katie ledecky
A race for the ages: the World Record holders in the men’s and women’s 1500 freestyles lined up, head-to-head, in St. Petersburg to help raise money for teams’ Trials qualifiers.
University of Florida post-grad teammates Katie Ledecky and Bobby Finke swam side-by-side on Friday evening under the lights in Florida. The pair are famous for their battles during practice (here, here, and here), and in this race we got the real thing.
While Ledecky sometimes wins in practice, Finke was always going to come out ahead in a competitive swim, though the battle did bring out a pretty good swim from both athletes.
Ledecky, meanwhile, was the 2nd-best swimmer in the race in 15:42.73, which is four seconds off what she did in the Pro Swim in January last year, though she was closer to her best time (22 seconds) than was Finke (28 seconds).
Finke is scheduled to race the 200 back and 200 fly on Saturday morning at the meet hosted by his home club. Ledecky, meanwhile, is scheduled for the 100 free and 400 free.
