Lucas Oil Stadium to host the 2028 United States Olympic Swimming Trials The U.S. Olympic Swim Trials will return to Indianapolis in 2028, sources familiar with the matter told the Indianapolis Business Journal. The Circle City just recently played host to the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in 2024. The multiple-day event was a smash success, setting attendance records as some of swimming’s biggest names showed off their star power at Lucas Oil Stadium. USA Swimming reported more than 285,000 fans attended the swim trials in June 2024. This was a 60% increase compared to the previous total attendance record at the swim trials. Even preliminary events set records as 17,697 fans attended the prelims on June 16. “As a host city, Indianapolis has exceeded our expectations, with the most tickets we’ve ever sold for an event,” said Tim Hinchey III, USA Swimming president and CEO, in the aftermath of the event. USA Swimming must’ve had no complaints about Hoosier Hospitality as IBJ sources report the swim trials’ impending announcement about a planned return to Indianapolis. The event is tentatively scheduled for mid-June 2028 and would once again be held in Lucas Oil Stadium as the best men and women swimmers compete for a spot on the Olympic team. The IBJ reports an official announcement is expected on Tuesday.
Indiana Fever drop another close game with a Three Point Loss to the Connecticut Sun The Indiana Fever (2-4) suffered an 84-81 loss to the Connecticut Sun on Friday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Fever took the lead off the tip, with Lexie Hull sinking a layup. Indiana kept the lead throughout the first quarter, spurred on by 10 points from Aliyah Boston and five from Sophie Cunningham. Connecticut jumped in front in the second quarter, but the Fever kept it close with five points from Kelsey Mitchell, heading into the locker room trailing by four, 43-39. The Sun extended their lead in the third quarter with three three-pointers from Marina Mabrey and continued with a double-digit lead deep into the fourth quarter. But a late surge saw the Fever able to climb its way back, retaking the lead thanks to three three-pointers from DeWanna Bonner, contributing to a 17-0 run in a 3:30 period. The two sides continued to trade three-point baskets on either end of the court, with the Sun taking the final advantage and eventual win.
Sydney Colson (first quarter) and Sophie Cunningham (fourth quarter) both suffered injuries in-game and were unable to continue. Aliyah Boston became the fastest player in Indiana Fever history to record 100 points and 50 rebounds in a single season since 2002. Boston finished the game with 17 points and five rebounds. For the second-consecutive game, Stephanie White rolled out a starting lineup featuring Colson, Mitchell, Hull, Howard and Boston. Damiris Dantas had a season high of nine points from this matchup. Aliyah Boston matched a career high of eight assists from this matchup.
The Indiana Fever will remain at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, welcoming the Washington Mystics on Tuesday at 7 PM for game one of the Commissioner’s Cup.
Kennedy Calhoun and Aubrey Joens Named Indiana University Women’s Basketball Graduate Managers for the 2025-26 Season Indiana women’s basketball has announced Kennedy Calhoun and Aubrey Joens as graduate managers for the program for the 2025-26 season. Both are coming off collegiate playing careers with Calhoun at Saint Louis and Longwood while Joens appeared at Iowa State and Oklahoma.
Calhoun played two seasons at Saint Louis (2023-25) and began her career at Longwood (2021-23). The Harrisburg, N.C. native guided the Billikens to the program’s first WNIT championship in 2023-24, an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2022-23 and is a two-time A10 All-Defensive team honoree (2024, 2025). Calhoun finished seventh in the nation in 2024-25 in steals (109) and steals per game (3.21). At Longwood, she was part of a Lancers squad that won the Big South regular season title and made its first ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. She started in all 143 games of her collegiate career while finishing second all-time in SLU history with 266 steals and sixth in assists with 395. Calhoun completed her four-year career with 1,018 points, 453 rebounds, 469 assists, and 355 steals and earned a degree in sports business.
Joens recently finished up her five-year collegiate career with her final three seasons played at Oklahoma (2022-25) while getting her start at Iowa State (2020-22). She was part of five NCAA Tournament appearances while appearing in 150 career games. The Iowa City, Iowa native averaged 5.6 points per game while shooting 40 percent from the field and 37.6 percent from the 3-point line. Joens was an All-Big 12 Academic honoree who earned her degree in elementary education. She comes from a decorated basketball family in which three sisters also played Division I basketball – Courtney (Illinois), Ashley (Iowa State) and Kelsey (Villanova).
Indiana University and the University of Michigan Shift Men’s Soccer Meeting The Indiana and Michigan men’s soccer programs have agreed to an adjusted date for their scheduled 2025 Big Ten Conference matchup, originally set for September 12. The programs will meet the next day, Saturday, September 13, with kickoff scheduled for 8 p.m. ET on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The game is being moved due the Indiana University home football game against Indiana State scheduled for Friday September 12, with kickoff at 6:30 or 7 PM and televised on the Big Ten Network.
Two Indiana University Track and Field Athletes Qualify for the NCAA Championships Indiana track and field saw two athletes punch their tickets to the NCAA Outdoor National meet on the third day of competition from Hodge Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida on Friday. Both qualifiers will make their first appearance in the national meet. Makayla Hunter became the second Hoosier to qualify for nationals when she threw a mark of 16.83m/55-2.75. Martin Segurola earned an automatic qualifying spot, finishing fifth in his heat (3:44.96) of the 1,500. Martin (Segurola) has had a tremendous year'” said associate head coach Eric Heins “Qualifying to the national championships is testament to the work and dedication he has put into improving himself over the last year. He ran a tremendous race today and has a chance to put himself in a great position to do something special in Eugene.”
Indiana University Rowing’s Varsity Eight Makes the Top 12 Cut at the NCAA Championships Indiana’s Varsity Eight led the way on the first day of the 2025 NCAA Championships Friday on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, New Jersey. The V8 earned a third-place finish in its heat, advancing to Saturday’s A/B semifinals. The results mean the crew will finish 12th or better nationally, clinching it best finish since at least 2018 (12th). Indiana’s top boat battled in the early going with Penn for the third position but made its charge after the 500-meter mark. The Hoosiers gained contact with the second-place Texas boat – and moved within five seats at one point – and maintained it through the end of the race. IU finished 3.3 seconds behind the Texas crew while leaving Penn (+7.5. The Indiana Second Varsity Eight and Varsity Four crews both finished fifth in their heats and will race in C/D semifinals Saturday.
RESULTS
| Heats |
| V8 1. Yale – 6:12.632 2. Texas – 6:15.396 3. Indiana – 6:18.701 4. Penn – 6:26.262 5. Oregon State – 6:30.119 |
| 2V8 1. Stanford – 6:18.391 2. Harvard – 6:22.646 3. Cal – 6:25.511 4. Rutgers – 6:25.591 5. Indiana – 6:45.285 |
| V4 1. Stanford – 6:58.521 2. Michigan – 7:03.379 3. Tennessee – 7:04.383 4. Virginia – 7:09.086 5. Indiana – 7:22.689 |