Indiana’s Lilly King broke the meet record in the 50 breast on Thursday morning at the Phillips 66 USA Swimming National Championships with a 29.96. The time broke the meet record held by Jessica Hardy at 30.12 set in 2014. King also just missed Hardy’s American Record at 29.80 set in 2009. She now sits second in the world rankings behind Russia’s Yulia Efimova (29.88).
King is the top seed into tonight’s A-final ahead of Katie Meili (30.47), Molly Hannis (30.67), Jorie Caneta (30.85), Andrea Cottrell (31.13), Breeja Larson (31.14), Natalie Pierce (31.22) and Katharine Ross (31.25).
King can elect to swim the 50 breast in Budapest if she wins tonight because of the World Championship qualification rules. King could challenge the World Record held by Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte (29.43), something she has said she wants to achieve this year. If she doesn’t get the record this year, she will for sure be shooting for the number one time in the world that Efimova has.
She should’ve been be the Queen of breast not King. Hahaha but her last name was King, so… ? ?
Hahhaha ?
Julianna Bender Come on you can beat this!!
Congratulations
Love her muscles!