Lilly King Posts Strong Morning 200 Breast at Phillips 66 Nationals

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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Lilly King qualified for the 200 breast at last summer’s Olympics but failed to get out of the semi-finals. She is better at the 100, but if she wanted to be a major player on the world scene, she was going to have to get her 200 up to speed with the rest of the world. The women’s 200 breast has been one of the weaker events for the Americans since the retirement of Rebecca Soni after the 2012 Olympics.

King swam a strong morning swim in the 200 with a 2:24.68 to lead Bethany Galat (2:25.10) and Katie Meili (2:26.09) into the A-final. King and Galat had some strong battles in this pool at Indiana high school state not too long ago.

Andrea Cottrell (2:26.11), Miranda Tucker (2:26.49), Breeja Larson (2:27.21), Kayla Brumbaum (2:27.69) and Vanessa Pearl (2:27.70) will also swim in the A-final.

Larson is the only swimmer in the field who has swum in a World Championships before as she will be looking for her third straight team. King and Meili swam in Rio last summer but have never swum in a World Championships.

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Valerio Jose Jose

6 years ago

Nice.

Thomas A. Small

6 years ago

Congratulations

Isabelle Fraser

6 years ago

Regan Smith hd a good morning swim as well