IU Swimming and Diving Sends 15 Participants to World Championships

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Fifteen individuals with ties to the Indiana swimming and diving program will compete or coach at the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships beginning Friday (July 14).

Eleven athletes and four coaches will represent IU on the world stage this month in three different disciplines: pool swimming, open-water swimming and diving. IU’s participants will also represent five countries, and 10 Hoosiers will compete or coach for Team USA; six with USA Swimming and four with USA Diving.

Indiana head diving coach Drew Johansen will serve as the head coach for USA Diving as the competition begins Friday. Indiana diving alums and Olympians Andrew Capobianco and Jess Parratto as well as sophomore Maxwell Weinrich are slated to compete over the next week.

Open water swimming also kicks off Friday. Junior Mariah Denigan will represent USA Swimming in the women’s 10K and 5K races. Indiana associate head coach Cory Chitwood will serve as an assistant coach for the U.S. open water swimmers.

Pool swimming will begin next Saturday, July 22. Seven Hoosiers will compete in the pool, while Indiana head swimming coach Ray Looze will once again serve as an assistant coach for Team USA. IU assistant coach Luke Ryan will be a member of the Tunisian Swimming Federation’s coaching staff.

Comprehensive coverage of the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships will stream on Peacock.

Below is a breakdown of the Indiana swimming and diving affiliated individuals participating at World Championships, with their discipline, country affiliation and event.

Name Discipline Country Event/Role
Drew Johansen* Diving United States Head Coach
Andrew Capobianco Diving United States 3m
Jess Parratto Diving United States 10m Synchro
Maxwell Weinrich* Diving United States Mixed 10m Synchro
Cory Chitwood* Open Water Swimming United States Assistant Coach
Mariah Denigan* Open Water Swimming United States 5k, 10k
Ray Looze* Swimming United States Assistant Coach
Lilly King Swimming United States 50m Breaststroke, 100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke
Josh Matheny* Swimming United States 100m Breaststroke,

200m Breaststroke

Anna Peplowski* Swimming United States 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Luke Ryan* Swimming Tunisia Assistant Coach
Tomer Frankel* Swimming Israel 50m Butterfly, 100m Butterfly, 100m Freestyle
Ching Hwee Gan Swimming Singapore 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle
Ahmed Hafnaoui* Swimming Tunisia 400m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle
Rafael Miroslaw* Swimming Germany 200m Freestyle, Relays