Ryan swam the 50y free and the 200y IM this morning and did really well in both:
50y Free
Ryan tied for 3rd best time in the prelims of the 50y free with a 19.51. Nathan Adrian set a meet record with an 18.82. Looks like the finals will be a dog fight between Nathan Adrian and Matt Grevers. Should be really exciting. Ryan scratched the finals and will not swim tonight. The start list for finals is here: Finals Start List 50y Free
Here are the top 8 prelim times:
1 ADRIAN Nathan - 18.82
2 GREVERS Matthew - 19.11
3 BABAEV Pavel - 19.51
3 LOCHTE Ryan -19.51
5 TARWATER Davis -19.52
6 SMALL Adam - 19.63
7 ALLEN Jakob -19.74
8 WEBERGALE Garrett - 19.79
200y IM
Ryan had the 2nd best time in the prelims of the 200y IM with a 1:44.52. I watched this race and Ryan did not take a hard stroke the final 100 yards. I think there is a chance he can come close to his American Record in this event of 1:40.08, set in November 2007. He was so disappointed when he swam that time in 2007 because he wanted to get under 1:40. He's come close before but never made it. Let's hope for tonight.
The start list for the finals is here: Finals Start List 200y IM
Here are the top 8 prelim times:
1 THOMPSON Austen - 1:44.48
2 LOCHTE Ryan -1:44.52
3 LENDRUM James-1:44.76
4 JOYE Miles - 1:44.94
5 BENTZ Gunnar -1:45.17
6 SURHOFF Austin -1:45.19
7 KALISZ Chase - 1:45.56
8 MURPHY Ryan - 1:45.62
Comparison to 2008
My very first blog entry was after the 2008 Short Course Nationals, which were in December a few months after the Beijing Olympics. Ryan swam the 50y free and the 200y IM on the first day of that meet as well. It will be interesting to compare his times in 2008 with this year's meet. I recall he swam very fast in 2008 and had only been back in the pool for less than 10 practices at the time of the meet.
Here's how he did in the finals of the 50y free and the 200y IM:
200y IM 1:40.89 - 1st place (fastest time 1:40.08 in 2007)
50y free 19.39 - 7th place (fastest time 19.22 in 2007)
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