Tyler Clary Scratches from 8th Seed in 400 IM Final

2016 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS

Tyler Clary, who finished 8th this morning in the 400 IM prelims, has scratched out of the final, according to his Twitter.

Clary swam a 4:15.41 this morning, well off of his personal best of 4:06.96. His best since 2010 was a 4:09.03, which he was also pretty far off of. He says in his tweet that he’ll be focusing on the 200 free tomorrow morning, along with the 200 fly and 200 back later on in the meet.

Now that Clary is out of lane 8 for the final, Abrahm Devine moves into that last spot tonight.

Devine, a rising sophomore with Stanford University, was 4:15.83 this morning for 9th. That’s a huge new personal best for Devine, who last set his own best time at 4:19.22 in early June.

The qualifiers for tonight’s final are now as follows, in order of their seed for the final:

  1. Chase Kalisz, 4:11.86
  2. Ryan Lochte, 4:11.98
  3. Jay Litherland, 4:12.57
  4. Gunnar Bentz, 4:13.67
  5. Sean Grieshop, 4:14.00
  6. Josh Prenot, 4:14.19
  7. Michael Weiss, 4:15.21
  8. Abrahm Devine, 4:15.83

The first alternate is now Austin Snyder at 4:19.57.

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Lazy Observer
8 years ago

I dislike people who bad mouth other people to the media (even if his observation was, in essence, true). But Clary has grown on me the last few years. At least until this past year, he was just such a hard worker, and he came through at Pan Pacs when many a big name (Lochte, Adrian, Dwyer, and through a bad back, Missy) did not.

Kind of bummed to see him so off the mark this year then.

Lp Man
Reply to  Lazy Observer
8 years ago

Well at least now he doesn’t have to worry about an annoying post-Olympic invitation to the White House. Wouldn’t want anything to interfere with his race car driving

JFLY
Reply to  Lazy Observer
8 years ago

What’s the story behind the bad mouthing?

Captain Ahab
8 years ago

Tyler needs a little more work on his breaststroke.

Hswimmer
Reply to  Captain Ahab
8 years ago

I’m sure this is his last meet so it doesn’t matter.

Irish Ringer
Reply to  Hswimmer
8 years ago

Yep, that swim put him into retirement.

russ
8 years ago

Worth noting – According to finals heat sheets, Prenot has scratched out of 4th place in the 400 IM along with Clary. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000110000300041102FFFFFFFFFFFF01

russ
Reply to  russ
8 years ago

Correction – Prenot scratched out of 6th Place, not 4th, and Weiss is out as well, scratching from 7th.

thezwimmer
Reply to  russ
8 years ago

Well I’m positive I had either Prenot or Clary in the top 4… Thanks guys 🙁

Joe
Reply to  russ
8 years ago

Wow. I guess I can see why Prenot would scratch though still wanted to see him go for it tonight. Weiss scratching seems less understandable.

Russ
Reply to  Joe
8 years ago

I think Prenot surprised himself with his 100 breast, and while i definitely wanted to see him swim the IM tonight (especially about that 1:07.91 breast split), it makes sense that he wants to fine tune his breaststroke speed ahead of the 200 breast, his best chance at making the team.

200 Free
Reply to  Joe
8 years ago

I think Weiss is fully focused on top 6 in the 200 free, and knows it’ll take everything to do it, and top 2 here looked like a long shot. Wish him luck!

TXSwimDad
Reply to  200 Free
8 years ago

Agree that seems a reasonable decision

Years of Plain Suck
8 years ago

Prudent move.

Lp Man
8 years ago

The beginning of the end for Clary

Irish Ringer
Reply to  Lp Man
8 years ago

Apparently he didn’t work hard enough and karma took a chunk out of him big enough to bait a bear trap.

Quinn
8 years ago

Bracket wrecked. Had clary at 4th

50free
Reply to  Quinn
8 years ago

Same here….and I had Ledeckey too

thezwimmer
Reply to  50free
8 years ago

Ledecky scratched yesterday, so you still had time to change your picks in that event.

swimdoc
Reply to  thezwimmer
8 years ago

Rub it in.

SUNY Cal
8 years ago

Scratching for the 200 free & 200 fly??? Don’t think he has a chance there either!!

SwimmerFoxJet
Reply to  SUNY Cal
8 years ago

200 back is his only chance to make the team. 1:54 mid should do it.

tm71
Reply to  SwimmerFoxJet
8 years ago

He won’t beat either Murphy or pebley

SwimmerFoxJet
Reply to  tm71
8 years ago

Pebley goes 1:56 right? Murphy is probably going 1:54 low. And nothing is a lock, like Phelps said.

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Karl Ortegon studied sociology at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, graduating in May of 2018. He began swimming on a club team in first grade and swam four years for Wesleyan.

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