{"id":369677,"date":"2019-05-17T17:43:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T00:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=369677"},"modified":"2019-05-17T18:56:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T01:56:31","slug":"lilly-king-drops-105-68-100-breast-in-bloomington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lilly-king-drops-105-68-100-breast-in-bloomington\/","title":{"rendered":"Lilly King Drops 1:05.68 100 Breast in TYR Pro Swim Series Bloomington (RACE VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

After an upset this morning in prelims, Lilly King<\/strong> reclaimed her spot at the top of the results sheet with a stellar 1:05.68 100 breast, over two seconds faster than her swim this morning. Bumping Annie Lazor<\/strong> (1:06.03) to second, King was a mere second and a half off of her world record, which stirs excitement in the swim community about what is to come.<\/p>\n

There was a three-way tie for third, as Bethany Galat<\/strong>, Emily Escobedo<\/strong>, and Madisyn Cox<\/strong> all clocked in at 1:07.59, slashing their seeds and beating King’s time from this morning. Allie Raab<\/strong> claimed sixth with a 1:09.51, edging out Melissa Rodriguez<\/strong> (1:09.57) and Noelle Peplowski<\/strong> (1:10.79) from the end lane. All eight woman were well under the 2020 Olympic Trials cut.<\/p>\n