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2018 W. NCAAs: Ally McHugh Becomes #8 All-Time Performer in 1650

2018 WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

After dropping over 15 seconds to win the 2018 Big Ten Championships in 15:43.34, Penn State’s Ally McHugh dropped another 7 seconds to go 15:36.27 Saturday night. Her win at Big Ten’s was Penn State’s first in the 1650 since 1994.

With that swim, she becomes the #8 performer of all-time, knocking Wendy Trott out of the top 10.

McHugh was 4:46.49 at the 500 and 9:30.09 at the 1000-mark.

McHugh took second to Katie Ledecky, who was on pace to break her own American record for much of the race, but fell off to a 15:07.57 finish — the #3 performance of all-time.

Top 10 All-time Performers: Women’s 1650

Place Swimmer Time
1 Katie Ledecky 15:03.31
2 Katie Hoff 15:24.35
3 Leah Smith 15:25.30
4 Brittany MacLean 15:27.84
5 Kate Ziegler 15:29.15
6 Lotte Friis 15:30.84
7 Ashley Twichell 15:35.42
8 Ally McHugh 15:36.27
9 Stephanie Peacock 15:37.06
10 Ashley Neidigh 15:38.35

Top 10 All-time Performances: Women’s 1650

Place Swimmer Time
1 Katie Ledecky 15:03.31
2 Katie Ledecky 15:03.92
3 Katie Ledecky 15:07.57
4 Katie Ledecky 15:07.70
5 Katie Ledecky 15:13.30
6 Katie Ledecky 15:15.17
7 Katie Hoff 15:24.35
8 Leah Smith 15:25.30
9 Brittany MacLean 15:27.84
10 Katie Ledecky 15:28.36

 

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Middle Atlantic Mom
6 years ago

Congratulations Ally – Great season for you!

About Torrey Hart

Torrey Hart

Torrey is from Oakland, CA, and majored in media studies and American studies at Claremont McKenna College, where she swam distance freestyle for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps team. Outside of SwimSwam, she has bylines at Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports, SB Nation, and The Student Life newspaper.

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