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GEORGETOWN, Maryland, February 7. KATIE Ledecky didn’t want to wait until tomorrow’s finals of the D.C. Metro high school swimming championships to get the crowd on its feet, swimming the fastest 500-yard freestyle in history in today’s prelims.<\/p>\n

In the fifth of five heats, Ledecky blazed through the race with a 4:28.71 to not only beat her year-old national high school record of 4:31.38, but also shatter Katie Hoff’s American standard of 4:30.47 from 2007.<\/p>\n

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Ledecky dominated qualifying, as second-place finisher Elaina Gu posted a 4:56.31.<\/p>\n

The crowd at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center will definitely pull Ledecky along to what could be an even faster swim for the junior in tomorrow’s finals. Ledecky will have a busy schedule, as she is planning to also swim the 200 freestyle and chase Dagny Knutson’s national record of 1:42.81. Can Megan Romano’s American record of 1:41.21 be in jeopardy as well? Ledecky likely swam all-out in the 500 today to take the edge off racing that event shortly after the 200 free in tomorrow’s finals.<\/p>\n

Today’s preliminaries session only featured the boys’ and girls’ 500 free, as well as the 400 free relay. Gavin Springer is the top qualifier in the boys’ 500 with a 4:27.91. Yes, Ledecky could outswim the boys in the 500 free at this meet, though Springer will be swimming to make sure that doesn’t happen. Springer’s run at the championship comes a year after Jack Conger posted an amazing 4:13.87 to win the event and break a 30-year-old national record.<\/p>\n

National Records for High School Are Pending Application Verification with NISCA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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