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2016 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS
- Sunday June 26th-Sunday July 3rd, 2016
- Century Link Center – Omaha, Nebraska
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Tonight in the third day of finals at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Lilly King of Indiana University became the third-fastest American female 100 breaststroker in history with her winning 1:05.20.
With this swim, King bypasses Katie Meili and Katy Freeman in the all-time American rankings. Her previous best time was a 1:05.73, ranked fifth. You can see the fastest Americans in history below:
- Jessica Hardy: 1:04.45 (2009)
- Rebecca Soni: 1:04.84 (2009)
- Lilly King: 1:05.20 (2016)
- Katie Meili: 1:05.64 (2015)
- Kasey Carlson: 1:05.73 (2009)
With that swim, King also bypasses Russia’s Yulia Efimova to become the fastest swimmer in the world this year.
2015-2016 LCM Women 100 BREAST
KING
1.04.93*OR
2 | Yulia EFIMOVA | RUS | 1.05.50 | 08/08 |
3 | Katie MEILI | USA | 1.05.69 | 08/08 |
4 | Ruta MEILUTYTE | LTU | 1.05.82 | 03/11 |
5 | Alia ATKINSON | JAM | 1.05.93 | 11/06 |
At the turn, King was ahead of the field with 30.43, and despite a late charge from SwimMAC’s Katie Meili, King was able to hold off the field by over three-quarters of a second.
Meili swam the event in 1:06.07, and both swimmers will (incredibly likely) represent the United States of America in Rio this summer.
Meili’s time is off. She went 1:05.6 last summer
I had to read it twice too. Article states THIS year, 2016