Ryan dropped the 100 back to concentrate on the 200 free but unfortunately it did not turn out that well for him. He finished 3rd thus failing to qualify for the 200 free as an individual event. The good news is by finishing 3rd he assured himself a place on the 4 x 200 free relay, but I think that was a foregone conclusion anyway.
The top 6 finishers in the 200 free were:
Michael Phelps - 1:44.23
Dave Walters - 1:44.95
Ryan Lochte - 1:45.66
Ricky Berens - 1:45.73
PVK - 1:45.77
Davis Tarwater - 1:46.36
Ryan swam a little slower (.05) than his personal best from the 2008 Olympic trials, which had to be a little disappointing to him. It looked like Ryan slowed down a bit in the 3rd 50.
Here's a link to the race video of the 200 free from swimnetwork.com
http://www.swimnetwork.com/videos/v/20090708/nationals_men_s_200_free_a_final-16802.html
In other news, Tyler Clary continued his great meet by finishing 2nd in the 200 fly and qualifying for Rome. He dropped more than 3 seconds from his personal best in this event. All his hard work is paying off.
Here's Ryan's interview with Summer Sanders after the 400 IM and also the awards ceremony.
Ryan is not swimming in any events on Thursday but he has two events on Friday: 100 free and 200 IM.
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