Produced by Coleman Hodges.
Reported by Jared Anderson.
The men’s 400 IM felt a bit like a throwback to days gone by, with Ryan Lochte crushing the field to win comfortably in just his 7th time swimming the event since winning Olympic gold in 2012. Lochte’s time of 4:12.66 was easily the fastest he’s been since May of 2013.
At age 31, it appeared Lochte might be focusing more on sprint races and giving up the 400 IM he won in London, but his dominant performance this weekend suggests the 400 IM might at least be a possibility for Lochte, who beat most of the main contenders for the U.S. Olympic team in the race here.
World Champs bronze medalist Chase Kalisz, the fastest American in the event last year, went 4:14.64 for second, and California Golden Bear Josh Prenot was 4:15.07 for third place honors.
Scotland’s Dan Wallace took 5th in 4:18.37 for Gator Swim Club. Behind him, a pair of young talents battled for 6th, with 17-year-old Sean Grieshop topping Cal freshman Andrew Seliskar 4:21.24 to 4:21.90.
Tunisian Olympic mile champ Ous Mellouli was 4:23.51 to take 8th in that heat.
No kidding !!!! But kuddos to him to get into it nonetheless his age . Lets remember he has the second fastest time of all times behind only M. Phelps Bejing WR time . He is the best in the 400 IM in Usa right now . he might add it for Trials – knowing only 2 Japanese can challenge him comes Rio . Good luck Ryan , love your guts