2025 St. Petersburg Aquatics Trials Fundraiser Meet
- January 17-18, 2025
- North Shore Pool, St. Petersburg, Florida
- Long Course Meters (50 meters), Timed Finals
- Live Meet Results
- Complete Meet Results
- Day 1 Recap
Day 2 of the 2025 St. Petersburg Aquatics Trials Fundraiser Meet may not have matched Friday’s thrilling 1500 free showdown between two World Record holders, but it marked a strong return to racing for University of Florida post-grad training partners Katie Ledecky and Bobby Finke. It was their first racing since the Olympic Games, where both won gold.
Ledecky dropped the 400 free on Friday, but swam the 200 free, where she won the race in 1:57.27. The top junior in that race was her 16-year-old Zoie Fjare in a time of 2:08.
Finke, meanwhile, swam two events on Saturday at the meet hosted by his home club. In the 200 back, he swam 2:01.11, and in the 200 fly he swam 2:03.63.
Also making her return to racing was former Florida and Cal All-American Izzy Ivey, who hasn’t raced in official competition since the Olympic Trials, where she was 3rd in the 200 IM to just-miss the team for Paris.
On Saturday, she won the 100 free in 56.32 and the 100 fly in 1:01.25.
While the pros were the big draw to the meet, there were other good results in the meet. Among those: in the 400 free, 15-year-old Brinkleigh Hansen of the host St. Petersburg Aquatics swam a new personal best of 4:15.48, which is a US Nationals cut.
Unrelated but anyone know anything about Summer training with CN Antibes?
Her former Sarasota Shark teammate Colin Jacobs currently swims for CN Antibes, so I am assuming there is something involving him with her appearance practicing with them. Also, probably altitude training as I have seen them going cross-country skiing.
Can we get an interview with Katie and Bobby about their training… specifically Katie on why she is swimming so fast at a club meet?
Because you should swim fast whenever you can. Whether it’s a club meet or trials.
4:15 for a 15 year old is fast!
Yeah, shes been training non-stop and basically grew up at the pool (due to family). Curious about her mental health when she’s older and realizes that her childhood revolved around competing and anxiety about fitting the mold to become an olympian. Hoping she finds some balance. Phelps has been open about the struggles that comes with the sport and it would be good for for parents to listen.
So many unknown variables regarding environment, psyche, etc. your comment is purely speculation. She may in complete balance. Why question it?
And using Phelps collection of data for analysis is not reliable. Remember from high school stats – sample size of 1 does not a statistic make.
You know what…I mean…..