Ryan Lochte Swimming: May 2011

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Ryan is hurt...

I still think his groin is hurt, causing his breaststroke to be off. Nevertheless, according to this quote in Sports Illustrated today Ryan said he hurt his knee:

"I tried my hardest," said Lochte, who said he tweaked his knee on Sunday after first injuring it twisting to get something out of the backseat of his car. "It's fun just going out and racing. This meet wasn't one of my greatest."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/more/05/15/swimming.michael.phelps.ap/index.html?eref=sihp

2011 Charlotte Ultraswim Results

Ryan had a so-so meet, placing 4th in the 200m free (1:49.48), 7th in the 100m fly (53.82), 4th in the 100m back (54.84), 1st in the B final of the 400m free (3:56.42 - faster back half than front half) and 2nd in the 200m back (1:58.82). He's had worse meets and he's presumably in hard training so I don't think the results are too disappointing.

The 200m IM worries me. Here's Ryan's split for the 200m IM prelims:

25.61 (fly)

31.37 (back)

40.54 (breast)

30.41 (free)

Total: 2:07.93

I thought Ryan was possibly hurt when he skipped the IMs in Ann Arbor last month. Now I'm convinced he's hurt because he can barely swim breast. There were very few swimmers in the entire meet who had a slower split than 40.54.

Needless to say Ryan skipped the finals for the 200m IM.

I really hope Ryan's groin or hamstring or whatever it is that is injured is better soon!