{"id":573814,"date":"2023-12-02T16:44:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T23:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=573814"},"modified":"2023-12-02T19:29:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T02:29:08","slug":"u-s-open-regan-smith-aces-grueling-200-back-200-fly-double-katie-ledecky-shines-in-1500-free-womens-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-open-regan-smith-aces-grueling-200-back-200-fly-double-katie-ledecky-shines-in-1500-free-womens-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Open: Regan Smith Aces Grueling 200 Back-200 Fly Double; Katie Ledecky Shines in 1500 Free (Women’s Recap)"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Open: Regan Smith Aces Grueling 200 Back-200 Fly Double; Katie Ledecky Shines in 1500 Free (Women’s Recap)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The final evening of swimming at the U.S. Open began with a usual display of\u00a0Katie Ledecky<\/strong> dominance as she beat the field in the longest race in the pool by almost 25 seconds. But after that, the night belonged to\u00a0Regan Smith<\/strong>, who was victorious in both the 200 backstroke and 200 butterfly. Smith’s 200 back performance was the highlight of a strong weekend of racing for the 21-year-old as she made a run at a sub-2:04 performance before coming back less than 90 minutes later and not letting any of her competition get close to her in the 200 fly.<\/p>\n

In other events, Siobhan Haughey<\/b> and\u00a0Kate Douglass<\/strong> each won their third events of the meet after Haughey won both the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke Friday and Douglass went back-to-back in the 200 IM and 50 free Thursday.<\/p>\n