Stanford’s Katie Ledecky took down both the American and NCAA records in the women’s 400 IM at the Pac-12 championships Friday evening. Ledecky swam a time of 3:56.53, beating Katinka Hosszu’s NCAA record of 3:56.54 set back in 2012 by one hundredth.
Ledecky also crushed the American record of 3:57.57 set by teammate Ella Eastin last year. Eastin finished second in the race in 3:57.32, also under her previous American record. She now ranks as the third-fastest performer in history behind Ledecky and Hosszu.
Eastin and Ledecky went head-to-head for much of the race, with Eastin taking over on the breaststroke before one of the all-time greats in freestyle took over on the last 100 on her way to a record.
Stanford’s Brooke Forde took third in 4:01.04, making it a 1-2-3 sweep for the Cardinal.
Cal freshman Sarah Darcel was fourth in 4:03.00. Next came three more Stanford swimmers, Allie Szekely (4:06.63), Leah Stevens (4:07.74) and Hannah Kukurugya (4:09.19). Eight went to ASU’s Marlies Ross (4:11.93).
Event 8 Women 400 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 3:56.54 3/16/2012 Katinka Hosszu, USC
Pac-12: M 3:56.54 2012 Katinka Hosszu, USC
Pac-12 Champ: P 3:57.68 2017 Katie Ledecky, STAN
4:04.70 A Standard
4:19.39 B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ledecky, Katie SO STAN-PC 4:00.68 3:56.53NA 32
25.90 54.75 (28.85)
1:25.09 (30.34) 1:54.04 (28.95)
2:28.65 (34.61) 3:03.47 (34.82)
3:30.55 (27.08) 3:56.53 (25.98)
2 Eastin, Ella JR STAN-PC 4:02.22 3:57.32PA 28
26.13 55.38 (29.25)
1:26.03 (30.65) 1:55.41 (29.38)
2:29.39 (33.98) 3:03.17 (33.78)
3:30.66 (27.49) 3:57.32 (26.66)
3 Forde, Brooke FR STAN-PC 4:04.27 4:01.04 A 27
26.03 55.15 (29.12)
1:26.45 (31.30) 1:56.77 (30.32)
2:31.31 (34.54) 3:06.24 (34.93)
3:34.30 (28.06) 4:01.04 (26.74)
4 Darcel, Sarah FR CAL-PC 4:06.56 4:03.00 A 26
25.78 55.00 (29.22)
1:25.97 (30.97) 1:55.96 (29.99)
2:30.65 (34.69) 3:05.80 (35.15)
3:34.79 (28.99) 4:03.00 (28.21)
5 Szekely, Allie SO STAN-PC 4:05.85 4:06.63 B 25
26.34 55.93 (29.59)
1:26.90 (30.97) 1:56.85 (29.95)
2:32.09 (35.24) 3:08.16 (36.07)
3:37.64 (29.48) 4:06.63 (28.99)
6 Stevens, Leah JR STAN-PC 4:08.63 4:07.74 B 24
27.43 58.16 (30.73)
1:30.41 (32.25) 2:01.42 (31.01)
2:36.75 (35.33) 3:11.97 (35.22)
3:40.25 (28.28) 4:07.74 (27.49)
7 Kukurugya, Hann FR STAN-PC 4:09.15 4:09.19 B 23
26.73 56.67 (29.94)
1:29.46 (32.79) 2:01.06 (31.60)
2:36.52 (35.46) 3:12.19 (35.67)
3:41.01 (28.82) 4:09.19 (28.18)
8 Ross, Marlies JR ASU-AZ 4:08.94 4:11.93 B 22
26.40 56.93 (30.53)
1:28.13 (31.20) 1:59.27 (31.14)
2:34.77 (35.50) 3:11.24 (36.47)
3:42.00 (30.76) 4:11.93 (29.93)
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Beautifully….off the charts…Amazing !!!!!!!
And about 10 minutes later, Ledecky completed another of her insane double wins and threw more points on the board for Stanford by swimming the fastest time in the NCAA this season in the 200 Free.