Lilly King - 100/200 Breaststroke NCAA CHAMP!

[LIHoosier 26,206]

Lilly wins another gold in the MIXED?!? 4x100 relay with the US breaking the world record by 1.7 seconds set by the US prelim team who broke the previous record by 1.5 seconds. She was the only female who swam the breast stroke leg.

http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/07/26/swimming-mixed-gender-relay-world-record-video/

 

[Blackmon_for_3 1,533]

Take that RUSSIA!!!

[ALASKA HOOSIER 11,276]

MERICA!

[LIHoosier 26,206]

Another gold, another world record; this time in the 50m. In other news, the sky is blue.

 

[LockdownD 2,238]

Lily is a Hoosier legend.  Just go ahead and put her in the IU Hall of Fame.

[LIHoosier 26,206]

World Record #4, Gold #4

 

[OliviaPope40 6,520]

Listened to her on his program today. 

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Atta girl!

@IndianaSwimDive: Another three-peat for IU's Lilly King, as the junior becomes the first woman in Big Ten history to sweep the 100 and 200 breaststroke three-straight years with a NCAA A cut and pool record time of 2:04.68!

12 career Big Ten titles!

#NeverDaunted #GoIU 

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It's Lilly time again!

@USASwimStats: A look at the number of career American (scy) & NCAA records broken (in individual events) by some key swimmers at the women's meet.

 

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@IndianaSwimDive: No surprise here, but IU's Lilly King will be the top seed for tonight's Championship Final of the 100 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships!

The two-time defending NCAA champion touched the wall in a time of 57.35 - the 7th-best time of her career!

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Boom! One down, one to go.

@IndianaSwimDive: DOMINATION!

IU's Lilly King wins her third-straight NCAA title in the 100 breast, touching with a 56.25 - the fastest time in the history of the event! Lilly has won more NCAA titles (5) than any woman in Big Ten history!

[LIHoosier 26,206]

She was ticked that she didn't break 56 seconds, haha

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@IndianaSwimDive: Two-time defending NCAA champion Lilly King will be the top-seed for tonight's 200 breast Championships Final after cruising to a time of 2:05.49 - over a second faster than the No. 2 seed! Lilly's time is the fifth-fastest in IU history!

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Boom! Atta girl!

@IndianaSwimDive: THREE-PEAT!

IU's Lilly King wins her 3rd-straight NCAA Championship in the 200 breast with the best time in history - 2:02.60!

Lilly's 6th-overall NCAA title ties her with Rebecca Soni for the most breaststroke titles in history!

[LIHoosier 26,206]

Lilly's driving the pace car at the Indy GP this weekend.

 

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It's Lilly time this weekend! #4peat

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2019/03/lilly-king-looks-to-lead-iu-to-fourth-straight-top-10-finish-at-ncaa-championships

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@SwimSwamLive: 100 breast top 8:
Lilly King, Indiana, 57.55
Sophie Hansson, NC State, 57.91
Lindsey Kozelsky, Minnesota, 58.19
Delaney Duncan, Eastern Michigan, 58.55
Alexis Wenger, Virginia, 58.70
Ema Rajic, Cal, 58.97
(T-7) Ida Hulkko, FSU, 58.99
(T-7) Miranda Tucker, Michigan, 58.99

Finals on ESPNU tonight @ 6 pm.

[LIHoosier 26,206]

43 minutes ago, ccgeneral said:

@SwimSwamLive: 100 breast top 8:
Lilly King, Indiana, 57.55
Sophie Hansson, NC State, 57.91
Lindsey Kozelsky, Minnesota, 58.19
Delaney Duncan, Eastern Michigan, 58.55
Alexis Wenger, Virginia, 58.70
Ema Rajic, Cal, 58.97
(T-7) Ida Hulkko, FSU, 58.99
(T-7) Miranda Tucker, Michigan, 58.99

Finals on ESPNU tonight @ 6 pm.

She must've let up this morning cuz she swam the breast stroke leg in 55.6 or so last night in the 400 medley relay (IU finished 2nd).

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,775]

What an absolutely amazing young woman.