Produced by Coleman Hodges.
Reported by Robert Gibbs.
WOMEN’S 100 FREE – FINALS
- Simone Manuel, Stanford, 54.11
- Lia Neal, Stanford, 54.31
- Katie Ledecky, 54.55
A trio of current and future Stanford swimmers swept the top three spots in this event this evening. First place went to Simone Manuel in 54.11. Lia Neal took 2nd in 54.31. Katie Ledecky, who is heading to Stanford in the fall after taking a year off, placed 3rd in 54.55. While all three of those swimmers should be in the mix for Team USA’s 4×100 free relay, Dana Vollmer’s 53.59 from this morning in Charlotte remains the fastest time for USA swimmers this eyar
Nice mentality: “We’ll take it one game at a time” is what the pros do.
@Coleman Hodges: I don’t think I’d use the phrase “taking a year off” to characterize what KL has been doing in 2015-16 (since graduating from high school). “Training hard to make the 2016 US Oly team” or “taking a gap year” are more descriptive.