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It is not every day you get to see an American Record by Katie Ledecky go down. It may have been an off event for Ledecky, but her teammate Ella Eastin finished under her 3:57.68 from Pac-12’s with a 3:57.57 on Friday night. Eastin, the sophomore, defended her title, becoming the first to defend the 400 IM since USC’s Katinka Hosszu defended her title in 2012. Eastin is now the second fastest performer in the event behind Hosszu’s 3:56.54, which will stand as the NCAA and US Open record.
Watch Eastin and Pickrem’s interviews here:
Texas A&M sophomore Sydney Pickrem used an incredible back half to finish second at 3:59.36. It is the first time Pickrem finished under 4 minutes in the event, moving her up to eighth all time in the event. Texas senior Madisyn Cox was third, matching her third place finish in the 200 IM last night with a 4:00.97. Texas A&M’s Bethany Galat (4:01.06), Denver’s Bailey Andison (4:03.09), Ohio State’s Lindsey Clary (4:04.69), Missouri’s Sharli Brady (4:05.22) and Virginia Tech’s Reka Gyorgy (4:07.37) also swam in the A-Final.
Stanford now has 10 NCAA titles in the 400 IM, the most of any school. Eastin (2016), Maya DiRado (2014), Julia Smit (2008-2010), Summer Sanders (1991, 1992), Janet Evans (1990) and Michelle Griglione (1989) also have won the race for Stanford in the past.
Event 8 Women 400 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 3:56.54 3/17/2012 Katinka Hosszu, Southern Cal
Meet: C 3:56.54 3/17/2012 Katinka Hosszu, Southern Cal
American: A 3:57.68 2/24/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
U.S. Open: O 3:56.54 3/16/2012 Katinka Hosszu, Southern Cal
Pool: P 4:00.49 Elizabeth Beisel, Florida
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ella Eastin SO Stanford 4:03.47 3:57.57A 20
r:+0.70 25.78 54.44 (28.66)
1:24.21 (29.77) 1:53.92 (29.71)
2:26.97 (33.05) 3:01.48 (34.51)
3:29.90 (28.42) 3:57.57 (27.67)
2 Sydney Pickrem SO TAMU 4:03.63 3:59.36P 17
r:+0.68 26.92 55.85 (28.93)
1:26.43 (30.58) 1:57.59 (31.16)
2:30.86 (33.27) 3:03.58 (32.72)
3:32.11 (28.53) 3:59.36 (27.25)
3 Madisyn Cox SR Texas 4:04.03 4:00.97 16
r:+0.74 25.58 54.78 (29.20)
1:25.65 (30.87) 1:56.16 (30.51)
2:30.18 (34.02) 3:04.60 (34.42)
3:33.21 (28.61) 4:00.97 (27.76)
4 Bethany Galat JR TAMU 4:04.65 4:01.06 15
r:+0.59 25.46 54.22 (28.76)
1:24.72 (30.50) 1:55.75 (31.03)
2:28.91 (33.16) 3:04.34 (35.43)
3:32.76 (28.42) 4:01.06 (28.30)
5 Bailey Andison SO Denver 4:04.84 4:03.09 14
r:+0.68 26.21 56.54 (30.33)
1:28.18 (31.64) 1:57.78 (29.60)
2:32.07 (34.29) 3:06.81 (34.74)
3:35.82 (29.01) 4:03.09 (27.27)
6 Lindsey Clary SR Ohio St 4:05.58 4:04.69 13
r:+0.67 26.89 56.83 (29.94)
1:28.07 (31.24) 1:58.14 (30.07)
2:32.67 (34.53) 3:07.76 (35.09)
3:36.67 (28.91) 4:04.69 (28.02)
7 Sharli Brady JR Missouri 4:06.00 4:05.22 12
r:+0.76 26.07 55.48 (29.41)
1:26.74 (31.26) 1:57.50 (30.76)
2:32.30 (34.80) 3:07.99 (35.69)
3:37.01 (29.02) 4:05.22 (28.21)
8 Reka Gyorgy FR VT 4:05.87 4:07.37 11
r:+0.68 26.25 56.17 (29.92)
1:26.90 (30.73) 1:57.42 (30.52)
2:33.10 (35.68) 3:09.14 (36.04)
3:38.88 (29.74) 4:07.37 (28.49)
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Stephanie Carpico Antshel, it’s on now… It will be fun to see how this plays out over the next year or so!
Omg!
Well if Ledecky had swam the 400IM, we know this record would not have happened.