{"id":264447,"date":"2017-07-04T13:05:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T20:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=264447"},"modified":"2017-07-04T13:11:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T20:11:37","slug":"lumalanes-performance-of-the-week-leah-smiths-jaw-dropping-400-im","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lumalanes-performance-of-the-week-leah-smiths-jaw-dropping-400-im\/","title":{"rendered":"LumaLanes Performance of the Week: Leah Smith\u2019s Jaw Dropping 400 IM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week\u2019s Performance Of The Week, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lumalanes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sponsored by LumaLanes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, goes to <\/span><b>Leah Smith <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/leah-smith-wins-400-im-national-title-ella-eastin-draws-dq-after-placing-2nd\/\" target=\"_blank\">her win in the 400 IM at the 2017 Phillips 66 US National Championships<\/a> this week. Smith won the event handily in 4:33.86, a huge best time and the third fastest time so far of 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LumaLanes Performance of the Week -- July 4, 2017 -- Leah Smith\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t_RekYElSA8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smith had an amazing National Championships, grabbing individual berths in the 200, 400, 800, and 1500 freestyles. But while the former Virginia Cavalier\u00a0has always been known for her prowess in the freestyle events, she has never been a major force in the 400 IM on the national or international stage until now. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To say that Smith\u2019s swim was a surprise would be an understatement. The Virginia swimmer\u2019s best long course time coming into 2017 was a 4:55.95 according to USA Swimming\u2019s database. She swam the event at the 2017 Charlotte UltraSwim in early June, dropping over ten second to go a personal best of 4:42.94, and was able to drop nearly 10 seconds more to win the event at Nationals less than a month later. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smith admitted in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/video-interview-leah-smith-shows-the-world-she-is-not-just-a-freestyler\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">post-race interview<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that she \u201ctalked a lot of smack\u201d to her coaches to let her swim the event this year and said she was even considering swimming the event at NCAAs before ultimately opting for the 200 free. Only time will tell how much Smith can continue to drop in that event leading up to Worlds in Budapest, but with the event being a relatively new one for her it\u2019s safe to say that anything could happen in just a few weeks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations Leah Smith on earning Swimming World\u2019s Performance of the Week!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Special Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lumalanes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LumaLanes <\/a>for sponsoring Swimming World&#8217;s Performance of the Week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Learn More About LumaLanes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1HTqQPBuCLQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Performance Of The Week, sponsored by LumaLanes, goes to Leah Smith 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