Lilly King Had An Unbelievable 50 Breaststroke Time For The Hoosiers
The Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team got off to a great start at the 2017 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships on Wednesday night at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette, Ind.
After the first two events of the Big Ten Championships, Indiana sits in fourth place with a total of 108 points. Minnesota leads with a total of 118, while Michigan is second with 114 and Wisconsin is third with 110.
In the 200 medley relay, the IU team of Kennedy Goss, Lilly King, Gia Dalesandro and Ali Rockett took home the silver medal with a NCAA A cut time of 1:35.74 – just .01 seconds off the school record. The Hoosiers were right there at the end, but got out-touched by Minnesota at the wall, who won with a Big Ten record time of 1:35.55.
King had an unbelievable 50 breaststroke time for the Hoosiers, as she was the only swimmer to break 26 second with her split of 25.55. The Evansville, Ind. native’s time is the fastest in the country so far this season.
In the 800 freestyle relay, the Indiana team of Stephanie Marchuk, Goss, Delaney Barnard and Dalesandro finished fourth overall with a season-best and NCAA A cut time of 7:04.50.
Marchuk’s leadoff time of 1:46.81 was a NCAA B cut mark and was the fastest time this season for any Hoosier in the 200 freestyle.
The Hoosiers will continue at the 2017 Big Ten Championships on Thursday morning with the prelims of the 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle and 1-meter dive. The action gets underway at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette at 11:00 a.m. ET.
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200 Medley Relay
- Goss, King, Dalesandro, Rockett – 1:35.74 (NCAA A cut)
800 Freestyle Relay
- Marchuk, Goss, Barnard, Dalesandro – 7:04.50 (NCAA A cut)
