2017 U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
- August 2-6, 2017
- East Meadow, NY
- Long course (50m)
- Psych Sheet
- Pre-scratch timelines
- Meet Information
- Meet central
- Live Results
Ryan Lochte qualified first in his best event, the 200 IM, through to finals on Saturday at the 2017 U.S. Open. He swam 1:59.82, which put him two seconds better than the #2 qualifier Sam Stewart (2:01.88) and #3 qualifier Michael Andrew (2:02.35).
That swim moves Lochte into 33rd in the world in 2017 and follows up on his 5th-place finish in the 100 backstroke on Saturday evening (55.16).
He will need to go at least 1:58.54 in finals of the 200 IM to achieve his stated goal of qualifying for the U.S. National Team. He also says he’s only practicing 1-2 times per week at present.
Aside from a few swims at Masters’ Nationals, this is Lochte’s first elite return to competition after a 10-month suspension following a post-racing incident in a gas station bathroom at the Rio Olympic Games.
On a different note guys in the Us : Tori Bowie is the new world champion in the 100 free ( Track & field ) !!! Oh Yeahhhhhhh
Not appreciated. Please don’t do that again. I’ve taped the track world championships for later viewing tonight. I had no idea I’d be risking a high profile result while checking Lochte’s time in a prelim.
Number 1 rule of the internet. If you want to avoid spoilers for ANYTHING, stay off of it.
spoilers of what exactly ? lol ?
i do as i please MR . thank you for spoiling my passion .
it was a? joke to activate your susceptibility ….it worked well obviously
The lean heard round the world
come again …….
Lol the world record used to be 1:58.16 and it was SOOO fast back then
Jeahhhh , i did it
Rumor has it Big Mike, the 3 seed in this race, could scratch this race to focus on the 50 free tonight.
Nah his dad is too prideful and probably Wants to try beating Lochte
come on – he knows Lochte is there and its too much to handle lol
That’s pretty fast for an AM swim for someone swimming only twice a week.
and being 33 years old
Correction; “once or twice” a week.