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Katie Ledecky<\/strong> broke her own American record in the 1,650-yard freestyle on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Stanford sophomore won the race in 15:03.31 during the final day of the Art Adamson Invitational at Texas A&M.<\/p>\n

Complete results of Saturday’s events to follow.<\/p>\n

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