Lilly King makes her feelings known as Jassen Yep records third-fastest 200y breaststroke at NCAA Championships

Modified Mar 30, 2025 12:11 GMT

Lilly King prasies Jassen Yep asa he record third fastest 200y breaststroke. (Images by Getty and jassen.yep)

Jassen Yep recently received praise from Lilly King after recording the third-fastest time in the 200-yard breaststroke event. He achieved this feat at the 2025 NCAA Division I Championships.

In the absence of five-time Olympic medalist Leon Marchand, Yep dominated the event after clocking 1:48.30 in the final round. He defeated Matthew Fallon and Carles Coll Marti, who posted 1:48.87 and 1:48.89, respectively. Yep now stands behind Marchand and Will Licon in the list of fastest 200-yard breaststrokes.

While Marchand clocked the fastest time of 1:46.35 at the 2024 NCAA Championships, Licon posted 1:47.91 at the 2017 NCAA DI Men's Championships. Yep surpassed Matt Fallon's 1:48.48, which he recorded at the 2024 NCAA Championships while competing against the Frech star. The Indiana University Swim & Dive shared a video of Yep's recent remarkable performance followed by a heartfelt celebration with his teammates and wrote:

"YEP. JASSEN JUST DID THAT. 🤯 Third-fastest 200 breast ever."

Multiple-time Olympian and Olympic medalist King shared the video on her Instagram story and admired the swimmer while penning an emotional message.

"I think we are all big time crying after that one," King wrote adding a teary-eyed emoji.

"It's cool to be a part of that" - When Lilly King expressed her pride in registering a world record Women's 4 × 100m medley relay at the Paris Olympics

Lilly King of Team United States poses on the Today Show Set in Paris, France. (Image Source :Getty)

Lilly King helped the American team register a world record in the women's 4x100m medley event at the 2024 Paris Games. The U.S. squad posted 3:49.63, where King swam the breaststroke and clocked 1:04.90. In an interview with Indystar.com following the new record she expressed her joy and pride in the team for achieveing the notable feat.

“I was actually just thinking, ‘What was that record?’, before we broke it," King said. "It's cool to be a part of that relay and watch it get faster and faster, with pretty much the same people. It's awesome to see everybody improving. An awesome way to cap off the meet.”

The feat surpassed the previous record listed by another American team in 2019 by clocking 3:50.40. It also surpassed the previous Olympic record of 3:51.60, set by Australia in 2021. The victory marked King's third Olympic gold medal after the two at the Rio Games in 100m breaststroke and 4x100m medley.

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Janhavi is a Sports Management graduate working as a US Olympics journalist at Sportskeeda. She emphasizes meticulous research and fact-checking before creating content, relying on multiple sources including social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter, as well as various sports publications.

She has competed in the 10m Air Rifle Shooting event at the national level alongside renowned athletes such as Anjali Bhagwat, Apurvi Chandela, and Anjum Moudgil, which further fueled her passion for the sport.

Abhinav Bindra is her favorite Olympian, and she particularly cherishes his and Neeraj Chopra's gold medal victories as they revolutionized Indian athletes' mindset towards achieving sporting excellence.

If given the opportunity to introduce a new sport to the Olympics, she would choose American Football for its widespread appeal and intense competition. Apart from reporting on the latest news in the world of Olympics, she likes to immerse herself in reading, painting, and traveling.

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