Olympic gold medalist Cody Miller takes you behind the scenes of the TYR Pro Swim Series at Bloomington to show you how elite athletes prepare for big competitions. Other U.S. National Team athletes – Michael Andrew, Mallory Comerford, Zane Grothe, Lilly King, Sierra Schmidt and Regan Smith – also make an appearance to talk about their secrets to swimming fast.
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.
Florida’s Katie Ledecky dominated the women’s 1500 freestyle at the 2021 Toyota U.S. Open Championships.
Ledecky, leading from start to finish, put on a show for those in attendance in Greensboro, N.C. with a sterling time of 15:45.32.
Ledecky closed out the field by more than half a minute with a 36.24-second advantage at the wall.
The Dancing Queen Sierra Schmidt, known for her pre-swim da...
Florida’s Katie Ledecky kept on rolling this week with another meet record, this time in the women’s 200 free at the 2021 Toyota U.S. Open Championships.
Ledecky threw down a blistering 1:55.47 to win the race by more than three seconds and smash her prelim meet record of 1:56.06 set this morning.
Ledecky swam against a familiar foe as NCAP’s Erin Gemmell took second with a 1:58.61. Gemmell’s fa...