The Woodlands Swim Team (TWST) is hosting its Senior Invitational Meet at the CISD Natatorium in Shenandoah, TX. The meet, which follows a preliminary/final format, features high-ranking teams from California, Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin.
Katie Ledecky is headlining the meet and has officially put it on the map, breaking the world record in the women’s 1500m freestyle. She was out at the 800 in 8:16. It is normal for Ledecky to take races out strong, but to hold on to break the world record this early in the season is unbelievable.
She touched the wall in 15:34.23, lowering her personal best time and the previous world record set in Barcelona last summer at 15:36.53.
The record will not be considered official until it is approved by FINA, but it is more than two seconds faster than her previous best time and World Record.
Ledecky’s time will also count as the new American and national age group record, and will significantly lower Kate Zeigler’s US Open record from 2007 of 15:42.54.
A reader of ours commenting under the name “Josh” pointed out that Ledecky’s 800 split of 8:16.18 also broke Janet Evan’s US Open record time of 8:17.12 from 1988. Not only does that knock out the second oldest US Open record, it also gives her the worlds fastest time in the 800 freestyle as well. Her 1500 time moves her almost 30 seconds ahead of the rest of the world, and her 800 split puts her 2 seconds ahead of the previous world leader, Jazz Carlin from Great Britain.
This record will have to be ratified by FINA before being declared official. While in most cases, that is a given with records being set at national and international level meets, there’s no guarantees, for example, that Ledecky underwent the mandatory doping control after her race.
2014 LCM Women 1500 Free TYR World Ranking
LEDECKY
15.28.36*WR
View Top 51»2 Lauren
BOYLENZL 15.55.69 08/24 3 Brittany
MacLEANCAN 15.57.15 08/24 4 Mireia
BELMONTE GARCIAESP 15.57.29 08/23 5 Lotte
FRIISDEN 16.00.35 06/19
2014 LCM Women 800 Free TYR World Ranking
LEDECKY
8.11.00*WR
View Top 51»2 Jazmin
CARLINGBR 8.15.54 08/21 3 Lauren
BOYLENZL 8.18.87 08/21 4 Jessica
ASHWOODAUS 8.19.76 02/28 5 Brittany
MacLEANCAN 8.20.02 08/21
Just checked germanys biggest sport website (sport1), nothing about ledeckys world record, but now i know that rihanna might become a soccer commentator:)
Pathetic French sport websites! 😆
Fantastic! We are around 17 hours after Katie’s world record and the news has just been posted on the websites of l’équipe (only sports newspaper of the coutry) and the website of eurosport (sports TV channel).
It’s right there are world records every day so one more…. 😆
It’s so common! 😆
Pathetic!
And at the same time we know everything about the very special hairstyles of some players at the soccer world cup! 🙄
Pathetic!
Thats just the reality here in europe, nearly no one is interested in swimming. In germany its probably even worse than in france.
Who actually thought altitude training would really helped, i always thought there was no sense in altitude training and the athletes were doing it for fun. I think from now on everyone should do that.
Ledecky seems to be really stupid, why didnt she wait until 2015 wc to break that wr, it wouldve brought her a lot of cash:)
I just hope she doesnt understand altitude training the same way Lance Armstrong did.
Not fair.
She’s tjhe Secretariat of swimming!
I have to admit, i didn’t think her time from last summer would be broken for a long time, even by herself. It was the most perfect 1500 i ever saw, and done with a real challenger in the next lane.
This makes a really strong case for altitude training, especially for distance swimmers.
Just…. wow. Who saw that coming?
The expectation level for what she can do in when fully tapered and rested just went through the roof. I really want to see her take down the 400 WR.
Who saw that coming?
Definitely not me. 🙂
And about the 400 free, I have the same hopes for Pan Pacs.
But I’ve just seen it was on day 3, a day after the 800 free.
I thought it was on day 1.
It will be harder than expected. She needs to have the maximum of energy to break that suited WR. Every hundredth of a second will count.
Pan Pacs schedule
http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=36093
Splits
https://twitter.com/USASwimStats/status/479789156412170240/photo/1