Saturday, March 16, 2013

Ryan Lochte Withdraws from Sectionals Due to Illness

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/recreation/fl-ryan-lochte-speedo-swim-0317-20130316,0,4724151.story?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co

Ryan Lochte, 28, an 11-time Olympic medalist, withdrew from the meet on Saturday because of illness.

Lochte, who has made several post-Olympic appearances and recently finished an upcoming reality show, called "What Would Ryan Lochte Do?" which makes its debut on the E channel on April 21.
"He just hasn't been feeling that well," said his coach, Mike Harden, who is an assistant coach at the University of Florida. "Ryan's had a lot on his plate. He's been very busy and needed some rest."
Lochte declared a false start for his men's 100-meter backstroke and men's 200-meter IM events on Saturday, and also withdrew from Sunday's 200-meter backstroke and 100-meter freestyle events.
Lochte, who is scheduled to compete in the Mesa Grand Prix in Phoenix, Ariz., April 11-14, finished second in both of his events on Friday night. He was second in the 200-meter freestyle, with a 1:51.82 clocking, and second in the 100-meter butterfly with a 55.20 time.
"Those performances were right where he is when he is in heavy training," Harden said. "He is going to try and get in a training session [Sunday].

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Psych Sheet for Speedo Southern Zone South Sectionals - March 15-17

Psych Sheet

Read about it here:  Swim Swam Article on Speedo South Sectionals

Ryan's events are:

200m Free - Event 8 (Friday)
100m Fly - Event 10 (Friday)

100m Breast - Event 18 (Saturday)
200m IM - Event 20 (Saturday)

100m Free - Event 30 (Sunday)
200m Back - Event 34 (Sunday)

Ryan Murphy, Cesar Cielo, Arkady Vyatchanin and Conor Dwyer will also compete.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Speedo Southern Zone South Sectional Championships - this weekend in Fort Lauderdale

Ryan has attended this meet for the past several years.  I couldn't find a psych sheet for this year's meet, but found the information sheet here:  http://www.szoneswim.com/szlsc/__eventform__/310512_2013%20Speedo%20Champ%20Series%20Meet%20Info%20-%20FINAL%2011-9-12.pdf

The meet is in Fort Lauderdale on Friday-Sunday, March 15-17.

If I find a psych sheet, I will post it.