{"id":132231,"date":"2015-04-18T18:22:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T01:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=132231"},"modified":"2015-04-18T19:01:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T02:01:07","slug":"ryan-lochte-trumps-stacked-200-im-final-with-swift-158","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-lochte-trumps-stacked-200-im-final-with-swift-158\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Lochte Trumps Stacked 200 IM Final With Swift 1:58"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editorial content for the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa\u00a0is sponsored by\u00a0Arena<\/a>.\u00a0For full Swimming World coverage, check out our coverage page<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ryan Lochte emerged victorious from a loaded men’s 200-meter IM finale with a near season best at the Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa.<\/p>\n

Lochte clocked a winning effort of 1:58.70, just off his eighth-ranked time of 1:58.57 from the BHP Super Series. \u00a0That’s his first win of the meet after a pair of silvers so far here in Mesa.<\/p>\n

Conor Dwyer, the series leaders, piled on some more podium points with a silver-winning time of 1:59.04 to rank 13th in the world.<\/p>\n

Superstar Michael Phelps moved to just outside the top 20 in the world with a third-place effort of 2:00.01.<\/p>\n

Uvis Kalnins (2:02.50), Matt Josa (2:04.19), Louisville’s Carlos Claverie (2:05.45), SwimMAC’s Marko Blazevski (2:05.58) and NBAC’s Austin Surhoff (2:05.64) rounded out the rest of the finale.<\/p>\n

Simon Frank topped the B final in a time of 2:05.56, while NBAC’s Alpkan Ornek took second in the consolation heat in 2:06.03.<\/p>\n

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