Incoming freshman Josh Matheny earned a spot in the 100m Breaststroke finals by finishing sixth overall in the semifinal heats at the CHI Health Center on Sunday night.

The Wave II eight-day Trials competition serves as the sole qualifier for pool swimmers on the U.S. Olympic Team for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The top 16 times out of the preliminary heats will form the semifinals for all events at 200m or less, with the top eight semifinalists advancing to the finals. In events 400m or longer, the top eight swimmers out of the preliminary heats will head straight to the finals.

Athletes will earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team roster at each of the eight finals sessions.

100m BREASTSTROKE

Freshman-to-be Josh Matheny earned the six-fastest overall time in the semifinal heats at 1:00.25 of the 100m Breaststroke. He placed third in his het. (1:00.06). Olympic bronze medalist Cody Miller tied for 11th with a time of 1:00.66, while All-Big Ten first teamer Zane Backes placed 15th at 1:00.26.

FINAL RESULTS

MEN’S 100m BREASTSTROKE

6. Josh Matheny – 1:00.25 *

t-11. Cody Miller – 1:00.66

15. Zane Backes – 1:01.06

Advanced to Finals *

Session three of the finals will begin at 11 a.m. on Monday with Hoosier representation in the preliminary heats of the men’s 200m Freestyle, women’s 100m Breaststroke, men’s 100m Backstroke and the women’s 400m Backstroke.

Rising redshirt senior Andrew Capobianco closed out the 2020 Olympic Diving Trials with a bang, securing a spot in the Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo with a second-place finish in the men’s 3M Springboard competition. The women’s 10M Platform also concluded at the IUPUI Natatorium on Sunday night.

3-METER

Two-time defending NCAA 3M National Champion Andrew Capobianco started the final round in sixth place, but kept himself in striking distance of the top dives through 12 dives. He climbed his way into the top two spots after a critical fourth-round dive, an attempt he struggled with earlier in the week. He hit is for 75.60 points, nearly 50 points higher than his preliminary score. He also ripped four dives north of 80 points, including a 94.50-point Reverse 3 1/2 Somersault Tuck in the third round.

His second-place finish (1,319.40 points) gave him an automatic berth into the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 for the first time in his diving career in an individual event.

Hoosier graduate and Olympic Games 2016 Rio participant Mike Hixon finished fourth with a final tally of 1,309.65 points. He was one of five divers to be within 25 points of winning the event. He and Capobianco will represent the US Diving Team in Tokyo in the 3M Synchro Springboard.

Incoming freshman Quinn Henninger claimed seventh in the event with an 18-dive score of 1,142.20 points. He hit four dives at or above 63 points, including a 71.40-point effort on his final dive to remain in the seventh spot.

10-METER

Former NCAA Champion Jessica Parratto finished fourth overall in the women’s 10M Platform final with a 15-dive score of 973.75 points. She missed out on qualifying the event in the Olympic Games by less than 11 total points despite a valiant effort in the finals. She will still be traveling to Tokyo with Delaney Schnell (Arizona) as 10M Synchro Platform partners.

Hoosier alumnus Amy Cozad Magana claimed the sixth spot in the standings with an overall point total of 922.20. Her best effort of the night came on a Reverse 3 1/2 Somersault Tuck where she scored 73.10 points.

FINAL RESULTS

MEN’S 3M SPRINGBOARD

2. Andrew Capobianco – 1,319.40 pts.
3. Mike Hixon – 1,309.65 pts.
4. Quinn Henninger – 1142.20 pts.

WOMEN’S 10M PLATFORM

4. Jessica Parratto – 973.75 pts.
5. Amy Cozad Magana – 922.20 pts.

Parratto will kick off the Hoosier representation in Tokyo with the preliminary rounds of the 10M Synchro Platform event. Action is scheduled to begin at 2 a.m. ET on July 27. Next up for Capobianco is the 3M Synchro Springboard event at 2 a.m. ET on July 28. He will also compete in the 3M Springboard prelims with a scheduled start time of 2 a.m. on Aug. 3.

The Evansville Otters came up short in a slug-fest at Bosse Field Saturday night, falling to the Schaumburg Boomers 8-6.

With the loss, the Otters drop a series for the first time this year and now have a 10-6 record.

The scoring began with a grand slam from former 2nd round pick of the New York Yankees Angelo Gumbs, who came to bat in the bottom of the first inning with the bases loaded after Anthony Arias issued free passes to the first three men he faced with a walk and two hit batsmen.

The Boomers would extend their lead in the second inning, when Alec Craig hit a sac fly to centerfield that scored Clint Hardy, who had stolen third following a balk that moved him to second. The Boomers then led 5-0.

In the bottom of the second, the Otters hit the second home run of the night with a two-run blast from Dakota Phillips, his third home run of the season. The score was then 5-2.

Quincy Nieporte answered right back with a home run of his own, his second in as many nights, making the score 6-2.

Reid Bukowski took over for Anthony Arias in the top of the fifth, getting the last two outs of the inning on two strikeouts.

In the bottom of the fifth, Riley Krane pulled the Otters to within one when he smashed a three-run bomb to right field. It was his fourth home run of the season.

After Justin Lewis came on to start the sixth, the Boomers crushed their third home run of the night when Nick Ames hit a solo shot with one out, putting the Otters back behind two with a 7-5 score.

Riley Krane continued his Herculean effort to rally for the Otters with a run-scoring double in the bottom of the seventh, once again bringing the Otters within one with a 7-6 score.

After Taylor Wright came on to pitch a perfect eighth, heavy rain swept through Evansville with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. The game would be delayed 1 hour and 11 minutes.

In the top of the ninth, Abraham Almonte entered and gave up a lead-off home run to Nick Ames, marking his second homer in consecutive at-bats. The round-tripper was the Boomers’ fourth of the night.

From there, the final score would hold 8-6, despite the Otters’ effort to bring the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth in the form of Riley Krane.

The win goes to Boomers starter Ryan Middendorf, as Anthony Arias takes the loss. Jake Joyce entered following the rain delay to earn a four-out save.

The Otters will look to salvage a win in the series Sunday evening. They send left-hander Dalton Stambaugh to the mound.

First pitch will be at 5:05 p.m. CT for Dog Days of Summer, the first of the season’s Sunday promotion at Bosse Field. Fans are allowed to bring their dogs, and there will be discounted hot dogs at the concession stands.