Ryan Lochte Unloads 3rd Ranked 200 IM

May 15, 2015; Charlotte, NC, USA; Ryan Lochte swims the 100 LC Meter Butterfly during the preliminaries at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports

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SwimMAC’s Ryan Lochte claimed his first title of the meet with a win in the men’s 200-meter IM at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.

Lochte put up his best May time in the 200-meter IM with a time of 1:57.20 for the win. That swim put him third in the world behind only Kosuke Hagino (1:56.30) and Daiya Seto (1:56.82).

Lochte’s previous best time in May came with a 1:57.63 from the 2012 Charlotte UltraSwim in the leadup to the 2012 London Olympics. So, he’s in a good spot with this event heading into this summer.

California’s Josh Prenot finished second in 1:58.98 to move to 14th in the world rankings, while Brazil’s Thiago Pereira earned third in 1:59.51.

Trojan’s Conor Dwyer just missed a paycheck with a fourth-place 1:59.80.

NCAP’s Andrew Seliskar (1:59.93), Dynamo’s Gunnar Bentz (2:01.27), NBAC’s Chase Kalisz (2:01.97) and Club Wolverine’s Kyle Whitaker (2:02.85) also competed in the finale.

After finishing a surprising ninth during prelims, NBAC’s Michael Phelps cut three seconds from his prelim swim of 2:03.06 to win the B final going away with a 2:00.25.

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Women’s 800 free
Women’s 200 IM
Men’s 200 IM
Women’s 200 back
Men’s 200 back
Women’s 50 breast
Men’s 50 breast
Women’s 100 free
Men’s 100 free
Men’s 1500 free

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windrath

8 years ago

Don’t know if there is anything to it, BUT when I look at the men’s 1500 splits, it almost all cases through the top 20 swimmers throughout their entire swim, the odd 50 splits are faster than the even 50 splits.

Is it just my eyes?