The Back Alley Archives

HERE BE SPOILERS!

Ryan Lochte [spoiler]finished 4th in the men's 200 freestyle, behind Yannick Agnel (France), Taehwan Park (S. Korea) and Yang Sun (China)[/spoiler]

Gemma Spofforth [spoiler] finishes 5th in the women's 100 backstroke. American giant girl Missy Franklin wins gold, setting a new American record in the process.[/spoiler]

Azania Stewart [spoiler]scored four points for Great Britain in their 73-65 loss to Canada. The British team will return for another match on Wednesday, against Russia.[/spoiler]

Ooh, [spoiler]the US goes 1-2 in the 100 back. [/spoiler]

Rebecca Soni [spoiler]gets the silver behind the 15-year-old Lithuanian girl[/spoiler]

Phelps and Clary [spoiler]qualify for finals in 200 fly, in fourth and fifth place, respectively. Both not too far off from first - less than a second separates the top qualifier from the 8th-fastest finalist.[/spoiler]

I saw a profile of Missy Franklin over the weekend and she's pretty awesome. She's turned down a ton of endorsement deal money to keep her amateur status, because she wants to be able to swim her senior year in high school with her friends like any other normal kid. Can you imagine being 15 or 16 and having to go up against her in a high school meet?

In the women's 200 IM, [spoiler]Chinese phenom Ye Shiwen blazed into the semis, setting a new Olympic record in the process.[/spoiler]

Missy's a nice girl, or so I'm told. I wonder what the chances of getting her to swim for UF are.