American swimmer Katie Ledecky broke her own 800-meter freestyle world record by swimming 8:04.12 at the Tyr Pro Series meet ...

Gretchen Walsh broke the 100m Butterfly Record in prelims and again in finals on the final day of the meet in Fort Lauderdale ...

May 3 (Reuters) - Gretchen Walsh improved on her own American record and became the second ... had my eyes set on that," Walsh told USA swimming. "I'm really happy with the swim.

UVA Swimming ... broke the world record twice on Saturday, posting a 55.09 in her morning prelim swim to break her own previous world record of 55.18 set at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials last ...

For almost 13 years, Ledecky has dominated long-distance freestyle swimming ... the first (record) I’ve done when another American has done it. Hats off to Gretchen for getting us rolling ...

She now holds the top ten times ever recorded in the event.For almost 13 years, Ledecky has dominated long-distance freestyle swimming ... us rolling this morning and starting a world record ...