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Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky set a new American record in the girls 500 free by resetting her own record by more than two seconds on Friday night at the DC Metro Championships at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center. Her time: 4:26:58. The Stone Ridge senior was swimming in her last high school meet this […]

Setting records is something Olympian Katie Ledecky is used to doing. This weekend she set two at the Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Championship held at the Germantown Aquatic Center. Ledecky, a senior at Stone Ridge, set a new American High School record in the women’s 500 freestyle with her 4:26:58 performance Friday and on Saturday she […]

It’s official! Bethesda’s Katie Ledecky has signed with Stanford University. The Olympic gold medalist and world record holder was described by Stanford’s head coach, Greg Meehan, as “the best swimmer on the planet.” Ledecky is a senior at the Stone Ridge School. You can read more about her signing here. It’s official. Welcome to #NerdNation, […]

How fast can senior Gator Katie Ledecky go? That was the question posted on the Stone Ridge School’s website before the Bethesda school’s star swimmer competed at Nationals this past week. The 17-year-old set her third world record of the year on Saturday night at USA Nationals in California. She broke the world record in […]

Olympic Gold Medalist and four-time World Champion swimmer Katie Ledecky, a junior at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart and a member of the Nation’s Capital Swim Club, announced on May 15 her verbal commitment to swim for Stanford University’s NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Team following completion of her high school […]

The Germantown Indoor Swim Center was the site for the 2014 Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships. There were over 50 teams participating, private and public schools, and there was an Olympic Gold medalist who even set a couple of new records in the pool. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. There were seven Metro records set […]

Stone Ridge won the 200-yard freestyle Relay Feb. 8 at the Washington Metropolitan Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming Championships held at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center. Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky anchored the team with Cecila Gasaway, Kelleigh Haley and Laura Garcia. They swam the event in 1:36.14 minutes. Related:

In this MyMCMedia extra, the head coach of Stone Ridge, Bob Walker, explains what it was like to see his team’s star swimmer, Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky, set another record this time at Metros at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center. Related:  

In this MyMCMedia extra, Sonya Burke talks to Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky, a Stone Ridge student, about what it was like to compete in the high school swimming championships at Metros this past weekend; what’s next for her training schedule; and, is she watching the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi? Take a look: Below […]

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, […]