Emily Weiss, who broke Lilly King's Indiana record, retires from swimming at 20
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Indiana University swimmer Emily Weiss, who broke Lilly King’s teenage breaststroke records and became a world junior champion, has retired from the sport at age 20.
In a 2017 interview, King said of Weiss: “She’s the next Lilly.”
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Weiss swam to a a four-year sweep of state titles in the 100-yard breaststroke while at Yorktown High School and set a national record in 2018. She won a gold medal in the 50-meter breaststroke in the under-18 World Junior Championships at Indianapolis in 2017.
She made her announcement on Instagram.
“With the help from the medical staff here at IU, I have made the decision to medically retire,” she posted. “I cannot thank everyone enough for the immense amount of support and love I have gotten throughout the years. I would not trade all my years of swimming for anything in the world.
“This sport has taught me so much and has put such amazing people in my life. I have so much to be grateful for. With that being said, I am ready to start a new journey.”
Weiss, a junior at IU, never swam as fast in college as she did in high school. As a sophomore, she broke King’s state record in the 100-yard breaststroke, and then she lowered that to 58.40 seconds the next year.
Weiss was a Big Ten champion in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2021. She was 22nd in the 100 and 24th in the 200 at the NCAA Championships. At last June’s Olympic Trials, she was 26th at 100 meters and 40th at 200 meters.
She represented Muncie’s Cardinal Swim Club. Weiss still holds 17 age-group state records.
Contact IndyStar reporter David Woods at david.woods@indystar.com. Follow him on Twitter: @DavidWoods007.
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