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We knew it was going to be the tale of two races. We knew Indiana sophomore Lilly King would take it out fast at the 100, and we knew Minnesota senior Kierra Smith would come home strong on the back half. King took it out and held on the hard charging Smith for a new NCAA, American and US Open record in the 200 breast with a 2:03.18 to Smith’s 2:03.55. Those two are now the two fastest performers in history as the only swimmers to swim under 2:04.
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Lost in the race was a strong performance from UMBC senior Emily Escobedo at 2:05.20. Escobedo is now eighth all time in the event. Sydney Pickrem of Texas A&M finished in fourth and is now ninth all time in the event. NC State’s Kayla Brumbaum, Texas’ Madisyn Cox, Texas A&M’s Ashley McGregor and Louisville’s Andrea Cottrell also swam in the A-final.
King defends her title from last year as she is still the first Indiana Hoosier to win the 200 breast NCAA title. King is now the first swimmer since USC’s Rebecca Soni to defend the NCAA title when Soni won four titles from 2006 to 2009. King has also not lost an NCAA championship final.
Event 18 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 2:03.59 3/19/2016 Lilly King, Indiana
Meet: C 2:03.59 3/19/2016 Lilly King, Indiana
American: A 2:03.59 3/19/2016 Lilly King, Indiana
U.S. Open: O 2:03.59 3/19/2016 Lilly King, Indiana
Pool: P 2:05.41 Laura Sogar, Texas
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Lilly King SO Indiana 2:05.90 2:03.18N 20
r:+0.65 27.13 58.32 (31.19)
1:30.85 (32.53) 2:03.18 (32.33)
2 Kierra Smith SR Minnesota 2:05.50 2:03.55N 17
r:+0.75 28.17 59.79 (31.62)
1:31.54 (31.75) 2:03.55 (32.01)
3 Emily Escobedo SR UMBC (W) 2:05.72 2:05.20P 16
r:+0.67 28.38 59.79 (31.41)
1:32.19 (32.40) 2:05.20 (33.01)
4 Sydney Pickrem SO TAMU 2:05.69 2:05.23P 15
r:+0.68 28.90 1:01.43 (32.53)
1:32.78 (31.35) 2:05.23 (32.45)
5 Kayla Brumbaum SR NC STATE 2:06.23 2:05.55 14
r:+0.70 28.45 1:00.32 (31.87)
1:32.47 (32.15) 2:05.55 (33.08)
6 Madisyn Cox SR Texas 2:06.45 2:05.77 13
r:+0.75 28.85 1:00.58 (31.73)
1:32.77 (32.19) 2:05.77 (33.00)
7 Ashley McGregor SR TAMU 2:06.86 2:06.99 12
r:+0.70 28.71 1:00.64 (31.93)
1:33.43 (32.79) 2:06.99 (33.56)
8 Andrea Cottrell SR Louisville 2:07.45 2:08.15 11
r:+0.64 28.68 1:00.99 (32.31)
1:33.92 (32.93) 2:08.15 (34.23)
Combined Team Scores - Through Event 18 1. Stanford 466.5 2. California 310 3. Texas A&M 258.5 4. Texas 221 5. Georgia 204.5 6. Louisville 168.5 7. NC State 166 8. Indiana 162 9. Minnesota 157 10. Michigan 137 11. Missouri 131 12. Southern Cali 127 13. Virginia 108 14. Kentucky 106 15. Arizona 84.5 16. Wisconsin 72 17. UNC 58 18. Ohio St 52 19. Auburn 50 20. UCLA 39 21. Umbc (W) 30 22. Miami (Oh) 29 23. Tennessee 27 24. Nevada 25 25. Florida St 21 26. Denver 20 26. Northwestern 20 28. Virginia Tech 17 29. Lsu 14 30. Iowa 13 30. Arizona St 13 32. Cincinnati 12 33. Penn St 10 33. Boise St 10 35. Purdue 7 36. Miami (Fl) 5 36. Air Force (W) 5 38. Florida Gulf 4 38. Pittsburgh 4 38. South Carolina 4 41. Alabama 3.5 42. San Diego State University 2 42. Notre Dame 2 42. Massachusetts 2 45. Drexel 1 45. Rutgers 1
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David… great race. King went out blazing fast (58.3), MN girl made a hard charge. Both were under previous AR…
Awesome!
Jerri Susong Mittman April Dohm Kern Scott Burress
GO LILLY!!
It was a closer race than you’d have thought. Fun!