Indiana University Men’s Diver Quinn Henninger wins National Title in the One Meter at the NCAA Championships A four-time NCAA medalist, senior Quinn Henninger strode to the end of the 1-meter springboard an accomplished diver who won his first Big Ten Championship last month. But that wasn’t enough. He needed a national title. And he needed 61.2 points to surpass Stanford senior and former youth teammate Jack Ryan. Henninger leaped high – flying slightly to his right – and executed 2 ½ somersaults, twisted into a pike position and glided straight into the water. “HE DID IT!” IU diving legend Cynthia Potter cried on the ESPN+ commentary. Henninger’s execution was beyond doubt, but a 78.40 on the board made it official. For the first time, Quinn Henninger was a national champion.
“It was a great day for IU diving,” Indiana head diving coach Drew Johansen said. “Quinn’s first national title was well earned. Jack (Ryan) leaned on him all night, and Quinn needed a great dive to win it. His composure was world class.” Henninger’s title – Indiana’s fifth diving title in three years but first on 1-meter since 2018 – highlighted a Thursday (March 27) finals session that the Hoosiers can certainly build on going into the second half of the 2025 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, held inside the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center. Through two days, Indiana ranks No. 3 in the team standings with 146 points – 44 points behind Texas and 13.5 points short of Cal. But its busiest days are still to come.
“What a fantastic day for the Hoosiers,” IU head swimming coach Ray Looze said. “I send massive congratulations to Quinn Henninger for his first national title on the 1-meter! Additionally seeing Zalán, Owen, and Finn set program records was very special, and finishing off with a Big Ten record in the 200 free relay was just the cherry on top. “We have a super important prelim session tomorrow morning. Our team has a special feel about them. We just need to keep things simple, finish our races hard and win our preliminary heats.” Looze’s men did their share, setting program records in every event on Thursday. Perhaps none was more momentous than the 200-yard freestyle relay that ended the night. The Hoosier quartet of senior Finn Brooks, junior Matt King and sophomores Mikkel Lee and Dylan Smiley broke the Big Ten record with a time of 1:14.67, winning the third of four heats and finishing seventh – one spot, and one hundredth of a second, behind Texas’ 1:14.67. The Hoosiers projected to finish ninth but moved up two spots and onto the podium.
Indiana’s time was 66 hundredths better than its previous school record time, set a month ago at the Big Ten Championships, as King (18.42), Lee (18.65) and Smiley (18.54) all went well under 19 seconds to follow Brooks’ leadoff 19.04. Junior Owen McDonald broke the Big Ten record in the 200-yard IM twice Thursday on his way to a second consecutive medal in the event. McDonald’s 1:39.42 in the evening finished third while bettering his 1:39.81 from the morning. He was the silver medalist in 2024 for Arizona State. In the 50-yard freestyle, Brooks and King both went under the previous program record in the morning – Brooks going 18.86 and King an 18.87. The latter would finish higher in the consolation final, taking 13th in 18.91, in front of Brooks in 15th with a 19.04.
Junior Zalán Sárkány finished seventh in the 500-yard freestyle despite a 14th-place projection coming into the meet. His 4:09.22 in the morning crushed Marwan Elkamash’s previous school standard 4:10.87, set at the 2017 NCAA Championships. Sárkány came back with a 2:09.69 in the final. Senior Carson Tyler missed joining Henninger in the 1-meter championship final by 5.5 points but made the most of the situation, scoring maximum points in the ‘B’ final with a ninth-place finish. Tyler’s personal best 432.75 consolation score would have finished second to Henninger had it come in the top final. “Carson did great in the B final,” Johansen said. “His score was so good, I don’t think he needed to do his last dive to win it. Every point matters, and Carson made sure he got every point he could today.”
MEDAL TRACKER
Quinn Henninger – 1-meter (champion)
Owen McDonald – 200 IM (bronze)
RESULTS
500 FREESTYLE
7. Zalán Sárkány – 4:09.69 (All-America)
200 IM
3. Owen McDonald – 1:39.81 (NCAA Bronze, All-America, Big Ten Record, Program Record)
10. Luke Barr – 1:41.18 (Second-team All-America)
50 FREESTYLE
13. Matt King – 18.91 (Second-team All-America)
15. Finn Brooks – 19.04 (Second-team All-America)
1-METER DIVING
1. Quinn Henninger – 434.65 (NCAA Champion, All-America)
9. Carson Tyler – 432.75 (Second-team All-America, Career Best)
200 FREESTYLE RELAY
7. Finn Brooks, Matt King, Mikkel Lee, Dylan Smiley – 1:14.67 (All-America, Big Ten Record, Program Record)
HOOSIER ALL-AMERICANS
Luke Barr – 200 medley relay, 200 IM*
Brian Benzing – 200 medley relay
Finn Brooks – 200 medley relay, 50 free*, 200 freestyle relay
Tomer Frankel – 800 freestyle relay
Quinn Henninger – 1-meter
Matt King – 200 medley relay, 50 free*
Mikkel Lee – 200 freestyle relay
Owen McDonald – 800 freestyle relay, 200 IM
Rafael Miroslaw – 800 freestyle relay
Zalán Sárkány – 500 freestyle
Dylan Smiley – 200 freestyle relay
Carson Tyler – 1-meter*
Kai van Westering – 800 freestyle relay
Bloomington North Boys Basketball Head Coach Jason Speer Named Assistant Coach for the Indiana All-Stars Chesterton coach Marc Urban will coach the boys Indiana All-Stars team in June. Urban, who led Chesterton to the Class 4A state finals three years ago, is 175-56 in his nine seasons leading the Trojans. Chesterton has three sectional championships in his tenure, including the 2021-22 team that took a 29-0 record into the state championship before losing to Cathedral. Urban was previously the girls coach at Lake Central, where he went 80-17 with two sectional titles. The 2001 Lake Central graduate was a men’s basketball student manager for coach Royce Waltman at Indiana State prior to getting into coaching. He is the first boy’s basketball coach from Chesterton to lead the Indiana All-Stars. The Indiana All-Stars will compete against the Kentucky All-Stars on June 6 in Kentucky at Lexington Catholic High School. The return game will be played June 7 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The All-Stars will also have a girls-boys doubleheader against the Junior All-Stars on June 4 at Greenfield-Central.
Urban will be joined on the coaching staff by assistants Chris Hawkins of Crispus Attucks and Jason Speer of Bloomington North. Hawkins, who is 174-63 in nine seasons at Attucks, has the Tigers in the Class 3A state finals on Saturday against South Bend St. Joseph. Hawkins won a 3A state title in 2017 and has four sectional titles and three regional crowns at the school. Hawkins, a 2001 Southport graduate, coached as an assistant at Southport, Shortridge and Brebeuf Jesuit prior to his hiring at Attucks. He is a three-time City Coach of the Year. Speer just completed his eighth season at Bloomington North with a record of 113-75. He led the Cougars to Class 4A regional titles in 2022 and ’23. He coached at Columbus North for seven seasons prior to Bloomington North and owns a 228-123 overall record. Speer, a 1995 graduate of Bedford North Lawrence, was the girls coach at Bloomington North for two seasons prior to take over the boy’s program. For the first time, Indiana All-Stars tickets will go on sale today at the state finals at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Indiana Pacers set a Franchise Record with 162 Points against the Washington Wizards Tyrese Haliburton scored 29 points, one of nine Indiana players in double figures as the Pacers set a franchise record for points in a game in a 162-109 rout of the Washington Wizards on Thursday night. The final score could have been even more lopsided, but Indiana began taking shot clock violations with well over a minute remaining, drawing boos from the crowd in Washington. Indiana’s previous record in an NBA game was 157 points, set most recently last season. It was also the most points allowed in franchise history for Washington and the most points scored in an NBA game this season. Myles Turner added 17 points for the Pacers, who rebounded after losing a night earlier to the Los Angeles Lakers on a buzzer-beating tip-in by LeBron James. That loss snapped a five-game winning streak for the Pacers, but this matchup with the cellar-dwelling Wizards gave Indiana a good chance to start a new streak. Indiana led 83-61 at the half. It was 125-88 after three, with Indiana shooting 22 of 34 from 3-point range at that point and 66% overall. Rookie Alex Sarr led Washington with 22 points.
Indiana is in a tight race for home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. The Pacers (43-30) are currently fourth in the Eastern Conference, but they’re being pushed by Detroit (41-32) and Milwaukee (40-32). Taking care of business against teams like Washington is a good way to hold onto the No. 4 seed. It was another nice offensive night for Sarr after he scored 24 points in a win at Philadelphia on Wednesday, but Washington put up very little resistance defensively on a night the Pacers’ shooting was devastating. Indiana had 48 assists on 59 made field goals. Both teams are back in action tonight. Indiana plays at NBA-leading Oklahoma City, and the Wizards host Brooklyn.
Hoosier Basketball Magazine Top 60 Boys Workout is Sunday at Marian University The Hoosier Basketball Magazine Top 60 Senior Workout is set for Sunday at Marian University. The workout, in conjunction with the Indiana High School Athletic Association and Indiana Basketball Coaches Association, will have two sessions. The first, from 1-3 p.m., will have players primarily from Northern and Southern Indiana. The second session will be made up mostly of Indianapolis area players from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Both sessions are open to the public for an admission fee of $9.
Class of 2025 Top 60 Senior Boys
Nathan Baker, Fishers
Mason Bales, Northridge
Chase Barnes, Fort Wayne Wayne
Dezmon Briscoe, Indianapolis Attucks
Marcus Browder, Hammond Central
Bryson Cardinal, Guerin Catholic
Grady Carpenter, Tipton
Alonzo Clawson-Smith, Lafayette Jeff
Fletcher Cole, Paoli
Chace Coomer, Brownstown Central
Michael Cooper, Jeffersonville
Cam Craig, Switzerland County
Rylan Crocker, Orleans
Collin Czarnecki, LaVille
P.J. Douglas, Jeffersonville
Ethan Edwards, Whiteland
Luke Ellspermann, Evansville Memorial
Julius Gizzi, New Palestine
Jevon Guess, Warren Central
Colby Hall, Brownstown Central
JonAnthony Hall, Fishers
Cole Henry, South Ripley
Damon Howard, Pike
Chris Hurt, Indianapolis Attucks
Jace Jenkins, Princeton
Michael Johnson, Greenfield-Central
Bode Judge, Lapel
Brode Judge, Lapel
Carter Kent, Jennings County
Branden King, Jimtown
Damien King, Anderson
Malachi King, Harrison (West Lafayette)
Justin Kirby, Fishers
Chase Konieczny, South Bend St. Joseph
Luke Lindeman, Bloomington North
DeAndre Lott-Hancock, Avon
Brandt Martin, Warsaw
Patric Matson, Bedford North Lawrence
Max McComb, University
Jake McGraw, Clinton Prairie
Maguire Mitchell, Zionsville
Durante Morton, Westfield
Vince Moutardier, Bloomington South
Anthony Murphy, Michigan City
Dominique Murphy, East Chicago Central
Xander Niehaus, Castle
Tyler Raasch, NorthWood
Joshua Renfro, Christian Academy
Bryce Renn, Terre Haute North
Papi Rivera, North Central (Marion)
Azavier Robinson, Lawrence North
Marvin Schindler, South Bend Riley
Shane Sims, Evansville Harrison
Tre Singleton, Jeffersonville
Jesiah Sloss, Brownsburg
Colton Stowers, Washington
Lavell Tinsley, Evansville Reitz
Dereon Truesdale, Fort Wayne Luers
Dreyln Truesdale, Fort Wayne Luers
Michael Wellman, Portage
Tate Whitehead, Southridge
Tavion Williams, Ben Davis
Caleb Wright, Sheridan
Mark Zackery IV, Ben Davis
Class of 2025 Top 60 Senior Boys
SELECTED BUT UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE DUE TO INJURY Luke Bricker, Warsaw Alex Couto, Carmel Deion Edwards, Springs Valley Sam Singleton, South Knox Seth Wagler, Barr-Reeve
SELECTED BUT UNABLE TO ATTEND Josiah Ball, Maconaquah Zion Bellamy, Kokomo Gavin Betten, Manchester
Paxton Crane, Carroll (Allen) Brady Koehler, Indianapolis Cathedral Braylon Mullins, Greenfield-Central Kellen Pickett, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Rylan Schrink, New Albany Drew Snively, Zionsville Trey Yoder, Woodlan
Former Bloomington North Boys Basketball Star JQ Roberts enters the Transfer Portal after two years at Vanderbilt Bloomington North Graduate JQ Roberts entered the transfer portal he announced via social media. “After thoughtful consideration and discussions with my family, I have decided to enter the transfer portal while keeping all options open,” Roberts wrote in the post. “I looked forward to the future and to what God has planned for my life.” The sophomore will leave Vanderbilt Men’s Basketball after two seasons with the program. He appeared in 47 total games, including 21 during the 2024-25 season. Roberts averaged 2.3 points and 2.3 rebounds during his first year with the Commodores in 2023-24. He stuck with the program after former head coach Jerry Stackhouse was fired and current head coach Mark Byington was brought on but saw a diminished role in 2024-25. He played an average of 4.6 minutes per game and averaged 1.0 points and 0.8 rebounds per contest. The 6’8″ forward has two seasons of eligibility remaining.
The Basketball Tournament Returns to Hinkle Fieldhouse in July The Basketball Tournament will return to Hinkle Fieldhouse in July. All Good Dawgs, the Butler University alumni team, and Assembly Ball, the Indiana University alumni team, will return to the eight-team Indianapolis regional hosted by Butler, according to a release. The 64-team, $1 million winner-take-all event will return to Hinkle on July 18-23 for the regional. “There is nothing better than experiencing basketball at iconic Hinkle Fieldhouse,” Butler vice president and athletic director Grant Leiendecker said. “The return of the TBT to Hinkle once again provides our great fans with the opportunity to support some of their favorite Bulldogs through the All-Good Dawgs team. We’re excited to welcome the event back to Hinkle in July.”
All Good Dawgs, which featured Shelvin Mack and Sean McDermott in 2024, advanced to the second round. They eventually lost to Eberlein Drive. The winner of the $1 million prize last year was Carmen’s Crew, which consisted of Ohio State alumni. “We love Hinkle Fieldhouse,” TBT founder and CEO Jon Mugar said. “Our event is modeled after the Indiana high school tournament featured in ‘Hoosiers,’ which was a seminal movie in my childhood. We look forward to seeing Butler and Indiana alumni teams taking the floor this July.” Assembly Ball, which featured Yogi Ferrell, Race Thompson and Juwan Morgan, debuted at TBT in 2024. They defeated The Cru (Valparaiso alumni) and Men of Mackey (Purdue alumni) before losing to Eberlein Drive in the regional championship game. Both All Good Dawgs and Assembly Hall will make additional roster announcements later in the spring. The winner of the Indy regional will advance to the TBT quarterfinals July 29. The semifinals will be held July 31, and the championship game will be Aug. 3. Tickets for the regional at Hinkle Fieldhouse will go on sale May 6. Fans can sign up for notifications at tbthoops.com/tickets/notifications.