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But even with all the NAG, American, and World records set across the country this week, there was one that stood out above all the rest: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-breaks-900-for-1000-yard-free-american-record\/\">Katie Ledecky\u2019s <\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-breaks-900-for-1000-yard-free-american-record\/\">incredible 1,000-yard freestyle from last day of the NCAP Invitational<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With that swim, <strong>Ledecky <\/strong>became the first woman to break 9:00 in the 1,000 freestyle as she continues to push distance swimming to new, otherworldly heights. Her swim broke <strong>Katie Hoff\u2019s <\/strong>old record of 9:10.77 from 2007 by over <em>11 seconds <\/em>en route to a 4:30.90-4:28.75 negative split. By the way, nobody other than <strong>Ledecky <\/strong>has swam a 500 faster than 4:28.75, and she did it after splitting 4:30.90! Her 500 splits from that 1,000 would rank her eighth and fifth respectively on the all-time fastest 500 list.<\/p>\n<p>To put that swim into greater context, she did it after posting the fourth fastest 200 freestyle with a 1:41.04, winning the 400 IM in 4:01.69, and winning the 500 free in 4:28.17. 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