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Review: Lilly King unstoppable at the U.S. derby ISL match in Maryland (Includes interview)

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November 18, 2019

King competes for the Cali Condors, with Olympian Jason Lezak as the General Manager of the team. On day one of the ISL at the Eppley Recreation Center in Maryland, King claimed two victories in the women’s 50 meter and the 200 breaststroke races, clocking 29.00 seconds and 2:17.78 respectively.

On the second day of the ISL competition, King won the women’s 100 meter breaststroke with a time of 1:03.00. In two days, King won a total of 31.5 points for the Cali Condors team.

As a result, King has won all of the nine breaststroke races that she competed in her three ISL matches.

This past summer, King won three gold medals and a silver at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.

To learn more about the Cali Condors, check out their Facebook page and follow them on Twitter.

Read More: Digital Journal’s Markos Papadatos chatted with Lilly King back in September of 2019 about the International Swimming League.

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Written By Markos Papadatos

Markos Papadatos is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for Music News. Papadatos is a Greek-American journalist and educator who has authored over 24,700 original articles over the past 20 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, lifestyle, magic, and sports. He is a 19-time "Best of Long Island" winner, where for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, and 2022), he was honored as the "Best Long Island Personality" in Arts & Entertainment, an honor that has gone to Billy Joel six times.