{"id":143343,"date":"2015-07-14T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T18:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=143343"},"modified":"2015-07-14T16:42:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T23:42:29","slug":"katie-ledecky-grant-shoults-200-free-high-school-all-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-grant-shoults-200-free-high-school-all-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky, Grant Shoults Break 200 Free Records To Lead High School All-Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"

It took a couple of record-breaking swims to get to the top of the NISCA High School All-American rankings in the 200-yard freestyle, with Katie Ledecky<\/strong> and Grant Shoults<\/strong> leading an impressive roster of swimmers from the 2014-2015 high school season.<\/p>\n

Our 11-part NISCA All-American Showcase is highlighting each event on the high school swimming schedule, and Swimming World<\/i> is proud to partner with the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association to provide a global spotlight on high school swimming in the United States.<\/p>\n

Ledecky made the most of her final high school season, lowering her own national high school record<\/a> in the 200 free with a 1:41.55 at the D.C. Metro Championships in February while representing Stone Ridge High School. It was a stellar swim for Ledecky, who continues to work her way to the top of the all-time standings in the event. The swim was the sixth-fastest performance in history at the time, though it has since moved down to 11th thanks to a few swims by Missy Franklin<\/strong> and Simone Manuel<\/strong> at the collegiate level.<\/p>\n

Katie McLaughlin<\/strong> of Santa Margarita Catholic High School is also showing improvements in the 200 free, dropping her lifetime best to 1:43.01 for second place in the national high school rankings. Third overall was Carmel High School\u2019s Claire Adams<\/strong> with a 1:45.09.<\/p>\n

Girls 200 Freestyle National Top 8 (Mobile users: Click the “+” to expand content)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Grant Shoults<\/strong>, a junior at Santa Margarita Catholic High School, made history by breaking a 24-year-old national record in the 200-yard freestyle<\/a> at the California Interscholastic Federation\u2019s Southern Section Championships last May. His 1:34.54 broke the national record for independent schools that was set in 1991 by Joe Hudepohl<\/strong>, who would go on to win medals at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

Shoults now turns his focus to the overall national high school record of 1:33.83 swum by Tom Shields in 2009. He might need to get under 1:34 to sit at the top of the national high school rankings next year, as fellow Californian Maxime Rooney<\/strong> is bound to perform well in 2016. Rooney swam a 1:34.58 at the CIF Northern Section meet the same weekend as Shoults.<\/p>\n

Ranked third nationally is St. Xavier High School sophomore Grant House<\/strong>, whose 1:35.28 signals great things to come in the 2015-2016 season.<\/p>\n

Boys 200 Freestyle National Top 8 (Mobile users: Click the “+” to expand content)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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2014-15 NISCA Girls High School All-Americans<\/h2>\n