2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa: Tyler Clary Edges Conor Dwyer in 400 IM

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SwimMAC’s Tyler Clary held off a hard-charging Conor Dwyer in the men’s 400-meter IM at the Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa.

Clary, who went out well ahead of the pack, cruised in to win the finale, 4:19.59 to 4:20.25, against Dwyer as Dwyer threw down a 58.43 freestyle split as he tried to track down Clary.

Tyler Clary, 400 IM:
(About Conor Dwyer’s push at the end)
“He’s clearly a great freestyler, so I knew I would have to have a big gap on him going into freestyle. Admittedly, I only wanted to go as hard as I had to, because there’s more to swim this weekend, including the mile. It sucks swimming [the 400 IM] in-season. It’s fun because it’s a gauge of how good a swimmer you are underneath. You can’t fake physical conditioning in this event. Coming off altitude it was good having that double today.”

(BMW test drive in South Carolina)
“They told me I was the fastest student driver there in history and I beat most of their instructors.”

Nitro’s Sean Grieshop took third tonight in 4:23.16 with Louisville’s Carlos Claverie taking fourth in 4:28.31.

Connor Green (4:29.60), Mission Viejo’s Ken Takahashi (4:29.99), Mission Viejo’s Dan O’Connor (4:31.79) and Scarlet’s Jonathan Gomez (4:37.92) placed fifth through eighth.

Arizona Gold’s Mark Jurek took home the B final title in 4:29.76 with SwimMAC’s Marko Blazevski posting a second-place time of 4:30.56.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Women’s 200 free
Men’s 200 free
Women’s 100 breast
Men’s 100 breast
Women’s 100 fly
Men’s 100 fly
Women’s 400 IM
Men’s 400 IM
Women’s 400 free relay
Men’s 400 free relay

HEAT SHEETS

LIVE RESULTS

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