JUST IN: King Claims Gold to Highlight Day Three of U.S. Open

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 ATLANTA – Former Indiana All-American Lilly King captured Gold at the 2019 U.S. Open Championships in the 100 breaststroke to highlight day three chalked full of current and former Hoosier athletes competing at the Georgia Tech McAuley Aquatic Center on Friday.

INDIANA RESULTS

Women’s 200 freestyle

  1. Kennedy Goss – 2:02.13
  2. Cora Dupre – 2:02.33

Men’s 200 freestyle

  1. Zach Apple – 1:46.76
  2. Mohamed Samy – 1:50.44
  3. Marwan El Kamash – 1:50.49
  4. Jakub Karl – 1:50.67
  5. Brendan Burns – 1:53.36
  6. Ian Finnerty – 1:54.25

Men’s 100 backstroke

  1. Mohamed Samy – 56.03

Women’s 100 breaststroke

  1. Lilly King – 1:05.65
  2. Annie Lazor – 1:06.63
  3. Emily Weiss – 1:10.43
  4. Laura Morley – 1:10.46

Men’s 100 breaststroke

  1. Cody Miller – 59.92
  2. Ian Finnerty – 1:01.98
  3. Justin Winnett – 1:02.20

Men’s 100 butterfly – 54.19 (TC)

  1. Brendan Burns – 54.58

Men’s 400 IM

  1. Mikey Calvillo – 4:26.97
  2. Michael Brinegar – 4:28.03

NOTABLES

  • King, a 14-time All-American during her four-year run in the Cream and Crimson, captured another Gold in her premier event, the 100 breaststroke. She is the reigning Olympic and FINA World Champion winner in the event.
  • Calvillo set himself up with an Olympic Trial cut time in 400 IM during the preliminary round with a mark of 4.24.94.
  • Karl tallied an Olympic Trial cut time in the 200 free in the preliminary round on his way to clinching a spot in the C Final in the event.
  • All three of the men’s 100 breaststrokers (Finnerty, Miller, and Winnett) qualified for the Olympic Trials with times under the 1:03.29 cut time. The women’s 100 breaststroke crew (King, Lazor, Morley, and Weiss) saw similar success as all four hit the Olympic Trial cut time of 1:10.99 in the event.

 UP NEXT

The fourth and final day of the Toyota U.S. Open Championships will begin tomorrow, Dec. 7, at 8 a.m. with the preliminary heats of the 200 backstroke. A total of 14 current and former Indiana swimmers will be in action tomorrow.

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