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Ledecky now has the opportunity to defend the World title she has won the last two World Championships in 2013 and 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Ledecky will be joined in Budapest once again by <strong>Leah Smith<\/strong> who finished second at 4:03.77. That is the fourth individual event Smith has qualified for for World Championships this summer, while it is Ledecky&#8217;s third. <strong>Sierra Schmidt<\/strong> of Club Wolverine was third at 4:07.92.<\/p>\n<p>Purdue&#8217;s <strong>Kaersten Meitz<\/strong> (4:08.38), Wisconsin&#8217;s <strong>Cierra Runge<\/strong> (4:08.43), NC State&#8217;s <strong>Hannah Moore<\/strong> (4:09.55), Stanford&#8217;s <strong>Katie Drabot<\/strong> (4:11.54) and Auburn&#8217;s <strong>Ashley Neidigh<\/strong> (4:15.29) also competed in the A-final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"264040\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-rockets-to-another-sub-four-minute-400-free\/screen-shot-2017-06-30-at-6-26-56-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-6.26.56-PM-e1498861732445.png\" data-orig-size=\"768,588\" 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=\"400-free-women\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-06-30 at 6.26.56 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-6.26.56-PM-e1498861732445-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-6.26.56-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-264040\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-6.26.56-PM-e1498861732445-700x500.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-06-30 at 6.26.56 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katie Ledecky broke four minutes for the tenth time in her career on Friday night at the 2017 Phillips 66 USA Swimming National Championships. 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