2017 W. NCAA Championships: Ledecky Downs Meet Record in 4:28.3

2017 WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Wednesday, March 15 – Saturday, March 18
• IUPUI Natatorium – Indianapolis, IN
• Prelims 10AM/Finals 6PM (Eastern Time)
• Defending Champion: Georgia (results)
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• Live Stream: Wednesday/Thursday Prelims & Finals, Friday/Saturday Prelims / Friday/Saturday finals on ESPN3
• Live Results

Stanford’s Katie Ledecky cruised to a 4:28.37 in prelims of the 500 free at the 2017 Women’s NCAA Championships. While Ledecky was a few seconds off her American Record time of 4:25.15 from last month’s Pac-12 Championships, she looked very smooth this morning en route to a new Meet Record.

Ledecky’s Splits By 100:

• 1st 100 Split- 51.68
• 2nd 100 Split- 54.13
• 3rd 100 Split- 54.73
• 4th 100 Split- 54.67
• 5th 100 Split- 53.16
• Final Time- 4:28.37

With that, Ledecky took down the former NCAA Meet Record of 4:30.37 done by Virginia’s Leah Smith at the 2015 meet. Smith set a new Pool Record this morning at 4:31.10 before Ledecky took it down in the next heat. That’s within a second of Smith’s best time and faster than the 4:31.33 she swam to win the meet last season.

Ledecky now has all 10 of the fastest performances ever in this race.

Top 10 Swims of All-Time

1. Katie Ledecky, 4:25.15, 2017
2. Katie Ledecky, 4:26.46, 2016
3. Katie Ledecky, 4:26.58, 2015
4. Katie Ledecky, 4:27.21, 2015
5. Katie Ledecky, 4:27.54, 2016
6. Katie Ledecky, 4:27.88, 2015
7. Katie Ledecky, 4:28.17, 2015
8. (T-8) Katie Ledecky, 4:28.37, 2017
9. (T-8) Katie Ledecky, 4:28.37, 2017
10. Katie Ledecky, 4:28.71, 2014