﻿{"id":247336,"date":"2017-03-18T16:12:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T23:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=247336"},"modified":"2017-03-18T19:49:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-19T02:49:00","slug":"lilly-king-smashes-american-record-in-200-breast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lilly-king-smashes-american-record-in-200-breast\/","title":{"rendered":"Lilly King Smashes American Record in 200 Breast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We knew it was going to be the tale of two races. We knew Indiana sophomore <strong>Lilly King<\/strong> would take it out fast at the 100, and we knew Minnesota senior <strong>Kierra Smith<\/strong> 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&#8217;s 2:03.55. Those two are now the two fastest performers in history as the only swimmers to swim under 2:04.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the interview with Lilly King<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lilly King, Indiana\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G9ENL-WVg0w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Lost in the race was a strong performance from UMBC senior <strong>Emily Escobedo<\/strong> at 2:05.20. Escobedo is now eighth all time in the event. <strong>Sydney Pickrem<\/strong> of Texas A&amp;M finished in fourth and is now ninth all time in the event. NC State&#8217;s <strong>Kayla Brumbaum<\/strong>, Texas&#8217; <strong>Madisyn Cox<\/strong>, Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s <strong>Ashley McGregor<\/strong> and Louisville&#8217;s <strong>Andrea Cottrell<\/strong> also swam in the A-final.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s <strong>Rebecca Soni<\/strong> to defend the NCAA title when Soni won four titles from 2006 to 2009. King has also not lost an NCAA championship final.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 18  Women 200 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 2:03.59  3\/19\/2016 Lilly King, Indiana\r\n         Meet: C 2:03.59  3\/19\/2016 Lilly King, Indiana\r\n     American: A 2:03.59  3\/19\/2016 Lilly King, Indiana\r\n    U.S. Open: O 2:03.59  3\/19\/2016 Lilly King, Indiana\r\n         Pool: P 2:05.41            Laura Sogar, Texas\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals NISCA Points\r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Lilly King       SO Indiana           2:05.90    2:03.18N        20  \r\n    r:+0.65  27.13        58.32 (31.19)\r\n        1:30.85 (32.53)     2:03.18 (32.33)\r\n  2 Kierra Smith     SR Minnesota         2:05.50    2:03.55N        17  \r\n    r:+0.75  28.17        59.79 (31.62)\r\n        1:31.54 (31.75)     2:03.55 (32.01)\r\n  3 Emily Escobedo   SR UMBC (W)          2:05.72    2:05.20P        16  \r\n    r:+0.67  28.38        59.79 (31.41)\r\n        1:32.19 (32.40)     2:05.20 (33.01)\r\n  4 Sydney Pickrem   SO TAMU              2:05.69    2:05.23P        15  \r\n    r:+0.68  28.90      1:01.43 (32.53)\r\n        1:32.78 (31.35)     2:05.23 (32.45)\r\n  5 Kayla Brumbaum   SR NC STATE          2:06.23    2:05.55         14  \r\n    r:+0.70  28.45      1:00.32 (31.87)\r\n        1:32.47 (32.15)     2:05.55 (33.08)\r\n  6 Madisyn Cox      SR Texas             2:06.45    2:05.77         13  \r\n    r:+0.75  28.85      1:00.58 (31.73)\r\n        1:32.77 (32.19)     2:05.77 (33.00)\r\n  7 Ashley McGregor  SR TAMU              2:06.86    2:06.99         12  \r\n    r:+0.70  28.71      1:00.64 (31.93)\r\n        1:33.43 (32.79)     2:06.99 (33.56)\r\n  8 Andrea Cottrell  SR Louisville        2:07.45    2:08.15         11  \r\n    r:+0.64  28.68      1:00.99 (32.31)\r\n        1:33.92 (32.93)     2:08.15 (34.23)<\/pre>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<pre>Combined Team Scores - Through Event 18                 \r\n \r\n  1. 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