Lilly King

Lilly King Breaks National Age Group Record in 100 Breaststroke

Full Name:	Lillia King
Nickname(s):	Lilly
Born:	February 10th, 1997
	Evansville, Indiana, USA
Nationality:	United States of America
Status:	Active

Lily King is a competitive USA swimmer who specializes in breaststroke. King was undefeated in the 100 Breast (meters & yards) in every format from 2016 to 2021. She is a 3x Olympian and an Olympic and world champion. The self proclaimed Mcdonalds enthusiast comes from a sporting family. Her father, Mark was a track and cross country runner at Indiana State and her mother Ginny swam for Eastern Kentucky University and Illinois State University. At 17-years-old, King finished sixth at the 2014 US Nationals and earned her first call up for the national team. She continued to climb the breaststroke ranks and burst on to the collegiate scene as a freshman at Indiana University. High School King has been on the USA swimming radar since a freshman at FJ Reitz High School and a member of Newburgh Sea Creatures. She won her first junior national title in the 100-yard breaststroke age 16 at the US Winter Junior Nationals. Her time of 59.67 was a new National Age Group record. 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Championships After finishing 6th at the US nationals, King put on the Team USA uniform for the first time in her career at the Junior Pan Pacs. Her first international medal came in her …

Lilly King Breaks National Age Group Record in 100 Breaststroke

Lilly King of the Newburgh Sea Creatures has broken an hours-old National Age Group Record in Greensboro.

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Lilly King Breaks National Age Group Record in 100 Breaststroke

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