{"id":360074,"date":"2019-03-23T16:09:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T23:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=360074"},"modified":"2020-02-03T13:06:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T20:06:46","slug":"lilly-king-becomes-first-woman-to-win-eight-breaststroke-titles-with-200-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lilly-king-becomes-first-woman-to-win-eight-breaststroke-titles-with-200-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Lilly King Becomes First Woman to Win Eight Breaststroke Titles With 200 Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana senior\u00a0Lilly King\u00a0<\/strong>won her fourth straight 200 breaststroke title on Saturday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships with a 2:02.90. King just missed her NCAA and American Record of 2:02.60 that she set last season. King held off a hard charge from Texas A&M senior\u00a0Sydney Pickrem<\/strong>, who finished second at 2:03.65.<\/p>\n

King is now the first woman to ever in Division I to win the 100 and 200 breast four times in her career.<\/p>\n

Pickrem moved up to fourth all-time with her swim as she dropped nearly a full second off her best time.<\/p>\n

NC State freshman\u00a0Sophie Hansson\u00a0<\/strong>finished in third place at 2:06.18 as she picked up her second straight third place finish after this meet after doing so in the 100 on Friday night. There were three freshmen in the A-Final with\u00a0Indiana’s\u00a0Noelle Peplowski\u00a0<\/strong>(2:06.94) and Virginia’s\u00a0Kaki Christensen\u00a0<\/strong>(2:08.74) placing sixth and eighth.<\/p>\n

South Carolina’s\u00a0Emma Barksdale\u00a0<\/strong>(2:06.87), Kentucky’s\u00a0Bailey Bonnett\u00a0<\/strong>(2:06.91) and Texas A&M’s\u00a0Anna Belousova\u00a0<\/strong>(2:07.05) also competed in the A-Final.<\/p>\n

Indiana now has four NCAA titles in the 200 breast, all from King. She joins USC’s\u00a0Rebecca Soni\u00a0<\/strong>(2006-09) as four-time winners of the event.<\/p>\n

All-Time List:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Lilly King<\/strong>, Indiana, 2:02.60 (2018)<\/li>\n
  2. Bethany Galat<\/strong>, Texas A&M, 2:03.26 (2018)<\/li>\n
  3. Kierra Smith<\/strong>, Minnesota, 2:03.55 (2017)<\/li>\n
  4. Sydney Pickrem<\/strong>, Texas A&M, 2:03.65 (2019)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Emma Reaney<\/strong>, Notre Dame, 2:04.06 (2014)<\/li>\n
  6. Breeja Larson<\/strong>, Texas A&M, 2:04.48 (2012)<\/li>\n
  7. Rebecca Soni<\/strong>, USC, 2:04.75 (2009)<\/li>\n
  8. Caitlin Leverenz<\/strong>, Cal, 2:04.76 (2012)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n