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Lilly King - 100/200 Breaststroke NCAA CHAMP!

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EDIT: Won the 200 as well and became the first Hoosier named CSCAA Swimmer of the Year.

Congrats to Lilly! The Hoosiers kicked @$$ yesterday!  :good:

The No. 13-ranked Indiana Hoosiers had the best day in program history on Friday at the 2016 NCAA Championships in Atlanta, Ga.
 
After three days of competition, the Hoosiers sit in eighth place in the team standings with a total score of 153 points – the best of the Big Ten teams. Georgia leads heading in to the final day with a total of 185 points.
 
Indiana's Lilly King cemented herself as the greatest 100 breaststroke swimmer in history, becoming the first woman to break the 57-second barrier with her NCAA Championship winning time of 56.85.
 
King broke her own American, NCAA, NCAA Meet, U.S. Open, Indiana school, Big Ten and Georgia Tech Pool record of 57.15 she set in the Friday morning prelims.
 
The Evansville, Ind. native becomes the seventh woman to win a NCAA title at Indiana, joining Jessica Parratto (10m, 2015), Brooklyn Snodgrass (200 back, 2014), Christina Loukas (3m, 2009), Cassandra Cardinell (10m, 2005), Kate Fesenko (200 back, 2010) and Kimiko Hirai (1m, 1996).
 
The freshman is the first IU breaststroker – male or female – to win a NCAA National Championship since Don McKenzie won the 100 breast for the Hoosier men in 1969.
 
Also with King's championship, Indiana becomes the first women's swimming and diving program in Big Ten history to win a NCAA title three-straight years – Lilly King in 2016, Jessica Parratto in 2015 and Brooklyn Snodgrass in 2014.
 
The 2016 NCAA Championships continue on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. ET for the Hoosiers with the prelims of the 200 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, platform dive, 400 freestyle relay and 1,650 freestyle.
 

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From the Arena Pro Series last weekend.

https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/lilly-king-rockets-to-second-in-world-rankings-for-100-breast/

NCAA breaststroke phenom Lilly King delivered the top time of the evening in the women’s 100 breaststroke. King stopped the clock at a 1:05.73 to rocket to second in the world rankings for 2016, sitting behind only Yuliya Efimova* (1:05.70).

 

https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/lilly-king-cranks-out-new-pool-and-meet-record-in-50-breast-moves-to-second-in-world-rankings/

Lilly King dashed to a new meet and pool record in the women’s 50 breaststroke. King went head-to-head with this morning’s top seed Katie Meili and the now former pool and meet record holder Alia Atkinson. King posted a final 30.35 to lower Atkinson’s 30.54. King’s time also rocketed her to second in the world rankings for 2016 with only Ruta Meilutyte‘s 30.13 from the Swedish Open ahead of her.

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Lilly has qualified for the Rio Olympics by winning the 100m breast stroke last night with the fastest time in the world this year. 200m breast stroke heats are tomorrow, the finals are Friday.

http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2016/6/28/womens-swimming-and-diving-indianas-king-wins-100-breast-to-qualify-for-rio-olympics.aspx

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Caught the 200 medley relay during halftime of Dayton/Wichita St. Lilly gave IU 1/2 a chance in the race, giving us a slight lead after her leg. Unfortunately, the fly and free legs couldn't hold on as IU finished 4th. Solid effort considering Cal and Stanford have cyborgs in the other 3 legs. 

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Lilly King was named B1G Female Athlete of the Year, the 1st woman in IU history to win that prize.
http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2017/6/28/womens-swimming-and-diving-indianas-king-named-big-ten-female-athlete-of-the-year.aspx
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Awesome, she's a breath of fresh air. Love her attitude.

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