Lilly King Sets Herself up for Hat Trick For 100 Breast Final

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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Olympic champion Lilly King cruised to the top seed in the 100 breast with a 1:06.06 just ahead of Olympic teammate Katie Meili. The latter was second in prelims at 1:06.10. King has already won the 50 and 200 at this meet and could make it a clean sweep tonight if she can win the 100. Meili is also not on the team yet and she has a chance to make her first Worlds team in her career.

Breeja Larson (1:07.43), Miranda Tucker (1:07.62), Bethany Galat (1:07.77), Molly Hannis (1:07.86), Zoe Bartel (1:08.08) and Andrea Cottrell (1:08.20) will also swim in the A-final. Galat is already on the team after her second place finish in the 200 on Wednesday. Everyone else in the field is searching for their first Worlds team with the exception of Larson who is searching for her third.

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Latterladder

6 years ago

Ladder? Wouldn’t that be latter?

Bob Groseth

6 years ago

lat·ter
ˈladər/
adjective
1.
situated or occurring nearer to the end of something than to the beginning.
“the latter half of 1989”
synonyms: later, closing, end, concluding, final; More
2.
denoting the second or second mentioned of two people or things.
“the Russians could advance into either Germany or Austria—they chose the latter option”
synonyms: last-mentioned,

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Andy Ross

6 years ago

Reply to Bob Groseth

Thanks, Bob