SANTA CLARA, Calif. — In the pool, Katie Ledecky, a five-time Olympic champion, was churning through a 1,500-meter freestyle race. In the stands, Chris Olmstead was craning her neck to see.
Olmstead was not another casual fan drawn to the George F. Haines International Swim Center to watch Ledecky compete here in her last tuneup before the USA Swimming Nationals this week in Indianapolis, where the team for next month’s World Championships in Budapest is being chosen.
In her lap, Olmstead clutched a sheet of paper containing race splits from when Ledecky set the world record in 2015.