﻿{"id":469309,"date":"2021-04-11T10:39:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T17:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=469309"},"modified":"2021-04-11T11:57:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T18:57:56","slug":"katie-ledecky-nails-world-leading-1540-in-1500-at-mission-viejo-wilimovsky-swims-1510","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-nails-world-leading-1540-in-1500-at-mission-viejo-wilimovsky-swims-1510\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky Nails World Leading 15:40 in 1500 at Mission Viejo; Wilimovsky Swims 15:10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Katie Ledecky\u00a0<\/strong>swam the world&#8217;s fastest time in the 1500 freestyle with a 15:40.55 on Sunday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Mission Viejo in a dress rehearsal for the Tokyo Olympics with finals being held in the morning. Ledecky improved on her 15:42 season best from March as she is looking to win the inaugural gold medal in Japan this summer with the 1500 making its long awaited debut this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The time for Ledecky is 14th all-time and is only two seconds behind\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/best-race-of-all-time-katie-ledecky-overpowers-lotte-friis-for-world-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Lotte Friis<\/strong><\/a> as the second fastest performer ever.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashley Twichell<\/strong>, who is already on the team in the 10K, finished second in her best pool race with a 16:06.68 as she was a 16:04 in March. She won ahead of Arizona State&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Emma Nordin\u00a0<\/strong>(16:11.23) and Mission Viejo&#8217;s <strong>Haley Anderson\u00a0<\/strong>(16:13.15). Anderson is also already on her third Olympic team by virtue of her silver medal in the 10K at the 2019 Worlds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leah Smith\u00a0<\/strong>swam the first 100 to get a split, but withdrew to focus on the 200 IM final coming up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eT-S1MVSqiM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jordan Wilimovsky\u00a0<\/strong>won the men&#8217;s 1500 with a 15:10.44, which is the second fastest time for an American this year behind only\u00a0<strong>Zane Grothe\u00a0<\/strong>(15:10.29). Wilimovsky is already on the team for the 10K but will have a chance to make his second trip to the Olympic pool in the 1500 freestyle this summer. He won this morning in California ahead of Mission Viejo&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Will Gallant\u00a0<\/strong>(15:21.15) and Indiana&#8217;s <strong>Mikey Calvillo\u00a0<\/strong>(15:42.38).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arik Katz<\/strong>, who is a freshman at Harvard and a former national junior team swimmer, was fourth at 15:43.67, ahead of fellow Ivy Leaguer\u00a0<strong>Dylan Porges\u00a0<\/strong>(15:47.69) from Princeton.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 21  Women 1500 LC Meter Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n        World: W 15:20.48  5\/17\/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n     American: A 15:20.48  5\/17\/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n    U.S. Open: O 15:20.48  5\/17\/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n     Jr World: J 15:28.36  8\/24\/2014 Katie Ledecky, USA\r\n     Pro Swim: P 15:20.48  5\/16\/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford Swimming\r\n                 16:44.60  W-II Oly Trials Wave II\r\n                 16:49.19  W-I Oly Trials Wave I\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n  1 Katie Ledecky    24 Nation's Capital 15:29.51   15:40.55        \r\n    r:+0.67  29.00      1:00.08 (31.08)\r\n        1:31.72 (31.64)     2:03.43 (31.71)\r\n        2:35.13 (31.70)     3:06.81 (31.68)\r\n        3:38.27 (31.46)     4:09.65 (31.38)\r\n        4:41.17 (31.52)     5:12.61 (31.44)\r\n        5:43.97 (31.36)     6:15.33 (31.36)\r\n        6:46.87 (31.54)     7:18.22 (31.35)\r\n        7:49.69 (31.47)     8:21.01 (31.32)\r\n        8:52.26 (31.25)     9:23.42 (31.16)\r\n        9:54.81 (31.39)    10:26.28 (31.47)\r\n       10:58.08 (31.80)    11:29.75 (31.67)\r\n       12:01.64 (31.89)    12:33.19 (31.55)\r\n       13:05.09 (31.90)    13:36.67 (31.58)\r\n       14:08.19 (31.52)    14:39.41 (31.22)\r\n       15:10.97 (31.56)    15:40.55 (29.58)\r\n  2 Ashley Twichell  31 TAC Titans-NC    15:54.19   16:06.68        \r\n    r:+0.79  30.30      1:01.81 (31.51)\r\n        1:33.84 (32.03)     2:05.63 (31.79)\r\n        2:37.85 (32.22)     3:09.84 (31.99)\r\n        3:42.01 (32.17)     4:14.04 (32.03)\r\n        4:46.19 (32.15)     5:18.47 (32.28)\r\n        5:50.84 (32.37)     6:22.95 (32.11)\r\n        6:55.38 (32.43)     7:27.45 (32.07)\r\n        7:59.84 (32.39)     8:31.98 (32.14)\r\n        9:04.43 (32.45)     9:36.62 (32.19)\r\n       10:09.04 (32.42)    10:41.28 (32.24)\r\n       11:13.83 (32.55)    11:46.16 (32.33)\r\n       12:18.68 (32.52)    12:51.11 (32.43)\r\n       13:23.66 (32.55)    13:56.27 (32.61)\r\n       14:28.92 (32.65)    15:01.75 (32.83)\r\n       15:34.46 (32.71)    16:06.68 (32.22)\r\n  3 Emma Nordin      21 Unattached-AZ    16:36.69   16:11.23        \r\n    r:+0.68  30.08      1:01.98 (31.90)\r\n        1:34.59 (32.61)     2:06.67 (32.08)\r\n        2:39.26 (32.59)     3:11.53 (32.27)\r\n        3:44.04 (32.51)     4:16.15 (32.11)\r\n        4:48.60 (32.45)     5:20.91 (32.31)\r\n        5:53.14 (32.23)     6:25.46 (32.32)\r\n        6:57.97 (32.51)     7:30.23 (32.26)\r\n        8:02.89 (32.66)     8:35.31 (32.42)\r\n        9:07.94 (32.63)     9:40.45 (32.51)\r\n       10:13.11 (32.66)    10:45.64 (32.53)\r\n       11:18.17 (32.53)    11:50.71 (32.54)\r\n       12:23.35 (32.64)    12:55.71 (32.36)\r\n       13:28.46 (32.75)    14:01.15 (32.69)\r\n       14:33.79 (32.64)    15:06.41 (32.62)\r\n       15:39.14 (32.73)    16:11.23 (32.09)\r\n  4 Haley Anderson   29 Mission Viejo Na 16:11.73   16:13.15        \r\n    r:+0.79  29.72      1:01.61 (31.89)\r\n        1:34.05 (32.44)     2:06.07 (32.02)\r\n        2:38.52 (32.45)     3:10.84 (32.32)\r\n        3:43.31 (32.47)     4:15.89 (32.58)\r\n        4:48.52 (32.63)     5:20.99 (32.47)\r\n        5:53.35 (32.36)     6:25.53 (32.18)\r\n        6:58.20 (32.67)     7:30.57 (32.37)\r\n        8:03.29 (32.72)     8:35.70 (32.41)\r\n        9:08.60 (32.90)     9:41.08 (32.48)\r\n       10:13.91 (32.83)    10:46.74 (32.83)\r\n       11:19.28 (32.54)    11:51.83 (32.55)\r\n       12:24.77 (32.94)    12:57.23 (32.46)\r\n       13:30.02 (32.79)    14:02.65 (32.63)\r\n       14:35.40 (32.75)    15:07.98 (32.58)\r\n       15:40.65 (32.67)    16:13.15 (32.50)\r\n  5 Sarah Dimeco     20 Unattached-PC    16:49.30   17:12.06        \r\n    r:+0.72  30.49      1:03.61 (33.12)\r\n        1:37.37 (33.76)     2:11.38 (34.01)\r\n        2:45.91 (34.53)     3:20.35 (34.44)\r\n        3:55.12 (34.77)     4:29.38 (34.26)\r\n        5:04.07 (34.69)     5:38.71 (34.64)\r\n        6:13.58 (34.87)     6:47.95 (34.37)\r\n        7:22.67 (34.72)     7:57.11 (34.44)\r\n        8:31.97 (34.86)     9:06.37 (34.40)\r\n        9:41.19 (34.82)    10:15.83 (34.64)\r\n       10:50.68 (34.85)    11:25.62 (34.94)\r\n       12:00.61 (34.99)    12:35.19 (34.58)\r\n       13:10.04 (34.85)    13:44.71 (34.67)\r\n       14:19.44 (34.73)    14:54.11 (34.67)\r\n       15:29.06 (34.95)    16:03.74 (34.68)\r\n       16:37.57 (33.83)    17:12.06 (34.49)\r\n -- Leah Smith       25 Unattached-AZ    16:11.80        DNF        \r\n      Did not finish\r\n    r:+0.70  27.56        59.29 (31.73)<\/pre>\n<pre><b> Event 22  Men 1500 LC Meter Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n        World: W 14:31.02  8\/4\/2012  Yang Sun, CHN\r\n     American: A 14:39.48  8\/13\/2016 Connor Jaeger, USA\r\n    U.S. Open: O 14:45.54  7\/6\/2008  Peter Vanderkaay, Club Wolverine\r\n     Jr World: J 14:46.09  8\/25\/2019 Franko Grgic, CRO\r\n     Pro Swim: P 14:53.12  2016      Jordan Wilimovsky\r\n                 15:35.69  W-II Oly Trials Wave II\r\n                 15:44.89  W-I Oly Trials Wave I\r\n    Name            Age Team                 Seed     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n -- Cole Kuster      19 Coronado Swim As 15:39.04    No Data        \r\n -- Parker Reynolds  17 Santa Maria Swim 15:41.73    No Data        \r\n  1 Jordan Wilimovs  26 KSwim-CA         14:59.94   15:10.44        \r\n    r:+0.66  28.26        58.21 (29.95)\r\n        1:28.56 (30.35)     1:58.78 (30.22)\r\n        2:29.04 (30.26)     2:59.31 (30.27)\r\n        3:29.84 (30.53)     4:00.32 (30.48)\r\n        4:30.74 (30.42)     5:01.28 (30.54)\r\n        5:31.71 (30.43)     6:02.14 (30.43)\r\n        6:32.53 (30.39)     7:03.02 (30.49)\r\n        7:33.58 (30.56)     8:04.28 (30.70)\r\n        8:34.81 (30.53)     9:05.39 (30.58)\r\n        9:36.07 (30.68)    10:06.94 (30.87)\r\n       10:37.37 (30.43)    11:07.80 (30.43)\r\n       11:38.45 (30.65)    12:08.99 (30.54)\r\n       12:39.52 (30.53)    13:10.10 (30.58)\r\n       13:40.56 (30.46)    14:11.27 (30.71)\r\n       14:41.83 (30.56)    15:10.44 (28.61)\r\n  2 Will Gallant     19 Mission Viejo Na 15:18.39   15:21.15        \r\n    r:+0.68  28.34        58.31 (29.97)\r\n        1:28.84 (30.53)     1:59.27 (30.43)\r\n        2:29.85 (30.58)     3:00.19 (30.34)\r\n        3:30.88 (30.69)     4:01.37 (30.49)\r\n        4:32.20 (30.83)     5:02.92 (30.72)\r\n        5:33.75 (30.83)     6:04.41 (30.66)\r\n        6:35.17 (30.76)     7:05.95 (30.78)\r\n        7:36.84 (30.89)     8:07.72 (30.88)\r\n        8:38.61 (30.89)     9:09.31 (30.70)\r\n        9:40.29 (30.98)    10:11.07 (30.78)\r\n       10:42.13 (31.06)    11:13.05 (30.92)\r\n       11:43.94 (30.89)    12:15.00 (31.06)\r\n       12:46.05 (31.05)    13:17.11 (31.06)\r\n       13:48.30 (31.19)    14:19.58 (31.28)\r\n       14:51.00 (31.42)    15:21.15 (30.15)\r\n  3 Mikey Calvillo   20 Indiana Swim Clu 15:23.51   15:42.38        \r\n    r:+0.71  28.59        59.72 (31.13)\r\n        1:31.76 (32.04)     2:03.64 (31.88)\r\n        2:35.77 (32.13)     3:07.83 (32.06)\r\n        3:39.94 (32.11)     4:12.19 (32.25)\r\n        4:44.52 (32.33)     5:16.74 (32.22)\r\n        5:48.26 (31.52)     6:20.98 (32.72)\r\n        6:52.98 (32.00)     7:24.96 (31.98)\r\n        7:56.97 (32.01)     8:28.21 (31.24)\r\n        8:59.27 (31.06)     9:30.35 (31.08)\r\n       10:01.64 (31.29)    10:32.78 (31.14)\r\n       11:03.95 (31.17)    11:35.10 (31.15)\r\n       12:06.46 (31.36)    12:37.73 (31.27)\r\n       13:09.11 (31.38)    13:40.20 (31.09)\r\n       14:11.32 (31.12)    14:42.12 (30.80)\r\n       15:12.60 (30.48)    15:42.38 (29.78)\r\n  4 Arik Katz        19 Veritas Swimming 15:05.93   15:43.67        \r\n    r:+0.73  28.96      1:00.65 (31.69)\r\n        1:32.84 (32.19)     2:04.43 (31.59)\r\n        2:36.48 (32.05)     3:08.48 (32.00)\r\n        3:40.66 (32.18)     4:12.66 (32.00)\r\n        4:44.88 (32.22)     5:16.98 (32.10)\r\n        5:48.68 (31.70)     6:20.01 (31.33)\r\n        6:51.92 (31.91)     7:23.41 (31.49)\r\n        7:55.40 (31.99)     8:26.67 (31.27)\r\n        8:58.39 (31.72)     9:29.80 (31.41)\r\n       10:01.80 (32.00)    10:33.44 (31.64)\r\n       11:05.21 (31.77)    11:36.47 (31.26)\r\n       12:07.66 (31.19)    12:39.26 (31.60)\r\n       13:10.70 (31.44)    13:41.99 (31.29)\r\n       14:12.81 (30.82)    14:43.67 (30.86)\r\n       15:14.04 (30.37)    15:43.67 (29.63)\r\n  5 Dylan Porges     20 TAC Titans-NC    15:31.46   15:47.69        \r\n    r:+0.76  28.05        58.64 (30.59)\r\n        1:29.80 (31.16)     2:01.13 (31.33)\r\n        2:32.46 (31.33)     3:03.70 (31.24)\r\n        3:35.36 (31.66)     4:06.91 (31.55)\r\n        4:38.49 (31.58)     5:10.10 (31.61)\r\n        5:42.00 (31.90)     6:13.80 (31.80)\r\n        6:45.82 (32.02)     7:17.67 (31.85)\r\n        7:50.19 (32.52)     8:22.84 (32.65)\r\n        8:54.69 (31.85)     9:26.33 (31.64)\r\n        9:58.28 (31.95)    10:30.33 (32.05)\r\n       11:02.26 (31.93)    11:34.49 (32.23)\r\n       12:06.25 (31.76)    12:38.13 (31.88)\r\n       13:10.17 (32.04)    13:42.04 (31.87)\r\n       14:14.19 (32.15)    14:46.01 (31.82)\r\n       15:17.74 (31.73)    15:47.69 (29.95)\r\n  6 *Kushagra RAWAT  21 KSwim-CA         15:25.22   15:56.21        \r\n    r:+0.71  28.25        58.64 (30.39)\r\n        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