The Missouri Grand Prix started today. Unfortunately Michael Phelps could not make it due to the blizzard on the east coast earlier this week. There are still a lot of Olympians there: Garrett Weber-Gale, Eric Shanteau, Ous Mellouli, Thiago Pereira and Ryan. Also, Nick Thoman from the national team is there.
Ryan swam the prelims for two events this morning, the 200m free and the 100m fly. He placed 4th in the 200m free and tied for 3rd in the 100m fly. Here are the results:
200m free prelims 2/12/10
1 Hayden, Brent 1:51.42
2 Johns, Brian 1:52.23
3 Di Giorgio, Ale 1:52.43
4 Lochte, Ryan 1:52.66
5 Mellouli, Ous 1:52.87
100m fly prelims 2/12/10
1 Kishida, Masayu 54.50
2 Russell, David 54.92
3 Janusaitis, Vyt 55.25
3 Lochte, Ryan 55.25
5 Pereira, Thiago 55.52
Also in the "A" final: Nick Thoman & Bradley Ally.
This is Ryan's first meet since last summer's world championships in Rome. For the sake of comparison, at last year's Missouri Grand Prix Ryan swam a 1:54.19 in the prelims of the 200 free and didn't make the "A" final. He swam a 55.08 in the 100 free and finished 2nd in the final. He seems to be on pace with his training from last year and we all know how well that turned out!
Finals start at 5:30 p.m. CST and can be watched live at www.swimnetwork.com
If you aren't following Ryan on twitter, you should. www.twitter.com/ryanlochte
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