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Indiana’s Lilly King stunned the collegiate swimming community by breaking the 57-second barrier to blast her NCAA, U.S. Open and American record in the women’s 100-yard breast at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
King went out in 26.44, and came back in 30.41 to blast by 57 seconds with a 56.85. This morning, she downed Breeja Larson’s NCAA and American record of 57.15 from prelims.
King, just a freshman, set herself up to potentially become only the second person ever to post a career sweep of the 100 breast. Tara Kirk won the event from 2001-04 for Stanford, and had owned the record with a long-standing 57.77 from 2006.
King became just the third Indiana swimmer to win an NCAA title, joining Kate Fesenko and Brooklynn Snodgrass (who both won 200 back previously). King also made Indiana the first Big Ten women’s team to boast an NCAA titlist in three straight NCAA meets (Snodgrass in the 200 back in 2014, Jessica Parratto in diving in 2015).
Stanford’s Sarah Haase blasted her previous personal best of 57.73 with a 57.36 for second, keeping her fourth in the all time rankings behind King, Larson and Alia Atkinson (57.29). King’s teammate, Miranda Tucker, finished third in 58.10.
Missouri’s Katharine Ross (58.22), Missouri’s Abby Duncan (58.41), Louisville’s Andee Cottrell (58.78), Virginia’s Laura Simon (58.91) and Purdue’s Emily Fogle (59.20) also competed in the finale.
=== A - Final ===
1 King, Lilly FR Indiana 57.15 56.85N 20
r:+0.75 26.44 56.85 (30.41)
2 Haase, Sarah SR Stanford 57.73 57.36 17
r:+0.80 26.85 57.36 (30.51)
3 Tucker, Miranda FR Indiana 58.91 58.10 16
r:+0.69 27.62 58.10 (30.48)
4 Ross, Katharine JR Missouri 58.15 58.22 15
r:+0.69 27.30 58.22 (30.92)
5 Duncan, Abby SR Missouri 58.41 58.50 14
r:+0.67 27.41 58.50 (31.09)
6 Cottrell, Andee JR Louisville 59.09 58.78 13
r:+0.87 27.40 58.78 (31.38)
7 Simon, Laura JR Virginia 59.00 58.91 12
r:+0.71 27.82 58.91 (31.09)
8 Fogle, Emily SR Purdue 59.24 59.20 11
r:+0.99 27.78 59.20 (31.42)
=== B - Final ===
9 Sougstad, Emma JR Iowa 59.58 59.00 9
r:+0.76 27.42 59.00 (31.58)
10 Blood, Bridget JR Alabama 59.96 59.05 7
r:+0.79 27.88 59.05 (31.17)
11 Lloyd, Natasha JR Auburn 59.73 59.81 6
r:+0.71 28.01 59.81 (31.80)
12 Scott, Riley FR USC 59.92 59.85 5
r:+0.73 28.20 59.85 (31.65)
13 Lazor, Annie SR Auburn 59.94 59.95 4
r:+0.70 28.26 59.95 (31.69)
14 Duncan, Delaney FR Eastern Mich 59.90 1:00.03 3
r:+0.78 27.85 1:00.03 (32.18)
15 Escobedo, Emily JR UMBC 59.71 1:00.08 2
r:+0.69 28.65 1:00.08 (31.43)
16 Surhoff, Jordan JR Texas 1:00.20 1:00.55 1
r:+0.72 28.15 1:00.55 (32.40)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 11 1. Georgia 248 2. California 194.5 3. Stanford 183 4. Texas A&M 173.5 5. Virginia 149 6. Louisville 144 7. Southern Cali 138.5 8. Indiana 128 9. Arizona 80 10. NC State 70 11. Missouri 69 12. Michigan 68 13. Tennessee 62 14. Ohio St 59 15. Texas 49 16. UCLA 37 17. UNC 36 18. Nevada 29 19. Wisconsin 25 20. Alabama 20 21. Florida 19.5 22. Minnesota 19 22. Purdue 19 24. South Carolina 17 25. Miami University (Ohio) 16 26. Penn St 13 27. Kansas 11 28. Denver 10 28. Kentucky 10 28. Auburn 10 31. Iowa 9 32. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 7 33. Smu 6 33. Virginia Tech 6 35. Air Force (W) 4 35. University of Hawaii (W) 4 37. Eastern Mich 3 38. Umbc (W) 2
Wow fast
I remember when the Indiana MEN could not go that fast. That is a very impressive swim.
I hope she is good at long course too, we need a great breaststroker for both the 100 and the 400 medley relay.
King would have won the men’s title in the early 70s and before. Pretty impressive swim tonight.
While King is third Hoosier woman to win an NCAA swimming gold she’s also first American. Snood grass Seinfeld or rather represents Canada internationally and Fesenko ( mee Zubkova, she’s married to former Hoosier distance freestyler Sergei Fesenko) ww as a Ukranian Olympian, as wad Sr. Fesenko.
King is also a Hoosier through and through, having grown up in that hoops- mad state and swum both as a prepster and as a USS club swimmers for Indiana-based teams.
A real testament for her to stay home and swim for IU when she no doubt could’ve have written her ticket to any school in the country. And a real feather in IU coach Ray Looze’s cap for convincing her she’d fare well going to Hoosierville and then helping her develop to the point where she’s the fastest collegiate woman college breaststroker of all-time.
From high above Counsilman- Billingsley Natatorium Doc is no doubt looking down — and smiling!
Wow!
Wow! Amelia Nevelos
That is quick!
I bet old Doc is happy to see fast Indiana swimmers once again !!