Lilly King Becomes First Woman to Win Eight Breaststroke Titles With 200 Win
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Indiana senior Lilly King won her fourth straight 200 breaststroke title on Saturday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships with a 2:02.90. King just missed her NCAA and American Record of 2:02.60 that she set last season. King held off a hard charge from Texas A&M senior Sydney Pickrem, who finished second at 2:03.65.
King is now the first woman to ever in Division I to win the 100 and 200 breast four times in her career.
Pickrem moved up to fourth all-time with her swim as she dropped nearly a full second off her best time.
NC State freshman Sophie Hansson finished in third place at 2:06.18 as she picked up her second straight third place finish after this meet after doing so in the 100 on Friday night. There were three freshmen in the A-Final with Indiana’s Noelle Peplowski (2:06.94) and Virginia’s Kaki Christensen (2:08.74) placing sixth and eighth.
South Carolina’s Emma Barksdale (2:06.87), Kentucky’s Bailey Bonnett (2:06.91) and Texas A&M’s Anna Belousova (2:07.05) also competed in the A-Final.
Indiana now has four NCAA titles in the 200 breast, all from King. She joins USC’s Rebecca Soni (2006-09) as four-time winners of the event.
All-Time List:
- Lilly King, Indiana, 2:02.60 (2018)
- Bethany Galat, Texas A&M, 2:03.26 (2018)
- Kierra Smith, Minnesota, 2:03.55 (2017)
- Sydney Pickrem, Texas A&M, 2:03.65 (2019)
- Emma Reaney, Notre Dame, 2:04.06 (2014)
- Breeja Larson, Texas A&M, 2:04.48 (2012)
- Rebecca Soni, USC, 2:04.75 (2009)
- Caitlin Leverenz, Cal, 2:04.76 (2012)
Event 18 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke ========================================================================= NCAA: I 2:02.60 20-Mar-18 Lilly King, Indiana Meet: M 2:02.60 20-Mar-18 Lilly King, Indiana American: A 2:02.60 20-Mar-18 LIlly King, Indiana US Open: O 2:02.60 20-Mar-18 Lilly King, Indiana Pool: P 2:05.04 29-Nov-12 Laura Sogar 2:06.94 AUTO NCAA A Standard 2:13.97 CONS NCAA B Standard Name Year School Prelims Finals Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Lilly King SR Indiana 2:05.65 2:02.90P 20 r:+0.67 27.39 58.62 (31.23) 1:30.58 (31.96) 2:02.90 (32.32) 2 Sydney Pickrem SR TAMU 2:06.57 2:03.65P 17 r:+0.69 28.31 59.81 (31.50) 1:31.79 (31.98) 2:03.65 (31.86) 3 Sophie Hansson FR NC State 2:06.87 2:06.18 16 r:+0.75 28.36 1:00.40 (32.04) 1:33.10 (32.70) 2:06.18 (33.08) 4 Emma Barksdale SR South Carolina 2:07.71 2:06.87 15 r:+0.68 29.14 1:01.11 (31.97) 1:33.68 (32.57) 2:06.87 (33.19) 5 Bailey Bonnett SO Kentucky 2:07.53 2:06.91 14 r:+0.65 28.60 1:00.77 (32.17) 1:33.73 (32.96) 2:06.91 (33.18) 6 Noelle Peplowsk FR Indiana 2:07.72 2:06.94 13 r:+0.75 29.00 1:01.50 (32.50) 1:33.83 (32.33) 2:06.94 (33.11) 7 Anna Belousova JR TAMU 2:07.92 2:07.05 12 r:+0.70 28.73 1:01.09 (32.36) 1:33.98 (32.89) 2:07.05 (33.07) 8 Kaki Christense FR Virginia 2:08.42 2:08.74 11 r:+0.76 29.52 1:02.12 (32.60) 1:35.42 (33.30) 2:08.74 (33.32)
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Incredible swim by Lilly King. Can’t wait to see what’s next for her!
Congrats Lilly, perfect record, nobody’s done it better or with more heart
The one and only! ?
Tobie Elizabeth Zeller
Incredible. Great coverage from SW also!
Amazing!
Congratulations ?
2:02! Insane ? Congrats
I’m so happy that she could do this her senior year! Way to go Lilly, go out on Top!
Lilly King is a badass!!!❤️❤️❤️
Wow!
Brittany Suits
She’s an icon!
Erick André :0
Creo que hizo como 55 en 100y 😮
Bueno, ya regresa pld
Pld? Erick André
Pls*
Beast
Congratulations