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Lilly King completed the hat trick of breaststroke titles at the 2017 Phillips 66 USA Swimming National Championships with a 1:04.95 to light up the natatorium in downtown Indianapolis. King moves to second in the world rankings behind Russia’s Yulia Efimova (1:04.82) setting up a grudge match in Budapest at the World Championships after the two went head to head in the pool in Rio last summer. King will be joined by 26-year-old Katie Meili in Budapest. Meili finished second at 1:05.51 and moves to third in the world rankings for 2017. Meili makes her first World Championships team with that swim.
Bethany Galat (1:06.72), Molly Hannis (1:07.11), Breeja Larson (1:07.61), Andrea Cottrell (1:07.77), Miranda Tucker (1:07.88) and Zoe Bartel (1:08.00) also competed in the A-final.
King also broke the meet record she broke at last summer’s Olympic Trials at 1:05.20. King is definitely in a good position to try and take down the world record held by Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania set at the 2013 World Championships, but Efimova is a formidable competitor in her way.
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Crazy! Absolutely crazy fast.
Congratulations