New Ryan Lochte training video on youtube

looks like Peter Vanderkaay and Ben Hesen in the weight room with him. The vertical jumping in the beginning looks so hard.

Ryan on USA Team for 2011 Worlds in Shanghai

USA Swimming announced the men's and women's teams for 2011 Worlds in Shanghai. Ryan will be swimming the same events he won 6 gold medals in at Pan Pacs - 200/400m IM, 200m back, 200m free and the 400m and 800m free relays.

The big surprise for me is that Aaron Peirsol was not named on the team. Does this mean he retired? I hope not.

The entire roster can be found here:

http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/66ea2369-ec33-426d-92c2-9227f081c919/USAS%202011%20WC%20Team%20final%20_6_.pdf

Austin Grand Prix Results - Sunday, Jan. 16

Ryan won the 200m IM and placed second in the 100m free. What a great meet! I usually don't expect him to do so well in January when he's training so hard. He must be pleased with his results.

Here's what Swimmingworld Magazine had to say about the races:

http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/26188.asp?q=USA-Swimming-Grand-Prix,-Austin:-Missy-Franklin-Wins-Three-Events-Within-30-Minutes-on-Day-Three;-Brent-Hayden-Tops-Amazing-100-Free-Field

Men's 200 IM
The final of the 200 IM featured the event's world record holder (Ryan Lochte), the reigning Olympic champion (Michael Phelps) and the world championship bronze medalist (Eric Shanteau). At 100 meters, Lochte and Phelps were a body length ahead of the field, both splitting 55-high after backstroke. Lochte took off on the breaststroke leg and won the event in 1:59.26. Shanteau, the winner of the 200 breast yesterday, also made a major move on the breaststroke, passed Phelps, and held on to second with a 2:01.13. Phelps was third in 2:01.47. Todd Patrick, who trains with Phelps at North Baltimore, got his hand on the wall in fourth, but was disqualified for a one-hand touch at the end of the breaststroke leg.

Men's 100 freestyle
Six Olympians comprised this star-studded field, and it was Brent Hayden of Canada who showed why he was the fastest in the event in the world in 2010. Hayden led the field at 50 meters with a 23.96 and held off some fast charges around him with the only sub-50 second swim in 49.91. Ryan Lochte got to the wall a tick ahead of Longhorn Aquatics' David Walters, 50.08 to 50.09. Ricky Berens of Longhorn was fourth in 50.18 and Jason Lezak of Rose Bowl, who was second at the halfway mark, faded to fifth with a 50.23.

Notably, Michael Phelps won the B final in 50.09, which would have tied him with Walters for third in the A final. Phelps had the fastest final 50-meter split of all swimmers in the final session with a 25.60. Comparably, Berens had the second-best final 50 with a 25.69 split, with Lochte swimming the third-best split in 25.71.

Austin Grand Prix Results - Saturday, Jan. 15

Ryan placed third in the 100m back and second in the "B" final of the 400m free. Although he didn't win, these are very good results given the amount of training he is doing right now.

Here's the video for the 100m back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHhfD2FwcYA

Here's what Swimmingworldmagazine had to say about each race:

http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/26175.asp?q=USA%20Swimming%20Grand%20Prix,%20Austin:%20Missy%20Franklin%20Posts%20Sizzling%20100%20Back%20Time%20in%20Day%20Two

Men's 100 backstroke
Michael Phelps hasn't had many victories in the 100 backstroke in his career, but he added one to his resume tonight with a 54.14 He took out the race hard and hit the wall at 50 meters in first place – an unusual spot for Phelps in a 100-meter race. Nick Thoman of SwimMAC-Carolina turned nearly even with Phelps at the halfway mark but couldn't match Phelps' closing speed, finishing second in 54.73. Ryan Lochte of Daytona Beach Swimming had a strong back half, but a slower first half meant he could only fight his way up to third place with a 54.95.

Men's 400 freestyle
Chip Peterson used the same strategy as his FAST teammate Kate Ziegler did in the women's race, staying at Michael Klueh's feet for 250 meters before making his move at 300 meters to win in 3:53.64. Klueh of Longhorn Aquatics did his best to regain the lead but touched the wall second in 3:53.73. Andrew Gemmell of Delaware Swim Team, who had competed in the 200 butterfly earlier, finished third in 3:57.30.

Ediz Yildirimer of The Woodlands Swim Team will have a great memory of the meet, as he chased down Ryan Lochte in the final 150 meters to take the B final in 3:59.37. Not only did Yildirimer get the win, but he improved on his lifetime best of 3:59.59 from last summer's junior nationals. Lochte had a five-second lead over Yildirimer at 200 meters, but was unable to match Yidirimer's closing speed – and final 50 split of 28.37. Lochte's time in the B final was 4:00.24.

Austin Grand Prix Results - Friday, Jan. 14

Ryan took first in the 200m free and second in the 100m fly on the first day of the Austin Grand Prix. Given that Ryan has been swimming upwards of 17,000 meters a day in training, these are excellent results. Oh yes and Ryan was the only swimmer wearing a speedo rather than jammers.

Here's a video of the 200m free:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5XH_aSrEKw

Here's a video of the 100m fly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GoHj_BlzQM&feature=relmfu

Austin Grand Prix - January 14 to 16, 2011

Ryan told the Morning Swim Show today (don't miss the video in the post below) that he's in the middle of his hard training right now and he's very tired. I don't think we can expect his best times in Austin, but it will be fun to watch him race Michael Phelps, Tyler Clary and others.

The meet will be webcast live on www.usaswimming.org. Prelims begin at 9:30 a.m. CST each day and finals begin at 5:30 p.m. CST.

I believe the link to the webcast is: http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=2022&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en

The psych sheet for the meet can be found here: http://www.utexas.edu/longhornaquatics/meets/documents/psych_sheet_at_1-10-11.pdf

Here are the events Ryan will swim:

Event 2 - 200m free (Friday, Jan. 14) prelims begin at 10:05 a.m. CST
Top 5 swimmers in this event:
1 Phelps, Michael F
2 Berens, Richard C
3 Walters, David W
4 Lochte, Ryan S
5 Vanderkaay, Peter W

Event 6 - 100m fly (Friday, Jan. 14) prelims begin at 11:06 a.m. CST
Top 5 swimmers in this event:
1 Phelps, Michael
2 Berens, Richard
3 Lochte, Ryan S
4 Russell, David P
5 Godsoe, Eugene D

Event 16 - 100m back (Sat., Jan. 15) prelims begin at 10:39 a.m. CST
Top 5 swimmers in this event:
1 Thoman, Nicholas B
2 Hesen, Benedict E
3 Lochte, Ryan S
4 Phelps, Michael F
5 Russell, David P

Event 18 - 400m free (Sat., Jan. 15) prelims begin at 11:45 a.m. CST
Top 5 swimmers in this event:
1 Vanderkaay, Peter W
2 Klueh, Michael P
3 Gemmell, Andrew D
4 Clary, Scott T
5 Berens, Richard C

9 Lochte, Ryan S

Event 25 - 200m IM (Sun., Jan. 16) prelims begin at 10:00 a.m. CST
Top 5 swimmers in this event:
1 Lochte, Ryan S
2 Phelps, Michael F
3 Clary, Scott T
4 Brown, Jack L
5 Shanteau, Eric L

Event 29 - 100m free (Sun., Jan. 16) prelims begin at 11:32 a.m. CST
Top 5 swimmers in this event:
1 Walters, David W
2 Phelps, Michael F
3 Lezak, Jason E
4 Hayden, Brent
5 Lochte, Ryan S

Morning Swim Show Interview of Ryan Lochte - January 13, 2011

swimmingworld.tv 2011 prediction video

Lots of Lochte vs. Phelps discussion (about 10 minutes). So interesting!! The discussion is in the beginning of the video and at the end.