Olympic gold medalist Tyler Clary went out hard, and nearlypaid the price as a few freestyle studs came charging down the stretch.  But, Clary still managed to stand atop thepodium with a winning time of 4:24.56 even with a 30.77 final split.  His initial big lead with a 2:03.55 at thehalfway mark wound up being more than enough for the win.  That gave him a second gold medal on thecircuit, having earned a gold and three silvers in Austin. 

Davie's Esteban Enderica turned on the steam down thestretch with a 31.10 and 28.40 final two splits on the freestyle en route tosecond with a 4:25.12.  Meanwhile, ConorDwyer earned third-place honors with a 4:25.30 after an even more impressivefreestyle leg with a 30.42 and 28.00 down the stretch. 

York's Brandon Flynn (4:31.28), Mexico's Miguel RoblesCastro (4:32.36), Wilton Y's Ian Rainey (4:33.60), Island's Eric Hedlin(4:33.78) and Venezuela's Carlos Claverie (4:38.49) completed the championshipheat. August Querciagrossa surged to victory in the B final with a strong4:30.95. 

Clearwater's Becca Mann, 15, earned her second medal of thenight.  After taking bronze in the 200free, she followed up with a victory in the distance medley with a 4:41.24,which is her second-fastest swim of all time. Her best time of a 4:39.76 from the Junior Pan Pacific Championshipslast summer, while she topped her best effort at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trialsof 4:41.61 from last summer.  Mann nowhas six total medals on the circuit.

The rest of the podium came by way of medal-newcomers to thecircuit as Samantha Arevallo Salinas earned silver in 4:50.23, while Dynamo'sKylie Stewart gave the U.S. Junior National Team two out of the three podiumplacements with a 4:52.08.

KING's Carolyn McCann (4:58.17), Pine Crest's Casey Francis(4:59.40), Alena Kluge (5:00.68) and Saint Andrew's Tasija Karosas (5:05.60)also put up finishes in the finale. Saint Andrew's Rachel Bradford-Feldman wound up drawing a disqualification.

Tyler McGill, a butterfly specialist who helped the U.S. togold in the 400 medley relay at the 2012 London Olympics, put on the steam downthe stretch with a 28.06 to beat superstar Ryan Lochte to the wall, 53.38 to54.40.   Meanwhile, Bolles' SantoCondorelli completed the top three with a time of 54.62.

The win is McGill's first medal of the series, while Lochte has been a busy beaver on the circuit.  He's swum at each stop, opening with five golds in Minneapolis, before earning a gold and a bronze in Austin.  Lochte is now up to $3,400 in overall winnings. 

Club Wolverine's Wu Peng (54.63), Swim Ontario's ZackChetrat (54.99), Adam Brown (55.05), Bolles' Joseph Schooling (55.20) and BryceBohman (55.63) also competed in the finale. Meanwhile, Bolles' Ryan Murphy put on a show in the B final with a 54.88for the win after just missing the A final.

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Dana Vollmer turned up theheat with a 31.49 final split to clear 59 seconds and earn the title with a58.91.  This is Vollmer's first meet backsince capturing a gold-medal trifecta at the 2012 London Olympics.  Denmark Olympian Jeanette Ottesen pushed thepace en route to a silver-winning time of 59.36, while Canada's Audrey Lacroixalso beat 1:00 with a 59.71.

The bronze is Lacroix's third medal of the circuit, as she won gold and silver in Austin and is now up to $900 in race winnings thus far. 

Colorado Stars' Missy Franklin, swimming in one of her fewoff events, took fourth with a 1:01.20, while New York Athletic Club's KimVandenberg tied Canada's Samantha Cheverton with matching 1:01.70s.  Dynamo's Nicole Stafford (1:02.13) and Canada'sSandrine Mainville (1:02.98) also vied for the championship title. 

It came down to the touch, but Davie's Felipe Lima surged pastTrojan's Mike Alexandrov for the victory, 1:00.86 to 1:00.90.  Lima split a 31.94 on the way home to catchAlexandrov as the pair of Olympians dueled down the finish.  Tennessee's Brad Craig clinched bronze with atime of 1:03.28.

Alexandrov has been busy on the Arena Grand Prix circuit already, having competed at each of the three stops thus far.  He took two golds in Minneapolis, a gold and a bronze in Austin and now has his first silver on the tour. He's earned nearly $2,000 from those finishes. 

Azad Al-barazi (1:03.39), Venezuela's Carlos Claverie(1:03.48), Gabriel Souza (1:03.58), Mexico's Christian Schurr Voigt (1:03.79)and Swim Ontario's Warren Barnes (1:05.06) rounded out the rest of thechampionship finale. 

Jamaican Olympian Alia Atkinson went out fast and kept herspeed throughout as she grabbed the title in 1:08.51.  She went out in 32.30, and came home in36.21, keeping Katie Meili at bay.  Meiliwound up earning silver with a time of 1:09.00, while Sweden's Rebecca Ejdervikclosed out the top three in 1:09.49. Atkinson, who has competed in a trio of Olympics for Jamaica, startingin 2004, is still looking to score more hardware as she continues to representJamaica well.

Germany's Margarethe Hummel was one of three young teens inthe finale at just 15, and wound up taking fourth overall in 1:10.30.  Canada's Martha McCabe (1:10.76) and SMU'sRaminta Dvariskyte (1:10.95) finished fifth and sixth, while the two otherteenagers Kennedy Lohman, 14, and Davie's Emily Kopas, 16, took seventh andeighth with a 1:12.40 and 1:13.51, respectively. 

Germany's Yannick Lebherz held on to capture a hard-foughtvictory, and his first medal of the circuit, as he clocked a 1:49.48.  He just touched out a pair of hard-chargingswimmers in Conor Dwyer and Australia's Robert Hurley, who wound up sharing thesilver medal with matching 1:49.81s. Lebherz did not improve his prelim-leadingtime of 1:50.31 much, but he didn't need it. He did, however, clear his seed time of 1:49.50 by a sliver.    Dwyer and Hurley, meanwhile, battled it outwith Hurley blazing down the stretch with a sizzling 27.24 final split.

Club Wolverine's Michael Klueh earned fourth in 1:50.61, whilea run of Olympians comprised the rest of the championship heat as Ryan Lochte(1:50.78), Tyler Clary (1:50.99), Charlie Houchin (1:51.06) and Ryan Cochrane(1:51.57) didn't have enough in the tank to challenge for a podium spot thisevening. 

Colorado Stars' Missy Franklin earned her 10thgold medal of the Arena Grand Prix circuit as she raced to a 1:58.01 for thewin.  That performance not only scoredher a 10th win, but gave her an 11th medal overall.   She won'tbe keeping any of the money, but she has now earned more than $5,000 in racewinnings from circuit sponsor Arena.

Canada's Samantha Cheverton raced to her first medal of thetour with a silver-winning 2:00.10, while Clearwater 15-year-old Becca Mannrounded out the podium with a bronze-winning 2:00.28. After taking Austin off,Mann is back to her medalwinning ways, having picked up two golds, a silver anda bronze at the Minneapolis stop in the winter. 

Canada's Barbara Jardin (2:00.92), Dynamo's Nicole Stafford(2:02.86), Germany's Saskie Roschinsky (2:03.17), Ashley Steenvoorden (2:03.38)and SwimMAC's Kathleen Baker (2:03.54) also competed for the championship titlethis evening.