Reigning Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Lilly King took care of business on Friday morning at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Mission Viejo with a 1:05.70 in the 100 breaststroke. King went faster in the heats last night with a 1:05.32 which is the fastest time in the world this year (tied with herself) ahead of this summer’s Olympics as King hasn’t been beaten internationally in the 100 breast since taking gold in 2016.
King finished ahead of 17-year-old Texas commit Lydia Jacoby (1:06.38), who scored a new best time in second place. Jacoby is a rising star in the sport from Alaska as she was the 2019 juniors champ and is finishing her junior year of high school before taking a stab at her first Olympic Trials.
Pan Am Games gold medalist Annie Lazor finished third at 1:06.86 ahead of Tennessee’s Molly Hannis (1:06.93) as this looked to be a preview of what is to come at Olympic Trials in June. Emily Escobedo, who will be dangerous in the 200, was fifth at 1:07.70 ahead of NCAA runner-up Kaitlyn Dobler (1:08.15), who was the juniors champ in 2018 and the national high school record holder in this event.
In the men’s race, Nic Fink was the only swimmer to break 1:00 in the final with a 59.74 as he went 1-2 with fellow Georgia swimmer Andrew Wilson (1:00.06). Fink is the fastest American this year as he is training for his first Olympic team at age 27. There were two other 27-year-olds in the field with Wilson and Kevin Cordes (1:01.19) in fifth as all three of them train with the postgrad group at the University of Georgia.
21-year-old Michael Andrew finished in third at 1:00.38 ahead of 23-year-old Tommy Cope (1:00.89). Andrew was the 2018 national champ in this event and also represented the US, along with Wilson, at the 2019 Worlds where he didn’t make it out of the heats in Gwangju.
Tennessee’s Michael Houlie, who led at the 50, faded to sixth at 1:01.39 as Cal’s Reece Whitley was seventh (1:01.59).
Event 5 Women 100 LC Meter Breaststroke
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World: W 1:04.13 7/25/2017 Lilly King, USA
American: A 1:04.13 7/25/2017 Lilly King, USA
U.S. Open: O 1:04.45 8/7/2009 Jessica Hardy, Trojan
Jr World: J 1:05.39 8/20/2014 Ruta Meilutyte, LTU
Pro Swim: P 1:05.57 2011 Rebecca Soni
1:09.55 W-II Oly Trials Wave II
1:10.99 W-I Oly Trials Wave I
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Lilly King 24 Indiana Swim Clu 1:05.32 1:05.70
r:+0.72 30.97 1:05.70 (34.73)
2 Lydia Jacoby 17 Unattached-AK 1:06.99 1:06.38
r:+0.66 31.83 1:06.38 (34.55)
3 Annie Lazor 26 Mission Viejo Na 1:07.09 1:06.86
r:+0.70 31.67 1:06.86 (35.19)
4 Molly Hannis 29 Tennessee Aquati 1:07.55 1:06.93
r:+0.67 32.04 1:06.93 (34.89)
5 Emily Escobedo 25 Condors Swim Clu 1:07.49 1:07.70
r:+0.66 32.53 1:07.70 (35.17)
6 Kaitlyn Dobler 19 Unattached-OR 1:07.80 1:08.15
r:+0.63 31.77 1:08.15 (36.38)
7 Micah Sumrall 30 Gamecock Aquatic 1:08.18 1:08.25
r:+0.69 32.13 1:08.25 (36.12)
8 *Diana Petkova 20 Una BAMA-SE 1:08.06 1:08.91
r:+0.72 32.48 1:08.91 (36.43)
Event 6 Men 100 LC Meter Breaststroke
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World: W 56.88 7/21/2019 Adam Peaty, GBR
American: A 58.64 7/23/2017 Kevin Cordes, USA
U.S. Open: O 58.74 6/30/2017 Kevin Cordes/Jaoa Gomes, Unattached-SE
Jr World: J 59.01 8/23/2017 Nicolo Martinenghi, ITA
Pro Swim: P 58.86 2017 Adam Peaty
1:01.97 W-II Oly Trials Wave II
1:03.29 W-I Oly Trials Wave I
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Nic Fink 27 Athens Bulldog S 59.89 59.74
r:+0.70 28.07 59.74 (31.67)
2 Andrew Wilson 27 Athens Bulldog S 1:00.51 1:00.06
r:+0.63 28.42 1:00.06 (31.64)
3 Michael Andrew 21 Race Pace Club-S 1:00.36 1:00.38
r:+0.68 28.02 1:00.38 (32.36)
4 Tommy Cope 23 Club Wolverine-M 1:01.15 1:00.89
r:+0.64 28.65 1:00.89 (32.24)
5 Kevin Cordes 27 Athens Bulldog S 1:01.13 1:01.19
r:+0.71 28.90 1:01.19 (32.29)
6 Michael Houlie 20 Unattached-SE 1:00.77 1:01.39
r:+0.61 27.86 1:01.39 (33.53)
7 Reece Whitley 21 Unattached-PC 1:01.20 1:01.59
r:+0.73 28.80 1:01.59 (32.79)
8 *Nils Wich-Glas 26 Gator Swim Club- 1:01.47 1:02.72
r:+0.67 28.74 1:02.72 (33.98)
