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#11 ranked recruit in the SwimSwam Way Too Early Girls Class of 2025, Lily King from Latrobe, Pennsylvania has announced her verbal commitment to continue her academic and athletic careers at NC State beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.
“I could not be more excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at North Carolina State University!! I would like to thank my family, my coach Sandy, and my MP swim family who have supported me and helped me to get to this point. And a special thanks to the coaches at NC State for this opportunity! So excited to be a part of the Wolfpack! ❤️🖤🐺GO PACK!!”
Primarily a sprint freestyler, King dropped over a full second this past winter in the 100 freestyle SCY dropping from a 49.78 to a 48.58. She also dropped from a 1:55.00 200 free to a 1:46.86. As a sophomore with Mount Pleasant Area Jr/Sr High School, King won the Pennsylvania 2A State titles in both the 100 and 200 freestyles.
This past summer, King was highlighted by her swims at Summer Juniors (LCM). There she was 9th in both the 50 and 100 frees. She swam a 25.75 in the 50 free and a 56.17 in ther 100 free. Notably, her 100 free was a personal best time. She also swam in prelims of the 200 free, notching a personal best of 2:04.66.
King’s best SCY times are:
- 50 free: 22.58
- 100 free: 48.58
- 200 free: 1:46.86
King is a huge addition to the NC State women as she is their first top 20 commit for fall 2025. The team has three top 20 commits from the class of 2024, featuring two of the best sprinters in that class with #5 Erika Pelaez (21.91/47.91) and #13 Lily Christianson (22.02/48.57). With the addition of King, the team looks to be set up strong in the sprint freestyle relays.
King is also just off of the individual NCAA cutlines already. It took a 22.15 in the 50 free and a 48.37 to earn individual invites to NCAAs this past season.
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How about a new NCAA rule. If you have the same name and go to the same school you can claim any of your namesake’s records as your own.
would be funny if she was a breaststroker
(J)efimova and Lil King on the same relay together for possibly many years to come!
Observation of the week so far! Makes me want to go back and watch Rio videos.
Go Pack!
The 2x
Imagine if she went to IU 😂🤣🤣
sprint freers don’t go to IU
yeah they go to cal
you misspelled Virginia
Or Louisville. They’re stockpiling sprinters in their 2022-25 classes.
Welch and Dennis are sub-22; Larsen, Karl, and Diaconescu are sub-22.3; and Mischler is at 22.6. (Virginia doesn’t have as much depth — yet — in those classes: Curzan and Moesch are sub-22, but only two others sub-22.3: Novelline and Skirboll, and no one else under 22.6, although four women in the 22.7-22.8 range.)
In the 100, Welch and Dennis are sub-48. And Larsen and Diaconescu are sub-48.7.
And now NC State — Palaez and Christianson under 22 and Helms, Sheehan and King all under 22.6.
i am saying bc of Lilly King at IU too
A lily king that isn’t a breaststroker wow