Lilly King wins heat, finishes third overall in prelims

(WEHT) – Reitz alumna and Olympian Lilly King advanced to the 100m breaststroke semifinals on Sunday, swimming a time of 1:05.55. That time was third-fastest of the six heats in Tokyo. However, it fell short of South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker, who broke King's record of 1:04.93 set in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Schoenmaker swam a time of 1:04.82 to set the new world record.