Rising Tennessee junior Michele King placed sixth in the finals of the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. Open on Wednesday at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.
King, who finished in a time of 56.16 seconds, was seeded sixth after swimming a career-best 56.03 in the preliminaries.
The York, Pa., native finished 45th in the event at the 2008 U.S Olympic Trials in June.
King will compete in her best event, the 50 free, on Saturday. She made it to the semifinals in the event at the Trials and finished 10th. Her Trials performance of 25.43 is the third-fastest time entered.
The U.S. Open will serve as the selection meet for the 2009 World University Games, to be held from July 2-7, 2009, in Belgrade, Serbia. The highest placing athlete in each event who will be enrolled as a full-time university student through Jan. 1, 2009 will to be invited to the World University Games Team.
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