Ryan Lochte is now a four-time Olympian, with previous appearances in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Games.
Dwyer, Lochte clinch Olympic berths in 200m freestyle relay
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Olympics
Dwyer will also swim the 200m freestyle individual race
OMAHA, Neb. -- After losing out on a bid to Rio in the men's 400m IM finals Sunday, Ryan Lochte can now call himself a four-time Olympian.
Lochte, who earned his way to the U.S. Olympic Team Trials' 200m freestyle finals after two fifth-place finishes in the prelims and semifinals, finished fourth at 1:46.62 in the event's finals on Tuesday night, clinching a spot on the United States' 4x200m freestyle relay team in Rio.
Conor Dwyer placed second at 1:45.67, also earning a spot on the relay team as well as in the individual 200m freestyle race. Dwyer has already made it to the 2016 Olympics in the 400m freestyle.
Lochte and Dwyer join eight other Gator swimmers who have already qualified for the Olympics in their countries' trials: Mitch D'Arrigo (Italy), Hilda Luthersdottir (Iceland), Corey Main (New Zealand), Sebastien Rousseau (South Africa), Eduardo Solaeche-Gomez (Spain), Dan Wallace (Great Britain), Jan Switkowski (Poland) and Pawel Werner (Poland).
The trials continue with Day 4 on Wednesday. Before scratches, nine current and former Gators are scheduled to compete in the men's 100m freestyle (Caeleb Dressel, Brad deBorde, Lochte and Dwyer), women's 200m butterfly (Elizabeth Beisel, Taylor Katz, Alyssa Yambor-Maul and Sierra Kuhn) and men's 200 breaststroke (Ross Palazzo).
Each day will begin with preliminary heats at 11 a.m. EST and conclude with event finals and semifinals at 7:45 p.m. EST. Estimated start times for each preliminary event can be found here, and the event schedule for the entire meet can be found on the USA Swimming website.
Prelims will be broadcast live daily on the NBC Sports app and online and on edited tape-delay on the NBC Sports Network. Event semifinals and finals will air live on NBC and online. The full TV schedule is available here.
FloridaGators.com will recap the Gators' performance after each day of trials. Follow along on Twitter at @GatorsSwimDv,@GatorsOlympics and @USASwimming, and check out the hashtags #GatorsAlways and #SwimTrials16 for more immediate coverage.
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Lochte, who earned his way to the U.S. Olympic Team Trials' 200m freestyle finals after two fifth-place finishes in the prelims and semifinals, finished fourth at 1:46.62 in the event's finals on Tuesday night, clinching a spot on the United States' 4x200m freestyle relay team in Rio.
Conor Dwyer placed second at 1:45.67, also earning a spot on the relay team as well as in the individual 200m freestyle race. Dwyer has already made it to the 2016 Olympics in the 400m freestyle.
Lochte and Dwyer join eight other Gator swimmers who have already qualified for the Olympics in their countries' trials: Mitch D'Arrigo (Italy), Hilda Luthersdottir (Iceland), Corey Main (New Zealand), Sebastien Rousseau (South Africa), Eduardo Solaeche-Gomez (Spain), Dan Wallace (Great Britain), Jan Switkowski (Poland) and Pawel Werner (Poland).
The trials continue with Day 4 on Wednesday. Before scratches, nine current and former Gators are scheduled to compete in the men's 100m freestyle (Caeleb Dressel, Brad deBorde, Lochte and Dwyer), women's 200m butterfly (Elizabeth Beisel, Taylor Katz, Alyssa Yambor-Maul and Sierra Kuhn) and men's 200 breaststroke (Ross Palazzo).
Each day will begin with preliminary heats at 11 a.m. EST and conclude with event finals and semifinals at 7:45 p.m. EST. Estimated start times for each preliminary event can be found here, and the event schedule for the entire meet can be found on the USA Swimming website.
Prelims will be broadcast live daily on the NBC Sports app and online and on edited tape-delay on the NBC Sports Network. Event semifinals and finals will air live on NBC and online. The full TV schedule is available here.
FloridaGators.com will recap the Gators' performance after each day of trials. Follow along on Twitter at @GatorsSwimDv,@GatorsOlympics and @USASwimming, and check out the hashtags #GatorsAlways and #SwimTrials16 for more immediate coverage.
Follow all of our Olympic Gators this summer in Rio! Official Social Media:
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