You knew Clary was going to take out the first half hard. He cleared two body lengths between himself and Chase Kalisz after the backstroke. Chase Kalisz had a huge third 50 to run down Clary. Clary had a .03 second lead at the 300 meter mark. It came down to a 100 meter freestyle sprint to determine the winner. Coming off the final wall, Tyler Clary used his underwater to pull away, taking the win at 4:09.51. Chase Kalisz finished second at 4:11.52, followed by Josh Prenot in third at 4:14.85. Jay Litherland had a great swim to finish fourth with his time of 4:14.93. He now has an outside chance of making the Pan Pacs team.
Andrew Seliskar dropped some time to finish fifth at 4:16.73. Michael Weiss came in at 6th with his time of 4:16.97.
Max Williamson and Curtis Ogren round out the top 8 of the men’s 400 IM at 4:18.17 and 4:21.38, respectively.
Gunnar Bentz looked the best he has all week. He improved by four seconds to win the B-final of the men’s 400 IM with his time of 4:15.24. Corey Okubo finished second with his time of 4:18.43.
Sam McHugh won the C-final of the men’s 400 IM with his time of 4:21.90.
I’ll admit, my first taste of Clary interviews was when he smack-talked Phelps, so he and I got off on the wrong foot (true or not, it just struck me as petty and unprofessional to air that opinion publicly), but I’ve liked every interview I’ve seen with him since. I think he’s grown up a lot and learned more about the nature of celebrity.
He seems really forthright and humble (“honestly, I don’t expect to beat Chase tomorrow”) as well as funny and willing to make jokes about his own breaststroke/compliment Chase on his breaststroke (“he was reeling me in like a cowboy”). At the same time, his breaststroke has gotten better, so you know that, even though he jokes… Read more »
I hate these nose clips!
It’s so awful! 😆
It is hard to look badass in a nose plug haha.
Very good for Usa and for him ! Usa needs a strong Clary on 400 IM and 200 back for Pan Pacs . Way to go Man …..