Lilly King: This was the first year I only had 1 coach (Video)

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100 BREAST – FINALS

• NCAA Record – 57.15, Lilly King, 2016, Indiana
• American Record – 57.15, Lilly King, 2016, Indiana
• U.S. Open Record – 57.15, Lilly King, 2016, Indiana
• Championship Record – 57.15, Lilly King, 2016, Indiana
• Pool Record – 58.72, Emma Reaney, 2015, Notre Dame
• Defending Champion – 58.32, Sarah Haase, Stanford

Top 3:

1. Lilly King, Indiana – 56.85
2. Sarah Haase, Stanford – 57.36
3. Miranda Tucker, Indiana – 58.10

Indiana freshman Lilly King earned the night’s second American record, going 56.85 to become the first woman ever under 57 in a flat-start 100 breaststroke.

King has been shattering barriers all week: her 56.7 split on the 400 medley relay was the fastest ever swum, but now looks pedestrian compared to her 56.8 without the advantage of a relay start. She was out in a blazing 26.4, a time that will likely top nearly all the 50 breast splits on the 200 medley relay later tonight.

Not to be lost in that commotion, Stanford senior Sarah Haase moved into the top 10 swims of all-time with a 57.36. That’s just a tenth off the previous American record set by Olympian Breeja Larson back in 2014. Haase now holds the 7th-fastest swim of all-time behind 3 of King’s swims this year, 2 from Larson and 1 from Alia Atkinson.

And two more swimmers came within a few tenths of joining the exclusive 57-second club as well. King’s Indiana freshman teammate Miranda Tucker was 58.10, which should put her in a tie with Olympian Rebecca Soni for the title of 10th-fastest 100 breaststroker of all-time. Missouri’s Katherine Ross, who won the team’s first SEC swimming title ever last month, was 58.22 for fourth.

Ross’s teammate Abby Duncan went 58.50 for fifth in a big event for the Tigers. Louisville’s Andee Cottrell (58.78) and Virginia’s Laura Simon (58.91) reprised their battle from the ACC Championships, and Purdue’s Emily Fogle was 8th with a 59.20.

Iowa’s Emma Sougstad took the consolation heat title in 59.00, topping Alabama’s Bridget Blood in a tight race.