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Weiss shatters Olympian Lilly King's state record

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Video by David Polaski.

INDIANAPOLIS — The eyes of an Olympian were on Emily Weiss.

The Yorktown sophomore spotted Lilly King, the two-time Rio de Janeiro gold medalist, near the start of Saturday's girls state swimming competition at the IU Natatorium.

Two years ago, King set the state record in the 100-yard breaststoke as a student at Evansville Reitz. The next year, Weiss won the event, but was over two seconds away from King's 59.63-second time.

Over the summer, Weiss watched on TV as King won Olympic gold.

Weiss broke King's record on Saturday by swimming a 59.