Women 1000Y Free Record Broken

Triathlon Forum
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Damn…I never thought that record would go down.

Kate Ziegler Sets American Record

Kate Ziegler swam a 9:24.80 in the 1000Y Freesyle Sunday evening December 11th at the Tom Dolan Invitational 2005 Meet at George Mason University – Fairfax, Virginia.

Her time breaks the previous American Record of 9:25.49 set by Janet Evans in March 1989 in Chapel Hill, NC. This record has stood for 16+ years.

The time also set a US Open record and the 17-18 age group record.
Kate’s splits were:
53.66
1:49.93
2:46.64
3:43.71
4:40.76
5:37.88
6:34.98
7:32.06
8:29.86
9:24.80

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Amazing! Does she bike and run, too???

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Amazing pool to do it in too.

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Well, I know I can do 100 in the time it takes her to do 200…

Awesome. (Her, not me…).

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Awwww you’re awesome too, don’t be so hard on yourself
.

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Freakin’ awesome. I want to be that fast!

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Wow, I looked on their website and the pool is GORGEOUS.

Maybe I’ll look at that as a grad school option.

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Wow. I share a pool with world record holder. BTW it is a great facility and they are expanding it too!

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Pretty amazingly even splits as well…wow!

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awesome swim, but why do they still contest races in imperial measurements? its like printing a recipe the lists one of the ingredients as Dodo or tasmanian tiger

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There is a Masters Group that swimms in that pool. Nice coach and usually a large group. Several former NCAA top-level guys and gals there last time I whent.

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awesome swim, but why do they still contest races in imperial measurements? its like printing a recipe the lists one of the ingredients as Dodo or tasmanian tiger Most indoor pools in the US are in yards, not meters.

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Hey, that’s where I swim…great pool. Ziegler goes to the same H.S. as my wife’s sister; yes, she is still in H.S, what a future!

Dave in VA

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Just unreal! I knew this girl was going to be quick, but that is FRIGGIN’ FAST! 4:40 for her 500? Crazy fast.

She did the 1650 in 15:47, 200 in 1:46, and 500 in 4:36!

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Ziegler’s probably a bit too tall to be an elite triathlete. I think she’s in the 5’11"- 6’0" range. She also went a 4:36 500 yard free, and was on AR pace in the 1650 for most of the race at that same meet.

Same weekend different meet, North Baltimore’s Katie Hoff decided to swim a bit more freestyle than usual for the weekend and went a 48.82 100 yard free, 1:44.50 200 yard free, and 4:38 500 yard free.

If you would have put Hoff and Ziegler in lanes next to each other instead of 60 miles apart, I think someone would have taken down Janet Evans’ 500 yard free record as well.

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She also has way too much fast swimming ahead of her. If she is 18 years old, she will be 20, 24 and maybe 28 at her next three Olympics. I would bet being a distance swimmer for that much longer she won’t want to go have some fun on the bike and run after her retirement. Maybe if she comes out after 2012 she might have some desire left. Sort of like Lance, after that much hard work, why would you want to punish yourself some more?