Charlotte Ultraswim update - Friday & Saturday results & Sunday preview

For lots of great meet photos, go to Ryan's official facebook page. For results and race videos, go to swimnetwork.com

Sorry I have been busy and unable to update. There's one day left in the Charlotte Ultraswim. Here's what has happened so far.

Friday, May 14 - Finals

• 200m Free

Ryan came in 3rd with a time of 1:49.05. Michael Phelps was first in 1:47.73 and Peter Vanderkaay was second in 1:47.77. Video of the race can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkkx7PdyWwA

• 100m Fly

Ryan came in 5th with a time of 54.48. Michael Phelps was first with a 52.41, Tyler McGill second in 53.13, Timothy Phillips third in 53.91 and Ricky Berens fourth in 54.31. Video can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARkPpRoUwOo

Saturday, May 15 - Prelims

• 100m Back

Ryan swam well in the 100 back prelims, finishing 6th with a time of 55.98. He qualified for the "A" final but ended up scratching. More on this below.

• 400m Free

Ryan's time in the 400 free prelims was 4:01.83, good enough for a 4th place seed in the A final.

Saturday, May 15 - Finals

• 100m Back

Ryan scratched the finals of the 100m Back. No clue why he did this, except maybe he wanted to do his best in the 400 free to see if that is an event he wants to swim at Nationals this summer. If Ryan's knee injury prevents him from swimming breaststroke, he will need something to replace the 400 IM. The 400 free and 400 IM are usually swum on the same day in international meets.

It was disappointing as a fan to see Ryan scratch the 100 back, but it was an exciting race nonetheless. Nick Thoman won with a time of 53.70. Michael Phelps was second in 53.92.

• 400m free

Ryan finished second in the finals behind Peter Vanderkaay. Ryan's time was 3:55.50 and PVK's time was 3:48.94. The race was not really close and Ryan looked pretty tired at the end. He barely out-touched Ricky Berens to get second place.

Notably, Ryan's time was a full 6 seconds faster than the time he had the finals of last year's 400 free, which was 4:01.53. That's impressive.

The race can be watched here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXoMjm4GD70

Sunday, May 16 - Prelims

• 200m Back - Heat 8 of 9 Prelims

  1  Patton, Matthew               23 Club Wolverine-MI         2:05.96  NAT
2  Darmody, Kevin                17 SwimMAC Carolina-NC       2:03.38  NAT
3  Tullius, Rexford              23 Daytona Beach-FL          1:59.90  NAT
4  Thoman, Nicholas              24 SwimMAC Carolina-NC       1:54.59  NAT
5  Lochte, Ryan                  25 Daytona Beach-FL          1:57.50  NAT 
6  McCarroll, Connor             19 Club Wolverine-MI         2:02.36  NAT
7  Ford, Andrew                  20 Swim Ontario              2:05.07  NAT
8  Best, Adam                    18 GO Kingfish               2:06.11  NAT 

• 100m Free - Heat 16 of 17 Prelims
  

  1  Phillips, Timothy             19 UN-Ohio Swimming-OH         50.72  NAT
2  Robison, Scott                21 New South-NC                49.94  NAT
3  Lundquist, Bryan              24 Stingrays-GA                49.14  NAT
4  Grevers, Matt                 25 Tucson Ford-AZ              48.27  NAT
5  Brunelli, Nicholas            28 SwimMAC Carolina-NC         48.52  NAT
6  Vanderkaay, Peter             26 Club Wolverine-MI           49.71  NAT
7  Lochte, Ryan                  25 Daytona Beach-FL            50.50  NAT 
8  Godsoe, Eugene                22 UN-N. Carolina-NC           50.96  NAT