Brazilian Guilherme da Costa comes up against US Olympic hopeful Zane Grothe in the Men's 800m Free. Hoping to stand in their way are Bobby Finke, True Sweester and a whole host of other top-class swimmers. In Heat 1 at the Toyota U.S. Open in Atlanta, one man breaks two records at once.... find out who, only on USA Swimming.
In the night’s first race, Katie Ledecky blew away the rest of the field within the first 30 meters, winning in a time of 8:10.77. The next closest swimmer, Sierra Schmidt, was more than half a pool length behind in 8:36.71. Ally McHugh finished third. The win was Ledecky’s third of the weekend along with the 200 and 400 freestyles.