{"id":164211,"date":"2015-12-13T19:17:01","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T02:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=164211"},"modified":"2015-12-13T19:24:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T02:24:03","slug":"katie-ledecky-highlights-final-day-of-2015-nations-capital-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-highlights-final-day-of-2015-nations-capital-invitational\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky Highlights Final Day of 2015 Nations Capital Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katie Ledecky\u00a0<\/strong>of Nations Capital threw down a record shattering 8:59.65<\/a> in the 1,000-yard free to kick off the fourth and final day of the 2015 Nations Capital Invitational held at the University of Maryland.<\/p>\n

Matthew Hirschberger<\/strong> of NCAP cruised to first in the boys open 1,000-yard free stopping the clock at 9:01.31. Teammate\u00a0Andrew Gemmell<\/strong> finished close behind with a time of 9:01.59.<\/p>\n

Allie Szekely\u00a0<\/strong>of CBST delivered a sizzling 1:54.95 to edge out the competition in the girls open 200-yard backstroke. SSC’s Alex Sumner<\/b> finished second overall in the event with a time of 1:56.09, barely edging out NCAP’s\u00a0Anna Belousova\u00a0<\/strong>who touched with a 1:56.11.<\/p>\n

CPAC’s\u00a0John Montesi<\/strong>\u00a0finished first in the boys open 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:46.92. NCAP’s\u00a0Christopher Murphy<\/strong> took second overall with a final time of 1:47.88, while\u00a0Tyler Kim\u00a0<\/strong>of EST was third with a 1:48.55.<\/p>\n

Ledecky was back at it in the girls open 100-yard free turning in a final time of 48.28 to win the event. Teammate\u00a0Morgan Hill<\/strong> finished one second behind with a 49.36, and CBST’s\u00a0Morgan Scott\u00a0<\/strong>finished third overall with a 50.33.<\/p>\n

Eric Knight<\/strong> of MAC posted a final time of 43.86 to finish first in the boys open 100-yard free.\u00a0Vince Regent <\/strong>(44.71)\u00a0of NCAP and\u00a0James Murphy<\/strong>\u00a0(44.94) of MACH kept it close finishing second and third respectively.<\/p>\n

It was a battle to the finish in the girls open 200-yard IM between Belousova and Szekely. Despite leading throughout the beginning half of the race Szekely slipped behind Belousova in the breaststroke leg. Belousova stopped the clock at 1:58.71, a slim .07 seconds ahead of Szekely’s 1:58.78.<\/p>\n

Hugh Anderson\u00a0<\/strong>of MACH and\u00a0Reese Whitley<\/strong> of PCAC kept a tight race in the boys open 200-yard IM finishing a .16 seconds apart. Despite a swift comeback in the breaststroke leg from Whitley, Anderson got his hand to the wall first stopping the clock at 1:47.79. Whitley finished second with a 1:47.95.<\/p>\n

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