Lilly King

2017 W. NCAA Picks: Smith to Challenge King in 200 Breast

King is the heavy favorite at this point, but Minnesota’s Kierra Smith, a Canadian Olympian, shouldn’t be counted out. With her killer back-half speed, Smith could possibly pull off an upset.

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NCAA Women’s 100 Breast Preview: Return of the King

The 100 breaststroke will be a chance to watch the fastest yards swimmer in history fight to break 56, while a tight field behind her will battle for second-place points.

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2016-2017 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings – Final Edition

Women’s NCAA conference championships have wrapped up, meaning it’s time for our last Power Rankings of the season. Stanford is still the runaway #1 team in the land, but the rest of the top 20 has shuffled up pretty considerably as more teams start to show their cards in the hunt for NCAA invites.

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Hardcore Swimmer of the Month: Lilly King, Indiana

Hardcore Swimmer of the Month is a recurring SwimSwam feature shedding light on a U.S.-based swimmer or water polo player who…

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Big 10 Women Individual Scoring Breakdown

2017 B1G WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, February 15th to Saturday, February 18th Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Live Results The Big…

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2017 Big Ten Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap – Michigan Wins The Title

The Michigan team took their second title in two years tonight at the conclusion of the Big Ten Women’s Swimming Championships

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Lilly King Blasts #2, Kierra Smith #5 All-Time 200 Breast at B1Gs

Lilly King and Kierra Smith both swam top-five all time performances tonight in the 200 yard breaststroke at the Big Ten Conference Championships.

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2017 Big Ten Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

This morning, Kierra Smith set a pool record with 2:06.81 in the 200 breast.

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2017 Women’s B1G Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Indiana’s Lilly King will be chasing her own records in tonight’s 100 breaststroke final.

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B1G Swim: Lilly King Smashes American, NCAA Records With 56.30 100 BR

The Big Ten Women’s Championships continue to bring the heat on a busy weekend in college swimming, with Lilly King breaking the first American record of the 2017 collegiate postseason. King went 56.30 to cut a half-second off her own American and NCAA 100 breast records.

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2017 Women’s Big Ten Championships: Day 3 Up/Mid/Down Report

200 free top seed Siobhan Haughey will look to bounce back from last night’s 200 IM DQ, as the Michigan Wolverines are positioned to take the lead

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100 Breast Champ Lilly King Warms Up With 57.46 Pool Record in Prelims

Lilly King broke Annie Chandler’s pool record and swam the 10th-best time in history in prelims on Friday.

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2017 Women’s Big Ten Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

After a surprise win in the 200 IM resulting from a DQ, Lilly King will look to add to her haul today as the overwhelming favorite in the 100 breaststroke.

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Indiana’s Rockett, King, Dalesandro, & Spears Set B1G 400 Medley Mark

Tonight, the Indiana 400 medley relay team broke their own 400 medley relay conference record by over a second, clocking 3:28.89 for the Big Ten title.

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2017 Big Ten Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2017 B1G WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, February 15th to Saturday, February 18th | Prelims 11am | Finals 6:30pm Purdue University, West…

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