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By David Rieder<\/em><\/p>\n

Today, the racing begins. After two days in Omaha it already feels like it\u2019s been a long meet, but aside from warmups and press conferences, we haven\u2019t even gotten things going yet.<\/p>\n

At 10 a.m. this morning, into the water goes the first heat of the men\u2019s 400 IM\u2014or what I call the Bobby Bollier<\/strong> heat, named for the former Stanford standout that won the first-ever preliminary race contested in the Omaha pool eight years ago.<\/p>\n

At 7 p.m., the lights will go down, and the sellout crowd will roar as the finalists in the men\u2019s 400 IM walk out. Of course, that\u2019s the same race that opened those first Trials in 2008, when Michael Phelps<\/strong> and Ryan Lochte<\/strong> both broke the world record.<\/p>\n

Lochte, now the defending Olympic gold medalist in the 400 IM, made news Friday when he ended months of speculation and confirmed that he will indeed be swimming the event at Trials. But he\u2019s swum it so sparingly since 2012, so exactly how fast he can go remains a mystery.<\/p>\n

Lochte\u2019s best this year is a 4:12.66, ranking second among Americans behind Chase Kalisz\u2019s<\/strong> 4:11.51. Kalisz has won medals in the event at the past two World Championships, and then there\u2019s veteran Tyler Clary<\/strong>, World University Games gold medalist Jay Litherland<\/strong> and NCAA champion Josh Prenot<\/strong> also in the field.<\/p>\n

This race won\u2019t be like 2012, when Lochte had such a comfortable lead in the 400 IM final that he glided into the wall the last ten meters\u2014he will have to work for this one.<\/p>\n

Phelps admitted that he has spoken with Lochte throughout the year about the potential of returning to the event. Phelps swam the event in London four years ago despite hardly contesting it in four years\u2014and he struggled badly in the final, ending up off the podium.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just said to him, \u2018If you’re going to swim it you better train,\u2019 because you can’t do it without [training], trust me!\u201d Phelps said Saturday.<\/p>\n

The now-31-year-old Lochte admitted that the 400 IM is the toughest event to recover from, and in response, he was asked why he continues to swim it instead of resting up for shorter distances.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could, but then it wouldn’t be fun!\u201d Lochte said, prompting laughter throughout the room. \u201cFor me fun is a challenge. I love having a challenge.<\/p>\n

David Marsh<\/strong>, Lochte\u2019s coach at SwimMAC Carolina, offered another explanation for why Lochte has drifted back to the 400 IM\u2014and not focused on shorter events as many speculated he might after 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s one of the guys in the United States that has four great strokes,\u201d Marsh said. \u201cWhen he swims at speeds in the 400 IM, his strokes come easy\u2014they’re on point. When he tries to go down to 100, he has to force things a little bit more.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s very natural at swimming at the speeds of 400 IM, and the challenge was to really get him into the fitness level that he needed to be in to really do the event.\u201d<\/p>\n

Is he at the level he needs to be to excel in the 400 IM? Well, we\u2019ll find out soon enough. If he\u2019s not, someone is going to make him pay\u2014just like Thiago Pereira<\/strong> and Kosuke Hagino<\/strong> made Phelps pay four years ago when they knocked him off the podium in London.<\/p>\n

*On the women\u2019s side,<\/strong> there\u2019s some consensus about the two favorites in the 400 IM: Olympic silver medalist Elizabeth Beisel<\/strong> and World Championships silver medalist Maya DiRado<\/strong>. 2012 Olympic finalist Caitlin Leverenz<\/strong> looms as the biggest threat to the top two, especially after Katie Ledecky<\/strong> scratched.<\/p>\n

But the battle for spots in the back-end of the final should be the intriguing story of the morning. Five women enter with seed times under 4:40 in the event, and 13 women have been faster than the 4:43.17 that was required to get into the final four years ago. And many of those on the cusp of making that final are pretty nervous about just how quick the cutoff might be this time around.<\/p>\n

Over the past few days I\u2019ve spoken to two women seeded in the top-ten and to the parent of another swimmer seeded in the top-16. Each expected that it would require a time right around the 4:40-barrier\u2014or possibly lower\u2014to get into the final.<\/p>\n

It goes without saying that each breathed a sigh of relief when the news broke that Ledecky and Becca Mann<\/strong> were both out of the event\u2014and the path to the final would be that much easier.<\/p>\n

*Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines<\/strong> will be once again be NBC\u2019s broadcast crew for both Trials and the Olympics\u2014their sixth-straight Games together in the booth. Hicks does not announce too many swim meets, returning only once or twice per year for the biggest events, but he relishes the opportunity to be America\u2019s voice for the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be an obligation for me to tell the stories of the new comers coming up, reiterate the stars that you guys already know about and that the public, kind of, only gets reintroduced to every four years, so it’s important to not assume that everybody knows who Tyler Clary<\/strong> is or Conor Dwyer<\/strong> is,\u201d Hicks said.<\/p>\n

Making her Olympic swimming debut this year will be reporter Michele Tafoya<\/strong>. Last summer\u2019s World Championships in Kazan was her first introduction to the sport.<\/p>\n

Tafoya, who regularly reports on the NFL for NBC\u2019s Sunday Night Football package, came away impressed with the accessibility of the swimmers and coaches she worked with, and she gained an appreciation for swimmers\u2019 toughness.<\/p>\n

She recalled an interview with Missy Franklin after one particular World Championships race.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe had just got out of the pool, and she’s going, \u2018Ow, ow, ow!\u2019 and I said, \u2018Are you okay?\u2019 And she said, \u2018My whole body hurts so bad right now!\u2019 And I had taken that for granted, what they put their entire body through from a musculoskeletal perspective to compete at that level. I was suddenly like, \u2018Wow, she is in pain!\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThey’re in pain when they’re done, and that hadn’t occurred to me before, and I think that’s something that people should\u2014hopefully we will get people to appreciate more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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