Murphy Barely Misses US Worlds Team, Will Be Back to Fight Another Day, Video Interview

Men’s 100 Backstroke – 2013 World Championship Trials – as reported by swimswam: 

This men’s 100 backstroke final was perhaps the most exciting race of the meet so far. It had the star Matt Grevers, the seemingly-perpetual underdog David Plummer, the young star Ryan Murphy, and the hot hand Eugene Godsoe.

They weren’t just changing leads at walls and turns. They were changing leads over-and-over mid-pool, with Grevers’ massive reach distorting the margins at every entry.

Ultimately, though, it was the two favorites coming into the meet that qualified for Worlds, though this time it was Plummer who took the win in 53.10 with a big back-half. Grevers was just behind in 53.25.

Ryan Murphy re-broke his own 17-18 National Age Group Record with a 53.38, and a surprise finish from Shane Ryan took 4th in 53.84. Ryan could be the future of the Penn State men’s program.

Godsoe couldn’t add a fourth event to his schedule, finishing 5th in 53.86. Jacob Pebley was 6th in 53.98.

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Danjohnrob
11 years ago

The mental part of swimming a race is fascinating to me! You would think, with how hard all of these athletes train, that they wouldn’t be afraid they’d run out of steam in the end and feel the need to back off to conserve energy for the last length (at least that’s what I understood that Ryan was saying).

Joe
11 years ago

Great interview. Very humble and honest assessment. I predict your man pair will arrive real soon.

Philip Johnson
11 years ago

He will get his chance.

bobo gigi
11 years ago

Ryan is closer and closer. It will be for next year.

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MEL STEWART Jr., aka Gold Medal Mel, won three Olympic medals at the 1992 Olympic Games. Mel's best event was the 200 butterfly. He is a former World, American, and NCAA Record holder in the 200 butterfly. As a writer/producer and sports columnist, Mel has contributed to Yahoo Sports, Universal Sports, …

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