Lilly King Shows Consistency in Santa Clara 200 Breast Win

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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The second night of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series Santa Clara will feature men’s and women’s finals of the 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Back, 200 Breast and 200 Free. After the Indiana post-graduate group dominated the 1500 on night one, future and current Stanford swimmers took three of the top seeds for tonight’s finals.

Katie Ledecky, in her first professional race associated with TYR, claimed the top seed in the 200 Free – as did future Cardinal Jack Levant in the men’s race. Ella Eastin will start the session off with her top seed in the 400 IM, looking for the win in this event after narrowly losing out on the victory to Melanie Margalis in Indianapolis.

Veteran Chase Kalisz will set out to keep his 400 IM win streak alive, as will Kelsi Dahlia in the 100 fly. Cal’s Andrew Seliskar leads a competitive 100 Fly men’s field after the morning heats including the likes of Caeleb Dressel and Jack Conger.

16-year-old Regan Smith and reigning Olympic-Champion Ryan Murphy hold top honors in the 200 Back while Lilly King and Miguel de Lara Ojeda did likewise in the 200 Breast.

Women’s 200 Breast

Just two one-hundredths of a second off her season best, Indiana’s King won her first event of the meet in the 200 breast. Her winning time of 2:24.97 bested the field by over a second and a half as her quick opening speed led her to victory.

Despite great back halves from Emily Escobedo, Melissa Rodriguez and Annie Lazor, King’s 1:09.61 opening 100 gave her a lead that no one could catch. Escobedo won the battle for second in 2:26.56 and was followed by Rodriguez in 2:27.35 and Lazor with a 2:27.87.

Szekely (2:28.32), Rachel Bernhardt (2:31.19), Esther Gonzalez Medina (2:31.46), Grace Zhao (2:35.04) and Brooke Rodriguez (2:36.19) rounded out the top nine finishers.

 Event 9  Women 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
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        World: W 2:19.11  8/1/2013  Rikke Moeller Pedersen, DEN
     American: A 2:19.59  8/2/2012  Rebecca Soni, USA Olympic Team
     Pro Swim: M 2:21.41  2016      Yuliya Efimova
    Name                  Age Team              Prelims     Finals        
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                    === Championship Final ===                    
 
  1 King, Lilly            21 Indiana  Swim Te  2:26.46    2:24.97  
    r:+0.69  32.34      1:09.61 (37.27)
        1:47.03 (37.42)     2:24.97 (37.94)
  2 Escobedo, Emily        22 Condors Swim Clu  2:28.63    2:26.56  
    r:+0.69  33.42      1:11.06 (37.64)
        1:48.42 (37.36)     2:26.56 (38.14)
  3 Rodriguez, Melissa     23 Mexico            2:27.36    2:27.35  
    r:+0.65  33.53      1:11.28 (37.75)
        1:49.27 (37.99)     2:27.35 (38.08)
  4 Lazor, Annie           23 Unattached        2:29.56    2:27.87  
    r:+0.74  34.66      1:12.35 (37.69)
        1:50.11 (37.76)     2:27.87 (37.76)
  5 Szekely, Allie         20 Stanford Swimmin  2:30.66    2:28.32  
    r:+0.74  33.92      1:11.31 (37.39)
        1:49.54 (38.23)     2:28.32 (38.78)
  6 Bernhardt, Rachel      23 Gamecock Aquatic  2:36.60    2:31.19  
             35.09      1:13.87 (38.78)
        1:52.65 (38.78)     2:31.19 (38.54)
  7 Gonzalez Medina, Esth  22 Mexico            2:31.85    2:31.46  
    r:+0.67  36.14      1:14.69 (38.55)
        1:53.56 (38.87)     2:31.46 (37.90)
  8 Zhao, Grace            18 Stanford Swimmin  2:35.05    2:35.04  
    r:+0.73  35.25      1:14.43 (39.18)
        1:54.19 (39.76)     2:35.04 (40.85)
  9 Rodriguez, Brooke      24 De Anza Cupertin  2:35.47    2:36.19  
    r:+0.75  37.18      1:16.26 (39.08)
        1:56.35 (40.09)     2:36.19 (39.84)

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