Indiana University Swimmers and Divers take home nine medals from World Aquatics Championships
Indiana swimming and diving’s Ahmed Hafnaoui broke the 1,500-meter freestyle championship record on the way to his second world title of the week, and Lilly King medaled twice on the final day of the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships Sunday in Japan. Indiana swimming and diving totaled nine medals during the two weeks in Fukuoka. Hafnaoui held off Team USA’s Bobby Finke in the 1,500 free, out-touching the American by five hundredths of a second to finish in a championship record 14:31.54 which is also the second-fastest time ever. With the victory, Hafnaoui captured his second world title and third medal of the meet. On Wednesday, Hafnaoui posted the third-fastest time ever in the 800-meter freestyle in 7:37.00 for his first-career world championship. The Tunisian also took silver in the 400-meter freestyle, finishing second by just two tenths.
King brought her career World Championship medal total to 13 on Sunday with a victory in the 4×100-meter medley relay and silver in the 50-meter breaststroke. In the relay, King swam a 1:04.93 split in the breaststroke leg to give Team USA a lead of 2.37 seconds going into the final 200 meters before winning in 3:52.08. During the meet, King also finished fourth in both the 100 breast (1:06.02) and 100 breast (2:22.25). Making their World Championships debuts, current IU swimmers Anna Peplowski and Josh Matheny also contributed to IU and Team USA’s medal counts with preliminary performances in top-three finishing relays. Matheny took gold in the men’s 4×100-meter medley relay and bronze in the mixed 4×100-meter medley relay, and Peplowski earned silver in the women’s 4×200-meter medley relay. Indiana’s first medal came in the diving well as Jessica Parratto earned bronze in the women’s synchronized 10-meter event July 16. Andrew Capobianco just missed out on the men’s 3-meter podium a few days later, finishing fourth.
On Friday Lilly King just missed out on the podium in the 200-meter breaststroke, placing fourth in 2:22.25 despite going faster than her semifinal time. Josh Matheny was eighth in the men’s race, going 2:10.41. Rafael Miroslaw was part of the seventh-placed Germany 4×200-meter relay that went 7:06.14 and was in medal position after his second leg. Tomer Frankel placed 16th in the 100-meter butterfly (52.04) after semifinal swims and helped Israel finish 10th in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay in the morning session.
Indiana University Women’s Basketball Player Henna Sandvik representing Finland at FIBA U-20 European Championships
Indiana University Women’s Basketball Sophomore Henna Sandvik is representing her native Finland in the FIBA Under 20 European Champioships that is being held in Klaipeda and Vilnius Lithuania that started Saturday and goes through Sunday August 6. 16 teams that are placed in four groups are competing with Groups A and B playing in Klaipeda and Group C and D playing in Vilnius.
Finland opened Group B play with a 79-55 loss to France on Saturday. Sandvik started and played 25 Minutes and 46 seconds and scored 5 points. Sandvik went 2-11 from the field and 1-3 from three-point range. Sandvik pulled down 6 rebounds and had an assist. Finland lost to Hungary 76-72 in its second game on Sunday. Sandvik started and played 35 Minutes and 16 seconds and scored a team high 21 points. Sandvik went 6-11 from the field, 9-10 from the free throw line and 0-2 from three-point range. The Helsinki native pulled down four rebounds, dished out three assists, blocked four shots, had 2 steals and committed a turnover. Finland finishes up group play on Tuesday against Host Lithuania at 11am Bloomington Time which is 6pm Local time.
Sandvik played 154 minutes in 23 games off the bench in her freshman season for the Hoosiers. She scored 13 points on 6-17 shooting from the field, 1-8 from three-point range and 0-2 from the free throw line. Sandvik pulled down 17 rebounds, dished out 7 assists, 4 steals and committed 7 turnovers. Indiana won its first Big Ten Regular Season Title in 40 years and were a Number 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. The Hoosiers lost to Miami Florida in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
Southern Indiana Bobcats drop final regular season road game
The Southern Indiana Bobcats Semi Pro Football Team fell to the Cincinnati Dukes 30-8 Saturday Night at Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati Ohio. The Bobcats are 3-6 on the season with one final regular season game this Saturday at Edgewood HS in Ellettsville against the Columbus Gladiators with kickoff at 7pm.
The Dukes are 7-0 on the season as they scored on their first possession in route to a 30-0 halftime lead. The Dukes had 2 passing touchdowns, a rushing touchdown and an a interception from Tavaras Rochell that was batted up in the air which was caught and returned for a touchdown. The Dukes were 3-4 on two point conversions.
The Bobcats were able to get some momentum in the second half as Mason Scott blocked a punt as the Dukes were backed up near their own goal line as the Bobcats recovered. Marquise Holt scored with 1:46 left in the fourth quarter on a rushing touchdown and the two-point conversion was good as Rasool Saadiq found Parker Osborn in the end zone.
Indiana University Volleyball player Camryn Haworth named Preseason All-Big Ten Junior setter Camryn Haworth was among a list of 15 student-athletes named to the 2023 Preseason All-Big Ten Volleyball Team, as announced by the conference office on Friday afternoon. Haworth, who earned First Team All-Big Ten honors in 2022, is the first IU athlete selected to the conferences’ preseason All-Big Ten team since Ashley Benson in 2010. She is one of three setters on the team alongside Penn State’s Mac Podraza and Minnesota’s Melani Shaffmaster. Preseason favorites Wisconsin led the way with four selections while Minnesota followed closely behind with three. Podraza, Nebraska libero Lexi Rodriguez and Purdue outside hitter Eva Hudson were all unanimous selections by the Big Ten coaches.
Haworth returns to Bloomington coming off a season that saw her record 1,111 assists, 290 digs, 127 kills and 56 blocks. She led the Big Ten with 49 service aces and had a team high 10 double-doubles. She had 40+ assists on 10 occasions and had 15+ digs in five different matches. In a win over Northwestern, she recorded IU’s first triple-double since 2001 with 37 assists, 11 digs and 10 kills. She followed that up with 45 assists and 16 digs at Ohio State enroute to earning Big Ten Setter of the Week and AVCA National Player of the Week honors in late November.
During the offseason, she and senior outside hitter Morgan Geddes were both named to the 2023 U.S. Collegiate National Team. They both spent a week in Anaheim in early June training in a national team setting alongside some of the best collegiate talent in the nation. In two years as a Hoosier, Haworth has made an immediate impact on the program. She ranks 11th all-time in assists (1,615) and 8th in the rally era for aces (91). She will likely become the 11th player in program history to reach 2,000 assists and the 19th player to reach 100 aces this season. The Hoosiers will surround Haworth this season with the top five returning hitters from a season ago including Geddes (266 kills in 2022), junior outside hitter Mady Saris (427 kills in 2022) and senior middle blocker Savannah Kjolhede (215 kills in 2022). IU begins the 2023 season on Friday, August 25th in Wilkinson Hall against New Hampshire.
Jonathan Taylor requests a trade from Indianapolis Colts The Jonathan Taylor contract saga has taken another wild turn with the Colts’ star running back wanting out of Indianapolis. Taylor has officially requested a trade, CBS4’s Mike Chappell confirms. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported the news first. Taylor met with team owner Jim Irsay in his bus at training camp at Grand Park in Westfield on Saturday night. The 2020 second-round draft pick and one-time All-Pro from the University of Wisconsin has 33 touchdowns, 3 481 yards and 756 carries in 3 seasons with the Colts. Taylor has caught 104 passes for 802 yards and 3 touchdowns.
He’s in the last year of his rookie contract and angling for a lucrative extension which is $ 4.3 Million. The Colts have not offered one drawing the ire of the 2021 rushing champion and his agent, Malki Kawa. The veteran has not practiced this camp yet after offseason ankle surgery landed him on the physically unable to perform list. Owner Jim Irsay was quick to shut down any trade possibility Friday evening before his meeting with Taylor. “We will not trade Jonathan Taylor,’’ Irsay Said. “That is a certainty. Not now or not in October. “That is the bottom line.’’ The Colts opened training camp last week and are preparing for their first preseason game on August 12, when they travel to the Buffalo Bills.
Former Indiana University Soccer player Gabi Rennie plays for New Zealand in their final Women’s World Cup Game
Former Indiana University Women’s Soccer Player Gabi Rennie played 17 minutes for New Zealand as they played to a 0-0 draw against Switzerland at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Sunday in Dunedin New Zealand. Rennie who played at Indiana University for two seasons in 2020 and 2021 transferred to Arizona State for the 2022 season. Rennie who came on in the 82 second minute committed a foul 9 minutes later. Rennie played a total of 24 minutes in two games for New Zealand at the World Cup. She played 7 minutes in a 1-0 win over Norway and did not play against the Philippines in a 1-0 loss. Rennie has scored 2 goals in 26 International Appearances for her country.
New Zealand is a co-host along with Australia and needed a win to advance to the knockout stage with Norway beating the Philippines 6-0, but they become the first host to ever be knocked out of a Women’s World Cup before reaching the knockout stage. Switzerland wins the group with five points, Norway and New Zealand finished with four points, but Norway advanced on goal Difference with plus 5 and the Philippines finished with 3 points.
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