Bloomington South Wins Their First Girls Track and Field Sectional Title Since 2018 The Bloomington South Panthers scored 180.5 points Tuesday Night to take home the IHSAA Girls Track and Field Sectional Title held at Bloomington North. It’s the 20th sectional championship in program history and the first since 2018. Bloomington North who won the last four titles and five since 2019 finished second with 126.5 points. Edgewood finished third with 81 points. The Monroe County schools won 13 of the 16 Individual events and will be back at Bloomington North Next Tuesday for the Regional starting at 6 PM.
Bloomington South won 9 events with Violet Hall winning the 200 meters and the Long Jump. Ellie Barada the 800 meters, Lexi Kollbaum the 1600 meters, Aurelia Martoglio the 3200 Meters and Adriene Shaevitz the 100 Meter Hurdles. The Panthers won all three relays sweeping the 4X100 Meter Relay, 4×400 Meter Relay and the 4X800 Meter Relay. Bloomington North won 3 Events with Daisy Rogers in the 100 meters, Lucah Feagans the 400 meters and Kenli Sullivan the High Jump and Edgewood’s Ella LaRoche won the Pole Vault. Clara Hawk of Eastern Greene won the 300 Meter Hurdles. Linton’ Becca Robbins won the Shot Put and the Discus.
The top three in each event advance to regionals and the Monroe County Schools combined for 16 second and third place finishes plus three relays and there could be call ups to regional based on results at Columbus North, Madison and Seymour which are the three other sectionals that feed into next week’s Regional. Bloomington South’s Helena Cutshall finished 3rd in the 100 meters. Maya Jackson finished third in the 400 meters. Mary Asplund finished second in the 800 meters. Jasmine Martoglio finished second in the 3200 meters. Daeayna Nguyen finished third in the 100-meter hurdles. Emeleia McLauchlin finished second in the Pole Vault. Anna Barnes finished second in the shot put and third in the Discus.
Bloomington North’s Daisy Rogers and Jossilyn Draughn finished second and third in the 200 meters. Hayden McGuire finished third in the 800 meters. Ashley Greer finished third in the Shot Put. The Cougars finished Second in the 4X400 Meter Relay and the 4X800 Meter Relay along with a Third-place finish in the 4X 100 Meter Relay. Edgewood’s Avery Rayl finished second in the 400 meters Hanna Crain finished second in the 3200 meters. Kelsey Davis finished second in the 300-meter Hurdles and Mikayla Prater finished third in the discus.
Indiana University Rowing Earns their Third Consecutive NCAA Championships Bid Indiana Rowing will return to the NCAA Rowing Championship for the third consecutive season and ninth time in 11 full seasons. The 22-team field was announced during the NCAA selection show on Tuesday. The Hoosiers will race among the nation’s best May 30-June 1 at Lake Mercer in West Windsor, New Jersey. The competition includes the Varsity Eight, Second Varsity Eight and Varsity Four crews. “We’re excited,” IU head rowing coach Steve Peterson said. “Coming off the Big Ten Championships, we felt like we performed well – well enough to get selected, but until you hear your name called, there’s always that element of anxiety hanging over it.
“This has been such an up-and-down spring for us between the weather challenges – we haven’t been on the water as much as we wanted – and we had an illness that affected our team. So, it’s just been kind of a crazy year, and I feel like the past three or four weeks we have finally been getting in some decent training, and so hopefully we’re on the upswing with speed right now. “I am extremely proud. Any great athlete has to face adversity on the way to success, and that is what these ladies have done. And they have just stayed focused on the day-to-day, do the best you can, that’s all you can focus on, and go from there and let the results take care of themselves.” The committee rated Indiana as the No. 10 seed in the Varsity Eight category, No. 17 in the Second Varsity Eight and No. 16 in the Varsity Four. IU’s V8 leads the way after recording a 16-7 record during the regular season. Indiana finished fourth at the 2025 Big Ten Rowing Championships, its fourth consecutive top four finish. IU’s V8 and 2V8 set the tone, both crews finishing fourth.
Indiana University Baseball drops First Big Ten Tournament Game to Rutgers When the opportunity presented itself, the Indiana Baseball team (31-24) couldn’t find the clutch hit it needed. The Hoosiers stranded runners in scoring position in five-straight frames (second through sixth) and didn’t score until the ninth inning. IU’s pitching staff allowed just five runs, but it wasn’t enough in a 5-2 defeat to No. 10-seeded Rutgers in the opening game of the 2025 Big Ten Tournament. IU put together 10 hits and reached three additional times via the hit-by-pitch but stranded 11 runners on base and finished the game hitting .091 (1-11) with runners in scoring position. Junior outfielder Devin Taylor’s two-run home run was the lone scoring for the Hoosiers on Tuesday afternoon. The defeat put an early dagger in IU’s Big Ten Tournament stay. Under the new format, the Hoosiers are unable to advance out of Pool C going forward. IU will play one more game – against No. 3 Iowa on Friday afternoon – with the chance to end on a high note at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha.
Senior left-handed pitcher Ryan Kraft (L, 3-2) gave IU everything it could ask for in what his likely his last collegiate appearance. The southpaw went 6.2 innings and allowed just four earned runs. He didn’t walk a batter and added three strikeouts to his season tally. Redshirt senior Gavin Seebold recorded the final seven outs. Big Ten Freshman of the Year – first baseman Jake Hanley – was one of four players with multi-hit games for IU. Rutgers’ sophomore first baseman Ty Doucette had the only three-hit effort by either team and also provided a solo home run in the sixth inning. A three-run seventh inning made all the difference for the Scarlet Knights. IU’s stay in Omaha will wrap up with a contest against No. 3-seeded Iowa on Friday at 2:00 p.m. CT. Every pitcher besides Seebold and Kraft will be up and ready to throw. The Hoosiers have won at least one game in three-straight Big Ten Tournaments entering this year.
Indiana Fever drop a home contest to the Atlanta Dream The Indiana Fever (1-1) suffered a 91-90 loss to the Atlanta Dream (1-1) on Tuesday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. After Kelsey Mitchell sunk a driving layup five seconds into the game, Indiana found themselves outshot inside the paint throughout the remainder of the first quarter, trailing Atlanta 23-31. Eleven points from Caitlin Clark in the second quarter pulled Indiana within two heading into the halftime break. Atlanta’s five three pointers made in the third quarter put the Dream out in front 76-65, but the Fever were quick to respond at the start of the fourth quarter, with Clark and Lexie Hull combining for nine points off three pointers to pull Indiana within four points. Indiana took its second lead of the game with 21 seconds remaining, but a foul on the other end saw Rhyne Howard sink two free throws to retake the lead and, despite a buzzer attempt from Natasha Howard, secured the eventual win for Atlanta.
Caitlin Clark recorded her 350th career assist, becoming the fastest to do so in WNBA history, doing so in 42 games played. Clark finished the night with 11 assists, bringing her career total to 358 assists. A three-point jumper from Caitlin Clark in the second quarter marked her 800th career point, becoming the fourth fastest to do so in WNBA history. Caitlin earned a double-double with 27 points and 11 rebounds on the night, the 16th of her career. With the stat line, Clark passed Sabrina Ionescu to become the WNBA’s all-time leader in 25 points and 10 assist games, accomplished in just 42 career games. Aliyah Boston recorded her second consecutive double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds, the 26th double-double of her career, giving her the fourth-most in Indiana Fever history. DeWanna Bonner recorded three rebounds, giving her 3,073 career rebounds, the eighth most in WNBA history, passing Tina Thompson. The Indiana Fever head south to face the Atlanta Dream at State Farm Arena Tonight at 7:30 p.m. and the game will be available on Prime Video nationally and locally on WTHR.
Indianapolis 500 Grandstand Seats are Officially Sold Out All grandstand seats and suites at Indianapolis Motor Speedway are officially sold out for the Indianapolis 500, per an IMS news release. “As promised, the very best fans in sports have delivered in fitting fashion for the stars of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, and every last reserved seat ticket has been sold,” INDYCAR and IMS president J. Douglas Boles said in the news release. “Approximately 350,000 people will experience the ultimate spectacle that is the Indy 500 in person as everyone turns their focus to the Racing Capital of the World on Sunday.”
There are still other ways to experience “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” General admission tickets in the infield are available at IMS.com. Some reserved seats are available on the IMS Official Resale Marketplace. Also, Snake Pit wristbands are available, which come with an Indy 500 general admission ticket. The 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for Sunday with the Green Flag dropping at 12:45 PM. Josef Newgarden looks to become the first driver to ever win the race in three consecutive years. Robert Shwartzman, a rookie, won pole for the race.
Newgarden, as well as his Team Penske teammate Will Power, will start the race in 32nd and 33rd, due to violating IndyCar rules. They modified the attenuators on their cars after inspection, which is in violation of IndyCar rules. They also lost their pit positions and will have to select their pit boxes after the rest of the field selects theirs. “The integrity of the Indianapolis 500 is paramount, and this violation of the INDYCAR rule against modification to this part and using it ‘as supplied’ is clear,” Boles said. “The penalty should be more than simply starting where the cars might have qualified anyway, if given the opportunity. The cars belong in the field as two of the fastest 33; however, starting on the tail of the field is the appropriate penalty in this instance.” Scott McLaughlin, Team Penske’s third driver, did not violate IndyCar rules. He will start the race in 10th.
Taylor’s Jaynie Halterman Recognized as USTFCCCA NAIA Great Lakes Region Track Athlete of the Year Jaynie Halterman was recognized as the USTFCCCA NAIA Great Lakes Region Track Athlete of the Year for her incredible season so far. The Freshman has qualified for the NAIA National Championships in both the 10,000-meters and the 5,000-meters, which take place later this week. Halterman posted a time of 16:02.58 in the 5,000-meters, which is the fastest in the NAIA this season and fourth fastest in the history of the NAIA. Meanwhile, in the 10,000-meters, Halterman has the third fastest time in the NAIA at 34:06.16, which is the fifth quickest all-time in the NAIA. The award for Halterman adds to her astounding collection during her debut collegiate season, including a pair of National Championships, one in cross county and the other in the 5,000-meters during the indoor track season.