Ledecky cruising in Santa Clara swim meet

In her second pro meet since relinquishing her spot on the Stanford swim team, Katie Ledecky continued to dominate at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet in Santa Clara.

After winning the 200-meter freestyle with the world’s fastest time of the year on Friday night, the five-time Olympic gold medalist returned Saturday and won the first event contested, the 800 free, in 8:11.08. The 21-year-old Washington, D.C., native holds the world record in the event (8:04.79, set in 2016).

Stanford’s Megan Byrnes took third in that race, two spots ahead of Cardinal teammate Leah Stevens. Former Stanford swimmers Simone Manuel and Lia Neal went 1-2 in the women’s 100 free. Two-time Olympic champ Manuel owns the American record in the event.

Chase Kalisz won the men’s 200 butterfly and 200 individual medley, besting 12-time Olympic champion Ryan Lochte in the latter.

Lilly King, the world recordholder in the 100 breaststroke, cruised to a nearly 3-second victory in that event.

Florida’s Caeleb Dressel, who tied Michael Phelps’ record with seven gold medals at last year’s world championships, topped the men’s 100 free in 48.96 seconds.

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Dixon wins IndyCar race on Texas oval

Scott Dixon led the last 119 laps in Fort Worth, Texas, to win his second consecutive IndyCar Series race.

Dixon broke a tie for the third-most career wins in openwheel racing. Dixon’s 43rd career victory came a week after he won at Detroit to match Michael Andretti. Dixon trails only A.J. Foyt’s 67 wins and Mario Andretti’s 52.

After taking the lead on the 1½-mile Texas Motor Speedway oval, he never gave it up. It was Dixon’s third victory at Texas.  Sebastian Vettel won the pole for Sunday’s Formula One Canadian Grand Prix with the fastest lap ever on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. Vettel steered his Ferrari over the 2.71-mile track in 1 minute, 10.764 seconds to deprive points leader Lewis Hamilton of a record seventh pole there.

 Austin Dillon won the rainshortened NASCAR Xfinity race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. The race was delayed at the start and called after 91 of the planned 125 laps. It was the ninth career Xfinity victory for Dillon.

Track and field: The last day of the NCAA women’s track and field championships in Eugene, Ore., saw a back-andforth battle for the top spot. Georgia and Stanford each held the team lead at various points, but it came down to the last event, with USC winning the 1,600-meter relay to beat Georgia by a point for the title. Stanford finished third.

Stanford’s Valarie Allman placed third in the discus, and the Cardinal’s Elise Cranny took third in the 1,500 meters, just ahead of teammate Christina Aragon. Cardinal senior Vanessa Fraser finished fourth in the 5,000, and teammate Olivia Baker placed fifth in the 800.

WNBA: Courtney Williams had 22 points to lead the host Connecticut Sun past the Minnesota Lynx 89-75.