200m free
400m IM
Showing posts with label 2012 Grand Prix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012 Grand Prix. Show all posts
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Indianapolis Grand Prix - March 29-31, 2012
It's been a while since the Austin GP. Here are what I believe are Ryan's events in Indianapolis:
Event 2 - 100m free
Event 8 - 100m fly
Event 14 - 200m free
Event 16 - 200m back
Event 26 - 100m back
Event 28 - 200m IM
Oh and looks like Michael Phelps is swimming the 400m IM! Should be a great meet.
Event 2 - 100m free
Event 8 - 100m fly
Event 14 - 200m free
Event 16 - 200m back
Event 26 - 100m back
Event 28 - 200m IM
Oh and looks like Michael Phelps is swimming the 400m IM! Should be a great meet.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Austin Grand Prix results
Interview
400m free - 4th in "B" final, 12th overall - 3:58.08
200m free - 5th in "A" final, 5th overall - 1:50.45
200m back - 3rd in "A" final, 3rd overall - 1:59.53
100m back - 6th in "A" final, 6th overall - 56.47
200m IM - 2nd in "A" final, 2nd overall - 2:00.30
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Austin Grand Prix - January 13-15, 2012
Psych sheet can be found here: http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/218860f2-09d3-4ac1-982e-ac98965730f2/psych.pdf
Here are Ryan's events.
Event 2 - 100m free
Event 6 - 400m free
Event 14 - 200m free
Event 16 - 200m back
Event 26 - 100m back
Event 28 - 200m IM
Can tell the Olympic year is finally here. All the big names will be at this meet. I may go on Saturday!
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Minneapolis Grand Prix - Saturday Finals/Sunday Prelims
Saturday Finals
Ryan placed 4th in the A final of the 100m back with a time of 55.80
Ryan placed 5th in the B final of the 400m free with a time of 3:58.82
Sunday Prelims
Ryan is swimming the 200m IM and the 200m back. USA Swimming has not posted the heat sheets.
Interview from Saturday night:
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Minneapolis Grand Prix - Ryan's Saturday Prelims results
100m Back
Ryan had the 5th fastest prelim time of 56.27, qualifying for the A final.
400m Free
Ryan had the 17th fastest prelim time of 4:01.53, qualifying for the C final.
Minneapolis Grand Prix - Friday Finals/Saturday Prelims
Friday Finals
200m free - Ryan finished 3rd in the B final, 11th overall with a time of 1:50.30.
100m fly - Ryan finished 8th in the A final with a time of 54.49
I haven't been able to find any videos of the finals. Will post later if I find them.
Saturday Prelims
Event #16 Men's 100m Back - Begins at 9:58 AM CST
Ryan is in Heat 6, Lane 4
Event #18 Men's 400m Free - Begins at 10:33 AM CST
Ryan is in Heat 3, Lane 7
Friday, November 11, 2011
Minneapolis GP - Ryan's Friday prelim results
Results for all of this morning's prelims can be found here: http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/596f9c14-7c90-4ce1-8bd5-689678d0f107/Fri%20Prelims%20A%20Results.pdf
The results are for the A prelims only. Conceivably someone could swim faster in the B prelims and change the finals, but it is not likely.
200m free - Ryan qualified 12th to make the B final of the 200m free. His time was 1:51.37. Ryan must be pretty beat up from training because his training partners - who are all top notch 200 free swimmers - were even slower. Conor Dwyer finished 15th with a 1:51.70. Shaune Frazier was 17th with a 1:52.10. Robert Gomez was 25th with a 1:53.26. Sebastien Rousseau was 30th with a 1:54.26 and Peter Vanderkaay was 38th with a 1:55.49.
100m fly - Ryan qualified 8th to make the A final of the 100m fly. His time was 54.85.
It's disappointing not to make the A final of the 200 free, especially with so many Olympic stars in this event. Nevertheless, Ryan is in hard training now and one thing I've learned over the years is not to expect too much at the early GP meets.
The results are for the A prelims only. Conceivably someone could swim faster in the B prelims and change the finals, but it is not likely.
200m free - Ryan qualified 12th to make the B final of the 200m free. His time was 1:51.37. Ryan must be pretty beat up from training because his training partners - who are all top notch 200 free swimmers - were even slower. Conor Dwyer finished 15th with a 1:51.70. Shaune Frazier was 17th with a 1:52.10. Robert Gomez was 25th with a 1:53.26. Sebastien Rousseau was 30th with a 1:54.26 and Peter Vanderkaay was 38th with a 1:55.49.
100m fly - Ryan qualified 8th to make the A final of the 100m fly. His time was 54.85.
It's disappointing not to make the A final of the 200 free, especially with so many Olympic stars in this event. Nevertheless, Ryan is in hard training now and one thing I've learned over the years is not to expect too much at the early GP meets.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Minneapolis GP: Can't Miss Race
By: Mike Gustafson
http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=2056&itemid=3921&mid=10615
This is my inner-monologue, scrolling through my Can’t-Miss Race of the Weekend: “Okay, let’s look through this field.
Oh, there’s a six-time Olympic medalist. And there’s a 16-time Olympic medalist. Oh, and there’s a world champion and Olympic silver medalist. There’s a three-time Olympic medalist. There’s an Olympic gold medalist. A U.S. national champion. An NCAA champion. Another NCAA champion. An NCAA record-holder. Another Olympic gold medalist…”
Then I stopped. My head hurt.
Holy cow. This weekend’s men’s 200m freestyle is a virtual “who’s who” of swimming, a red carpet gala event, where the field is stacked with Olympians and national champions. I didn’t even go through the whole thing. I stopped short. I knew that I could make my point:
You won’t want to miss this race.
Minneapolis is your setting for the season premiere of what will be the most exciting swimming season we’ve seen in years. The Grand Prix series kicks off with a boom, bang, and explosion – the men’s 200m freestyle. Like a slew of 200m freestyles we saw last season, this event features the best-of-the-best: the biggest names, most depth, most Olympians, most firepower. True, we will see many great races this year, but this one holds special intrigue...
Why?
Well, for starters, the top 16 seeded times this weekend are FASTER than the 200 free semifinal qualifying times at the 2008 Olympic Trials. Which means: We’re going to see some fast swimming. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure that out. You can’t compare times now from then, but swim fans in attendance and watching online should know just how fast these swimmers are seeded. Will we witness swimmers approach their seed times? Probably not all. Especially since we’re in the brunt of the training. But we could.
Then there are the superstars.
You have Michael Phelps. The Greatest Swimmer Ever. Anytime Phelps swims, it is a special moment. People pay attention. People DVR his races. You can tell anytime when Phelps swims: Other swimmers set down their iPhones and Droids and iPads, and they actually pay attention to the races. That’s when you know something big is happening. That’s “The Phelps Effect.” Phelps has been in the competition circuits this autumn, competing overseas at the World Cup. But he’s home now. And he’s training. And he’s getting prepared for a final run at Olympic glory.
You have Ryan Lochte. Swim fans won’t like me saying this, but he is now – and might always be – the “Robin” to the Team USA Batman & Robin duo (Phelps & Lochte). The sidekick. The cool, walk-with-a-swagger, laid-back athlete. Lochte has 10 Olympic medals to catch up to Phelps if he (or anyone else, for that matter) wants to be mentioned alongside The Greatest. On paper, it doesn’t translate. However. Lochte HAS climbed to the top of the fan favorite chart like a rocketing pop song. He signs autographs. He talks with kids. He’s goofy. He’s fun. Does he care about chasing Phelps’ record-haul? You bet. You couldn’t experience the Beijing Olympics as a competitor and not envy Phelps. But will he actually do it? This is the first race that answers those questions.
You have multiple foreign superstars. Zhang Lin, a Chinese world champion and Olympic silver medalist in the 400m freestyle. Yannick Agnel, a French teenage phenom, someone many are projecting to be the next great freestyle superstar. Ous Mellouli, the Tunesian Olympic gold medalist in the 1500m. The Fraser brothers, from the Caymen Islands, with their recent Pan Am and NCAA success. Any of these guys pose a major threat to the “Phelps and Lochte Show,” and any of them can win the race.
Finally, you have the potential upset bids. I’m talking about PVK. You know PVK as one of those fan-favorite, workhorse types of swimmers. I dubbed him “The Bruce Springstein of Swimming.” He works his butt off, every meet, every single race. He could have the ability to knock off anyone. But don’t count out other names too. Ricky Berens. Tyler Clary. Dominik Meichtry. Matt McLean. Michael Kleuh. The list goes on and on….
To be sure: There will be other great races this weekend. The women’s 200m freestyle could be as good as the men’s. Or how about Missy Franklin vs. Dara Torres in the 50m freestyle. And every single battle between Lochte and Phelps. Don’t forget about Brendan Hansen and Ed Moses potentially taking the field as a couple of 30-year-olds in the 100m breaststroke.
But the men’s 200m freestyle has the firepower. I believe it will be the best indication as to who has the fire, who has the drive, who has been training, and who is putting themselves in contention seven months before the Olympic Trials. Seven months may sound like a long time, but in the world of swimming, it is a blip on the radar, quick as a flash. Soon, we’ll be watching races unfold in Omaha, remembering the first race of the Grand Prix season, when we saw someone take command of the field, charge to the wall, and make a declarative, resounding statement.
Can’t miss it. Can’t wait.
http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=2056&itemid=3921&mid=10615
This is my inner-monologue, scrolling through my Can’t-Miss Race of the Weekend: “Okay, let’s look through this field.
Oh, there’s a six-time Olympic medalist. And there’s a 16-time Olympic medalist. Oh, and there’s a world champion and Olympic silver medalist. There’s a three-time Olympic medalist. There’s an Olympic gold medalist. A U.S. national champion. An NCAA champion. Another NCAA champion. An NCAA record-holder. Another Olympic gold medalist…”
Then I stopped. My head hurt.
Holy cow. This weekend’s men’s 200m freestyle is a virtual “who’s who” of swimming, a red carpet gala event, where the field is stacked with Olympians and national champions. I didn’t even go through the whole thing. I stopped short. I knew that I could make my point:
You won’t want to miss this race.
Minneapolis is your setting for the season premiere of what will be the most exciting swimming season we’ve seen in years. The Grand Prix series kicks off with a boom, bang, and explosion – the men’s 200m freestyle. Like a slew of 200m freestyles we saw last season, this event features the best-of-the-best: the biggest names, most depth, most Olympians, most firepower. True, we will see many great races this year, but this one holds special intrigue...
Why?
Well, for starters, the top 16 seeded times this weekend are FASTER than the 200 free semifinal qualifying times at the 2008 Olympic Trials. Which means: We’re going to see some fast swimming. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure that out. You can’t compare times now from then, but swim fans in attendance and watching online should know just how fast these swimmers are seeded. Will we witness swimmers approach their seed times? Probably not all. Especially since we’re in the brunt of the training. But we could.
Then there are the superstars.
You have Michael Phelps. The Greatest Swimmer Ever. Anytime Phelps swims, it is a special moment. People pay attention. People DVR his races. You can tell anytime when Phelps swims: Other swimmers set down their iPhones and Droids and iPads, and they actually pay attention to the races. That’s when you know something big is happening. That’s “The Phelps Effect.” Phelps has been in the competition circuits this autumn, competing overseas at the World Cup. But he’s home now. And he’s training. And he’s getting prepared for a final run at Olympic glory.
You have Ryan Lochte. Swim fans won’t like me saying this, but he is now – and might always be – the “Robin” to the Team USA Batman & Robin duo (Phelps & Lochte). The sidekick. The cool, walk-with-a-swagger, laid-back athlete. Lochte has 10 Olympic medals to catch up to Phelps if he (or anyone else, for that matter) wants to be mentioned alongside The Greatest. On paper, it doesn’t translate. However. Lochte HAS climbed to the top of the fan favorite chart like a rocketing pop song. He signs autographs. He talks with kids. He’s goofy. He’s fun. Does he care about chasing Phelps’ record-haul? You bet. You couldn’t experience the Beijing Olympics as a competitor and not envy Phelps. But will he actually do it? This is the first race that answers those questions.
You have multiple foreign superstars. Zhang Lin, a Chinese world champion and Olympic silver medalist in the 400m freestyle. Yannick Agnel, a French teenage phenom, someone many are projecting to be the next great freestyle superstar. Ous Mellouli, the Tunesian Olympic gold medalist in the 1500m. The Fraser brothers, from the Caymen Islands, with their recent Pan Am and NCAA success. Any of these guys pose a major threat to the “Phelps and Lochte Show,” and any of them can win the race.
Finally, you have the potential upset bids. I’m talking about PVK. You know PVK as one of those fan-favorite, workhorse types of swimmers. I dubbed him “The Bruce Springstein of Swimming.” He works his butt off, every meet, every single race. He could have the ability to knock off anyone. But don’t count out other names too. Ricky Berens. Tyler Clary. Dominik Meichtry. Matt McLean. Michael Kleuh. The list goes on and on….
To be sure: There will be other great races this weekend. The women’s 200m freestyle could be as good as the men’s. Or how about Missy Franklin vs. Dara Torres in the 50m freestyle. And every single battle between Lochte and Phelps. Don’t forget about Brendan Hansen and Ed Moses potentially taking the field as a couple of 30-year-olds in the 100m breaststroke.
But the men’s 200m freestyle has the firepower. I believe it will be the best indication as to who has the fire, who has the drive, who has been training, and who is putting themselves in contention seven months before the Olympic Trials. Seven months may sound like a long time, but in the world of swimming, it is a blip on the radar, quick as a flash. Soon, we’ll be watching races unfold in Omaha, remembering the first race of the Grand Prix season, when we saw someone take command of the field, charge to the wall, and make a declarative, resounding statement.
Can’t miss it. Can’t wait.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Minneapolis Grand Prix - Nov. 11-13!!
Here's something to look forward to....the start of the Grand Prix season. First meet is the Minneapolis Grand Prix, held next weekend at the University of Minnesota. There will be a lot of Olympians at this meet, including Ryan Lochte. One big change from previous years - this meet will be long course meters. The psych sheet can be found here:
I'm going to love the Grand Prix meets during the Olympic year.
Prelims will be swum in A and B flights.
Ryan's events:
Event #2 - 200m free (Friday) - A prelims at 9:17 am CST
Is this the Minneapolis GP or last summer in Shanghai? Here is a short list of who will be swimming in this event (by seed)
Ryan Lochte
Michael Phelps
Yannick Agnel
Zhang Lin
Peter Vanderkaay
Ous Mellouli
Dominick Meichtry
Matt McLean
Conor Dwyer
...so many more
Event #6 - 100m fly (Friday) - A prelims at 10:04 am CST
Ryan is seeded 9th. Here are some others in this event:
Michael Phelps
Eugene Godsoe
Chris Brady
Ricky Berens
Event #16 - 100m back (Saturday) - A prelim at 9:58 am CST
Ryan is seeded 3rd. Here are some others, including a big surprise from Russia (at least to me):
Arkady Vyatchanin
David Plummer
Michael Phelps
Eugene Godsoe
Ben Hesen
Tyler Clary
Event #18 - 400m free (Saturday) - A prelims at 10:33 am CST
Ryan is seeded 20th. Others in this event:
Zhang Lin
Yannick Agnel
Peter Vanderkaay
Ous Mellouli
Mads Glaesner
Sebastian Rouault
Event #25 - 200m IM (Sunday) - A prelim 8:19 am CST
Ryan Lochte
Michael Phelps
Markus Rogan
Dirian Townsend
Conor Dwyer
Tyler Clary
Event #27 - 200 back (Sunday) - A prelim 8:57 am CST
Ryan Lochte
Markus Rogan
Tyler Clary
Arkady Vyatchanin
Marco Loughran
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Ryan to compete at Duel in the Pool
http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/28576.asp
Duel in the Pool will take place on December 16-17 at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta. It will be televised by NBC! The meet will feature the U.S. vs. Europe. According to the article linked above, the Europe team will be made up of swimmers from Great Britain, Netherlands, Poland, Belarus, Denmark, Austria and Lithuania.
Between the Minnesota Grand Prix on November 11-13 (which Ryan will attend) and the Duel in the Pool on December 16-17 we finally have some swim meets on the horizon. So excited to see some racing soon.
Duel in the Pool will take place on December 16-17 at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta. It will be televised by NBC! The meet will feature the U.S. vs. Europe. According to the article linked above, the Europe team will be made up of swimmers from Great Britain, Netherlands, Poland, Belarus, Denmark, Austria and Lithuania.
Between the Minnesota Grand Prix on November 11-13 (which Ryan will attend) and the Duel in the Pool on December 16-17 we finally have some swim meets on the horizon. So excited to see some racing soon.
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