{"id":289418,"date":"2017-12-29T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=289418"},"modified":"2017-12-20T09:19:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T16:19:38","slug":"female-ncaa-performance-of-the-year-katie-ledecky-500-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/female-ncaa-performance-of-the-year-katie-ledecky-500-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Female NCAA Performance of the Year: Katie Ledecky&#8217;s 500 Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Swimming World&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>Female NCAA Performance of the Year goes to\u00a0<strong>Katie Ledecky\u00a0<\/strong>for her record-breaking 500 free at this year&#8217;s NCAA championships. She posted a time of 4:24.06 to crush her previous American and NCAA record.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Female NCAA Performance of the Year -- Katie Ledecky\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A1-p1_H6iKE?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><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-blasts-the-american-ncaa-record-in-the-500-free\/\" target=\"_blank\">ORIGINAL RACE REPORT<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong>\u00a0reset her NCAA, American and US Open Record from the Pac-12 Championships a few short weeks ago. Ledecky broke all the records at 4:24.06, a second under the old record at 4:25.15. An equally impressive swim,\u00a0<strong>Leah Smith<\/strong>\u00a0broke 4:30 for the first time with a 4:28.90, moving her up to the 11th fastest performance of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Ledecky and Smith were way ahead from the rest of the field the entire way, the only question was how far they could both go under their best times. Smith had been knocking on the 4:30 barrier for two years now and she finally did it tonight while trailing one of the best swimmers in history. This is Stanford\u2019s first title in the 500 free since 2001 when\u00a0<strong>Jessica Foschi<\/strong>\u00a0won it at 4:37.81. It is the eighth title in the 500 for Stanford as\u00a0<strong>Marybeth Linzmeier<\/strong>\u00a0won three titles from 1982-1984 and\u00a0<strong>Janet Evans<\/strong>\u00a0won two in 1990 and 1991.<\/p>\n<p>The battle for third was very exciting as outside smoke,\u00a0<strong>Kennedy Goss<\/strong>\u00a0of Indiana had a monster last 50 with a 4:36.13 to out-touch Louisville\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Mallory Comerford<\/strong>\u00a0at 4:36.16.\u00a0<strong>Hannah Moore<\/strong>\u00a0(4:36.85),\u00a0<strong>Rose Bi<\/strong>\u00a0(4:37.30),\u00a0<strong>Danielle Valley<\/strong>\u00a0(4:38.31) and\u00a0<strong>G Ryan<\/strong>\u00a0(4:40.28) rounded out the A-final.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 3  Women 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 4:25.15  2\/23\/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n         Meet: C 4:28.37  3\/16\/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n     American: A 4:25.15  2\/23\/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n    U.S. Open: O 4:25.15  2\/23\/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n         Pool: P 4:28.37  3\/16\/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals NISCA Points\r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - 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