 Finnerty Wins Gold on Second Day of World University Games
 NAPLES, Italy – Indiana University postgraduate swimmer Ian Finnerty continued to break records on the second day of the 2019 World University Games in Naples, Italy on Friday.
Finnerty took home the gold in the 100 breaststroke for Team USA, breaking his own meet record he set on Thursday with a time of 59.49. Finnerty’s mark is the 14th-best in the world this year and he remains the second-fastest American in the event in 2019.
In the Championship Final of the men’s 100 backstroke, Team Brazil’s and current Hoosier Gabriel Fantoni placed eighth overall with a time of 54.83.
Postgrad Team Canada swimmer Kennedy Goss placed seventh in the Championship Final of the women’s 200 backstroke, touching with a time of 2:12.00.
Zach Apple, another Hoosier postgrad, continued his great start in Naples, qualifying second overall for Saturday’s Championship Final of the men’s 200 freestyle with a time of 1:47.76. Apple won gold with Team USA on Thursday in the 4×100 free relay.
Incoming Hoosier freshman Emily Weiss had a great showing in the semifinals of the women’s 100 breast, qualifying fourth overall for Saturday’s Championship Final with a time of 1:07.78.
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