{"id":230023,"date":"2016-11-22T08:20:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T15:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=230023"},"modified":"2016-11-22T08:20:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T15:20:24","slug":"the-week-that-was-stanford-women-highlight-week-of-college-invitationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-stanford-women-highlight-week-of-college-invitationals\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Stanford Women Highlight Week Of College Invitationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week was another big week in NCAA swimming, with many of the pre-Thanksgiving Invitationals kicking off across the country and <\/span><b>Katie Ledecky <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continuing her onslaught on the NCAA record books. Read recaps of those meets and more from The Week That Was!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6w4nCgg7of0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=1\" width=\"470\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #5 &#8211; Several Hungarian Swimmers Speak Out Against National Federation<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_47490\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/another-katinka-hosszu-world-record-keys-day-2-prelims-at-fina-world-cup-stop-in-dubai\/daniel-gyurta-pos-1-hungary_3-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47490\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47490\" data-attachment-id=\"47490\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/another-katinka-hosszu-world-record-keys-day-2-prelims-at-fina-world-cup-stop-in-dubai\/daniel-gyurta-pos-1-hungary_3-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Daniel-Gyurta-Pos-1-Hungary_31-e1409554831505.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1485,1113\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Joao Marc Bosch&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1375384193&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Daniel Gyurta Pos 1 Hungary_3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Daniel-Gyurta-Pos-1-Hungary_31-e1409554831505-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Daniel-Gyurta-Pos-1-Hungary_31-e1409554831505-1024x767.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47490\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Daniel-Gyurta-Pos-1-Hungary_31-e1409554831505-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week, several prominent Hungarian swimmers spoke out publically against their country\u2019s National Swimming Federation. Olympic gold medalist <\/span><b>Katinka Hosszu <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">called for the President of the Federation,<\/span><b> Tamas Gyarfas, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to step down in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katinka-hosszu-calls-for-president-of-hungarian-swimming-federation-to-resign\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">statement posted to her Facebook page earlier this week<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Citing poor management of training operations for the Hungarian National Team, <\/span><b>Hosszu <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">argued that the upcoming World Championships in Budapest will suffer from the President\u2019s poor management skills. Fellow gold medalist <\/span><b>Daniel Gyurta <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2012-gold-medalist-daniel-gyurta-admits-issues-with-hungarian-national-federation\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expressed similar sentiments in a Facebook post of his own<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, again pointing to the upcoming World Championships as a source of tension. <\/span><b>Boglarka Kapas, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the bronze medalist in the 800 free in Rio, also released a statement similar to <\/span><b>Gyurta\u2019s, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">speaking out against the organization as a whole. While no action has been taken so far related to the swimmers\u2019 comments, it is yet to be seen what impact this may have on the upcoming World Championships in Budapest.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #4 &#8211; 2016 Asian Championships<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_152407\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rikako-ikee-2015-fina-world-juniors-1-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152407\" data-attachment-id=\"152407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-stanford-women-highlight-week-of-college-invitationals\/rikako-ikee-2015-fina-world-juniors-1-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/rikako-ikee-2015-fina-world-juniors-1-2-e1510741323953.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,573\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rikako-ikee-2015-fina-world-juniors-1 (2)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;11\/15\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nrikako-ikee-2015-fina-world-juniors-1 (2)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Singapore Swimming Federation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/rikako-ikee-2015-fina-world-juniors-1-2-e1503364816562-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/rikako-ikee-2015-fina-world-juniors-1-2-e1503364816562-1024x733.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-152407\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/rikako-ikee-2015-fina-world-juniors-1-2-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"rikako-ikee-2015-fina-world-juniors-1 (2)\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-152407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Singapore Swimming Federation<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2016 Asian Swimming Championships took place in Tokyo, Japan last week and saw over a dozen Championship records and a few national records fall during the competition. The young <\/span><b>Rikako Ikee <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was a star for the Japanese team. The 16-year old <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rikako-ikee-lowers-100-free-japanese-national-record\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lowered the Japanese National Record in the 100 freestyle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, hitting the wall in 53.68 to beat her existing record from the 2016 Olympic Trials. She also set championship records in winning the 50 butterfly (25.74) and 50 free (24.90), and won the 100 butterfly (57.46). South Korea <\/span><b>Park Tae Hwan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also made a return to competition following a controversial quadrennial for the swimmer, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/park-tae-hwan-announces-continuation-of-swimming-career\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all stemming from a positive test for testosterone back in 2014<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He won the 100, 200, 400, and 1,500 freestyles throughout the meet. Notably, his 100 freestyle time (48.57) was only .15 seconds off of his lifetime best. You can see full recaps of all four days of the 2016 Asian Championships on our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2016-asian-swimming-championships\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Event Landing Page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #3 &#8211; Yannick Agnel Officially Retires<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_47098\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/video-yannick-agnel-smokes-200-free-final-in-austin\/olympics-swimming-mens-200m-freestyle-finals-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47098\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47098\" data-attachment-id=\"47098\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/video-yannick-agnel-smokes-200-free-final-in-austin\/olympics-swimming-mens-200m-freestyle-finals-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/USATSI_6423942.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5184,3456\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Jul 30, 2012; London, United Kingdom; Yannick Agnel (FRA) poses with his gold medal after winning the men&#039;s 200m freestyle finals during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Aquatics Centre. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1343679278&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;USA TODAY Sports&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;300&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Olympics: Swimming-Men&#039;s 200m Freestyle-Finals&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Yannick Agnel\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Jul 30, 2012; London, United Kingdom; Yannick Agnel (FRA) poses with his gold medal after winning the men&#8217;s 200m freestyle finals during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Aquatics Centre. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Yannick Agnel &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/USATSI_6423942-470x315.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/USATSI_6423942-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47098\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/USATSI_6423942-470x315.jpg\" alt=\"Jul 30, 2012; London, United Kingdom; Yannick Agnel (FRA) poses with his gold medal after winning the men's 200m freestyle finals during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Aquatics Centre. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports\" width=\"470\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/USATSI_6423942-470x315.jpg 470w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/USATSI_6423942-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/USATSI_6423942-184x122.jpg 184w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/USATSI_6423942-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">French Olympic gold medalist <\/span><b>Yannick Agnel <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/yannick-agnel-confirms-retirement-in-facebook-post\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">confirmed this week that he has retired from swimming in a Facebook post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Agnel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had hinted at the Rio Olympic Games that he was at the end of his career. <\/span><b>Agnel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the 200 freestyle at the 2012 London Olympic Games, just a day after running down <\/span><b>Ryan Lochte <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the 400 free relay to win the gold medal for the French Olympic Team. The frenchman backed up that title a year later at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona when he won the 200 free, his last international gold medal. Following that meet he made a move to the United States in 2014 to train with <\/span><b>Bob Bowman <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at North Baltimore Aquatic Club, which also marked a decline in his career. He won a single bronze medal in the 200 free at the European Championships in 2014, and declined to swim at the 2015 Kazan World Championships due to illness. The 2016 Rio Olympics were his final competition, where he finished 19th, failing to make it out of prelims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimoutlet.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"134900\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-competition-heats-up-in-usa-and-australia\/twtw_graphic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWTW_GRAPHIC.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Week That Was\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sponsored By SwimOutlet.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWTW_GRAPHIC-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWTW_GRAPHIC-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-134900\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TWTW_GRAPHIC-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"The Week That Was\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #2 &#8211; Pre-Thanksgiving NCAA Invitationals Kick Off<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_210679\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/caeleb-dressel-12\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210679\" data-attachment-id=\"210679\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-stanford-women-highlight-week-of-college-invitationals\/caeleb-dressel-12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/caeleb-dressel-2016-o-trials-9051.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;caeleb-dressel-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1467372338&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;caeleb-dressel-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"caeleb-dressel-2016-o-trials 9051\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;7\/11\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\n11\/19\/16&lt;br \/&gt;\n7\/26\/2016&lt;br \/&gt;\ncaeleb-dressel- 2016, 50 Free, Dressel Caeleb, Olympic Trials, Omaha, USA Swimming&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/caeleb-dressel-2016-o-trials-9051-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/caeleb-dressel-2016-o-trials-9051-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-210679\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/caeleb-dressel-2016-o-trials-9051-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"caeleb-dressel-\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-210679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week marked the beginning of the winter invitationals, with several big name pre-Thanksgiving invitationals giving athletes from around the country chances to post some of the top times so far in the season. Florida junior <\/span><b>Caeleb Dressel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was absolutely on fire at the 2016 Georgia Tech Invitational, beginning with a 18.73 lead-off leg of the 200 free relay. That is good for the top time in the country by a country mile and makes him the first man under 19.00 this season. He would later back that up with win\u2019s in the 50 free (19.28), 100 butterfly (44.86), and 100 free (41.60), the latter two also #1 times in the country so far. <\/span><b>Dressel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would also win the 200 IM, an off-event for him, in 1:42.7 to lead the country. <\/span><b>Sarah Gibson <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had a stellar meet at the 2016 Art Adamson Invitational, winning 5 events to help the Texas A&amp;M women to a team victory, while <\/span><b>Ryan Held <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won 3 individual events at the 2016 NC State Invitational.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps the most unexpected swim of the week came from <\/span><b>Andrew Sansoucie, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a senior at Missouri who dropped a full second from his lifetime best to tie for the fastest time in the country in the 100 butterfly. <\/span><b>Sansoucie <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">went 44.86 to drop a full second from his personal best for last year\u2019s NCAA meet and vault himself into the top-10 fastest performers in history. To see all of the results from the pre-Thanksgiving NCAA Invitationals, head over to our <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/category\/college\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">College News Landing Page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #1 &#8211; Ledecky Adds Name To NCAA Record Books, Clips American Records<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_229832\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-close-up\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-229832\" data-attachment-id=\"229832\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-stanford-women-highlight-week-of-college-invitationals\/katie-ledecky-close-up\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/katie-ledecky-close-up.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2417,1721\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"katie-ledecky-close-up\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;11\/21\/16 &#038; 2\/22\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nkatie-ledecky-close-up&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Stanford Athletics&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/katie-ledecky-close-up-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/katie-ledecky-close-up-1024x729.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-229832\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/katie-ledecky-close-up-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"katie-ledecky-close-up\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/katie-ledecky-close-up-700x500.jpg 700w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/katie-ledecky-close-up-533x380.jpg 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/katie-ledecky-close-up-280x200.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-229832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Stanford Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Katie Ledecky <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the rest of the Stanford Cardinal had several noteworthy performances at the Ohio State Invitational this weekend. Coming off her first NCAA record in the 1,000 free last week, <\/span><b>Ledecky <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">became the first woman in the NCAA to break 4:30 in the 500 free. She did it <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-breaks-500-free-ncaa-record-prelims-ohio-state-invite\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first in prelims<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (4:27.54), breaking <\/span><b>Leah Smith\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCAA record of 4:30.37 from 2015, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-clips-american-record-in-500-free-at-osu-invite\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">before taking it lower that night to 4:26.46 in finals<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Not only was that a new NCAA record, but that clipped the gold medalist\u2019s best time from last year by .12, setting a new American record as well. <\/span><b>Ledecky <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continued <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-blazes-past-american-and-ncaa-1650-free-records\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with another NCAA and American record in the 1,650 freestyle on the final night of the meet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, touching at 15:03.92 to cruise by her 2014 American record by almost ten seconds and break <\/span><b>Leah Smith\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCAA record by almost twenty seconds. 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