{"id":123827,"date":"2026-01-15T04:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T04:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/123827\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T04:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T04:19:10","slug":"katie-ledecky-fires-off-1523-21-1500-free-2-performance-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/123827\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Ledecky Fires Off 15:23.21 1500 Free, #2 Performance All-Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t2026 PRO SWIM SERIES \u2013 AUSTIN<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 1500 FREESTYLE \u2014 Fastest Heat<\/p>\n

Top 8 Finishers<\/p>\n

Katie Ledecky<\/a>\u00a0(GSC) \u2014 15:23.21
\nBrinkleigh Hansen (SPA) \u2014 16:31.31
\nBecca Mann (TAC) \u2014 15:35.09
\nBrooke Travis (TAC) \u2014 16:48.91
\nMadalyn Petty (TRAC) \u2014 16:56.50
\nLilliana Krstolic (LAKR) \u2014 17:17.43
\nMcKennah Greer (LAC) \u2014 17:40.34
\nMackenzie Corbin (LAC) \u2014 17:56.48<\/p>\n

Katie Ledecky<\/a> blasted a 15:23.21 1500 freestyle to kick off finals at the Pro Series in Austin, Texas. That marked the #2 performance all-time, and less than three seconds off her World Record from 2018.<\/p>\n

Split Comparison<\/p>\n

World Record<\/p>\n

Distance
\n100 Split
\nCumulative
\n100 Split
\nCumulative<\/p>\n

100
\n58.5
\n58.50
\n58.95
\n58.95<\/p>\n

200
\n1:01.75
\n2:00.25
\n1:01.80
\n2:00.75<\/p>\n

300
\n1:02.25
\n3:02.50
\n1:01.98
\n3:02.73<\/p>\n

400
\n1:02.38
\n4:04.88
\n1:02.31
\n4:05.04<\/p>\n

500
\n1:01.94
\n5:06.82
\n1:02.42
\n5:07.46<\/p>\n

600
\n1:01.47
\n6:08.29
\n1:01.94
\n6:09.40<\/p>\n

700
\n1:01.84
\n7:10.13
\n1:02.06
\n7:11.46<\/p>\n

800
\n1:01.57
\n8:11.70
\n1:01.63
\n8:13.09<\/p>\n

900
\n1:01.50
\n9:13.20
\n1:01.65
\n9:14.74<\/p>\n

1000
\n1:01.63
\n10:14.83
\n1:01.91
\n10:16.65<\/p>\n

1100
\n1:01.32
\n11:16.15
\n1:01.65
\n11:18.30<\/p>\n

1200
\n1:01.79
\n12:17.94
\n1:01.79
\n12:20.09<\/p>\n

1300
\n1:01.49
\n13:19.43
\n1:01.47
\n13:21.56<\/p>\n

1400
\n1:01.28
\n14:20.71
\n1:01.35
\n14:22.91<\/p>\n

1500
\n0:59.77
\n15:20.48
\n1:00.30
\n15:23.21<\/p>\n

Ledecky was just off World Record throughout the race but was only above 1:02 three times, only one more time than she was in her World Record swim.<\/p>\n

With her swim tonight, Ledecky now holds the 12 fastest performances of all-time. She passed her performance from last year\u2019s Pro Series in Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n

Top Performances All-Time \u2013 Women\u2019s 1500 Free<\/p>\n

Katie Ledecky<\/a> \u2014 15:20.48 \u2014 2018 Pro Series \u2013 Indy
\nKatie Ledecky<\/a> \u2014 15:23.21 \u2014 2026 Pro Series \u2013 Austin
\nKatie Ledecky<\/a> \u2014 15:24.51 \u2014 2025\u00a0 Pro Swim Series \u2013 Fort Lauderdale
\nKatie Ledecky<\/a> \u2014 15:25.48 \u2014 2015 World Championships
\nKatie Ledecky<\/a> \u2014 15:26.27 \u2014 2023 World Championships
\nKatie Ledecky<\/a> \u2014 15:26.44 \u2014 2025 World Championships
\nKatie Ledecky<\/a> \u2014 15:27.71 \u2014 2015 World Championships
\nKatie Ledecky<\/a> \u2014 15:28.36 \u2014 2014 Pan Pacific Championships
\nKatie Ledecky<\/a> \u2014 15:29.51 \u2014 2020 Pro Series \u2013 Des Moines
\nKatie Ledecky<\/a> \u2014 15:29.64 \u2014 2023 Phillips 66 National Championships
\nKatie Ledecky<\/a> \u2014 15:30.02 \u2014 2024 Olympic Games
\nKatie Ledecky<\/a> \u2014 15:30.15 \u2014 2022 World Championships<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 PRO SWIM SERIES \u2013 AUSTIN Women\u2019s 1500 FREESTYLE \u2014 Fastest Heat Top 8 Finishers Katie Ledecky\u00a0(GSC) \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,50894],"class_list":["post-123827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-katie-ledecky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}