2023 U.S. PRO CHAMPIONSHIPS
- July 26-29, 2023
- LCM (50m)
- William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center, Irvine, California, United States
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At the 2023 US Pro Championships, Jay Litherland won the 400 IM by nearly 5 seconds, touching at 4:11.74. However, after seeing his training partner Leon Marchand break the world record at 4:02.50 in Fukuoka, Japan at the World Championships, the ASU post-grad wasn’t pleased with the time. Litherland says Marchand is one of the hardest trainers he’s ever encountered.
He should use his NZ passport and swim for the kiwis imo . Wonderful swimmer but it’ll be hard to beat chase and Carson
As someone outside the US, can anyone explain how someone in Jay’s position would fund his career? Will he get funding from US Swimming, or can swimmers get endorsements easily in the US even when not on the national team?
Coming from a Bulldog, that’s saying something!
Cool guy. Hard to imagine what Leon is capable of if someone of this calibre is surprised.
jay is cool
Jay should focus on the 200 Free for the relay spot
The men’s 400 IM and 200 free are back to back at trials
Even with the new 9 day olympic format?
Day 2 has 400 IM prelims/finals and 200 free prelims/semis. Trials is the same event schedule as the olympics except for no relays at trials obviously.
https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/swimming-2024-paris-olympic-games
There is no doubt that Jay trains hard and is a consistent swimmer. Maybe it is the flaws in his stroke technique that are keeping him at 4:08-4:11 range.
He’s 27, hard to drop time at that age especially in a grueling long distance event. He’s had a great career tho, nothing wrong being in that world class time range
I didn’t say anything was “wrong”. I agree that it is tough for 27 yr old to swim 400 IM but that is also why he needs to have perfect stroke techniques. In my opinion perfecting his stroke techniques is where he has the biggest potential for time improvement. I would love to see him on the podium again at the Olympics.
That’s generally true, though Lochte is a counterexample. He went his best time in London 2012, a week before his 28th birthday.
Especially when he is 5 seconds up on the field. When he has had his best races they have been highly competitive races right into the last 50.
Clearly he’s never trained with Michael Andrew
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