Leah Smith, Lindsay Vrooman Sweep 400m Freestyle – Race Video

2015 WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES

• July 4th-July 11th, 2015 (Saturday-Saturday)
• Gwangju, South Korea
• Prelims 8:30AM/Finals 7PM (local time)
• Prelims 7:30PM (day before)/Finals 6AM (U.S. Eastern Time)
• Full meet preview
• Results
• Link to Day Four Prelims Coverage
• The official FISU feed: http://www.livefisu.tv
• In the United States: ESPN3.com
• Twitter: @swimswamlive
• Link to Day Four Finals Recap

Excerpt taken from Day Four Finals Recap:

WOMEN’S 400 FREESTYLE – FINALS

Leah Smith separated herself from the field, taking an early lead 100 meters into the race. She and her teammate, Lindsay Vrooman began to pull away, Smith relying on her high stroke rate and Vrooman on her kick. They carried their lead all the way through the finish, sweeping the podium for Team USA. Smith picked up the Gold medal with her time of 4:05.29, just off of her record time from this morning, and Vrooman earned the silver medal with a 4:07.28, dropping more than four and a half seconds from her morning swim. Vrooman posted the 19th fastest time in the world this year.

The bronze medal went to Martina De Memme of Italy with her time of 4:08.95. They were the only three swimmers under the 4:10 barrier this morning.

Kiah Melverton of Australia just missed the podium with her time of 4:12.92. She led a strong charge for fourth, out-touching Justyna Burska (POL) and Asami Chida (JPN) at the wall. Burska and Chida both finished with 4:13’s.