Mt. Pleasant’s Lily King helps set swim record in Romania
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Saturday, August 23, 2025 | 4:21 PM
Mt. Pleasant’s Lily King reacts after setting a WPIAL and Trees Pool record in the girls 100 freestyle during the 2025 WPIAL Class 2A swimming championships.
Mt. Pleasant alum Lily King was part of a world record-breaking relay team in Romania.
King and the 400-yard freestyle relay set a world juniors mark at the World Aquatic Junior Swimming Championships in Otopeni, Romania.
The team of Rylee Erisman, Liberty Clark, Julie Michler and King finished in 3 minutes, 35.53 seconds to beat the previous mark of 3:36.19 set at the 2017 World Juniors.
King’s split time was 53.62 seconds from the anchor leg.
King, a North Carolina State commit who swims for Mt. Pleasant Aquatic Club, took second in the individual 100-yard freestyle with a time of 54.19 seconds.
She also helped the mixed 400 free relay to gold with a split of 53.91. She also swam on the silver medalist 800 free relay.
One for the record books 📕✔️#OMEGAOfficialTimekeeper pic.twitter.com/DClRW9xFqq
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) August 23, 2025
Bill Beckner Jr. is a TribLive reporter covering local sports in Westmoreland County. He can be reached at bbeckner@triblive.com.
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