{"id":405796,"date":"2019-12-07T18:30:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T01:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=405796"},"modified":"2019-12-11T12:41:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T19:41:53","slug":"emily-escobedo-scores-upset-in-200-breast-over-lilly-king-with-seventh-fastest-swim-of-2019-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/emily-escobedo-scores-upset-in-200-breast-over-lilly-king-with-seventh-fastest-swim-of-2019-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily Escobedo Scores Upset in 200 Breast Over Lilly King With Seventh Fastest Swim of 2019 (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

2019 US Open (Emily Escobedo)<\/em><\/p>\n

Women’s 200 Breast<\/em><\/p>\n

Emily Escobedo<\/strong> scored yet another upset at the 2019 US Open with a win in the 200 breaststroke over\u00a0Lilly King\u00a0<\/strong>with a 2:22.00, lowering her own best time of 2:22.8 from this summer’s World University Games.<\/p>\n

Escobedo<\/a> moved herself up to seventh in the world rankings for the 200 breast and fourth in the United States. Emily Escobedo graduated from UMBC in the spring of 2017 and has been quietly becoming one of the best breaststrokers in the United States. She was second at the World University Games in this event this summer and is a dark horse to make the Olympic Team in 2020, competing alongside King, Annie Lazor\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Bethany Galat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Escobedo on her swim:<\/em>\u00a0\u201cI was really happy with it. That was actually a new personal best time by a little bit, so it\u2019s a really good place to be right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

On expectations coming into meet:\u00a0<\/em>\u201cI didn\u2019t have many, I was hoping to throw down some pretty good swims as an indicator of where we are this season. I definitely wanted to be pretty close to some best times, I definitely wasn\u2019t thinking of going best times though, so I\u2019m happy with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

King finished in second here with a 2:22.63 ahead of\u00a0Annie Lazor\u00a0<\/strong>(2:23.25) as those two were the top swimmers in the US in 2019 in the 200 breaststroke, with Lazor winning the Pan American Games<\/a>. King was the favorite to win at the World Championships but was disqualified for a non-simultaneous touch in the heats, losing an opportunity to win her first medal in the 200 at either the Worlds or Olympics. She remains fourth in the world for the 2019 calendar year while Lazor is in second.<\/p>\n

Melanie Margalis\u00a0<\/strong>had a successful meet in Atlanta with a 2:25.92 for fourth here. She swam a new best time in the 200 IM on Thursday night and also won the 400 IM on Friday night. She finished ahead of 2018 national champ Micah Sumrall\u00a0<\/strong>(2:27.61) and Indiana’s\u00a0Laura Morley\u00a0<\/strong>(2:28.38).<\/p>\n

Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. 2:22.00,\u00a0Emily Escobedo<\/strong>, USA, MR (seventh in world for 2019 calendar year)<\/li>\n
  2. 2:22.63,\u00a0Lilly King<\/strong>, USA<\/li>\n
  3. 2:23.25,\u00a0Annie Lazor<\/strong>, USA<\/li>\n
  4. 2:25.92,\u00a0Melanie Margalis<\/strong>, USA<\/li>\n
  5. 2:27.61,\u00a0Micah Sumrall<\/strong>, USA<\/li>\n
  6. 2:28.38,\u00a0Laura Morley<\/strong>, BAH<\/li>\n
  7. 2:29.05,\u00a0Mariia Astashkina<\/strong>, RUS<\/li>\n
  8. 2:30.71,\u00a0Rachel Bernhardt<\/strong>, USA<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n