Video produced by Coleman Hodges.
Reported by Tony Carroll.
1650 FREESTYLE – TIMED FINAL
- NCAA – 15:27.84 – Brittany MacLean, Georgia – 2014
- Championship – 15:27.84 – Brittany MacLean, Georgia – 2014
- American – 15:13.30 – Katie Ledecky – 2014
- US Open – 15:13.30 – Katie Ledecky – 2014
- 2014 Champion – Brittany MacLean, Georgia – 15:27.84
Virginia’s Leah Smith completes the distance sweep, winning the 1650 freestyle with a time of 15:34.46. That time moves her to 6th on the list of top all-time performers.
California’s Cierra Runge held off charging swimmers from Florida and Texas A&M to finish second at 15:46.46. Forida’s Jessica Thielmann almost ran her down but fell just short with her third place time of 15:46.48. Texas A&M’s Sarah Henry had the fastest final 50 in the field and almost ran down Runge and Thielmann but ran out of room, finishing fourth at 15:46.83.
Georgia’s Amber McDermott finished fifth with her time of 15:53.19 and her teammate,Rachel Zilinskas, earned All-American honors from the early heats with a sixth place finish of 15:55.69.
The seventh place finisher also came from the early heats. Oregon State’s Sammy Harrison finished second in the early heats and seventh overall with her time of 15:56.01.
Arizona’s Bonnie Brandon finished 8th with her time of 15:56.60.
