Tuesday, May 29, 2012

CNN Money Article on Ryan's sponsors & how much he'll earn

http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/29/chartist-olympics-london-rich-sport/


Ryan Lochte is a special case: While Lochte has received such stipends in the past, he can now afford to take a lower rate of support from USA Swimming (though he still pockets an estimated $30,000 a year in funding and reimbursements). That's because as a gold-medal favorite -- in the 200-meter backstroke and individual medley, where he's beaten Michael Phelps -- Lochte is set to earn about $2.3 million this year. Much of that comes from Lochte's strong sponsorship lineup: Lochte has longstanding relationship with Speedo and Gatorade, and also counts Nissan, Mutual of Omaha, Gillette, Ralph Lauren and AT&T (T) as sponsors, the latter three in anticipation of the London Olympics.
While the majority of those deals earn Lochte upward of $250,000, they also keep him well supplied and outfitted. From Speedo and Ralph Lauren, Lochte gets all the swim gear and clothes he needs; Gillette provides him its family of products, and AT&T offers equipment such as a smartphone; Nissan provides Lochte with a car. Some of those products also make it to Lochte's parents, typically at Lochte's own request. Lochte also benefits from direct work with Gatorade scientists who monitor his training and determine a plan for best integrating the company's line of products into his training and recovery -- critical for an athlete who, according to his manager Erika Wright, is in water too much to like drinking it.
In exchange for those levels of support, Lochte appears in commercials and makes appearances for his sponsors, from swim clinics to the Super Bowl. Lochte must also perform well in London to unlock even bigger dollars. While his sponsorships account for just under $2 million of his base salary, a clutch of gold medals can unlock a bonus from Gatorade and an even bigger one from his largest sponsor, Speedo, which would push him over $1 million for that deal alone. (Lochte, for his part, says that he's not going into London "looking at a number" of medals to target.)
The money can add up fast during an Olympic year. Wright says that if her client has a strong showing, new sponsors will line up to pave his way to Brazil in 2016. But whether Lochte's the big man in the pool after London or has a tough competition, he will be financially secure from interests outside of swimming. Lochte sees himself designing in mainstream fashion, and he's already gotten his feet wet working with Speedo on flip flops in 2010 and now in 2012 with his own clothing line, "Rocker." Speedo will also debut lines with two other high profile swimmers, Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin, but the company says only Lochte had a close hand in the design. Lochte's also built some fashion cred with a recent appearance (rare for men) on the cover of Vogue, modeling work he says he would happily continue.
Lochte also plans to franchise his own swimming clinics someday, but in the meantime, he's looking at an additional source of revenue through workout videos developed with his trainer, "Lochte HardCore." That will come through a company his team has just filed to incorporate, Lochte 180, to better manage his diversifying business interests and ease the tax burden on his sponsorship income.
Add it all up, and Lochte could earn as much as $3 million if the schedule and the races break in his favor -- good for a man with an eye for Lamborghinis. Now that teammate and rival Michael Phelps has declared London his last Olympics, even bigger future paydays might make him the car dealership's new best friend.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Charlotte Ultraswim - Sunday Night Finals - Ryan wins 200m IM in 1:57.63

Third fastest time in the world this year!!  Here's the race:



Post-race interview from swimmingworldmagazine.com:



Article on reachforthewall.com:   http://reachforthewall.com/2012/05/13/lochte-wins-200-im-sets-new-meet-record/

“After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet,” Lochte said. “So I put the suit on and had a decent swim.”



Charlotte Grand Prix - Saturday Results

50m fly - 5th in B final



100m back - 8th in A final

Friday, May 11, 2012

Charlotte Ultraswim Friday results


Ryan lost his goggles during the 400m IM and finished 7th.  He finished 6th in the 200m free.

Here's an article from the Associated Press/Paul Newberry that talks about tonight's races.  Good quotes from Gregg Troy.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hfcC3XZRfHhoRKWiflfq4co4zBCg?docId=ee4d688fbe9d4ac4baa952f07e5252c7

According to Paul Newberry's twitter, this is Ryan's last meet before Trials.  He will not be at the Santa Clara GP.






p.s. Ryan is going to be on the cover of the June issue of Vogue Magazine



Thursday, May 10, 2012

SI's Nick Zaccardi on the Phelps-Lochte Rivalry

Read the article here:  http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/nick_zaccardi/05/10/michael-phelps-ryan-lochte-charlotte/index.html

"I feel like it's about to pay off," Lochte said. "I guess I'll just have to wait and see."


SI.com Interview

Ryan Lochte Press Conference on Swimswam.com

On swimswam.com http://swimswam.com/2012/05/lochte-i-feel-like-its-about-to-pay-off/

Ryan in "Five Things to Watch at Charlotte Ultraswim"

By Mike Gustafson

Entire article found at USA Swimming site here:  http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&ItemId=4401&mid=9874

3.) When Can We Expect The Legendary ‘Lochte Drop’? At last March’s Columbus Grand Prix, Natalie Coughlin said that some swimmers tend to swim not quite as fast throughout the season, then swim “lights-out” at the end of the year. Count Ryan Lochte as one of those “end-of-season finale” types. Lochte has been relatively quiet this Grand Prix season, because he’s been enduring some of the most grueling and intensive workouts in Gainesville under 2012 Olympic head coach Gregg Troy. He has his eyes set to peak in Omaha. However, with six weeks before the Trials, perhaps this weekend we’ll see the beginnings of that legendary “Lochte Drop.” Lochte is entered in nine events, continuing his trend of “I’ll Swim Anything, Anytime, Anywhere” mentality. (One wonders if Lochte has nine different colored Speedos to accompany his barrage of events….) 

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Charlotte Ultraswim May 11-13; preview of Friday's events

As a reminder, Ryan will be competing in the Charlotte Ultraswim on May 11-13.  The psych sheet can be found here:

http://charlotteultraswim.com/results12/psych.pdf 

Ryan has two races with Michael Phelps on Friday, May 11.  Here's a preview of Friday's races.

Event 4 - 200m free (Friday, May 11)  Here are the top 16 ranked swimmers from the psych sheet.  So much great competition.


1 Lochte, Ryan 27 Daytona Beach-FL 1:44.44
2 Phelps, Michael 26 North Baltimore-MD 1:44.79
3 Vanderkaay, Peter 28 Oakland Live Yer-MI 1:46.45
4 Mellouli, Oussama 28 Trojan Swim Club-CA 1:47.01
5 Berens, Ricky 24 Trojan Swim Club-CA 1:47.12
6 Fraser, Brett 22 Gator Swim Club-FL 1:47.18
7 Dwyer, Conor 23 Lake Forest SC-IL 1:47.62
8 Fraser, Shaune 24 Gator Swim Club-FL 1:47.73
9 Robison, Scot 23 New South-NC 1:48.49
10 Houchin, Charlie 24 iX3 Sports-NC 1:48.50
11 Weber-Gale, Garrett 26 Longhorn Aquatic-ST 1:48.59
12 Patton, Matthew 25 Club Wolverine-MI 1:48.64
13 Rogan, Markus 30 Trojan Swim Club-CA 1:48.82
14 Glaesner, Mads 23 Trojan Swim Club-CA 1:49.05
15 Geissinger, Peter 22 U Virginia-VA 1:49.21
16 Rousseau, Sebastien 21 Gator Swim Club-FL 1:49.44


Event 8 - 50m back (Friday, May 11) - Nick Thoman has to be a favorite in this race.  The top 16 seeds (according to their 100 back times):



1 Thoman, Nick 26 SwimMAC Carolina-NC 53.01
2 Phelps, Michael 26 North Baltimore-MD 53.71
3 Lochte, Ryan 27 Daytona Beach-FL 53.79
4 Godsoe, Eugene 24 SwimMAC Carolina-NC 54.31
5 Hesen, Ben 26 Pacesetter-IN 54.56
6 Vyatchanin, Arkady 28 Gator Swim Club-FL 54.79
7 Murphy, Patrick 20 Una NBAC-MD 54.92
8 Mania, Adam 28 Schroeder YMCA-WI 54.98
9 Ress, Eric 21 Una IUST-IN 55.10
10 Patton, Matthew 25 Club Wolverine-MI 55.81
11 McGinnis, Zachary 21 H2okie Aquatics-VA 56.25
12 Jenkins, Preston 18 Bolles School-FL 56.26
13 Wyher, Tommy 23 Saint Petersburg-FL 56.30
14 Bovell, George 28 Club Wolverine-MI 56.66
15 Wells, James 20 Indiana Univ.-IN 56.80
16 Homer, Christian-Paul 19 Bolles School-FL 56.86



Event 12 - 400m IM (Friday, May 11) - No Michael Phelps or Tyler Clary in this race, but Ous Mellouli, William Harris, Conor Dwyer and Markus Rogan will be tough competitors.


1 Lochte, Ryan 27 Daytona Beach-FL 4:07.13
2 Mellouli, Oussama 28 Trojan Swim Club-CA 4:13.38
3 Harris, William 23 Trojan Swim Club-CA 4:15.40
4 Dwyer, Conor 23 Lake Forest SC-IL 4:15.97
5 Rogan, Markus 30 Trojan Swim Club-CA 4:17.03
6 Wallace, Dan 19 Gator Swim Club-FL 4:18.88
7 Brown, Jack 24 U of Missouri-MV 4:19.39
8 Solaeche-Gomez, Eduardo 18 Gator Swim Club-FL 4:20.36
9 Signorin, Connor 19 Peddie Aquatics-NJ 4:20.90
10 Whitaker, Kyle 20 Club Wolverine-MI 4:21.39
11 Yabe, Diogo 31 Bolles School-FL 4:21.49
12 Cregar, William 22 Athens Bulldog-GA 4:21.68
13 Omana, Carlos 19 Miami Metro-FG 4:21.85
14 Joyce, Michael 22 Greater Philly-MA 4:23.04
15 Mathews, Sean 22 NASA Wildcat-IL 4:23.05
16 Stewart, Tynan 17 YMCA Hub Fins-MS 4:23.18




Friday, May 4, 2012

2012 London Olympics - actual order of events

The full schedule can be found here:  http://swimming.about.com/od/2012olympicswimming/tp/2012-Olympic-Swimming-Schedule-of-Events.htm


If he swims 9 events, and only swims the finals of the relays, he'll have 23 swims.  Crazy.   I do not think he will swim the 100 back, 100 free or 100 fly as individual events if he swims them at trials and qualifies.  I think he'll use the trials swims to prove he should be on the 4 x 100 relays and that's it.  Even then he'd have 7 events and 14 swims.

Saturday, July 28
Preliminary Heats (10:00)
  • Men's 400m Individual Medley 10:00
  • Women's 100m Butterfly 10:31
  • Men's 400m Freestyle 10:58
  • Women's 400m Individual Medley 11:51
  • Men's 100m Breaststroke 12:15
  • Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay 12:52
Finals / Semifinals (19:30)
  • Men's 400m Individual Medley Final 19:30
  • Women's 100m Butterfly Semifinals 19:40
  • Men's 400m Freestyle Final 19:51
  • Men's 400m Individual Medley Medal Ceremony 19:59
  • Women's 400m Individual Medley Final 20:09
  • Men's 400m Freestyle Medal Ceremony 20:18
  • Men's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals 20:28
  • Women's 400m Ind. Medley Medal Ceremony 20:38
  • Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final 20:48
  • Women's 4x100m Free Relay Medal Ceremony 20:59

Sunday, July 29
Preliminary Heats (10:00)
  • Women's 100m Backstroke 10:00
  • Men's 200m Freestyle 10:24
  • Women's 100m Breaststroke 11:13
  • Men's 100m Backstroke 11:38
  • Women's 400m Freestyle 12:10
  • Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 12:41
Finals / Semifinals (19:30)
  • Women's 100m Butterfly Final 19:30
  • Men's 200m Freestyle Semifinals 19:36
  • Women's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals 19:47
  • Women's 100m Butterfly Medal Ceremony 19:57
  • Men's 100m Breaststroke Final 20:07
  • Women's 400m Freestyle Final 20:13
  • Men's 100m Backstroke Semifinals 20:24
  • Men's 100m Breaststroke Medal Ceremony 20:34
  • Women's 100m Backstroke Semifinals 20:45
  • Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final 20:55
  • Women's 400m Freestyle Medal Ceremony 21:03
  • Men's 4 x 100m Free Relay Medal Ceremony 21:13
Monday, July 30
Preliminary Heats (10:00)
  • Women's 200m Freestyle 10:00
  • Men's 200m Butterfly 10:38
  • Women's 200m Individual Medley 11:06
Finals / Semifinals (19:30)
  • Women's 200m Freestyle Semifinals 19:30
  • Men's 200m Freestyle Final 19:43
  • Women's 100m Backstroke Final 19:50
  • Men's 100m Backstroke Final 19:58
  • Men's 200m Freestyle Medal Ceremony 20:04
  • Women's 100m Breaststroke Final 20:15
  • Women's 100m Backstroke Medal Ceremony 20:21
  • Men's 200m Butterfly Semifinals 20:31
  • Men's 100m Backstroke Medal Ceremony 20:43
  • Women's 200m Individual Medley Semifinals 20:53
  • Women's 100m Breaststroke Medal Ceremony 21:05
Tuesday, July 31

Preliminary Heats (10:00)

  • Men's 100m Freestyle 10:00
  • Women's 200m Butterfly 10:44
  • Men's 200m Breaststroke 11:14
  • Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 11:45
Finals / Semifinals (19:30)
  • Men's 100m Freestyle Semifinals 19:30
  • Women's 200m Freestyle Final 19:41
  • Men's 200m Butterfly Final 19:48
  • Women's 200m Butterfly Semifinals 19:55
  • Women's 200m Freestyle Medal Ceremony 20:07
  • Men's 200m Breaststroke Semifinals 20:17
  • Men's 200m Butterfly Medal Ceremony 20:29
  • Women's 200m Individual Medley Final 20:39
  • Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final 20:46
  • Women's 200m Ind. Medley Medal Ceremony 20:58
  • Men's 4 x 200m Free Relay Medal Ceremony 21:08
Wednesday, August 1
Preliminary Heats (10:00)
  • Women's 100m Freestyle 10:00
  • Men's 200m Backstroke 10:39
  • Women's 200m Breaststroke 11:10
  • Men's 200m Individual Medley 11:47
  • Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay 12:35
Finals / Semifinals (19:30)
  • Men's 200m Breaststroke Final 19:30
  • Women's 100m Freestyle Semifinals 19:37
  • Men's 200m Backstroke Semifinals 19:48
  • Men's 200m Breaststroke Medal Ceremony 19:59
  • Women's 200m Butterfly Final 20:09
  • Men's 100m Freestyle Final 20:16
  • Women's 200m Breaststroke Semifinals 20:23
  • Men's 200m Individual Medley Semifinals 20:37
  • Women's 200m Butterfly Medal Ceremony 20:49
  • Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final 20:59
  • Men's 100m Freestyle Medal Ceremony 21:11
  • Women's 4x200m Free Relay Medal Ceremony 21:21
Thursday, August 2
Preliminary Heats (10:00)
  • Men's 50m Freestyle 10:00
  • Women's 800m Freestyle 10:33
  • Men's 100m Butterfly 11:10
  • Women's 200m Backstroke 11:49
Finals / Semifinals (19:30)
  • Men's 50m Freestyle Semifinals 19:30
  • Women's 200m Breaststroke Final 19:39
  • Men's 200m Backstroke Final 19:46
  • Women's 200m Backstroke Semifinals 19:53
  • Women's 200m Breaststroke Medal Ceremony 20:05
  • Men's 200m Individual Medley Final 20:15
  • Men's 200m Backstroke Medal Ceremony 20:21
  • Women's 100m Freestyle Final 20:31
  • Men's 200m Ind. Medley Medal Ceremony 20:36
  • Men's 100m Butterfly Semifinals 20:46
  • Women's 100m Freestyle Medal Ceremony 20:56
Friday, August 3
Preliminary Heats (10:00)
  • Women's 50m Freestyle 10:00
  • Men's 1500m Freestyle 10:27
  • Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay 12:06
  • Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay 12:28
Finals / Semifinals (19:30)
  • Women's 200m Backstroke Final 19:30
  • Men's 100m Butterfly Final 19:37
  • Women's 800m Freestyle Final 19:43
  • Women's 200m Backstroke Medal Ceremony 19:55
  • Men's 50m Freestyle Final 20:06
  • Men's 100m Butterfly Medal Ceremony 20:11
  • Women's 50m Freestyle Semifinals 20:21
  • Women's 800m Freestyle Medal Ceremony 20:29
  • Men's 50m Freestyle Medal Ceremony 20:40
Saturday, August 4

Day 8: Saturday 4 August 2012 - Olympic Aquatic Center London

Finals (19:30)
  • Women's 50m Freestyle Final 19:30
  • Men's 1500m Freestyle Final 19:36
  • Women's 50m Freestyle Medal Ceremony 19:57
  • Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final 20:07
  • Men's 1500m Freestyle Medal Ceremony 20:15
  • Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final 20:25
  • Women's 4x100m Med. Relay Medal Ceremony 20:33
  • Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Medal Ceremony 20:48

US Olympic Trials - Actual Order of Events


From USA Swimming:
http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/87b7cb60-8a1e-44e8-b2da-e923c73d1d03/Order%20of%20events.pdf


I marked all of Ryan's potential swims - 20 total swims with two very hard finals doubles (200 free/100 back + 200 back/200 IM) and two nights with three swims.   


June 25 - Monday  - Morning
400 IM – men  prelims
100 Fly – women prelims
400 Free – men prelims
400 IM – women prelims
100 Breast – men prelims


June 25 - Monday - Evening
400 IM – men - FINAL
100 Fly – women - semifinal
400 Free –men - FINAL
400 IM – women - FINAL
100 Breast – men - semifinal



June 26 - Tuesday - Morning
100 Back – women prelims 
200 Free – men prelims
100 Breast – women prelims
100 Back – men prelims
400 Free – women prelims  


June 26 - Tuesday - Evening
100 Fly – women - FINAL
200 Free – men - semifinal
100 Breast – women - semifinal
100 Breast – men - FINAL
400 Free – women - FINAL

100 Back – men - semifinal
100 Back – women - semifinal


June 27 - Wednesday - Morning

200 Free – women prelims
200 Fly – men prelims
200 IM – women prelims


June 27 - Wednesday - Evening

200 Free – women - semifinal
200 Free – men - FINAL
100 Back – women - FINAL
100 Back – men - FINAL
100 Breast – women - FINAL
200 Fly – men - semifinal
200 IM – women - semifinal


June 28 - Thursday - Morning
100 Free - men prelims
200 Fly - women prelims
200 Breast - men prelims


June 28 - Thursday - Evening

100 Free – men - semifinal
200 Free – women - FINAL
200 Fly – men - FINAL
200 Fly – women - semifinal
200 Breast – men - semifinal
200 IM – women - FINAL


June 29 - Friday - Morning
100 Free - women prelims
200 Back - men prelims
200 Breast - women prelims
200 IM - men prelims


June 29 - Friday - Evening

200 Breast – men - FINAL
100 Free – women - semifinal
200 Back – men - semifinal
200 Fly – women - FINAL
100 Free – men - FINAL
200 Breast – women - semifinal
200 IM – men - semifinal



June 30 - Saturday - Morning
50 Free - men prelims
800 Free - women prelims
100 Fly - men prelims
200 Back - women prelims


June 30 - Saturday - Evening

50 Free – men - semifinal
200 Breast – women - FINAL
200 Back – men - FINAL
200 Back – women - semifinal
200 IM – men - FINAL
100 Free – women - FINAL
100 Fly – men - semifinal



July 1 - Sunday - Morning
50 Free – women prelims 
1500 Free – men prelims


July 1 - Sunday - Evening
200 Back – women - FINAL
100 Fly - men - FINAL
800 Free – women - FINAL
50 Free – men - FINAL
50 Free – women - semifinal


July 2 - Monday - Morning
No prelims


July 2 - Monday - Evening
50 Free – women - FINAL
1500 Free – men - FINAL

The World According To Lochte, Part 2

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/swimming/ryan-lochte-profile.html

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Charlotte Ultraswim - May 11-13, 2012

Ryan will be competing in the Charlotte Ultraswim on May 11-13.  The psych sheet can be found here:

http://charlotteultraswim.com/results12/psych.pdf

Ryan's events are:

Event 4 - 200m free (Friday, May 11)
Event 8 - 50m back (Friday, May 11)
Event 12 - 400m IM (Friday, May 11)
Event 22 - 100m back (Saturday, May 12)
Event 24 - 400m free (Saturday, May 12)
Event 28 - 50m fly (Saturday, May 12)
Event 33 - 200m IM (Sunday, May 13)
Event 35 - 200m back (Sunday, May 13)
Event 37 - 100m free (Sunday, May 13)

If Ryan swims every event he enters and makes the finals in every event, he will have 18 swims in 3 days.  I think this shows more than anything that Ryan is planning a heavy schedule for Trials.