{"id":122399,"date":"2015-02-07T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=122399"},"modified":"2015-02-07T16:12:30","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T23:12:30","slug":"katie-ledecky-smokes-500-free-american-h-s-mark-race-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-smokes-500-free-american-h-s-mark-race-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky Smokes 500 Free American, H.S. Mark (Race Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BOYDS &#8211; Last night, superstar Katie Ledecky <a title=\"Katie Ledecky Destroys 500 Free American, High School Record\" href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-destroys-500-free-american-high-school-record\/\" target=\"_blank\">took down the American and high school record in the 500-yard freestyle at the D.C. Metro Championships during prelims<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, race footage showing her beat the entire field by 75 yards has shown up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ledecky 500 - 4:26 Am. Record!  06 Feb. 2015\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mu7SFIpzG18?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Ledecky, swimming for Stone Ridge in her final high school meet before heading off to Stanford or a gap year to focus on the Olympics, blasted a time of 4:26.58 in prelims tonight, <a title=\"Katie Ledecky Smashes American Record, National High School Record in 500 Free at DC Metros\" href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-smashes-american-record-national-high-school-record-in-500-free-at-dc-metros\/\" target=\"_blank\">demolishing her previous American record and high school record\u00a0of 4:28.71 set a year ago at this meet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Katie Ledecky American Record Splits<\/h2>\n<p><em>24.94, 51.74 (26.80), 1:18.70 (26.96), 1:45.77 (27.07), 2:12.96 (27.19), 2:39.80 (26.84), 3:06.63 (26.83), 3:33.76 (27.13), 4:00.63 (26.87), 4:26.58 (25.95).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes, she came home in 25.95. \u00a0That\u2019s just unreal.<\/p>\n<p>Dagny Knutson remains in control of the national public school record with her 4:34.78 swimming for North Dakota in 2008.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4:26.58 amazing swim by Katie Ledecky in the 500Fr. 2.13 second drop &amp; 3.89 seconds faster than next best All-Time. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/JlwNXgfa7D\">pic.twitter.com\/JlwNXgfa7D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; USA Swimming News (@USASwimmingNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USASwimmingNews\/status\/563891472257146880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOYDS &#8211; Last night, superstar Katie Ledecky took down the American and high school record in the 500-yard freestyle at the D.C. 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