Ryan did well in Saturday's prelims, making the A finals in both the 100m fly and the 200m back and making the B final in the 50m free.  

In the 100 fly he finished 4th, with a time of 54.82.  The top 7 qualifiers in this event were within 1 second of each other.  It should be an exciting final.

Ryan also finished 4th in the 200 back, with a time of 2:02.57.  That's about what his prelim time was at the Ultraswim (I think), so that is pretty good.  It will be interesting to see how he does in the finals.

In the 50 free Ryan finished tied for 12th with a time of 23.68.  All of the top 18 qualifiers were very close and other than Nathan Adrian's 22.5, which was the fastest prelim time, only .78 seconds separates the 2nd fastest from the 18th fastest qualifier.  

Finals tonight at 5 p.m. PDT.  Watch live and get live results at www.swimnetwork.com

 

Santa Clara GP - Friday Finals & Saturday Prelims

Friday Finals - 200m Free

Ryan finished 4th in the 200m free with a time of 1:49.80.  Kendrick Monk of Australia placed first in 1:49.29, followed by Nimro Shapira Bar-Or in 2nd with a time of 1:49.33 and Ricky Berens in 3rd with a time of 1:49.44.  Close race.  

A race video is posted on www.swimnetwork.com, but I couldn't get it to play.  As soon as it works I will post a link.

Friday Finals - 200m Fly

Ryan placed 5th in the 200m fly with a time of 2:03.20.  In 1st was Ka Marcio De Almeida with a time of 1:56.94, 2nd was Stefan Hirniak with a time of 1:59.74, 3rd was David Mosko with a time of 2:00.79 and 4th was Mark Dylla with a time of 2:01.14.

A video of the race can be watched here:  http://www.swimnetwork.com/Multimedia/Media-Center.aspx#/id=e074c556-3e88-48d0-ac49-be29bc4b941f

Saturday Prelims - 100m Fly, 200m Back and 50m Free

Live results have not been updated.  I will change add information once the live results are updated.  I did hear that Ryan swam prelims in all 3 events.  No scratches so far.

Santa Clara GP - Friday Prelim Results

Ryan qualified for the A final for both of his events today, the 200m free and 200m fly.  

In the 200 free, Ryan placed 8th with a time of 1:51.23.  

In the 200 fly, Ryan placed 6th with a time of 2:03.74.

Finals begin at 6:00 pm PDT.

Saturday's events will be the 100m fly, 200m back and 50m free.

I will try to update when possible.

Santa Clara Grand Prix - Friday Prelims, June 18

Ryan is entered in the 200m free and the 200m fly today. In the 200m free, he will swim in Heat 7 of the prelims/lane 6. It's a pretty competitive heat:

7 of 18 Prelims
1 Caskey, Neil A 1:51.87
2 Barber, Matthew D 1:50.51
3 Wold, Alex P 1:49.25
4 Oliveira, Nicolas C 1:47.55
5 Berens, Richard C 1:44.95
6 Lochte, Ryan S 1:45.66
7 Shapira Bar-Or, Nimrod 1:48.63
8 Dwyer, Conor J 1:49.70
9 Allen, Jakob R 1:50.89

In the 200m fly prelims he's in Heat 3/lane 5:

Heat 3 of 10 Prelims
1 Burckle, Christopher C 2:08.68
2 Hughes, Bryan A 2:07.91
3 Riggert, Joseph T 2:07.68
4 Hartbarger, Jason A 2:07.37
5 Lochte, Ryan S 2:06.99
6 Stringer, Shaun R 2:07.31
7 Bowman, Daniel M 2:07.55
8 Hurko, Matthew T 2:07.77
9 Horrell, Max B 2:08.12

Get live results here: http://competitive.santaclaraswimclub.org/Meets/2010International/Results/index.htm

Watch prelims here: http://www.swimnetwork.com/Events/Meets/2010/June/Santa-Clara-Grand-Prix.aspx

Santa Clara Grand Prix "Unofficial" Psych Sheet Available

http://www.santaclaraswimclub.org/competitive/international/2010docs/psych%20sheet%20double%20column.pdf

According to the unofficial psych sheet, Ryan is entered in 8 events at this weekend's Santa Clara Grand Prix. The events are:

• 200m free
• 200m fly
• 100m fly
• 200m back
• 50m free
• 100m free
• 200m IM!!!!!!!
• 100m back

More to follow!

Something to look forward to: Ryan to compete in 50m Free Competition & Open Water Race in October

http://www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com/2010/06/gold-medal-speed-scheduled-in-tiburon.html

Ryan is competing in the RCP Tiburon Mile in San Francisco Bay on October 16-17, 2010. Ryan is going to swim the open water event! So cool.

The night before the open water mile race, Ryan is going to compete in a 50m sprint elimination event like the JAX50. Also competing will be Matt Grevers, Nathan Adrian, Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cesar Cielo, Fred Bousquet and Josh Schneider. The competition will be held in a 25m SC pool.

There's a $10k prize at stake for both events.

Read all about it in the article linked above.

Ashley Gangloff's Blog on Professional Swimming and Santa Clara Grand Prix

I've always been really curious about what it would be like to be a professional swimmer but there's so little information out there about it.....until now. Ashley Gangloff, wife of Olympian Mark Gangloff, is writing a fabulous blog all about their life.

http://everydayolympian.blogspot.com/

It's really great. Thanks to Ashley for being brave enough to share this information with swim fans. The entries on this site that have received the most interest are the ones about professional swimming. Fans are intrigued and it's so great to finally have a direct source of information!

I've been really busy with life lately, having moved to a new house and work is crazy. There has not been much Ryan Lochte swimming news to write about but the Santa Clara GP is coming up next week - June 17-20 ! I will be on vacation from June 10-20, but will try to write about Santa Clara if I can.

Really hoping Ryan will swim the 200 IM. Prayer circle!