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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 21.
USA’s Katie Ledecky, the world-record holder with an 8:11.00 from June at The Woodlands Senior Invite, nearly upended that time again as she raced to an 8:11.35 for the win tonight. She absolutely demolished the Australian All-Comers record of 8:18.52 previously set by Kate Ziegler way back in 2007, and crushed Janet Evans’ 1989 meet record of 8:16.22. Nearly every single time Ledecky sets foot in a pool, she’s rewriting history. Ledecky’s consistency is downright scary as she had the exact same final 50 in her world record as well as her swim tonight.
That’s Ledecky’s second victory of the night after having already won the 200 free earlier this evening.
Ledecky’s World Record Splits:
28.91, 59.44 (30.53), 1:30.49 (31.05), 2:01.48 (30.99), 2:32.32 (30.84), 3:03.42 (31.10), 3:34.34 (30.92), 4:05.70 (31.36), 4:36.56 (30.86), 5:07.79 (31.23), 5:38.67 (30.88), 6:09.64 (30.97), 6:31.81 (22.17?), 7:10.87 (39.06?), 7:41.53 (30.66), 8:11.00 (29.47)
Results
1 LEDECKY, KATIE 17 UNITED STATES 8:11.00 8:11.35C 1015 r:+0.68 28.53 59.21 (30.68) 1:30.22 (31.01) 2:01.44 (31.22) 2:31.82 (30.38) 3:02.52 (30.70) 3:33.35 (30.83) 4:04.54 (31.19) 4:35.49 (30.95) 5:06.36 (30.87) 5:37.38 (31.02) 6:08.56 (31.18) 6:39.56 (31.00) 7:10.85 (31.29) 7:41.88 (31.03) 8:11.35 (29.47) 2 BOYLE, LAUREN 26 NEW ZEALAND 8:18.58 8:18.87A 970 r:+0.83 28.92 59.64 (30.72) 1:30.61 (30.97) 2:01.75 (31.14) 2:32.99 (31.24) 3:04.26 (31.27) 3:35.68 (31.42) 4:07.22 (31.54) 4:38.78 (31.56) 5:10.45 (31.67) 5:41.99 (31.54) 6:13.68 (31.69) 6:45.02 (31.34) 7:16.55 (31.53) 7:48.05 (31.50) 8:18.87 (30.82) 3 MACLEAN, BRITTA 20 CANADA 8:20.91 8:20.02. 963 r:+0.74 29.25 1:00.52 (31.27) 1:31.95 (31.43) 2:03.60 (31.65) 2:35.05 (31.45) 3:06.92 (31.87) 3:38.49 (31.57) 4:10.36 (31.87) 4:41.90 (31.54) 5:13.45 (31.55) 5:44.88 (31.43) 6:16.47 (31.59) 6:47.84 (31.37) 7:19.41 (31.57) 7:50.33 (30.92) 8:20.02 (29.69) 4 MANN, BECCA 16 UNITED STATES 8:26.43 8:22.45 949 r:+0.81 29.35 1:00.84 (31.49) 1:32.40 (31.56) 2:04.24 (31.84) 2:35.71 (31.47) 3:07.30 (31.59) 3:38.76 (31.46) 4:10.68 (31.92) 4:42.10 (31.42) 5:13.86 (31.76) 5:45.56 (31.70) 6:17.31 (31.75) 6:48.96 (31.65) 7:20.45 (31.49) 7:51.80 (31.35) 8:22.45 (30.65) 5 RUNGE, CIERRA 18 UNITED STATES 8:24.69 8:25.17 934 r:+0.77 29.41 1:01.10 (31.69) 1:32.73 (31.63) 2:04.68 (31.95) 2:36.30 (31.62) 3:08.24 (31.94) 3:40.09 (31.85) 4:12.03 (31.94) 4:43.87 (31.84) 5:15.83 (31.96) 5:47.41 (31.58) 6:19.57 (32.16) 6:51.26 (31.69) 7:23.06 (31.80) 7:54.32 (31.26) 8:25.17 (30.85) 6 PINTO, ANDREINA 22 VENEZUELA 8:25.06 8:30.66 904 r:+0.75 29.71 1:01.42 (31.71) 1:33.31 (31.89) 2:05.14 (31.83) 2:37.17 (32.03) 3:09.29 (32.12) 3:41.35 (32.06) 4:13.38 (32.03) 4:45.40 (32.02) 5:17.55 (32.15) 5:49.67 (32.12) 6:21.85 (32.18) 6:53.93 (32.08) 7:26.40 (32.47) 7:58.82 (32.42) 8:30.66 (31.84) 7 ANDERSON, HALEY 22 UNITED STATES 8:29.71 8:30.87 903 r:+0.81 29.29 1:00.95 (31.66) 1:32.84 (31.89) 2:04.71 (31.87) 2:36.51 (31.80) 3:08.52 (32.01) 3:40.33 (31.81) 4:12.63 (32.30) 4:44.92 (32.29) 5:17.16 (32.24) 5:49.53 (32.37) 6:21.99 (32.46) 6:54.40 (32.41) 7:27.09 (32.69) 7:59.03 (31.94) 8:30.87 (31.84) 8 BOWLES, ALANNA 16 AUSTRALIA 8:24.74 8:31.92 897 r:+0.77 29.55 1:00.83 (31.28) 1:32.62 (31.79) 2:04.58 (31.96) 2:36.47 (31.89) 3:08.58 (32.11) 3:40.84 (32.26) 4:13.26 (32.42) 4:45.58 (32.32) 5:17.90 (32.32) 5:50.36 (32.46) 6:22.94 (32.58) 6:55.35 (32.41) 7:27.99 (32.64) 8:00.34 (32.35) 8:31.92 (31.58) 9 SMITH, LEAH 19 UNITED STATES 8:30.86 8:32.38 895 r:+0.79 29.50 1:01.28 (31.78) 1:33.25 (31.97) 2:05.37 (32.12) 2:37.66 (32.29) 3:09.84 (32.18) 3:42.02 (32.18) 4:14.29 (32.27) 4:46.89 (32.60) 5:19.31 (32.42) 5:51.87 (32.56) 6:24.58 (32.71) 6:56.63 (32.05) 7:29.13 (32.50) 8:01.02 (31.89) 8:32.38 (31.36) 10 ASHWOOD, JESSIC 21 AUSTRALIA 8:19.76 8:34.62 883 r:+0.74 29.57 1:01.50 (31.93) 1:33.87 (32.37) 2:06.42 (32.55) 2:38.55 (32.13) 3:10.99 (32.44) 3:43.46 (32.47) 4:15.87 (32.41) 4:48.19 (32.32) 5:20.66 (32.47) 5:53.05 (32.39) 6:25.75 (32.70) 6:58.33 (32.58) 7:31.17 (32.84) 8:03.28 (32.11) 8:34.62 (31.34) 11 LEE, KAREENA 20 AUSTRALIA 8:35.80 8:39.47 859 r:+0.76 30.05 1:02.66 (32.61) 1:34.95 (32.29) 2:07.95 (33.00) 2:40.40 (32.45) 3:13.26 (32.86) 3:45.80 (32.54) 4:18.67 (32.87) 4:50.90 (32.23) 5:23.77 (32.87) 5:56.51 (32.74) 6:29.90 (33.39) 7:02.44 (32.54) 7:35.75 (33.31) 8:08.15 (32.40) 8:39.47 (31.32) 12 KOBRICH, KRISTE 29 CHILE 8:26.75 8:40.79 852 r:+0.84 30.44 1:02.56 (32.12) 1:34.77 (32.21) 2:07.34 (32.57) 2:39.92 (32.58) 3:12.72 (32.80) 3:45.25 (32.53) 4:18.08 (32.83) 4:50.93 (32.85) 5:23.78 (32.85) 5:56.50 (32.72) 6:29.52 (33.02) 7:02.35 (32.83) 7:35.49 (33.14) 8:08.34 (32.85) 8:40.79 (32.45) 13 BAUMANN, TABITH 19 CANADA 8:32.37 8:46.75 824 r:+0.66 30.09 1:02.28 (32.19) 1:34.74 (32.46) 2:07.95 (33.21) 2:41.07 (33.12) 3:14.23 (33.16) 3:47.71 (33.48) 4:21.22 (33.51) 4:54.48 (33.26) 5:28.02 (33.54) 6:01.51 (33.49) 6:35.32 (33.81) 7:08.66 (33.34) 7:42.05 (33.39) 8:14.94 (32.89) 8:46.75 (31.81) 14 ROBINSON, EMMA 19 NEW ZEALAND 8:37.30 8:49.80 809 r:+0.74 30.39 1:03.20 (32.81) 1:36.00 (32.80) 2:09.59 (33.59) 2:43.01 (33.42) 3:16.73 (33.72) 3:50.32 (33.59) 4:23.75 (33.43) 4:56.86 (33.11) 5:30.74 (33.88) 6:04.13 (33.39) 6:37.72 (33.59) 7:11.22 (33.50) 7:44.57 (33.35) 8:17.65 (33.08) 8:49.80 (32.15) 15 CHEN, ZIYI 19 CHINA 8:44.61 9:06.04 739 r:+0.77 29.96 1:03.34 (33.38) 1:37.28 (33.94) 2:11.84 (34.56) 2:46.25 (34.41) 3:21.10 (34.85) 3:55.63 (34.53) 4:30.60 (34.97) 5:05.20 (34.60) 5:40.16 (34.96) 6:14.63 (34.47) 6:49.52 (34.89) 7:24.14 (34.62) 7:59.08 (34.94) 8:32.52 (33.44) 9:06.04 (33.52) 16 PAMERLEAU, LEON 24 CANADA 9:06.77 9:10.06 723 r:+0.84 32.56 1:07.33 (34.77) 1:41.80 (34.47) 2:16.82 (35.02) 2:51.44 (34.62) 3:26.28 (34.84) 4:00.88 (34.60) 4:35.84 (34.96) 5:09.87 (34.03) 5:44.73 (34.86) 6:19.06 (34.33) 6:53.94 (34.88) 7:28.13 (34.19) 8:02.75 (34.62) 8:36.53 (33.78) 9:10.06 (33.53) 17 CHENG, HEI TUNG 19 HONG KONG 9:13.82 9:32.30 642 r:+0.68 31.43 1:05.82 (34.39) 1:41.10 (35.28) 2:17.16 (36.06) 2:52.97 (35.81) 3:29.46 (36.49) 4:05.96 (36.50) 4:42.59 (36.63) 5:19.25 (36.66) 5:55.64 (36.39) 6:31.82 (36.18) 7:08.89 (37.07) 7:45.12 (36.23) 8:21.39 (36.27) 8:57.43 (36.04) 9:32.30 (34.87)
Meanwhile, New Zealand’s Lauren Boyle, who is still battling her own controversy as she awaits word whether her short course world record in the 1500 free is ratified, took second in 8:18.47 to move to third in the world.
Canada’s Brittany MacLean finished third in 8:20.02 to better her fifth-ranked 8:20.91, while USA’s Becca Mann secured a spot on the 2015 Worlds roster to beating training partner Cierra Runge, 8:22.45 to 8:25.17 for fourth and fifth place.
Venezuela’s Andreina Pinto (8:30.66), USA’s Haley Anderson (8:30.87) and Australia’s Alanna Bowles (8:31.92) made up the rest of the top eight in the timed final event.
