INDIANAPOLIS – Ryan Lochte held off hard-charging Tyler Clary to win the 400-meter individual medley at the U.S. national championships Tuesday night, leading a parade of Olympians who qualified for the world meet later this month.

Lochte and Clary made it a two-man race to the wall, with Lochte touching first in 4 minutes, 6.40 seconds. Clary, who swims at Michigan, finished in 4:06.96.

“My coach said I swam that race better than I ever swam it before,” Lochte said. “It’s right around my best time. I know I can go a lot faster at worlds.”

He rallied past Cl...

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