Reported by James Sutherland.
WOMEN’S 100 BREAST FINALS
- American Record: Jessica Hardy, 1:04.45, 2009
- U.S. Open Record: Jessica Hardy, 1:04.45, 2009
LC National Meet Record: Lilly King, 1:05.20, 2016- FINA ‘A’ Standard: 1:07.58
- Lilly King, IU, 1:04.95
- Katie Meili, NYAC, 1:05.51
- Bethany Galat, TAMU, 1:06.72
Lilly King completes the breaststroke sweep with a win in the 100, breaking the meet record in a time of 1:04.95, just 0.02 shy of her gold medal winning time from Rio. She moves into #2 in the world for the year, and Katie Meili now sits 3rd after clocking 1:05.51 for 2nd.
Meili’s swim gets her on the World Championship team. The Olympic bronze medalist looked phenomenal tonight, specifically on the back half, closing just 0.06 slower than King in 34.86. 200 breast Worlds qualifier Bethany Galattook 3rd in 1:06.72, and 2016 Olympian Molly Hannis was 4th in 1:07.11.
Melanie Margalis won the B-final in 1:07.87, while Emily Weiss earned a spot in this event at Junior Worlds placing 2nd in 1:07.99. She also moves to 5th all-time in the 15-16 age group. Vanessa Pearl won the C-final for the second time this week, putting up a time of 1:09.49 over Ema Rajic (1:09.62).
Ian Finnerty 1 hand touch on that replay
Wonder if she’ll be friends with Tfffany Trump
Breaststroke, Brains, Beauty. This girl can slaaay
I forgot Bronze medal! Extra slay
I wonder where she’ll train, there are a few college team in DC (GW, American or Georgetown) but none of them really seem intense enough for her. Maybe an NCAP site? Would be a bit odd to swim with mainly high schoolers though.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Having a car in DC can be difficult to drive to a practice, and in your first year of law school, you frequently have a full schedule of classes that is created for you (you don’t get to make your own schedule). Georgetown Law is on a separate campus from the rest of the university, but it doesn’t have a pool if she’s ever in a pinch! UVA Law would have been a great choice (I’m a bit biased as an alum), but Georgetown is great too! Congrats to Katie!
Georgetown Law is pretty intense. She may be de-prioritizing swimming and moving on to her longer term career aspirations. Congratulation to Katie. Very impressive acomplishment to get accepted at Georgetown Law School.
GW had an All American Breaststroker this year so…….. probably not intense enough.
She rather spend $85,500 ($319,629 per 3 years) to attend Georgetown Law School versus swim professionally? That makes no sense.
Compare that to an average salary of $136k as a lawyer (probably much higher than that given Columbia and Georgetown on her resume) for the next 40 years vs. $0 as a swimmer once she moves past her bankable years
I’d bet a year of that tuition that she has at least a little scholarship.
It’s a long term decision. If she’s prepared to do the hours (and no college swimmer is a stranger to sleep deprivation) a junior associate at a White Shoe firm will pull in $200k straight out of Law School. Only a few pro swimmers will make that.
If she goes on to make partner she’s looking at $3-4m p/a for 20 plus years. Those are sums no pro swimmer, other than maybe Phelps, could dream of earning from swimming.
All that said, it is unlikely she will get as much enjoyment from corporate law as she does swimming.
To earn those dollar amounts you have to give your soul to the devil
You have to be good at your job and sacrifice your life on the altar of your career.
Yes, it’s not exactly nursing sick puppies nor is it by any means for everyone, but having large corporate clients does not necessarily mean doing the devil’s work.
I would be surprised if Katie, who clearly has other passions, chose the Big Law partnership route. But attending Georgetown Law opens the door to that kind of wealth, a pro swimming career does not.
And all of your free time and most of your sleep.
She said in an interview with Deck Pass that she plans to work in government, so those salaries won’t apply. If Trump and Congress don’t get rid of it, she can enroll in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program and have her loans forgiven after 10 years of working for the government.
If she can swim professionally through Law School and cover some of her fees, she can save herself from the tentacles of Big Law. Amazing opportunity and good luck at Georgetown!
Does anyone know of other swimmers who swam pro whilst doing Law School, Med School, Dental School etc.? I know Ben Wildman-Tobriner’s a doctor, but I think he retired before Med School, and Nathan Adrian has talked of Med School but seems to have chosen a long pro career first.
BJ Johnson completed his Ph. D in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford while swimming pro and training for these past Olympic Trials.
Brendan McHugh went to law school and received an offer from a big firm in Philly while training. Best of luck to Katie!
Pretty sure the announcers were talking about it the other day, so it must have already been known.
Good luck at Georgetown.