{"id":340141,"date":"2018-11-30T15:30:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T22:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=340141"},"modified":"2018-12-03T16:46:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T23:46:44","slug":"jay-litherland-goes-wire-to-wire-in-400-im-at-winter-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jay-litherland-goes-wire-to-wire-in-400-im-at-winter-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Litherland Goes Wire-to-Wire in 400 IM at Winter Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jay Litherland<\/strong> has been as quick as 4:10.21 in the 400 IM this year, a time bettered by only his Georgia training partner\u00a0Chase Kalisz<\/strong> and Japan’s\u00a0Daiya Seto<\/strong>. He was not nearly that quick in winning the event at Winter Nationals, as he swam a time of 4:20.16. But Litherland never had any serious competition and was not pushed down the stretch.<\/p>\n

In a field packed with teenagers, Long Island’s\u00a0Jason Louser\u00a0<\/strong>finished second in 4:23.99, and\u00a0Tristan Cote\u00a0<\/strong>claimed third in 4:24.61. Fourth went to Phoenix Swim Club’s Zachary Tan\u00a0<\/strong>in 4:25.28.<\/p>\n

Nation’s Capital’s\u00a0Sean Conway\u00a0<\/strong>took fifth in 4:28.49, ahead of\u00a0Matt Fallon\u00a0<\/strong>(4:30.06),\u00a0Paige Dacosta\u00a0<\/strong>(4:30.80) and\u00a0Nick Vance\u00a0<\/strong>(4:31.05).<\/p>\n