{"id":58948,"date":"2014-07-14T10:02:54","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T17:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/?p=58948"},"modified":"2016-10-24T12:13:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T19:13:31","slug":"nisca-all-american-showcase-katie-ledeckys-american-record-sam-mchughs-swift-swim-top-500-frees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nisca-all-american-showcase-katie-ledeckys-american-record-sam-mchughs-swift-swim-top-500-frees\/","title":{"rendered":"NISCA All-American Showcase: Katie Ledecky’s American Record, Sam McHugh’s Swift Swim Top 500 Frees"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 14. IT may be a very long time before anyone touches Katie Ledecky’s world and American records. This year, she finished atop the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association All-American list in the 500-yard free with an American record, more than 11 seconds faster than the second-place finisher. Meanwhile, Baylor’s Sam McHugh clocked the third-fastest 500-yard free for a high schooler.<\/p>\n

During prelims of the D.C. Metro High School Championships, Ledecky brought the crowd to its feet with a blistering time of 4:28.71. That performance beat her previous national high school record of 4:31.38, and shattered Katie Hoff’s American mark of 4:30.47 from 2007.<\/p>\n

That was just the tip of the iceberg for Ledecky’s year as the reigning Swimming World World and High School Swimmer of the Year blasted the world records in the 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle events while swimming in Texas in June. She clocked an 8:11.00 and a 15:34.23 during that tune-up meet, much to the shock of the rest of the swimming community.<\/p>\n

As a junior at Stone Ridge who already committed to swim at Stanford, the only remaining question at the high school level is just how far she can push those records.<\/p>\n

Video of the end of Ledecky’s American record swim:
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