Kate Ziegler broke Janet Evens world record in the womens 1500 m free
(Janet's World Record from 1988 was 15:52.10)
Kate went:
15:42.54 at the
TYR Swim Meet of Champions in Mission Viejo CA, on
6/17/2007
here's a video of her swim:
www.youtube.com/watch
here's her splits:
1 Ziegler, Kate 18 The FISH-PV 15:42.54
00:29.23 (29.23) 01:00.49 (31.26)
01:32.09 (31.60) 02:03.46 (31.37)
02:35.17 (31.71) 03:06.74 (31.57)
03:38.34 (31.60) 04:09.87 (31.53)
04:41.41 (31.54) 05:13.01 (31.60)
05:44.80 (31.79) 06:16.48 (31.68)
06:48.07 (31.59) 07:19.63 (31.56)
07:51.06 (31.43) 08:22.57 (31.51)
08:53.91 (31.34) 09:25.42 (31.51)
09:57.07 (31.65) 10:28.74 (31.67)
11:00.19 (31.45) 11:31.70 (31.51)
12:03.42 (31.72) 12:35.17 (31.75)
13:06.55 (31.38) 13:38.54 (31.99)
14:10.13 (31.59) 14:41.85 (31.72)
15:13.27 (31.42) 15:42.54 (29.27)
Data from: www.socalswim.org/.../
This news should have it's own thread.
Its to bad that Kate didn't do this 4 years ago. Back then USA Swimming had the great "Million Dollar Distance Challenge". When Larsen Jensen dropped 11.42 seconds in the 1500 Free from Olympic Trials to the Olympics I believe it was not renewed by USA Swimming. Larsen went 14;56.71 in the Olympic Trials in Long Beach to establish an American Record and then had that great rece with Hackett in Athens when he dropped to 14:45.29 for the silver medal. He was still 10.73 seconds from the World Record of 14:34.56 but I think that USA Swimming did not want to risk this in the next 4 years. Now Kate Ziegler appears to be there. The one glitch in this is that there isn't a Women's 1500 Free in the Olympics but an 800 Free but the same stipulations apply. I seem to recall that if any American swimmer established a World Record in either the 800 or 1500 Free they would be eligible for the one million dollor bonus for the performance. In searching the USA Swimming site I found that it only applied to the Olympics, so that would mean Kate would have to win the medal and establish a World Record in the 800 Free. So this swim would probably not qualify for the 1 million dollars if USA swimming kept the Distance Challenge.
search.usaswimming.org/search
Page 18 of the USA Swimming National Team Newsletter "Waves January 2003" titled "Million Dollar Distance Challenge".
Its to bad that Kate didn't do this 4 years ago. Back then USA Swimming had the great "Million Dollar Distance Challenge". When Larsen Jensen dropped 11.42 seconds in the 1500 Free from Olympic Trials to the Olympics I believe it was not renewed by USA Swimming. Larsen went 14;56.71 in the Olympic Trials in Long Beach to establish an American Record and then had that great rece with Hackett in Athens when he dropped to 14:45.29 for the silver medal. He was still 10.73 seconds from the World Record of 14:34.56 but I think that USA Swimming did not want to risk this in the next 4 years. Now Kate Ziegler appears to be there. The one glitch in this is that there isn't a Women's 1500 Free in the Olympics but an 800 Free but the same stipulations apply. I seem to recall that if any American swimmer established a World Record in either the 800 or 1500 Free they would be eligible for the one million dollor bonus for the performance. In searching the USA Swimming site I found that it only applied to the Olympics, so that would mean Kate would have to win the medal and establish a World Record in the 800 Free. So this swim would probably not qualify for the 1 million dollars if USA swimming kept the Distance Challenge.
search.usaswimming.org/search
Page 18 of the USA Swimming National Team Newsletter "Waves January 2003" titled "Million Dollar Distance Challenge".
