Katie Ledecky Swims World Leading 400 Freestyle At TWST Senior Invite

Last night, Katie Ledecky broke the world record in the 1500 meter freestyle at the TWST Senior Invite, posting a 15:34.23. You can view her final lengths of that swim here. 

Tonight she is at it again, chasing down records and personal best times. Although she did not break any World or US Open records, she did swim the fastest 400 in the world this year, touching the wall with a winning time of 4:03.09.

2014 LCM Women 400 Free TYR World Ranking

KatieUSA
LEDECKY
08/23
3.58.37*WR
2Jazmin
CARLIN
GBR4.03.2408/24
3Sharon
VAN ROUWENDAAL
NED4.03.7608/24
4Mireia
BELMONTE GARCIA
ESP4.03.8404/13
5Federica
PELLEGRINI
ITA4.04.4208/24
View Top 51»

Mireia Belmonte Garcia of Spain had the previous world’s fastest time at 4:03.84.

Here is how she split the race:

  • 58.89
  • 1:01.42 – 2:00.31
  • 1:02.05 – 3:02.36
  • 1:00.73 – 4:03.09

14 year old Isabelle Rongione finished second with a time of 4:18.83.

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Sue
9 years ago

Any guesses as to why Katie chose to swim at Woodlands instead of Santa Clara? The meet at Santa Clara looks so fun, with all the people she knows and a more competitive atmosphere. Instead, she’s virtually racing the Santa Clara folks from far away. It would have been fun to see her head-to-head.

bobo gigi
9 years ago

And I don’t understand why at a meet in which a legend like Katie swims, nobody in the stands films her races entirely. I don’t know. We are in 2014! It’s not so hard to have a little camera. However thanks for the effort from Daniel Gately for the last meters of Katie’s 1500 free WR in video. But it’s a little frustrating. Hopefully someone is ready to film her 800 free race. It could be very fast.

bobo gigi
9 years ago

Can we find the results of that meet somewhere?

bobo gigi
9 years ago

Because someone enough crazy expected a 400 free world record this week? :mrgreen:

There’s no doubt Katie can break it this year, next year or in 2 years but it will not be easy.
It’s so hard to break that suited world record.
It would be one the greatest swimming accomplishments in history.
She swam an amazing race last year in Barcelona in 3.59.82, the most amazing performance of her week in my opinion. Swimming under 4 minutes in textile is absolutely brilliant.
The world record made in magical suits by Federica Pellegrini is 3.59.15.
So 0.68 s to drop.
I’m not a specialist like many… Read more »

bobo gigi
Reply to  bobo gigi
9 years ago

My bad. 😳
I’ve made a little mistake.
At Pan Pacs the women’s 400 free is scheduled on day 3 but 2 days after the 800 free.
On day 2 she will have “only” the 4X200 free relay.
Pan Pacs schedule
http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=36093
So if I recap, her schedule could be as follows:
-day 1. 800 free
-day 2. 4X200 free relay
-day 3. 400 free
-day 4. 1500 free
So it’s not as bad as I expected but it’s still not at all a perfect schedule to swim fresh a 400 free and break the world record.
But Katie isn’t a normal swimmer. 🙂

Kathy
Reply to  bobo gigi
9 years ago

Bobo she also has 200 free on day 1. Busy girl.

DDias
9 years ago

Wow!Even 100fly…Yikes!

Kathy
9 years ago

Training meet. 200 free, 100fly, 400IM and a relay tomorrow. Yawn.

Sam
9 years ago

Yeah, looks like she swam 200 IM also (2:16) and the 4×200 freestyle relay split of 1:58.99.

Philip Johnson
9 years ago

That’s insane considering she just broke the WR and didn’t she swim a 200 IM as well?

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The writer formerly known as "Troy Gennaro", better known as Tony Carroll, has been working with SwimSwam since April of 2013. Tony grew up in northern Indiana and started swimming in 2003 when his dad forced him to join the local swim team. Reluctantly, he joined on the condition that …

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