Recently, at the Katie Ledecky Invite, a swim meet hosted by Nation’s Capital Swim Club and named for their most notable alumna, history was made. Katie Ledecky herself participated in the last night of competition, swimming in the 1,650 freestyle. The 14x Olympic medalist wowed her hometown crowd as she threw down a monstrous 14:59.62, breaking her own American and US Open records in the event and making her the first woman in history to dip under the 15-minute barrier.
This swim not only rippled across the entire current swimming landscape, but it will undoubtedly inspire swimmers for years to come. SwimSwam spoke with two young girls, Milly Birch and Emma Stein, who were at the venue during this once-in-a-lifetime experience. Milly, 14, swam in the lane next to Katie during the 1,650 while Emma, 11, was on deck watching with her friends. Listen to how Katie Ledecky is not only breaking down barriers for herself, but showing many more that they can do the same.
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I really enjoyed the interview with these two young swimmers and hope we’ll see more of this sort of thing in the future from the SS podcast. Their love and enthusiasm for the sport feels infectious. Good job Coleman.
This was really nice. It was great to hear of Katie Ledecky’s kindness and inspiration to young swimmers, and also to see the kindness of Coleman in these interviews of the two swimmers.
Amazing! Incredible to both the kids watching and the fans of swimming to see Katie not only be a professional but to still be able to be such an ambassador. Fast times come and go, but this sort of experience will leave ripples for a long time!
Idk if this is just my podcast app or everywhere, but it slams ads into like, the middle of people’s responses.
Noticed it here and on the Sockwell interview
There should be no ads on any podcast streaming platform. We only have ads on the video portion.
Huh! Wonder if mine’s being screwy, it’s put its own ads into things before. (But that was before I ponied up for the “premium version.”)
I just relistened via the Podbean and Stitcher links on this post and one pops up about 7:10 in for Shopify on both. (I got ads for a regionally-appropriate plumber in my podcast app, so I’m guessing they’re semi-targeted.)
There was definitely an additional one in my podcast app, because I remember it literally interrupted the second kiddo.
Loving the aerobic distance positivity this morning SwimSwam!