Lochte Swims World's Best Time, Beisel Sets School Record on First Day of National Championships
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 | Men's Swimming & Diving
Four Gator swimmers earned top-10 finishes Tuesday on day one of the 2010 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships in Irvine, Calif. Former Gator swimmer Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.) turned in the fastest time in the world this year in the men's 400-meter individual medley finals.
Lochte became the first Gator athlete this week to win an event at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center, turning in a 2010 world-best time of 4:09.98 in the 400 IM finals. The time beat out second-place finisher Tyler Clary by more than four seconds (4:14.12). Rising senior Mike Joyce (Vorhees, N.J.) competed in the finals of the 400 IM as well, finishing 13th with a time of 4:24.03.
“After the first 50 (of the breaststroke leg), I just went for it,” Lochte said. “I've done the work. I've trained for it, now I just have to step up and race.”
Incoming freshman Elizabeth Beisel (North Kingstown, R.I.) made history of her own by setting the women's school record in the finals of the 200 IM. The 2008 Olympian finished fifth with a time of 2:12.11. Junior Teresa Crippen (Conshohocken, Pa.) finished seventh in the same event with a time of 2:13.48, the second-fastest women's time in school history.
Senior Conor Dwyer (Winnetka, Ill.), the reigning 2010 Division I National Men's Swimmer of the Year, finished sixth in the men's 400-meter freestyle finals with a time of 3:51.57. Dwyer's preliminary time of 3:51.40 was good for fifth-best all-time in school history on the men's side. Logan Storie (Corvallis, Ore.) also swam in the 400 free, finishing 28th in the prelims. His time of 3:53.93 tied his 2009 mark for eighth-fastest in school history on the men's side.
The 2010 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships serve as the USA National Team selection for the 2010 Pan Pacific Championships, 2010 Junior Pan Pacs, 2010 Short Course World Championships and the 2011 World University Games.
*Quote courtesy of USA Swimming
FLORIDA FINISHES
FINALS RESULTS – DAY ONE
Men
400-meter Freestyle
Name Time Club______________
6. Conor Dwyer 3:51.57 Lake Forest Swim Club
400-meter Individual Medley
Name Time Club____________________
1. Ryan Lochte* 4:09.98 Daytona Beach Swim Club
13. Mike Joyce 4:24.03 Greater Pensacola Aquatic Club
Women
200-meter Individual Medley
Name Time Club_______________
5. Elizabeth Beisel 2:12.11 Bluefish Swim Club
7. Teresa Crippen 2:13.48 Germantown Academy
PRELIMINARY RESULTS – DAY ONE
Men
100-meter Breaststroke
Name Time Club____________
61. Robby Kennedy 1:05.82 Swim Florida
400-meter Freestyle
Name Time Club_______________
5. Conor Dwyer 3:51.40 Lake Forest Swim Club
28. Logan Storie 3:53.93 Corvallis Acquatics
45. Jason Taylor 4:00.92 Brandon Swim Club
400-meter Individual Medley
Name Time Club____________________
2. Ryan Lochte* 4:16.34 Daytona Beach Swim Club
16. Mike Joyce 4:25.40 Greater Pensacola Aquatic Club
31. Brian Howell 4:28.34 Cincinnati Marlins
32. Alex Martin 4:28.55 Gator Swim Club
43. Eric Solis 4:30.27 Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics
46. Rexford Tullius* 4:30.38 Daytona Beach Swim Club
62. Logan Storie 4:32.63 Corvallis Aquatic
Women
100-meter Butterfly
Name Time Club___________________________
17. Teresa Crippen 1:00.34 Germantown Academy
51. Shara Stafford 1:02.13 Topeka Swim Association
70. Kaitlin Frehling 1:02.74 Saint Petersburg Swim Club
123. Alana Pazevic 1:04.35 Stingray Swim Club
200-meter Individual Medley
Name Time Club___________________________
4. Elizabeth Beisel 2:12.87 Bluefish Swim Club
8. Teresa Crippen 2:13.88 Germantown Academy
43. Angelina Ballatore 2:19.37 Gator Swim Club
107. Julia Treible 2:24.42 Swim Atlanta
400-meter Freestyle
Name Time Club___________________________
41. Jamie Bohunicky 4:17.97 Gator Swim Club
65. Sharla Milne 4:20.63 Brandon Swim Club
* Former Gators
