In this episode, Bruce Gemmell talked with Swimming World Magazine Publisher, Brent Rutemiller, about Katie Ledecky’s American Record 1000 yard swim and the training that went behind her race. She set the mark at the University of Maryland during the Nations Capital Invitational.
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Palowicz went 9:45 and Byrnes went 9:54, meaning they averaged under 1 min per 100 yards, which is very, very fast! But Ledecky averaged 54 seconds per 100 yards.