So Ryan Lochte is entering ELEVEN events at US Trials. What’s wrong with the 200m breaststroke, eh, Ryan? Let’s have a look at his best 2011 times in these events:
Shoe-ins:
200IM - 1:54.00 WR (Shanghai) US #1
400IM - 4:07.13 (Shanghai) US #1
200 back - 1:52.96 Textile Record (Shanghai), US #1
200 free - 1:44.44 (Shanghai) US #1
Semi-realistic chance of qualifying (depends on others being below-par):
100 back - 53.79 (post-Shanghai at US Summer Nationals) US #5
Well ok fine for sharpening yourself up:
100 free - 49.67 (Florida meet pre-Shanghai) US #29
100 breast - 1:02.30 (Summer Nationals) US #35
100 fly - 53.65 (Austin GP) US #39
400 free - 3:56.42 (Charlotte GP) US #47
Hahahahaha:
200 fly - 2:06.77 (Michigan GP) (not exactly sure how he QUALIFIED for Trials with this time, though he swum a 2.03.20 in 2010 which would have ranked him 93rd in the US last year)
50 free - 23.39 (Indy GP) US #118 (LOL)
We can assume all the GP swims are untapered, but SRSLY dude has been flipping one too many monster truck tires.
