as the next fastest time. Ledecky is also currently ranked second in the 500 free behind Virginia’s Smith (4:33.94 to 4:32.52) and is fourth in the 200 free (1:44.18), and should be a major part of Stanford’s challenge for an NCAA Championship this year. The team is currently ranked #1 based on the latest CSCAA Coaches Poll.

Congratulations Katie Ledecky on earning Swimming World’s Performance of the Week!

Special Thanks to LumaLanes for sponsoring Swimming World’s Performance of the Week.

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