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Last night, she said she was sick of seeing a 2:03.
Tonight, she didn’t see a 2:03. Indiana junior Lilly King roared through the 200 breast final with a 2:02.60. She was the first to break 2:04, and now she is the first to break 2:03.
Texas A&M senior and fellow Indiana native Bethany Galat almost joined her in the 2:02 club as she was second at 2:03.26. She also moves to second all-time in the event.
Texas A&M’s four finalists fared well with Galat getting second, Sydney Pickrem (2:05.79) getting third, Anna Belousova (2:07.26) getting sixth and Esther Gonzalez Medina (2:08.20) getting eighth.
Michigan’s Miranda Tucker (2:06.73), Kentucky’s Bailey Bonnett (2:07.22) and Minnesota’s Lindsey Kozelsky (2:07.69) also swam in the championship final.
King has now won three NCAA titles in the 200 breast as she joins Kristine Quance (1994, 1996, 1997) of USC, Kristy Kowal (1998-2000) of Georgia, Tara Kirk (2002-2004) of Stanford, and Rebecca Soni (2006-2009) of USC as winners of three.
Event 18 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 2:03.18 3/18/2017 Lilly King, Indiana
American: A 2:03.18 3/18/2017 Lilly King, Indiana
U.S. Open: O 2:03.18 3/18/2017 Lilly King, Indiana
Meet: C 2:03.18 3/18/2017 Lilly King, Indiana
Pool: P 2:04.68 2/17/2018 Lillia King, Indiana
2:07.18 AUTO NCAA A Standard
2:15.99 CONS NCAA B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Lilly King JR Indiana 2:05.49 2:02.60N 20
r:+0.65 26.96 58.39 (31.43)
1:30.56 (32.17) 2:02.60 (32.04)
2 Bethany Galat SR Texas A&M 2:07.10 2:03.26P 17
r:+0.60 28.63 1:00.09 (31.46)
1:31.58 (31.49) 2:03.26 (31.68)
3 Sydney Pickrem JR Texas A&M 2:06.61 2:05.79 16
r:+0.71 28.79 1:00.76 (31.97)
1:33.07 (32.31) 2:05.79 (32.72)
4 Miranda Tucker SO Michigan 2:07.85 2:06.73 15
r:+0.65 28.87 1:01.20 (32.33)
1:33.64 (32.44) 2:06.73 (33.09)
5 Bailey Bonnett FR Kentucky 2:07.68 2:07.22 14
r:+0.70 29.00 1:01.21 (32.21)
1:34.19 (32.98) 2:07.22 (33.03)
6 Anna Belousova SO Texas A&M 2:07.99 2:07.26 13
r:+0.64 29.37 1:01.53 (32.16)
1:34.51 (32.98) 2:07.26 (32.75)
7 Lindsey Kozelsk SO Minnesota 2:07.75 2:07.69 12
r:+0.68 28.22 1:00.73 (32.51)
1:33.96 (33.23) 2:07.69 (33.73)
8 Esther Gonzalez SR Texas A&M 2:08.01 2:08.20 11
r:+0.70 29.73 1:02.18 (32.45)
1:34.96 (32.78) 2:08.20 (33.24)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 18 1. Stanford 510 2. California 317 3. Texas A&M 272 4. Michigan 221 5. Louisville 190 6. Texas 180.5 7. Tennessee 153.5 8. Indiana 153 9. Minnesota 146 10. Virginia 120 11. Georgia 103 12. Kentucky 97 13. Ohio St 93 14. Southern Cal 92 15. Wisconsin 78 16. Missouri 72 17. Auburn 70.5 18. NC State 68 19. Arizona 46 19. South Carolina 46 21. Purdue 36 22. University of Nevada 33 23. UNC 32 24. Arizona St 31 25. Arkansas 30 26. Penn St 26 27. Denver 20 27. Northwestern 20 29. Eastern Mich 18 30. Hawaii 16.5 31. Alabama 15 31. UCLA 15 33. Miami University 14 34. Florida 11 34. Virginia Tech 11 36. Louisiana State University 8 37. Rutgers 6 37. Akron 6 39. Florida St 3 40. Duke 2 40. University of Miami 2
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