{"id":134360,"date":"2015-05-17T15:36:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T22:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=134360"},"modified":"2015-05-17T15:36:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T22:36:37","slug":"ryan-lochte-unloads-3rd-ranked-200-im","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-lochte-unloads-3rd-ranked-200-im\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Lochte Unloads 3rd Ranked 200 IM"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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.<\/p>\n

Lochte put up his best May time in the 200-meter IM with a time of 1:57.20 for the win. \u00a0That swim put him third in the world behind only Kosuke Hagino (1:56.30) and Daiya Seto (1:56.82).<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Trojan’s Conor Dwyer just missed a paycheck with a fourth-place 1:59.80.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

After finishing a surprising\u00a0ninth 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.<\/p>\n

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