Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Eddie Moses and Ryan Lochte are making a swimming documentary
I'm going to file this under "best news ever"
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Video of Ryan's Gold Medal in the 200m back in Beijing
I've been wanting to re-watch Ryan win his individual gold in Beijing for a long time, but could not get the video at the old NBC Olympics Beijing site to play. I finally found the video at www. olympic.org. It's a little annoying because the entire race isn't shown, but it's still fun to watch.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Thoughts on the Michigan Grand Prix
I don't expect Ryan to swim his fastest times in April. He's usually in hard training and very tired. Plus, I still think he may have some kind of injury, specifically because he didn't swim any IMs (no breaststroke). Here's what The Swimmers Circle had to say:
The Swimmers Circle
5. Ryan Lochte went a 2:00.21 to take 2nd in this race. Though he is not typically a big in-season performer, but he actually went winless in 6 races this meet. Based on what we saw from both him and Vanderkaay, however, I think that the elite group in Gainesville is putting in some pretty vicious yardage right now, so to hang tough through the 200 back on the last race was as well as could have been expected.
Here is the 200m back video:
Ryan finishes 2nd to Tyler Clary in the 200m back
Earlier today at the Japanese championships, Ryosuke Irie swam a 1:54.08, which is textile world record and .04 faster than Ryan's time at Pan Pacs last summer (1:54.12). This summer is going to be interesting!!
Tyler Clary had a really good meet and his time in the 200 back is very impressive for this time of year. He has to be extremely tired too. Tyler's other events were 200 free (8th), 400 IM (1st), 200 fly (3rd), 400 free (1st), 200 IM (3rd). Nothing less than a 200 and competing in the "A" final in each event. Very impressive!
Ryan won the "C" final of the 100m free. His time was 51.3.
Ryan is swimming both the 200m back & the 100m free tonight
200m back - "A" final, lane 3
100m free - "C" final, lane 5
or
Just a note though - universal sports doesn't show "C" finals.
Michigan Grand Prix - Sunday finals
In this morning's prelims, Ryan qualified for the "A" final in the 200m back and the "C" final in the 100m free.
100m back
200m back
Tyler Clary: 2:00.92
Leonardo Fim: 2:02.38
Ryan Lochte: 2:02.64
100m freeRyan Lochte: 51.46 (25.16)(26.30)Ryan finished 21st overall in the prelims. Here it appears he didn't get a good start because his first lap (25.16) was much slower than the others. The second lap (26.30) was pretty good.Here are videos of Ryan's races this weekend:
100m back
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Michigan Grand Prix - 100m back results
Ryan placed second in the 100m back. His time was 54.81. Not bad!
Here were the top 3:
Michael Phelps: 54.15 (26.92)(27.23)
Ryan Lochte: 54.81 (26.92)(27.89)
David Nolan 55.10 (27.11)(27.99)
Very impressed with David Nolan, an 18 yr old who is going to Stanford next year. He really hung in there with MP & Ryan.
I know Nick Thoman, David Plummer and Matt Grevers weren't swimming at this GP, but it's good to see Ryan do so well in the 100 back. He has to be thinking of it as a possibility for Olympic trials.
p.s. I watched tonight's event live on facebook via Universalsports. I know it's a short event, but it was disappointing that the announcers (Rowdy Gaines & Paul Sunderland) didn't say much of anything about David Nolan and never said who finished 2nd and 3rd.
Michigan Grand Prix - Saturday finals
Ryan scratched the 200m fly final and is swimming in the 100m back "A" final only. Finals begin at 5:30 EDT.
Live results here: http://www.mgoblue.com/livestats/m-swim/index.htm
Gary Hall Sr. interviews Ryan Lochte
I'm a little late with this, but here is a video of Gary Hall, Sr. interviewing Ryan at the Speedo South Sectionals meet in Ft. Lauderdale. I've always been impressed and intrigued with Gary Hall's swim team - The Race Club. If I was a professional swimmer, I'd want to train in the Florida Keys!!
Ryan says how tall he is!!
Here is the interview:
One of the keys to professional swimming - Ryan has a new sponsor!
Gatorade G Series FIT. Watch the video announcement here:
Michigan Grand Prix Results - Friday finals/Saturday prelims
Friday Finals
200m free
Ryan finished second to Michael Phelps and it was so close!! I didn't get to see the race, but from what I read, Ryan was ahead after the last turn, but MP had a very strong finish.
Let's look at the splits:
Michael Phelps: 25.48 52.76 (27.28) 1:20.97 (28.21) 1:48.45 (27.48)
Ryan Lochte: 25.38 52.70 (27.32) 1:20.52 (27.82) 1:48.69 (28.17)
It would have been nice to see Ryan win this close race, but I don't think it is cause for concern that he didn't. The last lap times show Ryan is tired. I still think he's injured in some way. The fact that he's swimming this well despite his physical condition is amazing. When world championships come in July, he will be rested and his last lap will not be his slowest time.
100m fly
Ryan won the "B" final in this event with a time of 54.27, out touching Simon Burnett by .01. It's always good to see a close win, even if it is in the "B" final.
Saturday Prelims
200m fly
Ryan qualified for lane 8 (the last spot) in the "C" final with a time of 2:06.77. Yikes!! He would have needed to swim 5 seconds faster - better than a 2:01.83 - to make the "A" final. I'm going to have to look up Ryan's times in this event, but I believe he's swum it much faster in the past, even in prelims. Hope everything is OK.
100m back
Ryan rebounded nicely in the 100m back, winning his heat and qualifying for the "A" final with the 4th fastest time in the prelims. Tonight's finals should be fun to watch. The top 4 qualifiers are:
Michael Phelps - 55.13
David Nolan - 55.66
V. Janusaitis - 56.02
Ryan Lochte - 56.11
David Nolan is a high school senior and only 18 years old. He swam in the same heat as MP in the prelims and pushed him hard. Very impressive! I can't wait to see this race tonight.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Michigan "Namesnik" Grand Prix this weekend - Psych sheets are out
http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/f6e0271e-dc3a-4034-9521-b2915a45aaec/early%20psych%20sheets%204-4%20ii%20(2).pdf
Ryan will be competing in the following events:
200m free
100m fly
200m fly
100m back
200m back
100m free
No IMs! I'm wondering if he hurt his groin again. I noticed when watching the video below (from a swim clinic he was at last weekend) that he avoided the breaststroke competition.
Hmmmmm. Hope it's minor if it's an injury.
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