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Katie Ledecky wins race by 1 minute, shatters NCAA, American records

Katie Ledecky shattered the 1,650-yard freestyle NCAA record by 20 seconds and her own American record by 10 seconds on Sunday.

She covered 66 lengths of the pool at an Ohio State meet on Sunday in 15:03.92. The runner-up clocked 16:04.25 and still had four full lengths of the pool to go when Ledecky finished. Full results are here.

Ledecky’s time would have placed third in the men’s 1,650-yard freestyle. Her 1,000-yard split time also broke the NCAA record in that event, which she had set in her second college meet earlier this month.