Katie Ledecky Breaks Record in 500 Free (Photos & Videos)

Katie Ledecky Smashes Record in Germantown

Photo | Phil Fabrizio

Stone Ridge’s Katie Ledecky broke the American record in the 500 free tonight (Feb. 7) during prelims at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center, which is the setting this weekend for the 2014 Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships.

Ledecky’s record setting time: 4:28:71.

In this cell phone video you can watch Ledecky (center lane, in a yellow cap) swim the final laps. As she closes in on the wall, the crowd gets louder and louder:

Read more about Ledecky’s swim: http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/HighSchool/37723.asp

http://reachforthewall.com/2014/02/07/stone-ridges-katie-ledecky-smashes-american-record-in-500-yard-freestyle/

More photos of Ledecky (many courtesy of Photographer Phil Fabrizio) in Germantown on Feb. 7:

 
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Sonya Burke is the Multimedia Manager at Montgomery Community Media (MCM). You can email story ideas at sburke@mymcmedia.org or reach her on Twitter @SonyaNBurke.

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