Sportswoman of the Week Ending 8/3/2025

Summer sports abound, we turn our attention to the swimming pool and one of the, if not the greatest American swimmer in history.  Katie Ledecky continues to assault the swimming record books fending of younger challengers now as she approaches 30 years old.  At the 800m distance there is no question.  She has not lost a major race at the distance since 2012.  She hasn't left the last four Olympics with fewer than five medals.  American legend and the Longhorndave Sportswoman of the Week! 

Sportswoman of the Week Ending 8/7/2016

It was an eventful opening weekend of the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (that's the XXXI Olympiad for those in a base four system) and sensational performances are already abound.  Tennis upsets, thrilling cycling road races, and a staple of the first week:  Swimming.  American Katie Ledecky was expected to blaze through the pool and that she did in the 400m freestyle final.  Blazing in terms of demolishing an admirable Silver medal swimmer by nearly 5 seconds, and breaking her own World Record by almost 2 seconds.  And the D.C. born, Baltimore native Ledecky is just getting started having also medaled in the 4x100m freestyle (silver).  She'll be gold digging for the 200m and 800m free styles in the days to come.  Hard to imagine she won't come home with two more golds.  And she is our Longhorndave Sportswoman of the Week!