In today's prelims, Ryan finished 3rd in the 200 free with a time of 1:48.23. He has a good shot at winning this event tonight. He looked really strong in the prelims but seemed to take it easy. I think he can go a lot faster. Will be a fun race to watch.
Here's what www.swimmingworldmagazine.com said about today's prelims for the 200 free:
Men's 200 free
"NBAC's Michael Phelps made his first appearance of the meet with a fifth-seeded time of 1:48.40. After a rare day off yesterday, Phelps put out just enough energy to make the finale. He's been much faster with an eighth-ranked season best of 1:47.54 at the Paris Open. Club Wolverine's Peter Vanderkaay and Lake Forest's Conor Dwyer cleared 1:48 in prelims to lead the way into the finale. Vanderkaay, who won the 400 free last night, posted a 1:47.25 for the top seed. That swim bumped him into sixth in the world behind Takeshi Matsuda's 1:47.01. Dwyer, meanwhile, picked up the second seed with a 1:47.83. He moved to 16th in the rankings with that time. After winning the 400 IM last night with a top-ranked time, Daytona Beach's Ryan Lochte qualified third today with a 1:48.23, while Longhorn's Ricky Berens finished fourth in 1:48.28. Both times are among the top 25 in the world."
Read the entire article at http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/24720.asp?q=U.S.%20Long%20Course%20Nationals:%20Day%20Two%20Prelims
I was not too surprised to see that Ryan scratched the 100 back. He can always swim it at Pan Pacs if he wants to try to qualify for 2011 Worlds.
Tonight's finals begin at 6 pm PDT. Watch them here www.universalsports.com or here www.swimnetwork.com
I have to say, I prefer Gold Medal Mel's race commentary on www.swimnetwork.com.
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