{"id":492343,"date":"2021-12-02T17:30:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T00:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=492343"},"modified":"2021-12-02T20:57:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:57:23","slug":"katie-ledecky-sets-u-s-open-record-with-400-51-in-400-free-to-start-second-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-ledecky-sets-u-s-open-record-with-400-51-in-400-free-to-start-second-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky Sets U.S. Open Record with 4:00.51 in 400 Free to Highlight Second Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katie Ledecky Sets U.S. Open Record with 4:00.51 in 400 Free to Start Second Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

Katie Ledecky\u2019s<\/strong> post-Olympics return now includes two U.S. Open meet records in as many days.<\/p>\n

The reigning Olympic silver medalist in the event bested the field by nearly 10 seconds at the Toyota U.S. Open at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Her time of 4:00.51 undercut the record she set two years ago in Atlanta (4:00.81).<\/p>\n

Second in the race was Erin Gemmell,<\/strong> swimming for Ledecky\u2019s former club Nation\u2019s Capital Aquatic in 4:10.12. Scottsdale Aquatic Club\u2019s Sierra Schmidt<\/strong> was third in 4:12.53, just two tenths ahead of Canadian Olympian Katrina Bellio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ledecky lowered her U.S. Open record in winning the 800 free Wednesday night<\/a>, going 8:12.81, a time that slots into her stranglehold of the 24 fastest times in history.<\/p>\n