Loyola grad Dwyer finishes fifth in 400 free

Winnetka’s Conor Dwyer finished fifth Saturday in the men’s 400 meter freestyle at the London Olympics.

Dwyer’s time was 3:46.39. The gold went to China’s Sun Yang (3:40.14), who became the first Chinese man to win an Olympic swimming title.

U.S. swimmer Peter Vanderkaay (3:44.69) won the bronze and South Korea’s Park Tae-hwan (3:42.06), the gold medallist in Beijing four years ago, took the silver.

Dwyer had been the third-fastest qualifier earlier in the day, clocking 3 minutes, 46.24 seconds, just behind Vanderkaay (3:45.80).